CHKG-FM

Last updated
CHKG-FM
Fairchild Radio FM96.1 Logo.svg
Broadcast area Greater Vancouver
Frequency 96.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingFairchild Radio
Programming
Format Multilingual and Ethnic
Ownership
Owner
CJVB
History
First air date
September 6, 1997;26 years ago (1997-09-06)
Call sign meaning
"Hong KonG"
Technical information
Class C
Power 46,000 watts
100,000 watts maximum
HAAT 567 metres (1,860 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 49°21′13″N122°57′24″W / 49.353574°N 122.956696°W / 49.353574; -122.956696 (CHKG-FM Tower)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website am1470.com/english

CHKG-FM (96.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It airs talk and music programs in multiple languages, with Chinese languages shows after 3 p.m. on weekdays, including Mandarin and Cantonese. It is owned by the Fairchild Group. [1] The studios are at Aberdeen Centre in Richmond.

Contents

CHKG-FM is a Class C station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 46,000 watts (100,000 watts maximum). Its transmitter tower is on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver. [2]

History

In 1995, the Fairchild Group, which already owned Vancouver multicultural station CJVB (1470 AM), and Roger Charest, owner of CKER in Edmonton, made a joint bid to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to establish FM world music stations in Vancouver and Calgary. [3] The application was approved in 1996. [4] The CRTC selecting the Fairchild Group over bids from Telemedia for an alternative rock station and Radio One Vancouver Corporation for an "adult/pop and talk" station. The CRTC found that the Vancouver radio market could not support another general-market station. CHMB (1320 AM) also proposed an ethnic FM station but withdrew its proposal. [1]

CHKG-FM began broadcasting on September 6, 1997;26 years ago. It was the fifth Fairchild ethnic media station to go on the air, and the first multilingual FM station in Western Canada. [5] [6] Programming was split between world music from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Chinese hit radio the rest of the day. Together with CJVB's daytime Chinese programming, it provided a 24-hour Chinese service while also catering to other communities. [7]

CHKG held subsidiary communications multiplex operation authority over most of its history to broadcast a subcarrier-only service, originally in Korean and later in Punjabi. [8] By the 2015 renewal, the SCMO service had returned to Korean. [9]

Programming

Original Fairchild Radio logo, used until September 2012. CHKG-FM 96-1 radio logo.png
Original Fairchild Radio logo, used until September 2012.

CHKG operates with a program schedule that generally is the inverse of CJVB. During the day from Monday to Saturday, it airs programs in Filipino, Hungarian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

The conditions of CHKG-FM's licence prevent it from airing Chinese-language programs between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m, Monday through Saturday, when those shows are heard on CJVB 1470. After 3 p.m. and all day on Sundays, CHKG-FM presents Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese shows. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CHNM-DT</span> Omni Television station in Vancouver

CHNM-DT is a multicultural television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Omni Television network. It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Citytv station CKVU-DT. The two stations share studios at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and Columbia Street in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver; CHNM-DT's transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour in the district municipality of North Vancouver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CIVT-DT</span> CTV television station in Vancouver

CIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Victoria-based CTV 2 station CIVI-DT. Although the two stations nominally maintain separate operations, the Victoria station's newscasts have been produced at CIVT-DT since 2023. CIVT-DT's studios are located at 969 Robson Street at the intersection of Robson Street and Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver, which also houses the British Columbia operations of the CTV network itself, including the CTV National News Vancouver bureau. The station's transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour in the district municipality of North Vancouver.

Aboriginal Voices Radio Network was a Canadian radio network, which primarily broadcast music programming and other content of interest to aboriginal people. As of June 2015, the network operated stations in Toronto, Ontario, Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia. All of its stations were licensed as rebroadcasters of its flagship station, CKAV-FM in Toronto. The network's administrative office was located in Ohsweken, Ontario, on the Six Nations Indian reserve near Brantford. The stations' music programming consisted mainly of adult contemporary music, along with specialty programs focusing on aboriginal-oriented content.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairchild Group</span> Canadian business conglomerate

The Fairchild Group is a Canadian business conglomerate headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild currently operates the Cantonese channel Fairchild TV, Cantonese & Mandarin radio network Fairchild Radio, and Mandarin channel Talentvision. Fairchild Group is also involved in film production, real estate development, retail, telecommunications and wholesale trade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omni Television</span> Canadian television system and specialty channel

Omni Television is a Canadian television system and group of specialty channels owned by Rogers Sports & Media, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. It currently consists of all six of Canada's conventional multicultural television stations, which are located in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and an affiliate in Quebec. The system's flagship station is CFMT in Toronto, which was the first independent multicultural television station in Canada.

CHKT is a commercial AM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, owned by the Fairchild Group service, airs mainly Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese programs as well as weekend shows in the following languages: Cambodian, Filipino, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Thai and Vietnamese. CHKT's studios at 151 Esna Park Drive, Unit 26 in Markham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CBU (AM)</span> CBC Radio One station in Vancouver

CBU is a Canadian non-commercial public radio station, in Vancouver, British Columbia. It carries the programming of the CBC Radio One network. The station broadcasts on 690 AM and on 88.1 FM as CBU-2-FM. CBU's newscasts and local shows are also heard on a chain of CBC stations around the Lower Mainland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CHIN (AM)</span> Multilingual radio station in Toronto

CHIN is a commercial AM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned by CHIN Radio/TV International, and broadcasts a multilingual radio format, with programs in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese and other languages. It formerly utilized an FM rebroadcaster at 91.9 MHz, CHIN-1-FM, originally used to fill in reception gaps in parts of Greater Toronto; CHIN-1-FM now broadcasts a separate schedule of ethnic programming, no longer simulcasting CHIN. In addition, there is a full-power FM station on 100.7 MHz, CHIN-FM, which offers a third ethnic programme schedule. CHIN, CHIN-1-FM and CHIN-FM have their radio studios on College Street in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbourhood of Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CJSF-FM</span> Radio station at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia

CJSF-FM is a college radio station from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The station features a wide range of genres, from spoken word politics to heavy metal music shows. Its transmitter is located atop Burnaby Mountain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKKS-FM</span> Radio station in Chilliwack–Vancouver, British Columbia

CKKS-FM is a radio station licensed to Chilliwack, British Columbia and serving Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts a modern rock format.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CJVB</span> Fairchild Radio station in Vancouver

CJVB (1470 kHz) is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which broadcasts multilingual programming. Owned by the Fairchild Group, the station with a power of 50,000 watts, using two different directional patterns for daytime and nighttime operation. CJVB's studios and transmitter are located in Richmond.

CJRJ is a Canadian radio station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It broadcasts at 1200 AM with a power of 25,000 watts from a transmitter in Richmond, and its studio is located in Burnaby. The station is owned by I.T. Productions Ltd., which is owned by Shushma Datt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKER-FM</span> Radio station in Edmonton, Alberta

CKER-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101.7 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station airs a multilingual programming format branded as Connect FM 101.7 and is owned by Akash Broadcasting Inc.

CHMB is a Canadian AM radio station, broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia on 1320 kHz. The station airs a Chinese language programming format. CHMB's studios are located on Commerce Parkway in Richmond, while its transmitters are located on Lulu Island in Richmond.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CJOK-FM</span> Radio station in Fort McMurray, Alberta

CJOK-FM (93.3 MHz) is a radio station in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, with a country format branded on-air as Country 93.3. The station is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media.

Multicultural media in Canada, also referred to as “ethnic media” or “third media”, is media that responds to the needs of ethnic minorities of Canada. The objective of such media in Canada is to create a voice for a community of a particular ethnic background, challenge social injustices, and foster cultural pride for minority and immigrant Canadians.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CFMS-FM</span> Radio station in Markham, Ontario

CFMS-FM is a Canadian radio station, transmitting at 105.9 MHz from Markham, Ontario. The station broadcasts a mixed format, with daytime programming featuring English-language adult contemporary music along with news, weather and traffic information targeted to York Region, and evening programming featuring a multilingual ethnic format in multiple languages, including Cantonese, Filipino, Hindi, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tamil and Urdu.

Northern Native Broadcasting is a non-profit Indigenous communications company in British Columbia which owns and operates radio stations whose music and primary content is intended to be of interest to Indigenous peoples in Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CJCN-FM</span> Multicultural radio station in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

CJCN-FM is an ethnic radio station in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The station broadcasts for the South Asian communities in Surrey and other cities east of Vancouver. It is owned by Akash Broadcasting Inc.

References

  1. 1 2 "Decision CRTC 96-288". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. July 29, 1996. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ FCCdata.org/CHKG
  3. ↑ Boei, William (August 2, 1995). "Bid in works to bring multicultural music to FM". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. C1. Retrieved April 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Carlson, Tim (July 30, 1996). "Vancouver will get new ethnic-music radio station in 1997". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B8. Retrieved April 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "CHKG-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting". broadcasting-history.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Ford, Ashley (August 21, 1997). "New ethnic station on city FM dial". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A33. Retrieved April 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Monk, Katherine (August 30, 1997). "New FM station searches the world for its music". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B1, B2 . Retrieved April 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Decision CRTC 2001-136". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. February 27, 2001. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-248" (PDF). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. June 11, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Fairchild Radio FM96.1 Schedule". www.am1470.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.