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{{Short description|Radio station in Vancouver, Canada}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CKPK-FM
| logo = File:102 7 Now Radio logo.png
| logo_caption =
| logo_size = 200px
| city = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| area = [[Greater Vancouver]]
| branding =
| airdate = [[1923 in radio|1923]]
| frequency = 102.7 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]]) {{HD Radio}}
| format = [[Hot
| erp = 70,000 [[watt]]s
| haat = 682.4 metres (2239 ft)
| class = C
| callsign_meaning = CK '''P'''ea'''K''' (former branding)
| former_callsigns = CFXC (1923–1926)<br
| sister_stations = [[CJJR-FM]]
| owner = [[Jim Pattison Group]]
| licensee = Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited
| former_frequencies = 440 metres (1923–1925)<br
| coordinates = {{coord|49.3543|N|122.9583|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CKPK-FM Tower}}
| webcast = [https://www.1027nowradio.com/player/
| website = [https://www.1027nowradio.com/ 1027nowradio.com]<br>[https://www.thepeak.fm thepeak.fm] (HD2)
}}
'''CKPK-FM''' (102.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]],
The station first signed on with an experimental license in 1923 as '''CFXC''', and was renamed '''CJOR''' in 1926. It moved to its long-time home of 600 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] in 1930. CJOR operated as the Vancouver affiliate of the [[CBC Radio|CBC]]'s [[Dominion Network]] from 1944 through the network's closure in 1962. It was later acquired by [[Jim Pattison]] after the death of its previous owner [[George Clarke Chandler]]. In November 2008, after over 80 years as an AM station, the station—by then [[adult standards]] '''CKBD'''—moved to FM as [[adult album alternative]] (AAA) ''100.5 The Peak''. In 2012, the station moved once again to 102.7 FM. Ten years later in 2022, the rock format was moved to [[HD Radio]] in favour of its current format.
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On July 22, 2022, it was announced that CKPK would drop its rock format on July 25, with its existing ''Peak'' format and programming moving to an [[HD Radio]] sub-channel and [[internet radio]]. ''Radio Insight'' reported that Pattison had bought a [[domain name]] for the branding ''102.7 Now! Radio''—implicating the possibility of a [[hot adult contemporary]] format modelled after sister stations [[CKNO-FM]] in Edmonton, [[CHNW-FM]] in Winnipeg, and [[CKCE-FM]] in Calgary (which uses a similar positioning as ''Today Radio'', and whose morning hosts Christy Farrell and Fraser Tuff had also recently announced that they would be moving to one of Pattison's Vancouver stations), which feature a focus on topical discussions and listener interactions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=102.7 Now Radio Debuts in Vancouver |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234289/102-7-now-radio-debuts-in-vancouver/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref>
On July 25, the station
==Past station logos==
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==External links==
*[https://www.1027nowradio.com/ 102.7 Now! Radio]
* {{History of Canadian Broadcasting}}
*[http://www3.telus.net/vanradiomuseum/CJORGallery.html CJOR/CKBD history at Vancouver Radio Museum]
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