On June 26, 2024, as part of cuts by the company, Corus disbanded sister station CKGO's traffic radio format, and began simulcasting CKNW's programming on its 730 kHz frequency.

In January 2025, Corus announced that CKNW would move permanently to CKGO's signal on February 24, 2025, citing its better downtown and Lower Mainland coverage.

In February 1958, long time Creative Director Tony Antonias wrote a jingle that was introduced on CKNW in April 1958.

During the World's Fair known as Expo 86, CKNW moved its Holiday Inn Hotel Talk studio to a new facility in the BC Pavilion Complex.

In 1996, CKNW and CFMI moved again to their current studios in the TD Tower at Pacific Centre in Downtown Vancouver.

The cost-cutting decisions made by Corus, along with the increase in infomercials, has correspondingly resulted in CKNW suffering a steady erosion of its listening audience.

[6] In 2007, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council faulted CKNW for airing "potentially dangerous information" during the Dawson College shooting.

During the incident, CKNW had simulcast content from its sister stations in Montreal which included students speaking by cellphone from inside the school.

The council said that as a result of modern technology reducing geographic distance as a barrier, CKNW had breached Section 10 (coverage of violent situations) of the broadcast code.

The loss of the Canucks games may have resulted in the station losing nearly a third of their cumulative audience in the Fall ratings of 2006.

[citation needed] In November 2015, CKNW's programming was added to sister station 101.1 CFMI-FM's HD Radio digital subchannel.

[8] On June 26, 2024, sister station 730 CKGO switched from its previous all-traffic format to a simulcast of CKNW as the result of ongoing cuts by Corus.

[9] In January 2025, Corus announced that the CKNW intellectual unit, including its call letters and format, would move permanently to the 730 AM frequency on February 24, 2025.

While both stations operate at the same power of 50 kilowatts, Corus stated that CKGO's facilities were newer, and that its signal had better coverage in Downtown Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

[10] After the frequency swap, 980 remains on the air to carry a looping promo advising listeners of the change, after which it is expected to go silent in mid-March.

[11] Christy Clark hosted a weekday talk show on the station from 2007 to 2010, before returning to politics and becoming Premier of British Columbia.

[12] Dan Russell's "Sportstalk" was the longest running sports discussion show in Canada but ended on CKNW in September 2013.