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  1. CKWX (1130 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Rogers Media, it broadcasts an all-news radio format branded as News 1130. CKWX's studios and offices are located at 2440 Ash Street in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver.
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  3. CKWX is a Class A clear-channel station, broadcasting at 50,000 watts, the maximum for Canadian AM stations. It shares the AM 1130 frequency with two other Class A stations, KWKH Shreveport and WBBR New York City. So CKWX broadcasts with a directional antenna at all times, using a two-tower array. The transmitter is located at North 6 Road at Blundell Road on Lulu Island in Richmond. CKWX's signal covers Southwest British Columbia and Northwest Washington state. At night, with a good radio, CKWX can be heard around Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. CKWX is also heard on an HD Radio subchannel, 96.9 CJAX-FM-HD2.
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  5. On April 1, 1923, the station first signed on the air. Its original city of license was Nanaimo, British Columbia, and its call sign was CFDC. It was owned by Arthur "Sparks" Holstead (1890-1971), operator of an automotive battery business. The station broadcast on 430 meters (670 kHz) with 10 watts of power (later increased to 50 watts).
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  7. In 1925, the station switched frequencies to 730 AM and cut its power back to 10 watts to share time with Vancouver stations CFCQ, CKCD and CJKC.
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  9. Holstead had a branch business at 1220 Seymour Street in Vancouver and decided to relocate CFDC there. The station was regularly on the air in its new locale by Sunday, September 20, 1925, according to the radio listings in the Victoria Daily Colonist. The Department of Marine and Fisheries (which then regulated broadcasting in Canada) had not authorized CFDC's move to Vancouver and revoked the station's license as a result, but listener complaints led to the department granting a new license to the station. Programming included baseball games from Athletic Park and piano recitals from the mezzanine of the Hotel Belmont.
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  11. By October 1926, the station was broadcasting sponsored programmes for the Hudson's Bay Company. It was on the air daily except Wednesday, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Other advertisers included the Kelly-Douglas Company, Dominion Battery Company, Canadian National Carbon Company and Moorite Products of Canada. H.W. Paulson was the announcer and R. Burgess the sales representative. The station transmitted through an 80-foot-high aerial on 411 metres at 10 watts. The station's final broadcast from Nanaimo appears to have been a special programme on April 1, 1927, which was claimed at the time of having established a world record for the furthest distance of a transmission over a submarine telephone cable. Holstead asked Nanaimo City Council to bear part of the $125 cost of any similar broadcasts because of the publicity to the city.
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  13. The station first used the call letters CKWX on Monday, August 1, 1927, in conjunction with the opening of its new studios. The official opening wasn't until August 19, and was marked by a four-hour all-star programme, including the band of the H. M. S. Colombo. Other local stations remained off the air as a courtesy. The station was operating from the Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia Street, and sharing air time at 411 metres (730 kilocycles) with CFCQ and CKCD, then with CHLS, CKFC and CKMO in 1929. The station was permitted to use a special wave-length of 340.7 metres for a speech by M.P. Henri Bourassa for one occasion in 1927.
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  15. Harold William Paulson, who had been a storage battery engineer in the U.S. before coming to British Columbia, left CKWX by 1933 and eventually became commercial manager at the CBC Vancouver.
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  17. In 1933, CKWX moved to 1010 kHz, then to 950 in 1938. It moved at 980 kHz in 1941 following the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), which took effect on March 27 that year to settle problems with AM radio interference. Arthur Halstead later sold a 40% share of the station to Taylor, Pearson & Carson, which took over station management, moved the studios to Seymour Street and increased its transmitting power to 1,000 watts. By 1947, CKWX's power further increased to 5,000 watts and it became a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, while its transmitter was moved to Lulu Island (now part of Richmond).
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  19. CKWX went to 24-hour operation on January 1, 1954, at 12:30 a.m., with a program called "Concert Under the Stars." In 1956, the studios moved to 1275 Burrard Street, and on August 15, 1957, CKWX switched from 980 kHz (soon taken by CKNW) to its present 1130 kHz. The station adopted a Top 40 music format in the same year when Red Robinson joined the station's on-air staff. CKWX was, in fact, the first Vancouver radio station to use the all-hit format full-time. In 1958, CKWX became the first non-CBC station in Western Canada to operate with 50,000 watts.
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  21. Harold Carson, one-third of the Taylor, Pearson & Carson firm that owned CKWX, died in 1959. The firm changed its name to Selkirk Holdings Ltd. later in the year. CKWX switched formats from Top 40 to Middle of The Road (MOR) music with some talk shows in 1962, and Red Robinson left the station at that time to join CFUN. Selkirk became a publicly traded company in 1965, and it purchased 100% ownership of CKWX (with approval from the Board of Broadcast Governors) on October 10, 1966.
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  23. On March 7, 1973, CKWX underwent a major change as it dropped its mix of MOR music and talk. It switched to country music, keeping that format for the next 23 years. On February 13, 1979, the CRTC granted CKWX parent Selkirk Holdings a license for an FM station with a jazz format. Selkirk originally wanted 93.7 MHz, but were advised to find a different frequency. CJAZ signed on at 92.1 MHz on March 1, 1980, as the first Canadian station playing all jazz. CJAZ later moved to 96.9, then switched call letters and formats in 1985 as it became CKKS, playing adult contemporary music. The 92.1 frequency is now used by CBU-FM-1 in Victoria.
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  25. CKWX and CKKS moved to new studios on 2440 Ash Street on June 17, 1988, with the official opening on July 20. On September 28, 1988, Maclean-Hunter Ltd. purchased Selkirk Communications and its stations (including CKWX and CKKS) and also received approval from the CRTC to transfer the former Selkirk stations to Rogers Communications Inc..
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  27. On February 8, 1996, at 8 a.m., after playing "For the Good Times" by Ray Price, CKWX ended its country music format after almost 23 years and switched to its present all-news sound. Tom Mark signed on the new format. Other anchors when the station went on the air were Brian Decker, Dianne Newman, Kevin Rothwell, Andrea Ring, Terri Theodore and Jack Marion, who was also the morning newsman at CKKS. Field reporters included Jim Goddard and Treena Wood, with Garry Raible as sports director, Russell Byth and Herb Hamm as the business editors, and Bruce Williams and Kim Larsson reporting on traffic. Brian Brenn, Ted Schellenberg and Eric Westra joined the station within the first year as anchors, shortly followed by Jim Bennie and veteran Andy Walsh.
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  29. In 2003, CKKS switched formats again and became CKLG-FM, playing adult hits under the Jack FM banner.
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  31. A fairly extensive personnel shuffle took place at CKWX on September 2, 2003. Program Director George Gordon replaced Andrew Dawson as morning co-anchor, joining Kenya Anderson, while Dianne Newman moved to the midday slot joining Brian Brenn. That same day, Jim Bennie joined Joanna Mileos to co-anchor the p.m. drive. In 2006 Don Lehn would rotate in Mid Days with Brian Brenn and Andy Walsh until 2010. Pamela McCall became the newest afternoon anchor, replacing Joanna Mileos, in the Spring of 2007. McCall would later leave the station and be replaced by Karen Thomson in 2008. Following the departure of Kenya Anderson in 2005, Treena Wood and Tammy Moyer alternated in the anchor chair only to be replaced by Dianne Newman in 2006. Ben Wilson was named permanent evening anchor with Tom Bricker in November 2007. That same month, Brian Brenn took early retirement and was replaced in the midday anchor chair by Reaon Ford. George Gordon was terminated July 15, 2009. Reaon Ford was promoted from midday anchor to morning anchor in August 2009. The line-up changed to John Ackermann and Amanda Wawryk (mornings), Alison Bailey and Tim James (middays), Jim Bennie and Ria Renouf (afternoons), and Ben Wilson and Bailey Nicholson (evenings).
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  33. On June 23, 2016, CKWX began simulcasting on the HD Radio subchannel of sister station CJAX-FM-HD2 at 96.9 MHz.
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  35. News 1130 brings you the very latest news and information all day, every day. With a newsroom staffed by a team of award-winning journalists, News 1130 delivers news, traffic, weather, sports and business information, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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  37. #1 With News
  38. Only News 1130 delivers news as it happens...24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  39. News 1130 has Western Canada's largest radio newsroom, staffed by seasoned, award-winning news professionals.
  40. You get news when you need it, from News1130.
  41. News 1130 provides Vancouver's most complete local, national and international news coverage.
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  43. #1 With Sports
  44. In-depth reports at :15 and :45 past the hour...24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  45. We get our sports from Vancouver's #1 sports station, Sportsnet 650.
  46. All the latest local scores, four times an hour.
  47. The latest trades, drafts and team management changes.
  48. Canucks, Lions, Giants, Mariners, Canadians, and Whitecaps updates.
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  50. #1 With Weather and Traffic
  51. Up-to-the-minute traffic and weather together on the ones...at :01, :11, :21, :31, :41 and :51 past the hour...24 hours day, 7 days a week.
  52. Vancouver's most experienced traffic reporters.
  53. More airborne traffic than any other radio station in the city.
  54. Vancouver's most accurate weather with full-time Meteorologist, Russ Lacate.
  55. The only station with the Thousand Dollar Weather Guarantee.
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  57. #1 With Business News
  58. Vancouver's most frequent business reports at :26 and :56 past the hour... 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  59. Market Minutes at :13 and :43 during trading hours.
  60. Breaking news from the world's major stock markets including Toronto, New York, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
  61. When the markets are open, News 1130 is there live with real time quotes.
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  63. Hourly clock:
  64. :00 Headlines
  65. :01 Traffic and Weather
  66. :03 News
  67. :10 Commercial
  68. :11 Traffic and Weather
  69. :13 News / Market Minute (During trading hours only)
  70. :14 Commercial
  71. :15 Headlines
  72. :15.30 Sports
  73. :17.30 Commercial
  74. :18 News
  75. :20 Commercial
  76. :21 Traffic and Weather
  77. :23 Commercial
  78. :24 News
  79. :25 Commercial
  80. :26 Business
  81. :28 Commercial
  82. :29 Traveller's Weather
  83. :30 Headlines
  84. :31 Traffic and Weather
  85. :33 News
  86. :40 Commercial
  87. :41 Traffic and Weather
  88. :43 News / Market Minute (During trading hours only)
  89. :44 Commercial
  90. :45 Headlines
  91. :45.30 Sports
  92. :47.30 Commercial
  93. :48 News
  94. :50 Commercial
  95. :51 Traffic and Weather
  96. :53 Commercial
  97. :54 News
  98. :55 Commercial
  99. :56 Business
  100. :58 Commercial
  101. :59 Marine Forecast
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