Chapter Four CFCY Goes On The Air After the success of the first and subsequent church broadcasts, Dad tried to persuade Walter Burke to go commercial. But Walter was reluctant to expand. He was not a businessman. He had put enough into 10AS, and it was doing what he wanted it to do. Dad and Mr. Burke , since that first church broadcast, were working almost as partners. Dad supplied tube replacement and maintenance for 10AS, and continuous technical help in setting up for the church broad¬ casts. In return, he received direct advertising for his retail radio store, The Island Radio. In 1925, the partnership became a reality. During the winter months of 1924 my father and Walter Burke had worked long hours together re-building the transmitter in order that it could be licenced for fifty watts power. This licence was granted to them in 1925. My father wrote the letters to the Department of Marine and had the frequency changed to 960 on the dial. This was a greater advantage to the station although it took some persuasion for the Department to make the change. Walter Burke was persuaded to expand, for on June 8, 1925, Dad wrote to Ottawa requesting a commercial licence under the call letters CPEI—meaning Charlotte town, Prince Edward Island . He was advised that the call letters CPEI were not available, "but if he would be good enough to fill out the enclosed application form and enclose a cheque for $50.00 his application would be given serious consideration." He was also advised that if his application were success¬ ful, he would have to share the same frequency with Canadian National 36