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CKNW owned by Corus Entertainment, is the second highest-rated talk radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It broadcasts on AM 980. CKNW is unusual in that it is a 50,000 watt, Class A station broadcasting on a regional (not clear-channel) frequency. CKNW uses a four-tower directional antenna from a site near Surrey, while its studios are located at TD Tower in downtown Vancouver.〔http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=99133〕 The station's content is based on news and current events. It features call-in shows with mostly Vancouver-based hosts. == History == CKNW began in New Westminster, BC, on August 15, 1944 at its original frequency of 1230 AM, under the ownership of Bill Rea's International Broadcasting Company. It was Vancouver's first country music station, 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. In 1947, Rea purchased a half-interest in Port Alberni radio station CJAV. Several personalities who started there would move to CKNW. These included Joe Chesney, who became morning show host until moving on to establish Langley station CJJC (now CKST in Vancouver) in 1963, and Jim Robson, who would provide play-by-play for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL in 1970). On January 2, 1949, CKNW switched frequencies to 1320 AM and increased its power from 250 watts to 1000. It gained even more power, increasing to 5000 watts, on November 5, 1954. Jack Webster advanced talk-show radio methods during his time with CKNW in the 1960s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CKNW」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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