CIWV-FM (98.3 MHz Wave 98.3) is a commercial FM radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Don Shafer, his partner Yvonne and a few friends were discussing what they would do if they owned a radio station and wrote the ideas on the back of a napkin.

[1] CIRH was licensed on August 6, 2014 by the CRTC which described the station format as "niche spoken word" targeting adults aged 25 to 64 in Vancouver.

[12] The CRTC granted a request for CIRH to be re-licensed as a specialty music station, relieving it of its obligations to broadcast spoken word programming.

[1] CIRH programming had an evening show hosted by Kirk LaPointe, former CBC ombudsman and former mayoral candidate.

The station's former director of programming, Tracey Friesen, was eventually ousted and replaced by founder and CEO, Don Shafer.