CKMO or CKWX

[Jack Bennest]

Chuck Davis
Brian Walks
Gord Lansdell



a good stream of controversial threads on www.radiowest.ca on
very early radio.

first radio station being the Province newspaper's on March 13,1922
and bragged about on the morning of the 14th in print.

The station was operating as "station FE" which got real call letters in 1923 as CKCD
Elsewhere it is noted as the second registered station in Canada.

All three Vancouver newspapers raced to get a station on the air that year
The Province followed by the Sun (CJCE) which was caught off guard and printed - on March 15th "we have been operating for several days" - So who really knows how to answer the question which station was on the air first.

and then the World followed March 23rd as CFYC

a few foot notes
the World and the Sun tried very hard with 8 hours of programming but the Province survived as it was leaner.
The Sun was associated with Sprott Shaw and eventually they took over morphing into CKMO.

There were other stations broadcasting following that period in March/22
Seven in total in the province that year


The info on your 1922 page needs to be upgraded

Your bud Jack
http://www.bcradiohistory.com

ps I am sure I will get at least three emails from people saying I am full of it. lol

[jon]

"Common knowledge" among DX'ers in the '60s was that XWA was the first radio station to broadcast on a regular basis, in the sense of radio stations of today, beginning in 1919. Montreal's XWA was assigned the call letters CFCF in 1920.

Meanwhile, KDKA is generally acknowledged to be the first radio station in the U.S., beginning in 1920. But KDKA was operating as 8XK in 1916 or maybe even earlier. At some point, 8XK began broadcasting music on records "two hours a day on Wednesday and Saturday evenings", according to KDKA's Web site.

Again, it all depends on how you define things.

[Jack Bennest]

cArtie - I was reading through the Duffy book and came across this early 1940's pix


it relates to frequency changes and TD's training.


Hard to believe the guy on the right showed me how a board worked at BCIT

[cart_machine]

cArtie - I was reading through the Duffy book and came across this early 1940's pix


it relates to frequency changes and TD's training.

What?! You were trained in the early '40s?

Or are you saying you were in your early 40s when I met you (that was in 1979, so I was, let's see, I was 22).

That sounds about right.

I'm hoping some day to hear some CKWX 980 jingles.

cArtie.

P.S.: Where can I start a thread about 1920s TV sets in Vancouver? Yes, they were being sold here then.

[Jack Bennest]

Ok I have to straighten out this 'whipper snapper'

In the early 40's I was a sperm bank dangling

In '47 I was born - In '79 I was 32. I thought I met you around the time of
RK at the Media Club - that would be prior to '79.

Laurie Irvine (Irving) who is pictured here was one of the three instructors I first met
at BCIT (Irving, Sanderson and Short) circa '69 age 22.

[cart_machine]

Ok I have to straighten out this 'whipper snapper'

In the early 40's I was a sperm bank dangling

In '47 I was born - In '79 I was 32. I thought I met you around the time of
RK at the Media Club - that would be prior to '79.

Well, I can't speak to your deposits/withdrawls from the sperm bank, T.D., but since we're off thread so much, I'll address the other point.

Your date for the Media Club opening has to be wrong. Before 1978, I was not working in Vancouver radio. I started reading news in either February or March of 1979 (March is more likely). Soon after this, we received an invitation to the opening of the club on Seymour, and Bev Brendon, our receptionist, Lorene, our traffic manager (I'm drawing a blank on her last name), someone else and I were the contigent from our station.

Some of us ended up across the street due to circumstances I've forgotten with time, and it's probably best that I have.

I don't think there are a hell of a lot of people in the market now who were in news when I did my first shift in town. Isn't aging wonderful?

cArtie.