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CJVB

December 15, 2023

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.

CJVB
Broadcast areaGreater Vancouver
Frequency1470 kHz (AM)
BrandingFairchild Radio
Programming
FormatMulticultural
Ownership
Owner
CHKG-FM
History
First air date
June 18, 1972; 51 years ago (1972-06-18)
Call sign meaning
Original owner Jan van Bruchem
Technical information
ClassB (Regional)
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
49°11′34.6″N 123°1′20.7″W / 49.192944°N 123.022417°W / 49.192944; -123.022417
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteam1470.com

Operation began as a 10,000-watt station at the same transmitter site in 1972, with a power increase to 50 kW in 1979. The station was originally licensed to Jan van Bruchem, whose initials give CJVB its call letters. CJVB was the third multicultural radio station in Canada, following CHIN in Toronto and CFMB in Montreal. It was also the first radio station in the Vancouver area to broadcast in AM stereo.

CJVB airs primarily Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) programming from Monday through Saturday. On Sunday, the station airs a selection of programs in other languages.

History edit

Van Bruchem ownership edit

Jan van Bruchem immigrated from the Netherlands to the Toronto area in the 1960s and began working part-time at a 250-watt radio station in Barrie.[1] The owner of that station needed someone to do a Dutch-language program to thank farmers that had cleared marsh land in the area. Van Bruchem agreed, and at the petition of the community, a Dutch-language show became a regular fixture on the station and was syndicated to others; by the late 1960s, 124 stations aired his show.[1]

At the end of the 1960s, van Bruchem turned his attention to starting a multicultural radio station somewhere in Canada. However, stations were already set up in Toronto and Montreal, and only one market looked remotely large enough to support such a station under the rules of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC). His first CRTC application was rejected on the grounds that Vancouver did not have the requisite 150,000 people for such a licence to be granted.[1][2] The main reason was a lack of statistics on new arrivals to Canada; as a result, van Bruchem hit the streets, documenting ethnic restaurants and Sikh temples.[3] These figures and updated data from Statistics Canada accompanied Van Bruchem's 1971 bid for an ethnic station in Vancouver, under the corporate aegis of Great Pacific Broadcasting Ltd.[3] Another reason given was that stations on the U.S. side of the border were airing 23 hours a week of foreign-language programming, most of it organized by Vancouver residents who could not get air time on Canadian stations.[4]

In late November 1971, the CRTC awarded the licence to van Bruchem, who sold his house in Thornhill, Ontario, and moved to Vancouver to start the station.[5] From studios at 814 Richards, CJVB went on the air on June 18, 1972,[6] broadcasting in English and 17 foreign languages; it also aired a daily newscast from the Dutch international radio service.[7] The young CJVB produced more than 98 percent of its own programming, 90 percent of which was live.[8] It took advertisers several years to be convinced of the efficacy of advertising on an ethnic station, with van Bruchem noting in 1992 that the station had a "meagre beginning" as a result.[9] However, the station eventually prospered. After a 1974 application to add a rebroadcaster in the Fraser Valley was denied,[10][11] in December 1979, it boosted its power from 10,000 to 50,000 watts.[12] The station's English-language output also included such specialties as big band music.[13]

 
An aerial view of the CJVB tower site in Richmond

Two months after going on the air, a new program started on CJVB, one that would remain a fixture for 20 years: Overseas Chinese Voice.[14] Chinese programming came to dominate CJVB as the Chinese population on the Lower Mainland grew rapidly; by the late 1980s, Overseas Chinese Voice was broadcasting for twelve hours a day;[15] Indian, Greek, and Italian programming was also extensively featured.[1]

In 1983, CJVB was the first station in town to begin broadcasting in AM stereo using the C-QUAM system,[16] beating out CKWX by six days though behind CKOV in Kelowna.[17] In 1992, the daytime coverage pattern of the AM transmitter was altered to improve service to the south.[11]

Fairchild ownership edit

In 1992, a 63-year-old van Bruchem opted to plan for his retirement. He reached a deal to sell CJVB for $5.1 million to Y.B.C. Holdings Ltd., a consortium of five mostly Chinese Canadian interests: Wardley Canada, a subsidiary of Hongkong Bank of Canada; 1320 Communications Ltd., owned by CHQM-AM-FM founder Jack Stark; Fairchild Media; Oakbridge Investments; and Anson Holdings.[9] The Chinese Canadian National Council protested the proposed buyer over concerns that there would be changes in programming.[18]

The sale closed in January 1993, and at that time, there were major changes in Chinese-language programming. Overseas Chinese Voice, having programmed half of the station under contract for two decades, was out, and Canadian Chinese Radio (Vancouver) Corp. was in.[19] The main face of the new Chinese-language programming was Michael Ng, a former anchor for Radio Television Hong Kong.[20] (Overseas Chinese Voice then started Vancouver's second multicultural station, CHMB (1320 AM).[21]) The last edition of van Bruchem's Dutch Treat program aired in late March.[22]

In 1995, Fairchild and Roger Charest, owner of CKER in Edmonton, made a joint bid to the CRTC to establish FM world music stations in Vancouver and Calgary.[23] The application was approved in 1996,[24] and in 1997, CHKG-FM 96.1 began broadcasting.[25]

Programming edit

Six days a week, CJVB devotes 21 hours of its air time to assorted Chinese-language news, talk, and music programming, followed by additional Cantonese- and Mandarin-language religious programs, as well as an Italian-language program and the Putumayo World Music Hour. On Sundays, the station turns over to blocks of other programs, including shows in German, Hungarian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Polish, Thai, and Vietnamese, as well as the indigenous program Turtle Island Radio and shows spotlighting Celtic and world music.[26][27]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Gill, Gobinder (September 2, 1990). "Dutch man's radio dream comes true". Surrey Leader. Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. p. A8. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Abbott, Sally (May 17, 1972). "Diffusing ethnic needs". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. 37. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Radio bids include new ideas". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. October 14, 1971. p. 50. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "For Vancouver: Ethnic radio proposed". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Press. October 22, 1971. p. 28. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Foreign-language station approved for Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Press. November 26, 1971. p. 74. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Radio CJVB Goes On Air Sunday Midnight". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 17, 1972. p. 3. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Multi-lingual radio station to broadcast here in June". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. May 3, 1972. p. 16. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Raugust, Paul (February 2, 1973). "A bridge for understanding". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. 44. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Griffin, Kevin (May 26, 1992). "Multilingual family radio station draws offer of $5.1 million". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A4. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'Pollution exists in broadcasting'". Nanaimo Daily Free Press. Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Press. October 25, 1974. p. 24. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b . Canadian Communications Foundation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.
  12. ^ Boyd, Denny (December 5, 1979). "Beaumont's trip to the end of the world". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A3. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ McLean, Bruce (December 3, 1986). "Big Bands with a bonus". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. 14. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Chinese Voice celebrates: Music, dance, kung fu at birthday show". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 6, 1973. p. 27. from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Griffin, Kevin (April 6, 1989). "Immigrants look for more news". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B1, B8. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Boyd, Denny (September 12, 1983). "Guilt made PNE gate-crasher more fair than ever". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A3. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Andrews, Marke (October 15, 1983). "A boom in AM stereo". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. C4. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "CJVB sale: Cultural groups upset at lack of public talks". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. July 8, 1992. p. B9. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Johnson, John (January 22, 1993). "Chinese radio station changes hands". Richmond Review. Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. p. 3. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Sagi, Douglas (January 21, 1993). "Ex-Hong Kong anchor tests the air". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. B1. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Baines, David (May 25, 2004). "Entrepreneur finds niche in multicultural media". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. D5. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Bellett, Gerry (March 27, 1993). "Multicultural radio: Founder sells station for $5.1 million". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. A3. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ "Fairchild Radio AM1470 FM96.1". www.am1470.com. from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  27. ^ "Scheduler 加拿大中文電台 AM1470 FM96.1" [Canadian Chinese Radio Schedule AM1470 FM96.1]. 加拿大中文電台 | AM1470 FM96.1 (in Chinese). from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

External links edit

  • Fairchild Radio
  • CJVB in the REC Canadian station database

December 15, 2023
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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 CJVBVancouver British ColumbiaBroadcast areaGreater VancouverFrequency1470 kHz AM BrandingFairchild RadioProgrammingFormatMulticulturalOwnershipOwnerFairchild Group Fairchild Radio Group Ltd Sister stationsCHKG FMHistoryFirst air dateJune 18 1972 51 years ago 1972 06 18 Call sign meaningOriginal owner Jan van BruchemTechnical informationClassB Regional Power50 000 wattsTransmitter coordinates49 11 34 6 N 123 1 20 7 W 49 192944 N 123 022417 W 49 192944 123 022417LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteam1470 comOperation began as a 10 000 watt station at the same transmitter site in 1972 with a power increase to 50 kW in 1979 The station was originally licensed to Jan van Bruchem whose initials give CJVB its call letters CJVB was the third multicultural radio station in Canada following CHIN in Toronto and CFMB in Montreal It was also the first radio station in the Vancouver area to broadcast in AM stereo CJVB airs primarily Chinese Cantonese and Mandarin programming from Monday through Saturday On Sunday the station airs a selection of programs in other languages Contents 1 History 1 1 Van Bruchem ownership 1 2 Fairchild ownership 2 Programming 3 References 4 External linksHistory editVan Bruchem ownership edit Jan van Bruchem immigrated from the Netherlands to the Toronto area in the 1960s and began working part time at a 250 watt radio station in Barrie 1 The owner of that station needed someone to do a Dutch language program to thank farmers that had cleared marsh land in the area Van Bruchem agreed and at the petition of the community a Dutch language show became a regular fixture on the station and was syndicated to others by the late 1960s 124 stations aired his show 1 At the end of the 1960s van Bruchem turned his attention to starting a multicultural radio station somewhere in Canada However stations were already set up in Toronto and Montreal and only one market looked remotely large enough to support such a station under the rules of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission CRTC His first CRTC application was rejected on the grounds that Vancouver did not have the requisite 150 000 people for such a licence to be granted 1 2 The main reason was a lack of statistics on new arrivals to Canada as a result van Bruchem hit the streets documenting ethnic restaurants and Sikh temples 3 These figures and updated data from Statistics Canada accompanied Van Bruchem s 1971 bid for an ethnic station in Vancouver under the corporate aegis of Great Pacific Broadcasting Ltd 3 Another reason given was that stations on the U S side of the border were airing 23 hours a week of foreign language programming most of it organized by Vancouver residents who could not get air time on Canadian stations 4 In late November 1971 the CRTC awarded the licence to van Bruchem who sold his house in Thornhill Ontario and moved to Vancouver to start the station 5 From studios at 814 Richards CJVB went on the air on June 18 1972 6 broadcasting in English and 17 foreign languages it also aired a daily newscast from the Dutch international radio service 7 The young CJVB produced more than 98 percent of its own programming 90 percent of which was live 8 It took advertisers several years to be convinced of the efficacy of advertising on an ethnic station with van Bruchem noting in 1992 that the station had a meagre beginning as a result 9 However the station eventually prospered After a 1974 application to add a rebroadcaster in the Fraser Valley was denied 10 11 in December 1979 it boosted its power from 10 000 to 50 000 watts 12 The station s English language output also included such specialties as big band music 13 nbsp An aerial view of the CJVB tower site in RichmondTwo months after going on the air a new program started on CJVB one that would remain a fixture for 20 years Overseas Chinese Voice 14 Chinese programming came to dominate CJVB as the Chinese population on the Lower Mainland grew rapidly by the late 1980s Overseas Chinese Voice was broadcasting for twelve hours a day 15 Indian Greek and Italian programming was also extensively featured 1 In 1983 CJVB was the first station in town to begin broadcasting in AM stereo using the C QUAM system 16 beating out CKWX by six days though behind CKOV in Kelowna 17 In 1992 the daytime coverage pattern of the AM transmitter was altered to improve service to the south 11 Fairchild ownership edit In 1992 a 63 year old van Bruchem opted to plan for his retirement He reached a deal to sell CJVB for 5 1 million to Y B C Holdings Ltd a consortium of five mostly Chinese Canadian interests Wardley Canada a subsidiary of Hongkong Bank of Canada 1320 Communications Ltd owned by CHQM AM FM founder Jack Stark Fairchild Media Oakbridge Investments and Anson Holdings 9 The Chinese Canadian National Council protested the proposed buyer over concerns that there would be changes in programming 18 The sale closed in January 1993 and at that time there were major changes in Chinese language programming Overseas Chinese Voice having programmed half of the station under contract for two decades was out and Canadian Chinese Radio Vancouver Corp was in 19 The main face of the new Chinese language programming was Michael Ng a former anchor for Radio Television Hong Kong 20 Overseas Chinese Voice then started Vancouver s second multicultural station CHMB 1320 AM 21 The last edition of van Bruchem s Dutch Treat program aired in late March 22 In 1995 Fairchild and Roger Charest owner of CKER in Edmonton made a joint bid to the CRTC to establish FM world music stations in Vancouver and Calgary 23 The application was approved in 1996 24 and in 1997 CHKG FM 96 1 began broadcasting 25 Programming editSix days a week CJVB devotes 21 hours of its air time to assorted Chinese language news talk and music programming followed by additional Cantonese and Mandarin language religious programs as well as an Italian language program and the Putumayo World Music Hour On Sundays the station turns over to blocks of other programs including shows in German Hungarian Khmer Korean Lao Macedonian Polish Thai and Vietnamese as well as the indigenous program Turtle Island Radio and shows spotlighting Celtic and world music 26 27 References edit a b c d Gill Gobinder September 2 1990 Dutch man s radio dream comes true Surrey Leader Surrey British Columbia Canada p A8 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Abbott Sally May 17 1972 Diffusing ethnic needs The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p 37 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com a b Radio bids include new ideas The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada October 14 1971 p 50 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com For Vancouver Ethnic radio proposed The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada Canadian Press October 22 1971 p 28 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Foreign language station approved for Vancouver The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada Canadian Press November 26 1971 p 74 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Radio CJVB Goes On Air Sunday Midnight Times Colonist Victoria British Columbia Canada June 17 1972 p 3 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Multi lingual radio station to broadcast here in June The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada May 3 1972 p 16 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Raugust Paul February 2 1973 A bridge for understanding The Province Vancouver British Columbia Canada p 44 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com a b Griffin Kevin May 26 1992 Multilingual family radio station draws offer of 5 1 million The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p A4 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Pollution exists in broadcasting Nanaimo Daily Free Press Nanaimo British Columbia Canada Canadian Press October 25 1974 p 24 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com a b CJVB history Canadian Communications Foundation Archived from the original on June 10 2011 Boyd Denny December 5 1979 Beaumont s trip to the end of the world The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p A3 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com McLean Bruce December 3 1986 Big Bands with a bonus The Province Vancouver British Columbia Canada p 14 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Chinese Voice celebrates Music dance kung fu at birthday show The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada August 6 1973 p 27 Archived from the original on April 7 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Griffin Kevin April 6 1989 Immigrants look for more news The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p B1 B8 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Boyd Denny September 12 1983 Guilt made PNE gate crasher more fair than ever The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p A3 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Andrews Marke October 15 1983 A boom in AM stereo The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p C4 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com CJVB sale Cultural groups upset at lack of public talks The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada July 8 1992 p B9 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Johnson John January 22 1993 Chinese radio station changes hands Richmond Review Richmond British Columbia Canada p 3 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Sagi Douglas January 21 1993 Ex Hong Kong anchor tests the air The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p B1 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Baines David May 25 2004 Entrepreneur finds niche in multicultural media The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p D5 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com Bellett Gerry March 27 1993 Multicultural radio Founder sells station for 5 1 million The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Canada p A3 Retrieved April 7 2022 via Newspapers com 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 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 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 Fairchild Radio AM1470 FM96 1 www am1470 com Archived from the original on January 28 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 Scheduler 加拿大中文電台 AM1470 FM96 1 Canadian Chinese Radio Schedule AM1470 FM96 1 加拿大中文電台 AM1470 FM96 1 in Chinese Archived from the original on February 5 2022 Retrieved April 7 2022 External links editFairchild Radio CJVB in the REC Canadian station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CJVB amp oldid 1148486093, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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