CHKG-FM
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| Broadcast area | Greater Vancouver |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 96.1MHz(FM) |
| Branding | Fairchild Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Multilingualand Ethnic |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CJVB | |
| History | |
First air date | September 6, 1997 |
Call signmeaning | "HongKonG" |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 46,000watts 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 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am1470.com/english |
CHKG-FM(96.1MHz) is acommercialradio stationinVancouver,British Columbia,Canada.It airs talk and music programs in multiple languages, withChinese languagesshows after 3 p.m. on weekdays, includingMandarinandCantonese.It is owned by theFairchild Group.[1]The studios are atAberdeen CentreinRichmond.
CHKG-FM is aClass Cstation. It has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 46,000watts(100,000 watts maximum). Itstransmittertoweris onMount Seymourin theDistrict of North Vancouver.[2]
History
[edit]In 1995, the Fairchild Group, which already owned Vancouver multicultural stationCJVB(1470 AM), and Roger Charest, owner ofCKERinEdmonton,made a joint bid to theCanadian 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 fromTelemediafor analternative rockstation 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.It was the fifth Fairchild ethnic media station to go on the air, and the first multilingual FM station inWestern 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 heldsubsidiary communications multiplex operationauthority over most of its history to broadcast a subcarrier-only service, originally inKoreanand later inPunjabi.[8]By the 2015 renewal, the SCMO service had returned to Korean.[9]
Programming
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CHKG operates with a program schedule that generally is the inverse of CJVB. During the day from Monday to Saturday, it airs programs inFilipino,Hungarian,Italian,Khmer,Korean,Lao,Macedonian,Polish,Romanian,Russian,Spanish,Thai,andVietnamese.
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 presentsCantoneseandMandarin Chineseshows.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Decision CRTC 96-288".Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.July 29, 1996.RetrievedApril 22,2022.
- ^FCCdata.org/CHKG
- ^Boei, William (August 2, 1995)."Bid in works to bring multicultural music to FM".The Vancouver Sun.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. C1.RetrievedApril 7,2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ^Carlson, Tim (July 30, 1996)."Vancouver will get new ethnic-music radio station in 1997".The Vancouver Sun.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B8.RetrievedApril 7,2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ^"CHKG-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting".broadcasting-history.com.Retrieved2 May2022.
- ^Ford, Ashley (August 21, 1997)."New ethnic station on city FM dial".The Province.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A33.RetrievedApril 7,2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ^Monk, Katherine (August 30, 1997)."New FM station searches the world for its music".The Vancouver Sun.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B1,B2.RetrievedApril 23,2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ^"Decision CRTC 2001-136".Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.February 27, 2001.RetrievedApril 22,2022.
- ^"Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-248"(PDF).Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.June 11, 2015.RetrievedApril 22,2022.
- ^"Fairchild Radio FM96.1 Schedule".www.am1470.com.Retrieved2022-04-23.
External links
[edit]- Fairchild Radio
- CHKG-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
- CHKG-FMin the REC Canadian station database
