radiodon wrote:CHWK and CJVI would be 80ish?
CJVI's call letters appeared in 1941. Ads in the Victoria
Times at the time say "(formerly CFCT)."
The Aug. 6, 1924 edition of the
Times says CFCT signed on August 8, 1924. It aired concerts on Wednesday and Friday nights from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
CHWK was originally CJCU, a five-watt station at 1210 kc. owned and operated by Earl R. Streeter from a business at Washington and James Streets in Mission (source,
Radio Service Bulletin, July 30, 1927). It could be picked up as far as Saskatoon. The Mission paper isn't on line to tell us when it first signed on.
The
Chilliwack Progress announced on Aug. 11, 1927 the station had been purchased by "Clarence" Wells and was to be installed at Menzies Hardware. Later editions of the
Progress state the first experimental broadcast of CHWK (phonograph records; the studio was being built) was on August 31, 1927, with the antenna lying flat on the roof. It would appear the first actual broadcast was on Sunday, Sept. 11, 1927, consisting of Tchaikovsky's Concerto in B Flat Minor. The
Progress of Sept. 15, 1927 also reported the station was on the air from noon to 1 p.m. and took requests at phone number 262 (evidently, the request was "Less Tchaikovsky").
cArtie.