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CKGO (730 AM broadcasting) was a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Corus Entertainment, the station served as a rebroadcaster of sister station CKNW from 2024 to 2025. CKGO transmits with a power output of 50,000 , the maximum for Canadian AM stations. It uses a directional antenna at all times to protect other stations on 980 AM from interference. Its transmitter is situated off British Columbia Highway 17 in Delta. FCCdata.org/CHMJ
The station was originally established in 1955 as CKLG, under which it broadcast a popular contemporary hit radio format. Its popularity waned in the 1990s due to competition from FM stations; after its sale to Shaw Communications (who later spun off its media properties as Corus), the station briefly flipped to all-news radio in 2001 as a brand extension of newly-acquired sister station CKNW. In May 2002, the station flipped to hot talk as Mojo 730; in 2004, Mojo segued to a Sports radio format. In June 2006, Corus dropped Mojo in favour of a format concentrating primarily on traffic reports, although it continued to carry sports play-by-play rights.
In June 2024, CKGO was closed by Corus Entertainment as part of company-wide cuts, and began to simulcast CKNW for a transitional period. CKNW's programming and Call sign were permanently moved to CKGO's signal on February 24, 2025, with Corus citing 730's better signal coverage in downtown Vancouver and the Lower Mainland as the reason for the move.
It also carried Vancouver Whitecaps MLS soccer games and pre-game shows. InsideRadio.com "Vancouver Whitecaps Sign Deal with Corus Entertainment" April 9, 2021
In 1958, the station changed frequencies from 1070 kHz to 730 kHz and increased power to 10,000 watts. The transmitter site was moved from North Vancouver to Delta. The station was sold to Moffat Broadcasting Ltd. in 1961, and in 1964, launched an FM sister station, the original CKLG-FM (now CFOX-FM), at 99.3 MHz. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, CKLG (also known as LG73) played a variety of contemporary music, at times ranking as one of the most popular radio stations in the Vancouver media market. In 1975, the station once again increased power, raising it to the current 50,000 watts. In 1984, CKLG began broadcasting in AM stereo using the Kahn-Hazeltine C-QUAM system. Later it switched to the Motorola system.
The station's popularity declined in the early 1990s, as listeners switched to FM radio for music listening. In 1992, Shaw Radio (now Corus Entertainment) purchased Moffat's Vancouver radio properties. Shaw tried a brief and unsuccessful attempt at a talk radio format from September 1993 until February 23, 1994. CKLG AM 1994 TV SpotNeal Hall, "NW is the cream of the crop, but Z95's the big winner," The Vancouver Sun, December 15, 1993."Column one," The Vancouver Sun, February 23, 1994. The station flipped to a hot adult contemporary format, which lasted for the next seven years, despite new competition from station CKZZ-FM. CKZZ originally began as a rhythmic contemporary station in 1991 before moving towards a more mainstream contemporary hit radio format in 1996.
When that format failed to attract a large enough audience, the station changed to an sports radio format in February 2004, branded as MOJO Sports Radio, AM 730. The station would compete primarily with CHUM Limited's CKST Team 1040.Greg Douglas, "Tiger still shrinks at one off-ice memory," The Vancouver Sun, February 7, 2004. It was the radio home of the Vancouver Giants junior hockey team, the Vancouver Whitecaps MLS team and other local sports events including UBC Thunderbirds and SFU Clansmen football and basketball games. It also carried Seattle Seahawks games from Seattle's KIRO. It was an ESPN Radio network affiliate and also shared some sports content with CKNW.
On July 3, 2016, CHMJ was knocked off the air temporarily by a fire that broke out in Burns Bog, where the station's transmitter site is located. UPDATE: Burns Bog fire 50% contained | News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver's News. Vancouver's Talk The station was broadcast temporarily on the HD Radio digital signal of sister station 101.1 CFMI-FM. Radiowest: "AM 730 knocked off air by Burns Bog fire", July 3, 2016.
On April 8, 2021, Corus Entertainment announced it had acquired the radio broadcasting rights of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, following Bell Media's decision to reformat CKST from sports to comedy. CHMJ will air games while sister station CKNW will air weekly programming related to the Whitecaps and BC Lions, in addition to an exclusive coaches' show.
On April 1, 2022, the station's call letters were changed to CKGO.
The CRTC formally revoked the station’s licence on May 15, 2025.
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