1965
Bruce Payne started with the station in September. He progressed to the morning show the following year. He hosted the show on a couple of occasions for several years before becoming a Councillor for the City of Duncan in the 1970s.

1968
On May 28, Radio CKAY Ltd. was authorized to issue 1,180 common shares of capital stock.

On August 8, well-known radio personality Tom Lucas made his start in radio (as Alan Boyle) on CKAY, where he stayed for about a year before moving on to several other stations in Ontario and B.C.

1969
In March Mike Roberts started an evening shift with the station before moving to a weekday morning talk show called "Beefs & Bouquets". He is best known for his many years at CHBC-TV Kelowna. On New Years Eve, Jim Fraser made his broadcasting debut at CKAY. He stayed until 1971 and is best known for his ten years as morning host at country powerhouse CKWX Vancouver.

1970
On June 12, CKAY was given approval to disaffiliate from the CBC.

1971
The studio located on Station Street in Duncan caught fire during Bruce Payne's morning show, caused by a short circuit in one of the tape recorders. Even though he had to evacuate the building, CKAY stayed on the air, thanks to an LP, which he left playing on a turntable.

1972
Ernie Mykyte was given permission to purchase Radio CKAY Ltd. on July 24.

On December 13, CKAY 1500 was authorized to increase power from 1,000 watts (same directional pattern for day and night) to 5,000 watts day and 1,000 watts night (different directional patterns for day and night).

1968
On August 8, well-known radio personality Tom Lucas made his start in radio (as Alan Boyle) on CKAY, where he stayed for about a year before moving on to several other stations in Ontario and B.C.

1969
In March Mike Roberts started an evening shift with the station before moving to a weekday morning talk show called "Beefs & Bouquets". He is best known for his many years at CHBC-TV Kelowna. On New Years Eve, Jim Fraser made his broadcasting debut at CKAY. He stayed until 1971 and is best known for his ten years as morning host at country powerhouse CKWX Vancouver.

1971
The studio located on Station Street in Duncan caught fire during Bruce Payne's morning show, caused by a short circuit in one of the tape recorders. Even though he had to evacuate the building, CKAY stayed on the air, thanks to an LP, which he left playing on a turntable.

1979

Dick Drew

Dick Drew purchased the station and became the president with 100% ownership of CKAY (1979) Radio Inc. The new owner increased the daytime power to 10,000 watts in the early eighties. Night power remained at 1000 watts.

1988
Dick Drew stepped aside from day-to-day operation of CKAY to concentrate on his other projects. Sig Reuter was named station manager and Cam Drew was sales manager. Todd LeSargent was news director.

1997
CKAY received an award from the Fifth Annual West Coast Disaster Response Conference. The Mayor and Council of the City of Duncan nominated the station for important work done for the community during a disastrous five-day winter storm of December '96 and January '97.

1999
The CRTC held a public hearing May 3 in Vancouver to examine several applications for new broadcast services, including one by CKAY (1979) Radio Inc. to convert the station from AM 1500 to FM 89.7. At the hearing, company president Dick Drew presented to the Commission the need for a reliable local signal to reach the many communities of the Cowichan Valley, some of which were barely able to hear the current AM signal. He also emphasized the need for the station to replace its aging transmitter, which had been in use for 35 years.

On October 28 the CRTC approved application to convert CKAY to FM 89.7 with an average effective radiated power of 1,862 watts, with an adult contemporary format.

At the same time the Commission approved O.K. Radio Group Ltd. application to convert CKXM Victoria from AM 1200 to FM 91.3 and the other by Seacoast Communications Group Incorporated for a new FM station to operate on 107.3. Because of the proposed location of the CKXM transmitter on the Malahat Highway near Duncan, a condition of licence was specified that O.K Radio Group could not solicit advertising in the Cowichan Valley.

2000
The new station, CJSU-FM, began broadcasting on August 1 at 89.7 MHz using the slogan “Sun FM”. On August 27, the AM 1500 frequency became clear in southwest B.C. as the old AM station was shut down.

2001
To reflect the change to FM and new call letters, plans were made to change the company name to Drew Media Inc.

2005
The CRTC announced in January that effective control of Drew Media Inc., licensee of CJSU-FM Duncan, was transferred from Richard and Aline Drew to Vista Broadcast Group Inc., a widely held corporation controlled by its board of directors.

Written by Bill Dulmage, Gord Lansdell - Updated December, 2009