On Jun 8, 12:08 pm, dxAce wrote:
Dan Say wrote:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/De...db2007-171.htm

Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-171
Ottawa, 8 June 2007
Rogers Broadcasting Limited
Vancouver, British Columbia
Application 2007-0450-4, received 20 March 2007
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-38
11 April 2007

CKWX Vancouver, British Columbia - Licence amendment

1.
The Commission approves the application by Rogers Broadcasting Limited to
amend the broadcasting licence of the English-language commercial radio
programming undertaking CKWX Vancouver, by deleting the transmitter CKFX-SW
Vancouver.

2.
The licensee has informed the Commission that the above-noted short wave
transmitter is no longer in operation.

3.
The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this
application.
Secretary General
This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in
alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in
HTML at the following Internet site:http://www.crtc.gc.ca

Date Modified: 2007-06-08

Seems as though they've been dead for some time now.

CKFX QSL:http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/ckfx.jpg

dxAce
Michigan
USA


All of the Americas have been going to FM transmitters. In South
America, shortwave is declining as FM transmitters fed by satellite
uplinks have become increasingly commonplace. With the declining cost
of FM/satellite transmitting, there is really no reason for
governments and private groups to maintain shortwave transmitters and
deal with such things as erratic solar weather and the thunderstorm
activity that wipes out huge chunks of the tropical bands (widely used
in SAm) for months at a time. Canadian domestic SW served much the
same purpose, but FM relays are much more efficient.

US domestics have always been a joke, except in the first few years
after legalization in the early 80s when bold ideas like WRNO were
being tried. Those ideas fell away after failing to make any money,
and US domestic SW was surrendered to loony religious groups, hate
groups, and political conspiracy theorists, with the lines between
them blurry and shifting. South American SW is becoming increasingly
dominated by religious groups as well, although down there government
rules prohibit pay for play radio, thus preventing the free for all
seen in the US.

The only places that shortwave still lives is in Africa, where eternal
chaos prevents the formation of FM networks, and Asia, where the
population is often very diffuse and hard to cover with FM. The Middle
East has been shifting to FM, but a severe deterioration in political
stability, as is increasingly likely, could send it running back to
SW. The Middle East also has seen huge popularity for satellite
transmission.