1949
CHUB Nanaimo (Vancouver Island's "Hub City") signed on May 24 with 250 watts at AM 1570 from a transmitter located on Jingle Pot Road with studio in the Malaspina Hotel. British Columbia Premier Byron I. Johnson declared the station officially open. Donald Cromie, publisher of The Vancouver Sun newspaper was mostly responsible for launching the new station. With an original staff of 16, it broadcast Nanaimo's Empire Day Parade on the first day of operation. The first station manager was Joan Orr, heading a young staff, which included Dorothy Plant in programming/promotions, newsman Bill Dobson, program director Glen Kristjan, announcer Gordon Theedom and studio engineer Edgar Weber.

1951
To increase coverage to outlying areas, CHUB boosted power to 1000 watts. Management of the station was taken over by the Vancouver Sun brother and sister team of Chuck Rudd and Sheila Hassel. Larry Thomas joined the station as evening disc jockey, moving to mornings and later to the voice of the Intercity lacrosse and Nanaimo Clippers games, and then elected as a Nanaimo City Councillor. Other new staff during the fifties were Pat O'Neill, who became news director and Bill Dobson who went on to become CBC provincial news editor.

1956
Lyall Feltham joined as morning host. He later went on to positions as news and sports director and sales.

CHUB was one of several stations in the region seeking the use of 1130 kHz. The station was operating on 1570 kHz. CHUB also sought a power increase from 1,000 watts to 10,000 watts. Their application was denied.

1958
The CBC Board recommended approval for CHUB 1570 to increase power from 1,000 watts to 10,000 watts.

1959
Power was increased to 10,000 watts with a transmitter location change to Cedar, southeast of Nanaimo.

1960
The news team of Larry Thomas, Vic Fergie and Lyall Feltham covered the October 1 Nanaimo Chinatown fire, which did extensive damage to that area of the city.

1962
The Sun sold the station to Bob Giles (former manager of CKLG and previous news director at CKNW and CKWX in Vancouver), Jack Kyle (air personality at CKNW) and Joe Lawlor (sales manager for CHAB, Moose Jaw).

1966
In July, Joe's brother George Lawlor came from Moose Jaw as station manager, Ted Kelly became program director and Merv Pickford took over engineering. Duane Bodeker joined the station and later took over mornings from Lyall Feltham.

1968
On April 15 the station moved to a new studio at 22 Esplanade. Nanaimo Clipper hockey games began to be broadcast live. An open line show was started with host Don Wilson.

1973
CHUB opened CHPQ in nearby Parksville on AM 1370, to provide a local voice to that area, 40 kilometers to the northwest. Marc Chambers, known then as Mark Webber and later J. Marc, started his radio career at CHUB. After five years he moved on to CJAV Port Alberni and other stations in B.C. and Ontario, including 16 years at CHUM-AM in Toronto.

1975
Cory Galbraith made his start at CHUB, progressing to news anchor at CFUN Vancouver and CFTR Toronto, manager of news operations at Standard Radio in Ottawa and founder of Galbraith Communications, also in Ottawa.

1978
Larry Thomas, received the Radio-Television news director's award for B.C. for coverage of the Lantzville Cutoff bus crash.

1986
On June 6 the CRTC approved application by Benchmark Ventures Inc. to acquire the assets of CHUB Nanaimo and CHPQ Parksville from Nanaimo Broadcasting Corporation Limited and Anchor Developments Ltd. Gene Daniel took over as General Manager.

1994
On June 6 the CRTC heard application for an amalgamation of Central Island Broadcasting Ltd., licensee of CKEG Nanaimo with Benchmark Ventures Inc., Licensee of CHUB Nanaimo and its re-broadcaster CHPQ Parksville, B.C. Also applied for was the move of CHUB from AM 1570 to FM 102.3 with an average effective radiated power of 1400 watts (3000 watts peak) and the move of CHPQ from AM 1370 to FM 99.9 with an average effective radiated power of 900 watts (2100 watts peak). In addition, application was made to move CKEG from AM 1350 to 1570 with a change of transmitter location from Gabriola Island to North Cedar, immediately southeast of the city. The applications were approved on August 25.

1995
CHUB became CKWV-FM "The Wave" on 102.3 with "The Island's Own Light Rock", transmitting from Cottle Hill, northwest of the city. CKWV-FM officially launched on January 2. Rebroadcaster CHPQ became CKWV-FM-1 on 99.9 and CKEG changed moved from 1350 kHz to CHUB's old frequency of 1570 kHz. The corporate merger of CKWV and CKEG resulted in the hiring of five more staff members.

2001
In October CKWV-FM tweaked its format to a more bouncy hit-oriented sound and changed its slogan to "Nanaimo's All Hit Music". The Cottle Hill transmitter site became the shared facility for two new Nanaimo stations, CHLY-FM 101.7 and CHWF-FM 106.9.

2005
On January 19 Central Island Broadcasting Ltd. announced it had changed its corporate name to Island Radio Ltd. to more closely reflect the company’s geographic presence due to expansion north and west on Vancouver Island.  On February 11 at 12 noon, CKWV-FM-1 Parksville ceased rebroadcasting CKWV-FM Nanaimo and became CHPQ-FM.

Award winning broadcaster Larry Thomas, who wore many hats on several occasions with the station, died in Nanaimo on September 4, age 75.
 During his career he had served as DJ, news and sports director, open line host and voice of the Nanaimo Clippers and Timbermen.

On November 1, it was announced in a joint press release that Island Radio Ltd. had agreed to sell its six Vancouver Island radio stations (and related assets) to the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group pending approval by the CRTC.

2006
On June 27, the Commission approved application by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. (the general partner) and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership, to acquire the assets of CHWF-FM and CKWV-FM Nanaimo, CIBH-FM and CHPQ-FM Parksville, CKLR-FM Courtenay and CJAV-FM Port Alberni, from Island Radio Ltd.  The applicant stated that the value of the transaction was $12.5 million.

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