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.
[2] On February 3, 1955, CKLG, owned by Lions Gate Broadcasting Ltd., began transmitting at 1070 kHz on the AM band with a 1,000-watt transmitter.
[6][7] On May 28, 2002, at 5 a.m., CJNW discontinued the all-news format and began a nearly 2+1⁄2-month-long stunt of modern rock music, which also included a month of downtime for a transmitter site upgrade.
[11] On November 26, 2006, CHMJ dropped the CKNW encores and began carrying traffic programming at all times, along with brief news and weather segments.
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.
[13] 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.
On June 26, 2024, amid ongoing cuts by Corus Entertainment, CKGO ended its all-traffic format and flipped to a simulcast of CKNW.
Corus stated that the simulcast was an interim measure, and that it would ultimately only operate one news-talk AM station in Vancouver.
[15][16] On January 21, 2025, Corus announced that CKGO would close, and that the branding, programming, and call letters of CKNW would move to 730 beginning February 24, 2025.
[15] After the move, 980 will temporarily remain on the air to broadcast a looping promo advising listeners of the change, after which it will go silent.