 The station went on the air on January 7, 1950 on 710 kHz, originally using 1,000 watts full-time (and using a directional antenna at night).Daytime power was increased from 1,000 watts to 10,000 watts in August 1961.In 1968, CKVM opened up an AM radio station at Témiscaming on 1340 kHz as CKVT.