In 1979,
CJAZ-FM Vancouver was licensed as Canada's first All Jazz station. A year later, the station was on the air, on 92.1 MHz, from a Saltspring Island transmitter location. Owner Selkirk Broadcasting also owned
CKWX. The station has since been through a frequency change, to 96.9 MHz, a transmitter move to Mount Seymour, and two (each) call letter and format changes, currently running a Jack-FM format as
CKLG-FM. The station has had a same-frequency repeater in Whistler since 2000.
In 1985,
CKVU-TV Vancouver was approved by the CRTC to move from Channel 21 to Channel 10, but with a decrease in power from 880,000 watts to 285,000 watts. The transmitter remained on Saltspring Island, which had long been a problem for off-air reception in Vancouver, given the coverage issues associated with UHF. But on Channel 10, both Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland were promised great reception.
