CBC Radio One Winnipeg

💡Did You Know?

• •CBC Radio One Winnipeg, under its original call sign CKY, was the first government-owned radio station in Canada, launched on March 13, 1923, by the Manitoba Telephone System.
• •The station's 990 AM frequency operates as a non-commercial Class A Clear-channel station, allowing its daytime signal to reach almost all of southern Manitoba and much of the middle portion of North America at night due to significant transmitter power and the province's flat terrain.
• •The CBC acquired the station for $200,000 on July 1, 1948, relaunching it as CBW on September 3, 1948, and adopting the CBC Radio One branding in 1997.
• •The FM transmitter for the 89.3 MHz simulcast is located atop the Richardson building in downtown Winnipeg, improving urban coverage.