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Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008, Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of The Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale. In 2001, the Virgin Group teamed up with an Asia-focused investment fund to launch Virgin Radio Asia. Radio stations were launched in China, India and Thailand between 2002 and 2006. Virgin Radio Asia acquired a global remit in 2006, transforming into Virgin Radio International. Whilst expansion continued in Asia with additional stations in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand and Indonesia, Virgin Radio also launched in Italy, France, Lebanon, Turkey, Romania, Oman and Switzerland, as well as 12 cities in Canada. Virgin Radio re-launched in the UK in 2016 and there are now 4 Virgin Radio stations in the UK. Music television stations were also launched in France and Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CJCH-FM
CJCH-FM (101.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The station broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded on-air as ''101.3 Virgin Radio'', and is owned by Bell Media. CJCH's studios and offices are located at the intersection of Russell and Agricola streets in Halifax (behind TV sister station CJCH-DT). The transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. History AM early years (1944-1978) The station was established on November 14, 1944 by '' The Halifax Chronicle'' at 1320 AM. It was the second radio station to sign on in Halifax, after CHNS, which was founded in 1926. In 1945, CJCH was authorized to increase output power and move to a lower frequency on the AM dial (920 kHz). By the 1960s, CJCH was broadcasting with 10,000 watts by day and 5,000 watts at night. In 1961, it put a TV station on the air, CJCH-TV, which later that year became a CTV Network affiliate. CJCH-AM-TV were acquired in 1970 by Toronto-based CHUM Limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (and later television) during the 1920s, in contrast with the public television model in Europe during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, which prevailed worldwide, except in the United States and Brazil, until the 1980s. Features Advertising Commercial broadcasting is primarily based on the practice of airing radio advertisements and television advertisements for profit. This is in contrast to public broadcasting, which receives government subsidies and usually does not have paid advertising interrupting the show. During pledge drives, some public broadcasters will interrupt shows to ask for donations. In the United States, non-commercial educational (NCE) television and radio exists in the form of community radio; however, premium cable servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM (''99.9 Virgin Radio'') is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting on 99.9 MHz in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Bell Media. The station airs a Top 40/CHR format, and is the flagship of Canada's "Virgin Radio" stations. CKFM's studios are located at 250 Richmond Street West in the Entertainment District, while its transmitter is located at the top of the CN Tower. History Early years The station was launched in 1938 by the Rogers Radio Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (operated by Ted Rogers Sr., the father of the founder of Rogers Communications, as experimental FM station VE9AK. The station went off the air between 1942 and 1945 due to the war. It began broadcasting at 99.9 FM in 1947 as CFRB-FM, a simulcast of CFRB. Rogers Radio Broadcasting eventually became known as Standard Broadcasting, which was acquired by Argus Corporation in 1948. In April 1961, the complete simulcast was dropped, in favour of some unique programming. In April 1963, the station changed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CJFM-FM
CJFM-FM (95.9 FM) is a commercial English-language radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Owned and operated by Bell Media, the station broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded as ''95.9 Virgin Radio''. CJFM-FM broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 41,200 watts (Class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna located atop Mount Royal, at 297.4 metres in height above average terrain. Its studios are located at the Bell Media building at 1717 René-Lévesque Boulevard East in Downtown Montreal. History The station first signed on the air on October 1, 1962. Owner CJAD, Ltd. initially intended to use the call sign CJAD-FM, to pair it with its sister AM station, but would settle on using its current call letters. CJFM was one of four FM stations which came on the air in the 1960s using common transmitting facilities on the new Mount Royal tower, the other stations being CFCF-FM, CJMS-FM and CKGM-FM. ''CJFM 96'' had several formats through the 1960s, 1970s and 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIQM-FM
CIQM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in London, Ontario, Canada, branded as ''97.5 Virgin Radio''. The station airs a CHR/Top 40 format. CIQM is owned by Bell Media. CIQM's studios are located at 1 Communications Road along with CJBX-FM, CJBK, and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located near Byron in West London. CIQM operates on a frequency once occupied by CKO from 1977 to 1989. History CIQM originally operated as ''Q103'' at 103.1 FM (now the home of CFHK-FM in St. Thomas) from its sign-on in 1986 until moving to the 97.5 frequency vacated by CKO in 1993. For many years, the station was known as ''Q97.5'', even after taking on the "EZ Rock" trademark; in 2006, the "Q" was dropped and the station became known as simply ''97.5, London's EZ Rock''. On September 6, 2010, CIQM underwent several changes, including a tweak in branding (as ''The New Sound of EZ Rock''), a new logo and new on-air staff. The station moved from its 24-year-old adult contemporary fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFCA-FM
CFCA-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 105.3 FM in Kitchener, Ontario. The station currently plays a Top 40/CHR format branded as ''105.3 Virgin Radio'' and is owned by Bell Media. CFCA's studios and offices are located in Waterloo, and their transmitter is on Baden Hill (also known as the Baden Tower), just west of the Kitchener city limits. History CFCA was first launched on 106.1 FM in 1949 by local broadcaster Carl Pollock. It was the first FM radio station in Canada to operate independently, without an AM sister station. Due to the limited audience reach of FM radio at the time, however, the station left the air in 1951. Pollock subsequently launched television station CKCO-TV in 1954 and AM radio station CKKW in 1959, and then relaunched CFCA in 1967 as an easy listening station. Pollock's broadcast holdings became part of Electrohome in 1970. CFCA and CKKW were tentatively sold in 1992 to a local consortium consisting of Jack Schoone, a former local ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHSU-FM
CHSU-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 FM in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station currently broadcasts a CHR/Top 40 format branded as ''99.9 Virgin Radio''. History CHSU traces its origins to 1995 when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted Four Seasons Radio Ltd. a new FM licence for the Kelowna market offering country music. The stations initial call letters were CKBL and its branding was ''99.9 The Bullet''. It signed on in October 1995, and was the sister station of CKIQ, a news/talk station on the AM band that was owned by Four Seasons Radio Ltd. as well. In 1996, Okanagan Skeena Radio Group Ltd. acquired a number of stations in the Okanagan market when it bought out Four Seasons' parent company. One year later, in 1997, ''99.9 Sun FM'' replaced "The Bullet" by offering a hot adult contemporary format. Its call letters were changed to CHSU-FM as well. Simultaneously, CKIQ changed its call letters to CKBL, which mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFMG-FM
CFMG-FM (104.9 Hertz, MHz) is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Edmonton, Alberta. Branded as ''104.9 Virgin Radio'', the station airs a contemporary hit radio, Top 40/CHR radio format, format. The station also broadcasts a Punjabi language format on a Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operation frequency. History Early years and EZ Rock The station launched in 1978 in radio, 1978 playing "oldies" from offices and studios just north of Edmonton in St. Albert, Alberta, St. Albert. The original frequency was 1070 Hertz, kHz with the callsign CKST. In 1988 in radio, 1988, CKST received approval to move from to 1200 AM broadcasting, AM and changed callsigns to CHMG the same year. CHMG received approval move from AM to FM in 1994 in radio, 1994. In 1995 in radio, 1995, CHMG changed to its current callsign, CFMG-FM. At the same time, the station shifted to an adult contemporary format, branded as ''104.9 EZ Rock''. Programmed by longtime broadcaster Tammy Cole, "EZ Rock" wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Media
Bell Media Inc. ( French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to BCE and its rival, Rogers Communications, in a deal valued at around $1.32 billion. Additionally, Larry Tanenbaum increased his stake in the company to 25%. The deal closed in August 2012. On March 16, 2012, BCE announced that it had entered in an agreement to acquire Montreal-based broadcaster Astral Media for an estimated value at $3.38 billion; the assets of which were to be incorporated into Bell Media. The acquisition was primarily centered on Astral's premium services (such as The Movie Network and its stake in HBO Canada) and its French-language radio and television stations. Bell planned to use Astral's premium offerings to enhance its own multi-platform services to compete against the likes of services such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIBK-FM
CIBK-FM (''98.5 Virgin Radio'') is a Top 40/CHR radio station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Bell Media outlet operates at 98.5 FM with an effective radiated power of 100 kW from a transmitter located at the intersection of Old Banff Coach Road and 85 Street Southwest, and its studios located at CTV studios on Patina Rise. As of Winter 2020, CIBK is the 16th-most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris. History The station received approval by the CRTC in 2001. When CIBK made its debut on September 6, 2002 as ''Vibe 98.5'', they thought they would become the city's first R&B/ hip hop outlet, but they were beaten to the punch by CKIS by about a month. This would spark a format war in Calgary, with both stations making potshots at one another. On April 1, 2003, CKIS would bail out and abruptly change to the "Jack FM" format, leaving CIBK as the victor. However, CIBK would also go through an evolution of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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