CFAX (AM)

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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 late 2004.

By late 2006, the station plans to move into the same building as CIVI-TV, also owned by CHUM.

1 History
2 Show Hosts
3 Anchors/Reporters
4 Moving
5 Imaging
6 External links

[edit] History

CFAX signed on in 1959 as a daytime-only radio station, transmitting at 1000 watts on 810 kHz from a site near the Universtiy of Victoria. The original owner's group included the Queale family, who also owned the local Queale Electronics store. The station, undercapitalized from the beginning, quickly ran into financial trouble, with Claire Copeland emerging as owner and manager. In 1964, the station changed dial position to 1070 KHz, and commenced 24/7 operation, transmitting from Trial Island. 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."

[edit] Show Hosts

Stephen Andrew, Cameron Bell, Joy Browne, Joe Easingwood, Al Ferraby, Terry Moore, Jennifer Shaw, Mike Smyth, Susan Woods.

[edit] Anchors/Reporters

Steve Duffy, Nikki Ewanyshyn, Ryan Price, Rebecca Scott, Frank Stanford.

[edit] Moving

Since the sale of CHUM, the station put it's plans on hold to move into the studios in the building of CIVI-TV though that could still be a possibility.