1950
Hugh M. Sibbald applied for a new AM radio station at Edmonton, using a frequency of 630 kHz with a directional power of 1,000 watts. The CBC Board deferred the application to a later time.

1953
Hugh Sibbald again applied for a 1,000 watt station at Edmonton...this time using 1080 kHz as the frequency. The CBC Board of Governors approved the application. For the record, Sibbald was an Edmonton lawyer.

CHED was set to open in December. Don McKay (no relation to Calgary mayor and former radio man) would be manager. This Don McKay had no previous radio experience.

Sunwapta Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (CFRN-AM) was granted a licence for a new television station at Edmonton. Competing applicants by William Rea Jr. (CKNW New Westminster) and Edmonton Television Ltd. (financed equally by CHED Ltd. and Edmonton Broadcasting Co. Ltd. which is 40% owned by Taylor & Pearson Broadcasting Ltd. and 60% by Southam Co. Ltd.) were turned down.

CHED was now expecting to be operational by January 10, 1954. Jerry Forbes was to be production manager.

1954
CHED signed on the air on March 3 or 4. It was scheduled to sign on in late 1953 but there were delays. CHED broadcast on a frequency of 1080 kHz with a full-time power of 1,000 watts, directional at night. The "ED" in the call sign represented the first two letters in Edmonton. CHED was on the air 24 hours a day.

Allan Slaight joined CHED as news director, from CJCA. Guy Vaughan was news editor and reporter. John Symonds was on-air between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.

Slogan: They're listening to something new...on Radio 1080 CHED Edmonton.

1956
Announcer Stu Phillips left CHED for CHCT-TV in Calgary.

1957
CHED 1080 had a power of 1,000 watts (directional at night) and had no network affiliation. Ownership of CHED Limited: M. H. Sibbald 80%, Lloyd Moffat 10% and E. A. Rawlinson 10%. Don McKay was CHED's manager while Lew Roskin was assistant manager. Jerry Forbes was production and program manager as well as music director.

On August 1, M. D. "Curly" Dyck became CHED's acting GM. He was commercial manager and replaced Don McKay. Dyck had been with the station since November of 1951.

CHED 1080 increased power from 1,000 watts to 10,000 watts (the had applied in 1956 for a power increase to 10,000 watts day and 1,000 watts at night)

CHED adopted a Top 50 (rock & roll) format.

1958
Retail sales manager Lew Roskin became general sales manager. News director Allan Slaight became CHED's national sales manager. Slaight then left CHED for CHUM Toronto. When he joined CHED, he was news director. When he left, he was sales manager.

1964
In March, CHED was given approval to adjust its daytime radiation pattern.

Lloyd Moffat died unexpectedly.

On-air line-up: Jim Stanley (5-9 a.m.), John Scrimshaw (9-noon), Sam McGuire (noon-3), Jay Spark (3-6), Pat Harris (6-7), Al Anderson (7-midnight) and Don Kay (midnight-5). John McLeod did weekends and Wes Montgomery handled sports and Oil Kings play by play. Jerry Forbes had been promoted from program director to general manager. Keith James, who was originally hired to be promotions director, was promoted to program director. As a great "Programming Minded Team" Jerry & Keith went on a rebuilding plan to try to knock off competitor CJCA. John Scrimshaw later moved to the newsroom and Scott Cameron moved over from CJCA to do mid-mornings. Pat Harris was British and played the Beatles & other British groups to capitalize on the British Invasion.

1965
By this time, CHED had moved from 1080 kHz to 630 kHz. Power remained 10,000 watts full-time. Different day and night directional patterns were used.

Wes Montgomery was let go because CHED was not doing the Oil Kings anymore and a lot of stations didn't have full time sportscasters. At his going away party in the Coachman Hotel (across the street from CHED) Wes exploded with his quick wit and sense of humour. This got Jerry Forbes & Keith James to thinking...if this guy is so funny, maybe we should try him as a disc jockey. They hired him back to do an air shift Saturday and Sunday nights to see how he'd sound as a jock. It wasn't long after that when Jerry & Keith decided to replace Jim Stanley on the morning show with a young, funny, Weston Victor Montgomery. Scott Cameron was replaced by a syndicated talk show with Joe Pine. Don Kay moved to the 1-4 p.m. shift. Al Anderson moved to production duties. Mike Marshall did the 4-7 p.m. shift and a loud, creative, funny red headed Canadian guy, named Bob McCord, (who had been at WONE-AM in Dayton, Ohio) came to CHED for the 7 to Midnight show. Another newcomer, Russ Campbell moved into the Midnight to 6 a.m. time slot.

1966
Wes Montgomery was doing very well on the morning show. Syndicated Joe Pine was dropped from mid-mornings. Don Kay moved into the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. slot, Al Anderson did 1 to 4 p.m., Mike Marshall 4 to 7 p.m., Bob McCord left for KLIF in Dallas, Texas, and Russ Campbell moved into the 7 to midnight time slot. Charlie Brown (Gary Verne) took over the all-night show.

1967
Bob McCord returned to CHED from KLIF in Dallas. He replaced Mike Marshall who left for CKLW in Windsor, Ontario.

1968
Studios and offices were noted at 10006-107th Street.

On-air line-up: Wes Montgomery (mornings), Don Kay (middays), Al Anderson (1-4), Bob McCord (4-7), Russ Campbell (7-midnight) and Charlie Brown (overnights).

Moffat Broadcasting Ltd. was awarded all Western Conference CFL broadcast rights for 1968 through 1970. Moffat owned CKY-AM-FM and CJAY-TV Winnipeg, CKXL-AM Calgary, CKLG-AM-FM Vancouver and part of CHED-AM Edmonton. The CFL Western Conference consisted of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders and the British Columbia Lions. 

1969
Don Hamilton arrived at CHED to do the 9 p.m. to midnight shift.

1970
On-air line-up: Wes Montgomery (6-9), Dave Cummins (9-noon), Don Hamilton (noon-3), Bob McCord (3-6), Russ Campbell (6-9), Jim Jackson / Wayne Bryant (9-midnight). Don Hamilton (Stevens) left for CKLG Vancouver. Don Kay moved to sales and Dave Cummins took over the 9 a.m. to noon shift.

1972
Moffat Broadcasting Ltd. offered its shares to the public, becoming Moffat Communications Ltd. Before the share offer, the company was owned as follows: Donna Hardstaff (nee Moffat) 50% and Randall Moffat 50%. Randall Moffat now held 51.2% and the public offering was 38.8%.

1974
Rob Christie took over the 6-9 p.m. shift when Gord Robison left late in the year.

1975
Line-up: Wes Montgomery (6-9), Chuck Chandler (9-noon), Brad Phillips (noon-3), Bob McCord (3-6), Keith James (6-9), Len Theusen (9-midnight). Rob Christie left for Montreal.

1976
630 CHED increased power to 50,000 watts full-time, using different day and night directional patterns. Six 355 foot towers were used at a site located five miles southeast of Edmonton.

1978
Moffat Communications Ltd. was given approval to purchase a further 55% interest in Radio Station CHED Ltd.

Keith James did 6-9 p.m. until Bob McCord left to pursue a licence bid at which time Keith moved into the 3-6 p.m. shift. Keith did 3-6 p.m. for a year until ownership and programming changed hands. He was replaced by Rob Christie 3-6 p.m. who had moved back from Montreal. Keith James did 6-9 p.m. until Bob McCord left to pursue a licence bid at which time Keith moved into the 3-6 p.m. shift. Keith did 3-6 p.m. for a year until ownership and programming changed hands. He was replaced by Rob Christie 3-6 p.m. who had moved back from Montreal.

1979
CHED's application for an FM station at Edmonton (100,000 watts on 102.9 MHz) was turned down by the CRTC.

J. R. (Ron) Mitchell died on August 20 while on vacation in Florida. He was 46. Mitchell was President of Moffat Communications Ltd., MTV Ltd. (CKY-TV) and Winnipeg Videon Ltd.

1980
Randall L. (Randy) Moffat, Chair of Moffat Communications Ltd., assumed the post of president, following the death of Ron Mitchell.

1981
Bill Sysak left CHED as vice president and general manager to take up the same post at Moffat's CKLG/CFOX-FM in Vancouver. Vern Traill left the same position at the Vancouver stations to become VP and GM at CHED.

1982
CHED announced it would use the Kahn AM stereo system.

1985-86
CHED's vice president and general manager - Vern Traill - was appointed chairman of the Radio Bureau of Canada.

1986
Jim Herbison left CHED to do sports at CKNG-FM.

Clint Nichol died at age 64 on November 3. He was director of engineering for Moffat's radio division, a post he had held since 1979. After working for Rawlinson stations CKBI Prince Albert and CJNB North Battleford (both Saskatchewan), Nichol virtually built CHED, which was licensed to E.A. Rawlinson and Lloyd Moffat. He was CHED's chief engineer from the start until his corporate promotion in 1979.

1987
Moffat failed in its bid to obtain an FM station to pair up with CHED. On May 1, its application to acquire CISN-FM was denied.

Gord Robson re-joined CHED's air staff to handle the afternoon drive shift. He spent ten years with Vancouver's CKLG and was program director at stations in Moose Jaw and Calgary. Seanna Collins became a CHED swing announcer. She had been with Q92 in Regina.

Vern Traill was vice president and general manager.

1987-88
Gord Robson, who worked at CHED in the early 1970's, rejoined the station to take over the afternoon drive slot.

1988
Stan Ravendahl and Vern Traill swapped stations. Ravendahl moved to CHED while Trail returned to CHAB (Moose Jaw).

1989
On September 28, the CRTC approved the applications by Moffat Communications Limited, representing a company to be incorporated for authority to acquire CHED and CKNG-FM Edmonton from Moffat Communications Limited and CFCN Communications Limited. Under the proposed shareholders' agreement, Moffat would hold 72.5% of the common voting shares with CFCN holding the remaining 27.5%. The shareholders' agreement provided for CFCN's share of the new company to be increased to 35% during the first three years of its operation, at the option of either CFCN or Moffat and that both CKNG-FM and CHED would be managed on a day-to-day basis by Moffat, with overall direction provided by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives of each of Moffat and CFCN.

The new company that acquired CHED and CKNG-FM was known as Moffat-MH Radio.

1992
On August 20, the CRTC approved the applications by a partnership between Moffat Communications Limited and Manipro Ltd. for authority to acquire the assets of CHED and CKNG-FM Edmonton from Moffat-MH Radio. Moffat-MH Radio is a partnership in which Moffat Communications Limited has a 67.5% interest and CFCN Productions Limited a 32.5% interest. The basis of this transaction is for Moffat to acquire CFCN's interest in this partnership and to continue the partnership in order to faciliate the sale of CHED and CKNG-FM to a third party.  As a result of this transaction, the effective control of the licences will not change. Moffat's interest in the partnership will be increased to 99%. Manipro Ltd. will have a 1% interest.  The Commission then approved the applications by Westcom Radio Group Ltd. for approval to subsequently acquire the assets of CHED and CKNG-FM. Westcom was part of Western Broadcasting Co. Ltd. of Vancouver.

1993
Seanna Collins left CHED after six years, the last four as morning show co-host. She was off to CFRN-TV.

Stan Ravndahl left CHED / CKNG-FM.

Wayne Keen was named general sales manager at CHED / CKNG-FM.

CHED relaunched as a talk station in December following the demise of CJCA-AM.

1997
The corporate name changed to WIC Radio Ltd. 

CHED signed the Edmonton Oilers (NHL) to a new five year deal.

1998
The Griffiths family holdings in WIC Western International Communications Ltd. were sold, subject to CRTC approval, to Shaw Communications Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp.  

1999
Following months of negotiation, agreements were filed with the CRTC on the split of WIC assets between CanWest Global, Corus Radio Company (formerly Shaw Radio), and Shaw Communoications.  

2000
Following an April hearing in Vancouver, in July, the CRTC announced the approval of the purchase of WIC Radio by Corus Radio Company, which included CHED-FM Edmonton.

2003
On July 18 the CRTC renewed the licence of Corus Premium Television Limited's CHED-AM.

2009
Lewis Roskin passed away December 27. He started his radio career as an announcer (at age 17) at CJOC in Lethbridge. That was in 1937. He went on to work at CFRN Edmonton, CJDC Dawson Creek, CFCN Calgary, CHED Edmonton and CKLG Vancouver. He then went on to co-found CHQT Edmonton where he was president and general manager until he sold the station years later.

2010
Matthew Bisson, morning co-host and news anchor on 98.9 The Drive (CKLC Kingston) left for Corus Radio Edmonton's 630 CHED and iNews 880 (CHQT). 
 
     Written by Bill Dulmage with input from Don Kay - Updated July, 2010