CIWV-FM (98.3 FM, Wave 98.3) is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by Durham Radio, the station broadcasts a smooth adult contemporary format. History The idea for the station came in 2012. Don Shafer, his partner Yvonne and a few friends were discussing what they would do if they owned a radio station and wrote the ideas on the back of a napkin from the Alibi Room. The idea was to create a radio station that was local and inclusive, influenced by public radio. CIRH was licensed on August 6, 2014 by the CRTC which described the station format as "niche spoken word" targeting adults aged 25 to 64 in Vancouver. It was one of only two licenses granted in 2014, with the CRTC turning down nine others. Control of the station is exercised by Pushor Family Holding Corp., Okanagan Valley Business Consulting Ltd., Daudrich 2007 Family Trust and Craig and Candace Cameron, Don Shafer and Yvonne Evans, collectively Roundhouse Radio. The station broadcasts on FM 98.3, a low-power station covering the city of Vancouver. The building for studios and offices is located in Railtown, a neighbourhood within Vancouver on the Downtown Eastside. This location was chosen due to the station having street access. Roundhouse Radio began broadcasting on October 15, 2015. In April 2018, the station's board of directors announced that due to financial considerations, the station would shut down at the end of the month unless a last-minute financial arrangement could be made to save it. At the end of April it was reported that the station had found a prospective buyer and that the board intended to keep the station on the air until the prospective sale was concluded. The station shut down on May 6, 2018, pending approval by the CRTC of the station's sale and transfer of its broadcast license. An attempted sale of the station to South Fraser Broadcasting fell through. In July 2021, the CRTC approved a sale of the station to Ontario-based Durham Radio, which planned to flip the station to a mix of rhythmic adult contemporary and jazz music patterned after its internet radio station Wave.FM, a continuation of the format previously used by its Hamilton station CHKX-FM before flipping to country music in 2011. The CRTC granted a request for CIRH to be re-licensed as a specialty music station, relieving it of its obligations to broadcast spoken word