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CKNW
CKNW (730 AM) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a talk radio format. Its offices and studios are in the TD Tower in Downtown Vancouver.
CKNW is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for Canadian AM stations. It uses a directional antenna, with a three-tower array in the daytime and a four-tower array at night. It is a Class B station. Its transmitter is on British Columbia Highway 17 in Surrey.
The station originally broadcast on the frequency of 1230 kHz, before moving to 1320 kHz in 1949, and then 980 kHz in 1958. On June 26, 2024, as part of cuts by the company, Corus disbanded sister station CKGO's traffic radio format, and began simulcasting CKNW's programming on its 730 kHz frequency. In January 2025, Corus announced that CKNW would move permanently to CKGO's signal on February 24, 2025, citing its better downtown and Lower Mainland coverage.
CKNW has local talk shows on weekday mornings and afternoons. Hosts include Simi Sara (Mornings With Simi), Mike Smyth (The Mike Smyth Show), Jill Bennett (The Jill Bennett Show) and Jas Johal (The Jas Johal Show). Nights feature talk shows syndicated across Canada from Ben Mulroney (The Ben Mulroney Show) and David Cooper (The Last Show with David Cooper).
CKNW's Global News department produces newscasts every hour. There are also weekday news blocks at 5 a.m. and on the weekends at 5.a.m and 6 p.m.
Mark Madryga is CKNW's meteorologist. His weather reports can be heard during the morning news. Global BC's Kristi Gordon is the substitute forecaster.
The station's traffic department provides Vancouver traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 4s during morning and afternoon drive time and every half hour at other times.
CKNW began in New Westminster, British Columbia. It signed on the air on August 15, 1944. Its original frequency was 1230 kilocycles, under the ownership of Bill Rea's International Broadcasting Company. It was the first in the region to provide hourly newscasts (between 6:00 a.m. and midnight) and the first in the province to broadcast 24 hours a day, beginning in 1947. It later became the Vancouver area's first country station,
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CKNW
CKNW (730 AM) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a talk radio format. Its offices and studios are in the TD Tower in Downtown Vancouver.
CKNW is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for Canadian AM stations. It uses a directional antenna, with a three-tower array in the daytime and a four-tower array at night. It is a Class B station. Its transmitter is on British Columbia Highway 17 in Surrey.
The station originally broadcast on the frequency of 1230 kHz, before moving to 1320 kHz in 1949, and then 980 kHz in 1958. On June 26, 2024, as part of cuts by the company, Corus disbanded sister station CKGO's traffic radio format, and began simulcasting CKNW's programming on its 730 kHz frequency. In January 2025, Corus announced that CKNW would move permanently to CKGO's signal on February 24, 2025, citing its better downtown and Lower Mainland coverage.
CKNW has local talk shows on weekday mornings and afternoons. Hosts include Simi Sara (Mornings With Simi), Mike Smyth (The Mike Smyth Show), Jill Bennett (The Jill Bennett Show) and Jas Johal (The Jas Johal Show). Nights feature talk shows syndicated across Canada from Ben Mulroney (The Ben Mulroney Show) and David Cooper (The Last Show with David Cooper).
CKNW's Global News department produces newscasts every hour. There are also weekday news blocks at 5 a.m. and on the weekends at 5.a.m and 6 p.m.
Mark Madryga is CKNW's meteorologist. His weather reports can be heard during the morning news. Global BC's Kristi Gordon is the substitute forecaster.
The station's traffic department provides Vancouver traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 4s during morning and afternoon drive time and every half hour at other times.
CKNW began in New Westminster, British Columbia. It signed on the air on August 15, 1944. Its original frequency was 1230 kilocycles, under the ownership of Bill Rea's International Broadcasting Company. It was the first in the region to provide hourly newscasts (between 6:00 a.m. and midnight) and the first in the province to broadcast 24 hours a day, beginning in 1947. It later became the Vancouver area's first country station,