CHWK-FM

For the station that previously held the CHWK callsign, see CKSR-FM.

CHWK-FM
City of license	Chilliwack, BC
Broadcast area	Fraser Valley
Branding	89.5 The Drive
Slogan	Classic Hits for Chilliwack
Frequency	89.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	February 20, 2009
Format	Classic hits
ERP	1600 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	CHilliWacK or C HaWK
Owner	FABMAR Communications Ltd.
Webcast	chwk.streamon.fm
Website	895thedrive.com

CHWK-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a classic hits format at 89.5 FM in Chilliwack, British Columbia, branded as 89.5 The Drive.

Owned by FABMAR Communications Ltd. (formerly Radio CJVR Ltd.), the station was licensed in 2008.^[1] The station began testing on February 11, 2009 and launched on February 20, 2009, as "89.5 The Hawk, Chilliwack's Rock Station", initially playing an active rock format, later adopting a more classic rock format. The station was also the radio home of the WHL Chilliwack Bruins from February 2009 until the team's relocation to Victoria following the 2011 season.

Glen Slingerland and Sadie Hesketh were the original morning show and as of 2015, remain there.

On June 28, 2013 at 10:00 am, the station adopted its current classic hits format, and re branded as "89.5 The Drive", beginning with a weekend-long countdown of the 500 songs chosen by the listeners of the station. The first song heard was Fine Young Cannibals "She Drive Me Crazy". (The last song on the Hawk was to pay homage to the original format - Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird").

CHWK was the former call sign of a radio station in Chilliwack from 1927 until it changed its call sign to CKSR-FM in 2000.^[2]

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Radio stations in the Southwestern British Columbia Mainland (excluding Vancouver)

Abbotsford	CBU-1-FM 88.5 CKKS-FM-1 92.5 CIVL 101.7 CKQC 107.1

Chilliwack	VF2522 88.1 CHWK 89.5 CBYF 91.7 CKSR 98.3 CBU-FM-7 99.9 CBUF-FM-1 102.1 CKKS 107.5

Gibsons	CKAY 91.7 CISC 107.5

Harrison Hot Springs	VF2594 88.9 CBYH 96.7

Hope	CFSR 100.5 CBUE 101.7

Pemberton	CBU-3-FM 91.5 CFPV 98.9 CISP 104.5

Squamish	VF2467 88.1 CBRU 98.3 CISQ 107.1

Whistler	CFTW 88.7 CFMI-FM-1 90.7 CFOX-FM-1 92.3 CKLG-FM-1 96.9 CBYW 100.1 CKEE 101.5 CISW 102.1 CBUF-FM-10 103.1

Adjacent Markets	Bellingham/Northwest Washington Greater Vancouver Victoria/Mid Island

British Columbia radio markets Okanagan Prince George / Northern Interior Thompson-Cariboo Northern & Western Vancouver Island Southwest BC Mainland Greater Vancouver Victoria & Mid Island See also List of radio stations in British Columbia

Coordinates: 49°06′35″N 121°50′52″W / 49.10972°N 121.84778°W / 49.10972; -121.84778

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