CKPK-FM
| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | 102.7 The Peak |
| Slogan | Modern Rock |
| Frequency | 102.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1923 |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| ERP | 70,000 watts |
| HAAT | 682.4 metres |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′15″N 122°57′30″W / 49.354252°N 122.958308°WCoordinates: 49°21′15″N 122°57′30″W / 49.354252°N 122.958308°W |
| Callsign meaning | C K PeaK |
| Former callsigns | CFXC (1923-1926) CJOR (1926-1988) CHRX (1988-1994) CKBD (1994-2008) |
| Former frequencies | 440 metres (1923-1925) 1030 kHZ (1925-1930) 1210 kHz (1930-1933) 600 kHz (1933-2008) 100.5 MHz (2008-2012) |
| Owner |
Jim Pattison Group (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited) |
| Sister stations | CJJR-FM |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.thepeak.fm |
CKPK-FM is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It broadcasts at 102.7 MHz on the FM dial. As of 2012, the station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group and airs an alternative rock format branded as "102.7 The Peak". Founded in 1923, in the past the station has broadcast numerous formats on other frequencies, under the call signs CFXC, CJOR, CHRX and CKBD. CKPK's studios are located on West 8th Avenue in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, while its transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour.
CKPK-FM was originally launched by electrical store Hume and Rumble in 1923 as experimental station CFXC, broadcasting on 440 metres with power at 10 watts. It adopted the 1030 AM frequency in 1925. The station was acquired by George Chandler the following year; under Canadian broadcast policy at the time, CFXC was shut down and a new license was issued to Chandler for CJOR. The station subsequently increased power to 50 watts in 1928 and shared time with CNRV, then moved frequencies to 1210 AM and its studios to 840 Howe Street (with another boost in power to 500 watts) in 1930, and then to 600 AM in 1933.
CJOR increased its transmission power to 1,000 watts in 1941, moving its transmitter site to Lulu Island, where it is located to this day (making it the oldest broadcast site in the vicinity in continuous operation). In 1944, it became the Vancouver affiliate of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Dominion Network, then increased power again to 5,000 watts in 1947 with two 280-foot towers at a site in Richmond; that same year, Chandler established CJOR Ltd. to run the station.
In 1961, CJOR further increased power to 10,000 watts (and three towers), and became an independent station the following year after CBC ceased the Dominion Network's operations. Following Chandler's death in 1964, Pattison acquired the station the following year after the Board of Broadcast Governors (predecessor of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC) decided not to allow station parent CJOR Ltd. (by then owned by Chandler's widow Marie) to renew the licence, but requested that it find a new buyer for CJOR. By the 1970s, the station shifted its focus away from music to talk radio.
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