CKST
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | TSN Radio 1040 |
| Frequency | 1040 kHz (AM) 103.5 MHz HD2 |
| First air date | January 19, 1963 |
| Format | sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°05′33″N 122°55′57″W / 49.092431°N 122.932388°WCoordinates: 49°05′33″N 122°55′57″W / 49.092431°N 122.932388°W |
| Callsign meaning | C(K)oaST (reference to old branding of Coast 1040) |
| Former callsigns | CJJC (1963-1985) CJUP (1985-1988) |
| Former frequencies | 850 kHz (1963-1975) 800 kHz (1975-1992) |
| Affiliations |
TSN Radio ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media British Columbia Radio Partnership) |
| Sister stations | CFTE, CFBT-FM, CHQM-FM, CIVT-DT |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | TSN Radio 1040 |
CKST is a radio station located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Bell Media, the station broadcasts a sports talk format branded as TSN Radio 1040. It is the flagship station of a two-station sports talk cluster with CFTE, TSN Radio 1410. CKST's studios are located on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, while its transmitters are located in Delta.
CKST went on the air for the first time on January 19, 1963 in Langley, British Columbia as CJJC, broadcasting on its original frequency of 850 AM with 1000 watts of power and offering a country music format. The station's original owner was City & Country Radio Ltd., headed by former CJAV and CKNW personality Joe Chesney.
CJJC was given approval by the CRTC on December 15, 1970 to change its frequency and transmission power from 850 AM and 1000 watts to 800 AM and 10,000 watts, but the station waited until June 1975 to put the change into effect. In 1977, CJJC (which had been dealing with financial trouble for some time) rehired 23 of 32 staff members who were given 30 days notice on New Year's Eve. Parent company City & Country Radio was authorized to transfer all of the station's shares to a company run by Joe Chesney and Ernie Mykyte; Mykyte would become sole owner of CJJC in 1978 when he bought out Chesney's half-interest in the station.
CJJC and parent City & Country Radio were purchased on June 26, 1985 (following CRTC approval) by an ownership consortium of Saskatoon Telecable Ltd. (72%), Sam Folstad (18%) and L.M. McDonald (10%); later in the year, CJJC changed its call letters to CJUP and dropped its country format for Top 40 with "Up Radio, AM 800" as its on-air name. In 1987, CJUP majority shareholder Saskatoon Telecable was purchased by Clint Forster and his family, and the station changed call letters again to the present CKST in 1988. On July 7, 1989, CKST increased its power to 25,000 watts and began broadcasting in stereo.
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