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| Broadcast area | Greater Vancouver | ||||||||||
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| Frequency | 1320 kHz (AM) | ||||||||||
| Branding | AM1320 CHMB (English) 華僑之聲 (Chinese) | ||||||||||
| Programming | |||||||||||
| Format | Multicultural (12 languages) | ||||||||||
| Ownership | |||||||||||
| Owner | Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
First air date | December 10, 1959 | ||||||||||
Former call signs | CHQM (1959–1994) | ||||||||||
Call sign meaning | CH Mainstream Broadcasting (owner) | ||||||||||
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| Class | B | ||||||||||
| Power | 50,000 watts (Day & Night) | ||||||||||
Transmitter coordinates | 49°09′51″N 123°02′34″W / 49.164301°N 123.042701°W | ||||||||||
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| Webcast | Listen live | ||||||||||
| Website | am1320.com | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華僑之聲 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华侨之声 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Overseas Chinese Voice | ||||||||||
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CHMB is a Canadian AM radio station, broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia on 1320 kHz. The station broadcasts a Multilingual language programming. CHMB's studios and transmitter towers are located in Richmond.
CHMB and CJMR (no relationship) are the only stations in Canada which broadcast on 1320 kHz.
CHMB is owned and operated by Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation, whose owner is Vancouver businessman James Ho. It started in 1973 as Overseas Chinese Voice (OCV). In 1993, OCV programming was incorporated into the multicultural AM radio station, Mainstream Broadcasting Corp. CHMB AM 1320, which serves the Vancouver Lower Mainland's multicultural communities.
In February 2002, after competing with Toronto based Rogers Media and four other applicants, the CRTC granted an over the air multicultural television license to a group of prominent local entrepreneurs led by James Ho / CHMB / Mainstream. In addition to James Ho the other founders included; Joe Segal, Robert Lee, Geoffrey Lau and Doug Holtby. The television station, called Channel M (Multivan Broadcast Corp. or MVBC), was launched on June 2003 to serve more than 800,000 ethnic residents around the Vancouver Lower Mainland. Channel M was sold to Rogers Media in May 2008 and it is currently a part of Omni Television, a Canada's multilingual and multicultural television network.
CHMB is licensed by CRTC to broadcast 12 languages, however, it currently broadcasts in 14 languages: Portuguese, Brazilian, Filipino, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Cantonese and Mandarin speaking community.