CJVB

CJVB is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which broadcasts multilingual programming at AM 1470. Owned by the Fairchild Group, the station broadcasts on 1470 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts, using two different directional patterns for daytime and nighttime operation. CJVB's studios and transmitter are located in Richmond.

CJVB

City	Vancouver, British Columbia
Broadcast area	Metro Vancouver
Frequency	1470 kHz (AM)
Branding	Fairchild Radio
Programming
Format	Multicultural
Ownership
Owner	Fairchild Group (Fairchild Radio Group Ltd.)
Sister stations	CHKG-FM
History
First air date	June 18, 1972
Call sign meaning	C Jan Van Bruchem (original owner)
Technical information
Class	B (Regional)
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	49.192951°N 123.02237°W / 49.192951; -123.02237 (CJVB Tower)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Fairchild Radio

Operation began as a 10,000 watt station at the same transmitter site in 1972, with the power increase to 50 kW in 1980.[1] The station was originally licensed to Jan van Bruchem, whose initials give CJVB its call letters. CJVB was the third multicultural radio station in Canada, following CHIN in Toronto and CFMB in Montreal. It was also the first radio station in British Columbia to broadcast in AM stereo.

Original Fairchild Radio logo, used until September 2012.

CJVB airs primarily Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) programming, with some Cambodian, Croatian, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Laotian, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu and Vietnamese programming in the evening and on weekends.