CFAX

CFAX

Infobox Radio Station


name = CFAX
airdate = 1959
frequency = 1070 kHz (AM)
area = Victoria, British Columbia
format = news/talk
owner = CTVglobemedia
licensee = CHUM Radio
erp = 10 kW
branding = CFAX 1070
slogan = |Victoria's News Authority class =
website = [http://cfax1070.com/ CFAX]
callsign_meaning =

CFAX 1070 AM is a news-talk radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was independently run until September 30, 2004 when it was taken over by the large Canadian media company CHUM. Its sister station is CHBE-FM, which began broadcasting in 2000. It is now owned by CTVglobemedia through its CHUM Radio division.

The station moved into the same building as CIVI-TV, also owned by CTVglobemedia, in March 2008.

History

C-FAX signed on in 1959 as a daytime-only 1000-watt radio station on 810 kHz, shutting down every night to accommodate clear-channel KGO. Its transmitter was at a site near the University of Victoria. The original owner's group included the Queale family, who also owned the local Queale Electronics store. The station, undercapitalized fromthe beginning, quickly ran into financial trouble, with Claire Copeland emerging as owner and manager. In 1964, the station changed dialposition to 1070 kHz, and commenced 24/7 operation, transmitting from the Trial Islands. In 1967, power was increased to 10,000 watts.

Claire Copeland sold the station in 1975 to Mel Cooper, who stepped down as General Manager of CKNW Vancouver to assume ownership of CFAX.Under Cooper's direction, the station increased its emphasis on news and information programming, and developed a subsidiary company specializing in recording original commercial jingles for sale throughout North America, and syndicating radio programming, "Seacoast Sound."

On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia became the owner of CFAX and sister stations CHBE-FM and CIVI-TV through its purchase of CHUM Limited, which had been approved by the CRTC on June 8.

how Hosts

Stephen Andrew, Terry Spence Joy Browne, Rob Bullock, Joe Easingwood, Al Ferraby, Sean Holman, Murray Langdon, Jennifer Shaw, Susan Woods.

Anchors/Reporters

Steve Duffy, Nikki Ewanyshyn, Ryan Price, Adam Stirling, Frank Stanford, Corey Polkinghorne, Greg Foresberg.

External links

* [http://cfax1070.com/ CFAX]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=36&historyID=10 CFAX history at the Canadian Communications Foundation]
*RecnetCanada|CFAX


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