have resulted in the station losing nearly a third of their cumulative audience in the Fall ratings of 2006. In November 2015, CKNW was added to sister station CFMI-FM HD2 sub-channel to HD Radio service, becoming the first AM station in Vancouver and British Columbia to do so. Lineup Morning and afternoon show hosts include Simi Sara (Mornings With Simi), Mike Smyth (The Mike Smyth Show), Jas Johal (The Jas Johal Show), Jill Bennett (The Jill Bennett Show), and Ben O’Hara-Byrne in the evening. All of these programs follow a similar format and broadcast strictly on CKNW except for the O’Hara-Byrne program which is heard on various stations across Canada. CKNW/Global news department produces newscasts every hour, with more frequent updates during the day. Mark Madryga is CKNW's weather meteorologist whose reports can be heard during the morning news. Global BC's Kristi Gordon is the substitute forecaster. The station's traffic department provides extensive reports with traffic every 10 minutes on the 4s during drive times. Elaine Scollan does the AM Drive from the CKNW helicopter, while Kim Larsson covers the PM shift. The station added a weekend morning show in March 2008 which follows a similar format to weekday mornings, but with less frequent traffic and news updates. Former Hosts and Programs Christy Clark hosted a weekday talk show on the station from 2007 to 2010, before returning to politics and becoming Premier of British Columbia. Her afternoon slot was taken over by Simi Sara. In 2020, Simi Sara moved to the morning slot, replacing Jon McComb. Rafe Mair, a well-known talk show host, was with CKNW for 19 years, before being dismissed in 2003. Dan Russell's "Sportstalk" was the longest running sports talk show in Canada but ended on CKNW in September 2013. The show was revived on CISL radio briefly, before ending on that station on May 1, 2014. Long time radio broadcaster Bill Good retired after nearly 26 years with CKNW on August 1, 2014. Sean Leslie used to host CKNW's weekend afternoon talk program (The Sean Leslie Show). Other talk-show programs included Drex Live. CKNW aired the syndicated program Coast to Coast AM and on weekends the Ted Radio Hour. Broadcast code violation In 2007, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council faulted CKNW for airing "potentially dangerous information" during the Dawson College shooting. During the incident, CKNW had simulcast content from its sister stations in Montreal which