vancouver branding tsn radio 1410 frequency 1410 khz am 103.5 mhz hd3 first air date april 10 1922 format sports power 50 000 watts class b regional callsign meaning cf team former callsigns cjce 1922 cfcq 1922 1928 ckmo 1928 1955 cfun 1955 1969 ckvn 1969 1973 cfun 1973 2009 former frequencies 450 metres 1922 1925 730 khz 1925 1933 affiliations tsn radio owner bell media bell media british columbia radio partnership sister stations ckst cfbt fm chqm fm civt dt webcast listen live website tsn radio 1410 cfte is a canadian class b 50 000 watt radio station in vancouver british columbia . on 1410 am it is owned by bell media and currently carries a sports format as tsn radio 1410 a secondary station to ckst tsn radio 1040 . 1410 am is a north american regional broadcast frequency . cfte s studios are located on second avenue in the fairview neighbourhood of vancouver while its transmitters are located near delta . contents 1 history 1.1 early personalities 1.2 the end of top 40 1.3 1990s and 2000s 1.4 flip to sports radio 2 live sports 3 references 4 external links history edit cfun first signed on the air on april 10 1922 as cjce 1 at 750 am co owned by sprott shaw schools of commerce & wireless telegraphy and radio specialties ltd. and operated on 5 watts of power . radio specialties opened cfcq ten days later on 450 meters with transmission power of 40 watts ; the two stations were merged by sprott shaw in 1924 with the unified operation assuming the cfcq calls and increasing its power to 50 watts . cfcq increased power again to 1 000 watts in 1925 and moved to 730 am to share time with ckcd and nanaimo station cfdc before cutting power back to 50 watts the following year . cfcq changed its call letters to ckmo in 1928 and moved to the bekins building 815 west hastings street in 1929 then switched frequencies to its present 1410 am and moved to 812 robson street in 1933 before power returned to 1000 watts in 1941 . ckmo underwent major changes in 1955 when it was sold to radio c fun ltd. which changed the station s calls to cfun on february 14 of that year the ckmo calls are now used by a victoria college campus station known as village 900 . in 1959 cfun increased power to 10 000 watts and moved their studios to 1900 west 4th avenue then introduced a top 40 music format in 1960 to challenge the supremacy of vancouver rock n roll powerhouse ckwx the former cfdc . early personalities edit during much of the 1960s cfun s disc jockey crew known on air as the good guys became well known to vancouver radio listeners . these were some of them during the station s top 40 heyday bryan frosty forst al jordan ed karl fred latremouille a.k.a. latrimo john tanner peter alpen neil soper terry david mulligan tom peacock red robinson joined from ckwx in 1962 the end of top 40 edit cfun s early top 40 era ended on september 18 1967 when the format was dropped for easy listening music . on may 28 1968 the station was sold to montreal based radio futura ltd. and on july 1 1969 the station changed its call letters to ckvn adopted a primarily all news format with music overnight and increased transmission power to 50 000 watts . ckvn dropped its news format and returned to a top 40 format in march 1970 . the station was sold to chum western ltd. a division of chum limited on january 1 1973 and regained the cfun calls on september 30 . in 1984 chum western was merged into chum limited and cfun dropped top 40 again for an adult contemporary format on december 19 of that year . cfun had two successful promotions in the 70s . one was called don t say hello when the phone rang and you answered i listen to cfun you won a thousand dollars . the other contest that cfun used to raise its profile was the cfun sticker where people placed stickers on their rear window and if they were spotted they won prizes . the deejay line up during the 70s included radio personalities such as fred latremouille with latri mornings bob magee russ tyson peter benson j. lee smith jim hault tom lucas daryl burlingham terry russell roger kelly tom jeffries jack casey and russ too loud mcloud . the current cfun fm at 104.9 bears no relation to the original cfun am outside of having the same call letters and also a contemporary hits format . 1990s and 2000s edit cfun gained an fm sister station in 1990 when parent chum limited bought chqm fm whose format was changed from easy listening to adult contemporary favourites of yesterday and today in 1992 . both stations moved to their present studios at 380 west 2nd avenue early in 1993 and on march 27 1996 cfun switched to talk radio . more stations joined cfun and chqm fm under the chum banner when ckvu tv was purchased in november 2001 followed by ckst team 1040 in 2003 . cfun s late 2000s logo as talk 1410 on july 12 2006 it was announced that chum limited would be purchased by ctvglobemedia owner of ctv . the purchase includes chum s vancouver radio stations including cfun and all of its victoria stations while ckvu is to be sold to rogers media as part of the sale of the citytv system which was a condition of the crtc s approval of the ctvglobemedia purchase of chum limited . ctvglobemedia officially became the owner of cfun and most other chum properties on june 22 2007 . on august 14 2008 ctvglobemedia applied to move the station s transmitter to a new site approximately 8 kilometres 5 mi southeast of its existing transmitter . 2 as a talk station cfun s on air personalities included simi sara dave brindle nikki renshaw and joe leary as well as the syndicated laura schlesinger joy browne and coast to coast am . weekend programming included a variety of specialty lifestyle programs hosted by local personalities including a wine show hosted by terry david mulligan . flip to sports radio edit on november 5 2009 station management announced the immediate termination of cfun s talk format and its replacement with sports radio . 3 cfun rebranded team 1410 will henceforth serve as ctvglobemedia s secondary sports radio station for the city primarily featuring espn radio and other syndicated sports talk shows bc lions football coverage replays of vancouver canucks games and coverage of various american or overseas sports events not previously available on vancouver radio . the team 1410 logo from 2009 2014 sister station ckst team 1040 continues to air its current locally focused sports format although the announcement suggested that lions games which were previously aired on that station will henceforth air exclusively on 1410 . the station abandoned the cfun call sign in late november 2009 . the cfun call signs were acquired by rogers classic hits radio station ckcl fm chilliwack vancouver . with corus radio s cinw canada s oldest radio station which has been on the air since 1919 in montreal signing off the air on january 29 2010 cfte will be canada s oldest radio station . on february 10 2011 it was announced that team 1410 would become the official broadcaster of the vancouver whitecaps after signing a 2 year deal with the team . 4 on august 28 2014 it was announced that both team stations in vancouver would rebrand as tsn radio stations on september 8 2014 . 5 live sports edit tsn radio 1410 is the flagship station for the following teams radio broadcasts vancouver giants whl vancouver stealth nll vancouver whitecaps mls soccer tsn radio 1410 also features live coverage of the following seattle seahawks nfl toronto blue jays mlb baseball utica comets ahl select games nfl football select games nba basketball select games ncaa basketball select games premier league soccer select games references edit historical information on cjce at canadian communications foundation broadcasting public notice crtc 2008 71 a message from james stuart vice president & general manager of chum radio vancouver cfun website 2009 11 05 accessed 2009 11 05 http www.theprovince.com sports team 1410 snags caps radio rights 4261713 story.html team radio switches to tsn1040 & tsn1410 . teamradio.ca . retrieved 28 august 2014 . external links edit official website cfte history canadian communications foundation website cfte history at vancouver radio museum cfun top 40 surveys 1959 1967 includes audio jingles query the rec s canadian station database for cfte ckst 1410 am v t e radio stations in greater vancouver am cisl 650 cbu 690 chmj 730 cknw 980 ckst 1040 ckwx 1130 cjrj 1200 chmb 1320 cfte 1410 cjvb 1470 defunct cima 1040 sw ckzu 6.16 mhz defunct ckfx sw 6.08 mhz fm cbu 2 88.1 vf2521 88.3 chnw 88.7 cfvt 89.3 vf2686 89.9 cjsf 90.1 cbux 90.9 vf2688 91.5 ckye 93.1 cjjr 93.7 cfbt 94.5 ckzz 95.3 chkg 96.1 cjax 96.9 cbuf 97.7 cirh 98.3 ckpm 98.7 cfox 99.3 cfro 100.5 cfmi 101.1 citr 101.9 ckpk 102.7 chqm 103.5 chlg 104.3 ckks fm 2 104.9 cbu 105.7 ckav fm 2 106.3 cisf 107.7 cfml 107.9 us stations serving vancouver am kari 550 blaine wa krpi 1550 ferndale wa kvri 1600 blaine wa fm kwpz 106.5 lynden wa hd radio 96.9 1 96.9 2 101.1 1 101.1 2 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