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WIC Western International Communications Ltd. (or WIC) was a Canadian media company that operated from 1982 to 2000, with operations including broadcast and specialty television, radio, and satellite distribution via a majority interest in Canadian Satellite Communications (or Cancom).
WIC (Western International Communications Ltd), controlled by the families of the late Frank Griffiths and Charles Allard, is one of Western Canada's largest media companies. Its broadcasting holdings include 11 radio stations in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Hamilton, and Toronto.
These companies were now owned by WIC Western International Communications with Western Broadcasting Co. becoming the Griffiths family holding company. WBC held all of WIC’s Class A voting shares while Class B shares were offered to the public.
Products. Specialty channels, broadcasting, satellite distribution. WIC Western International Communications Ltd. [a] (or WIC) was a Canadian media company. It operated from 1982 to 2017. Operations included television and radio .
Nov 19, 1999 · WIC Western International Communications said Friday it has agreed to be carved up among its principal shareholders, led by CanWest Global and Shaw Communications. Shaw and CanWest finally...
May 4, 2010 · Thirteen years ago, the battle for control of broadcast giant Western International Communications escalated into a bitter personal showdown between two ambitious Western Canadian families:...
Frank Griffiths, founder and Chairman of Western International Communications Limited (WIC). Frank began his career as an accountant and was forty before he entered broadcasting. WIC began in 1956 with the purchase of AM radio station CKNW in New Westminster, B.C. Added shortly thereafter were two stations in Winnipeg.
