CKNW uses a four-tower directional antenna from a site near Surrey, while its studios are located at TD Tower in Downtown Vancouver.
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11 Facts About CKNW
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CKNW began in New Westminster, British Columbia, on August 15,1944, at its original frequency of 1230 AM, under the ownership of Bill Rea's International Broadcasting Company.
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On January 2,1949, CKNW switched frequencies to 1320 AM and increased its power from 250 watts to 1,000.
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On January 15,1969, CKNW moved into larger studio space in a former Safeway store in New Westminster.
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All CKNW Talk programming aired from the Expo Studio until 1997.
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Since 2001, CKNW has gone through two significant restructurings focused on reducing costs, which resulted in dozens of lay-offs.
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The cost-cutting decisions made by Corus, along with the increase in infomercials, has correspondingly resulted in CKNW suffering a steady erosion of its listening audience.
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In 2006, CKNW lost the rights to broadcast Vancouver Canucks games to Team 1040 as well after broadcasting every one of the club's games since 1970.
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In November 2015, CKNW was added to sister station CFMI-FM HD2 sub-channel to HD Radio service, becoming the first AM station in Vancouver and British Columbia to do so.
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In 2007, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council faulted CKNW for airing "potentially dangerous information" during the Dawson College shooting.
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