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Telemedia

Former Canadian media company

Summary

Former Canadian media company

Field	Value
name	Telemedia Inc.
type	Public
foundation	1968
founder	Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien
defunct	2002
location_city	Montreal, Quebec
location_country	Canada
location	1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3333
key_people	Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, CEO
industry	Media
divisions	Radio broadcasting, Magazine publishing
owner	Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien

Telemedia was a Canadian media company, which had holdings in radio, television and magazine publishing.

The company was launched in 1968 by Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, when he purchased CKAC in Montreal from Power Corporation of Canada. CKAC remained the company's radio flagship for its entire existence.

Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s.

Telemedia's magazine assets, including Canadian Living, Harrowsmith, Homemakers and the Canadian editions of TV Guide and Elle, were sold to Transcontinental Media in 2000. Standard Broadcasting subsequently acquired Telemedia's broadcasting assets in 2002, and sold some of them in turn to Rogers Communications and Newcap Broadcasting.

Stations acquired by Standard

Through later transactions, almost all of these stations are now owned by Bell Media.

Ontario

Hamilton - CHAM, CKLH, CKOC
London - CKSL, CJBK, CJBX, CIQM
Pembroke - CHVR
St. Catharines - CHRE, CHTZ, CKTB
Toronto - CHBM, CKFM, CFRB

British Columbia

Dawson Creek - CJDC, CJDC-TV
Fort Nelson - CKRX
Fort St. John - CKNL, CHRX
Golden - CKGR
Kelowna - CKBL, CHSU
Kitimat - CKTK
Nelson - CKKC
Osoyoos - CJOR
Penticton - CJMG, CKOR
Prince Rupert - CHTK
Princeton - CIOR
Revelstoke - CKCR
Salmon Arm - CKXR
Summerland - CHOR
Terrace - CFTK, CFTK-TV, CJFW
Trail - CJAT
Vernon - CICF

Alberta

Edmonton - CFMG

Stations acquired by Rogers

All of the stations that were acquired by Rogers are located in Ontario. Two of the stations have since been sold to other companies.

North Bay - CHUR, CKAT, CKFX
Sault Ste. Marie - CHAS, CJQM
Sudbury - CJMX, CJRQ
Timmins - CJQQ, CKGB
Toronto - CJCL

Former stations

Stations formerly owned by Rogers have now since been sold to other companies:

Sudbury - CIGM
Orillia - CICX

Stations acquired by Newcap

Although Newcap acquired the majority interest in these stations, all of which are in Alberta, Standard Broadcasting retained a 23.66% share. All are now wholly owned by Newcap.

Athabasca - CKBA
Blairmore - CJPR
Brooks - CIBQ
Calgary - CIQX 1
Drumheller - CKDQ
Edson - CFXE
Grand Centre - CJCM
High Prairie - CKVH
Hinton - CIYR
St. Paul - CHLW
Slave Lake - CKWA
Stettler - CKSQ
Wainwright - CKKY
Westlock - CFOK
Wetaskiwin - CKJR

NOTES: 1 Telemedia held the license for this station, which had not yet launched at the time of its acquisition.

Stations in Quebec and Atlantic/ Stations Acquired by Astral Media

All Telemedia stations in Quebec and in the atlantic were acquired by Astral Media, although the Radiomédia network of mainly AM stations became a 50/50 joint venture between Astral Media and Standard Broadcasting. Corus Entertainment acquired Radiomédia by 2005 in exchange for Corus's smaller FM stations in Quebec. Astral re-entered the AM business in Quebec by 2007, when Standard Broadcasting exited the terrestrial broadcasting business as Astral acquired the stations. Today, All of the stations that were Acquired by Astral Media except for Radiomédia are now owned by Bell Media.

Atlantic

Bathurst - CKBC-FM
Fredericton - CFXY-FM, CIBX-FM, CKHJ
Grand Falls - CIKX-FM
Woodstock - CJCJ-FM
Truro - CKTO-FM, CKTY-FM

[[Rouge FM|RockDétente]]

CFIX-FM 96.9, Saguenay
CHEY-FM 94.7, Trois-Rivières / Mauricie
CIMF-FM 94.9, Gatineau / Outaouais
CITE-FM 107.3, Montreal
CITE-FM-1 102.7, Sherbrooke / Estrie
CITF-FM 107.5, Quebec City

[[Corus Québec|Radiomédia]]

CKRS 590, Saguenay
CHLN 550, Trois-Rivières / Mauricie
CJRC 1150, Gatineau / Outaouais
CKAC 730, Montreal
CHLT 630, Sherbrooke / Estrie
CHRC 800, Quebec City

English Radio Station

CKTS 900, Sherbrooke

References

"Telemedia Communications (1968-2002) {{!}} History of Canadian Broadcasting".
(2000-01-29). "GTC acquires Telemedia's magazines". The Globe and Mail.
"Standard Radio Acquires 65 Radio Stations from Telemedia".
(2001-05-17). "Astral to buy Telemedia radio stations". The Globe and Mail.

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