Monday, May 28

[Russ_Byth]

[jon]

In 1968, CFUN Vancouver received CRTC approval for a change in ownership and increase in power to 50,000 watts. The CRTC specifically stated that the station's programming had improved since the CRTC's predecessor (the BBG) had turned down a power increase in 1966. The new owner was Radio Futura, owned by CKVL Verdun (Quebec) owner Jack Tietolman. It was not long before talk surfaced of CFUN switching to all French language programming. But, instead, an increasing focus on News culminated in a call letter change to CKVN (VN = Voice of News) on July 1, 1969.

Also in 1968, the CRTC denied an application by CFCN Calgary for an FM station in Calgary on 102.1 MHz. It would be a full decade before they were approved exactly 10 MHz lower, on 92.1 MHz, as CJAY-FM, which signed on on June 1, 1977.



In 2002, at 5:00 a.m., CJNW-730 Vancouver stopped their 16 month old All News format, and had no live programming except Stanley Cup Playoffs until 6 a.m. on August 6, when they changed call letters to CHMJ and launched male-oriented talk as Mojo Radio. They were even off the air for a while as they rebuilt their transmitter site. The station originally signed on as CKLG on February 3, 1955, with 1000 watts on 1070 KHz, from a North Vancouver transmitter site with very poor ground conductivity. Unless they lived right next door, what few listeners the station had at the time suddenly found themselves listening to 50,000 watt clear channel KNX from Los Angeles around sunset each day. A 1957 switch to 730 KHz, 10,000 watts and a Delta transmitter site -- south of Vancouver with excellent ground conductivity -- suddenly gave CKLG a great signal. And caught the eye of Lloyd Moffat, who purchased the station in 1961. His unexpected death in 1964 left his young son Randy with stations spread across Western Canada, most of which he quickly switched to Top 40, which Lloyd had originally pioneered at CHED Edmonton in 1957.

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CFUN Vancouver - C-FUNTASTIC FIFTY - May 28, 1966



Thanks to Larry "Firedog" Morton for sharing his re-creation of the column that
appeared with the May 28, 1966 C-FUN-TASTIC FIFTY in The Province.

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CKVN Vancouver - Top 30 - May 28, 1971

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CKLG Vancouver - Top 20 - May 28, 1980

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KYYX Seattle, WA - Wave's Top 20 - May 28, 1983

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CHAB Moose Jaw, SK - Saskatchewan's Top 30 Hits - May 28, 1986