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John H.Q. "Jack" Part
- CHUM launched as a dawn-to-dusk radio station on October 28, 1945, with John H.Q. "Jack" Part, an entrepreneur in the business of patent medicines, as its president.
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CHUM was founded by four Toronto businessmen, including Al Leary, a former sportscaster, who had been the station manager at CKCL for 14 years. [3] CHUM received its licence in late November 1944 to operate a station with 1,000 watts. [4]
Al Leary, former part owner and managing director of CHUM, opened a new office in San Francisco where he would represent Canadian radio stations and publications in California, Oregon and Washington. CHUM was erecting a new office and studio complex on Mutual Street, near Carlton.
CHUM Limited sold the Q Radio Network in Newfoundland to Newfoundland Capital Corporation. The CHUM Radio Network was established to deliver syndicated radio programs across Canada. Fred Sherratt was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcast Hall of Fame.
Allan Waters (August 11, 1921 – December 3, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and media icon. Waters was one of the founders of CHUM Limited, a Canadian media corporation. Waters worked as a salesman in a patent medicine company owned by John H.Q. "Jack" Part.
The company was founded in 1945 as York Broadcasters Limited when it launched CHUM-AM 1050 but was acquired by salesman Allan Waters in 1954. 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.
Jul 12, 2006 · CHUM becomes the majority owner of CKVR-TV, the largest privately owned CBC affiliate in Canada. 1969. CHUM becomes the Canadian franchise holder for environmental music service, Muzak, with...
CHUM-FM had a Classical/Fine Arts format – the first of its kind in Canada. For the record, CHUM-AM (1050 kHz) had been on the air since 1945 and was purchased by Allan Waters (York Broadcasters Ltd.) in 1954. The corporate name was later changed to Radio CHUM-1050 Limited.
