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CJVB is a radio station in Vancouver, Canada which broadcasts multilingual programming at AM 1470. Owned by Fairchild Radio, the station broadcasts on 1470 kHz at a power of 50,000 watts, using two different directional patterns for daytime and nighttime operation. Transmissions originate from its Richmond, BC transmitter site. Operation began as a 10,000 watt station at the same transmitter site in 1972, with the power increase to 50 kW in 1980[1]. The station was originally licenced to Jan Van Bruchem, whose initials give CJVB its call letters. CJVB was the first multicultural radio station in Canada outside of the Toronto market area. It was also the first radio station in BC to broadcast in AM stereo.
Today CJVB airs primarily Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) programming, with some Afghan, Bosnian, Cambodian, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Greek, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Laotian, Macedonian, Malaysian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese programming in the evening and on weekends.
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- ^ Canadian Communications Foundation - Radio Station History - CJVB-AM
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