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in shows with mostly Vancouver-based hosts.
History.
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. 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
increase in infomercials, has correspondingly resulted in CKNW suffering a steady erosion of its listening audience.
CKNW lost the BC Lions CFL broadcast rights to Team 1040 (now TSN Radio 1040) in 2004. The station had broadcast the games continuously since 1985. 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. The loss of the Canucks games may have resulted in the station losing nearly a third of their cumulative audience in the