Fiktiv Canada - CFAX 1070

CFAX 1070 AM is a news-talk radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was independently run until September 30, 2004, when it was taken over by Canadian media company CHUM Limited. Its sister station is CHBE-FM, which began broadcasting in 2000. It is now owned by Bell Media through its Bell Media Radio division.

The station moved into the same building as CIVI-TV, also owned by Bell Media, in March 2008. It is located at the corner of Pandora Avenue and Broad Street across from Victoria City Hall. CFAX's transmitter is located on the Trial Islands.

CFAX signed on in September 11, 1959 as a daytime-only 1000-watt radio station on 810 kHz, shutting down every night to accommodate clear-channel KGO. Its transmitter was at a site near Swan Lake. The original owner's group included the Queale family, who also owned the local Queale Electronics store. The station, undercapitalized from the beginning, quickly ran into financial trouble, with Clare Copeland emerging as owner and manager. In 1964, the station changed dial position to 1070 kHz, and commenced 24/7 operation, transmitting from the Trial Islands. In 1967, power was increased to 10,000 watts.

Clare Copeland sold the station in 1975 to Mel Cooper, who stepped down as General Manager of CKNW Vancouver to assume ownership of CFAX. Under Cooper's direction, the station increased its emphasis on news and information programming, and developed a subsidiary company specializing in recording original commercial jingles for sale throughout North America, and syndicating radio programming, "Seacoast Sound."

On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia became the owner of CFAX and sister stations CHBE-FM and CIVI-TV through its purchase of CHUM Limited, which had been approved by the CRTC on June 8.

CFAX 1070 is Victoria's only news and information radio station. Our popularity has been built on personalities... the city's best-known names and voices. CFAX 1070 is the western Canadian radio's most awarded station for excellence in community service and involvement. Community organizations know the benefit of CFAX 1070 as a partner.

CFAX 1070 is packed with top-quality content. From Monday to Friday, Victoria wakes up with the "CFAX 1070 Wake-Up Team," followed by Newsline AM, Talk It Over and Newsline PM as well as ongoing local, national and international sports and news coverage. On weekends, programs include a variety of live local and network talk shows focusing on local history, pets, health, home repairs, finance, news, travel, computers and more.

Unlinke many radio stations, where the news comes from a small cubicle with a microphone and little else, CFAX 1070 News has its own fully-equipped control room. Our newscasters control their own audio feeds, and have access to every source of audio in our state-of-the-art broadcast center. Whether a news story originates with a wire service, an audio network, or a reporter in the field it all goes through this control room on its way to our listeners.