 "The Columbian", originally the "British Columbian", British Columbia's second newspaper, was founded in New Westminster by John Robson (later Premier, as was the founder of the first newspaper, the "British Colonist" in Victoria, Amor de Cosmos).By the mid-20th Century it had long since been eclipsed by the Vancouver newspapers, and published its last issue on November 15, 1983, after a life of 123 years.CKNW, one of Canada's first private news radio, hot-line and talk stations, began broadcasting from studios in New Westminster on April 1, 1944, originally in the Royal Windsor Hotel, then at a few other locations in the city, before moving to downtown Vancouver from its final New Westminster location at 8th and McBride, which it occupied from 1967 onwards.