CKSR-FM
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| Broadcast area | Chilliwack, BC |
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| Branding | 98.3 Star FM |
| Slogan | The Valley's Lite Rock |
| Frequency | 98.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | June 27, 1927 |
| Format | Adult contemporary |
| ERP |
horizontal polarization only: 2.34 kWs average 5 kWs peak |
| HAAT | 210.1 meters (689 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C K StaR |
| Former callsigns | CHWK (1927–2000), CKSR (2000–2001) |
| Former frequencies | 1210 AM (1927–1930), 665 AM (1930–1933), 780 AM (1933–1941), 1340 AM (1941–1951), 1230 AM (1951–1953), 1270 AM (1953–2001) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations | CKKS-FM, CJAX-FM, CKWX, CKQC-FM |
| Website | www.starfm.com |
CKSR-FM (known on-air as Star FM) is a Canadian radio station located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The station, operating at 98.3 FM with 2,100 watts of power, is owned by Rogers Communications. CKSR also runs a repeater station in Hope, British Columbia called CFSR-FM on 100.5 FM with 157 watts.
CKSR began broadcasting on June 27, 1927 as CHWK (which stood for CHilliWacK), airing for two hours a day (noon-1 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.) at its original frequency of 1210 AM with transmission power of 5 watts. The station had been started up by original owners, radio set salesmen Casey Wells and Jack Menzies, as a response to the problems Chilliwack residents had with picking up radio signals from Vancouver due to the area's mountainous terrain and the less-sophisticated radio receivers of the time. During CHWK's early years, there were some days when the station would not go on the air if Wells and Menzies were busy selling radios; this was eventually remedied in 1929 when Jack Pilling was hired on to help run station operations.
CHWK moved to 665 AM and increased power to 100 watts in 1930, and Wells bought Menzies' ownership stake in the station in 1933, with programming geared toward the Chilliwack area's farmers. CHWK became a charter affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission upon the network's formation in 1932, and later became the local affiliate when the CRBC reorganized as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936. The station switched frequencies again to 780 AM in 1937 and increased power to 250 watts the following year. In 1940, Pilling acquired half-ownership of the station, which changed over to 1340 AM in 1941. The original CBC Radio became known as the Trans-Canada Network on January 2, 1944 when its new sister network, the Dominion Network, went on the air, and CHWK became a charter affiliate of the Dominion Network at that time.
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