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CHUM had expanded to and owned 33 radio stations across Canada under its CHUM Radio Network division (now Bell Media Radio) and also owned other radio stations.
The station is owned and operated by Bell Media.
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The company has its origins in CHUM Limited, which was acquired by CTVglobemedia in 2006. Through subsequent acquisitions, it also subsumed the radio properties of Astral Media in 2013; many of these were former Standard Radiostations that were acquired by Astral in 2007. In 2016, Bell Media reached a licensing agreement with U.S. radio conglomerat...
Its head office is currently located at 250 Richmond Street West in Toronto, where the studios of its Toronto flagship stations CHUM-FM, CKFM-FM, CFRB and CHUM-AM are located. CHUM-AM and CHUM-FM moved from their historic location, 1331 Yonge Street, after the property was sold to Aspen Ridge Homes for $21.5 million. Former Standard Radiostations C...
Bell's stations broadcast under various formats, although hot adult contemporary and adult hits are particularly common. The stations typically air locally produced or voice-tracked programming for the majority of their schedules, although some national network programming also airs. In 2007 and part of 2008, the hot adult contemporary radio statio...
Allan Waters and Ralph Snelgrove (then owner of Barrie’s CKBB-AM and CKVR-TV), acquired majority ownership of CKPT Peterborough. Snelgrove became President; Waters became Vice-President; and Fred Sherratt was named General Manager. Sherratt would later become a key executive in the CHUM organization. 1962.
Jul 12, 2006 · Bell Globemedia made a friendly takeover bid worth $1.7 billion to buy the Toronto-based radio and TV broadcaster CHUM Ltd., hours after CHUM cut 281 jobs across the country.
Feb 7, 2006 · CHUM Limited, controlled by Allan Waters, and headquartered in Toronto, is one of Canada's largest radio and television broadcasting holding companies.
Jul 12, 2006 · LTA is majority-owned by CHUM Limited (60 per cent). CHUM Radio Network (CRN) becomes the first news/talk network supplying programs to CHUM-owned and non-CHUM stations alike.
