Huron Broadcasting was a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company, active in
Sault Ste. Marie from 1976 to 1990.
The company first entered the broadcasting business in 1976, when it acquired the assets of the city's prior Hyland Broadcasting and Algonquin Broadcasting companies, including
CJIC-TV
CJIC-TV was a television station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. The station was in operation from 1954 to 2002 as a private affiliate of CBC Television.
History
CJIC began broadcasting on Channel 2 on November 28, 1954, owned by Hyland Bro ...
and the radio stations
CJIC,
CJIC-FM,
CKCY and
CKCY-FM
CJQM-FM (''Country 104.3'') is an FM radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The station is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media and broadcasts a country format. With 100,000 watts power, CJQM's signal is one of the strongest in th ...
, as well as
CJWA
CJWA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.1 FM in Wawa, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format under the on-air brand ''JJAM FM''.
History The original CJWA
CJWA was originally launched in 1964 by Sault St ...
in
Wawa,
CKNR in
Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium capital of the world," Elliot Lake has since ...
,
CJNR in
Blind River and
CKNS in
Espanola.
Due to
concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates in ...
rules, Huron then sold the CJIC radio stations to another new company, Gilder Broadcasting, shortly after the merger was completed. (Gilder changed those stations' call signs to CFYN and CHAS.)
Huron subsequently also opened
CKCY-TV in 1977.
History of CHBX
at the Canadian Communications Foundation.
Huron sold its radio stations to other owners in the mid-1980s. Telemedia
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. CKA ...
acquired Sault Ste. Marie's CJIC and CJIC-FM, by this time known as CFYN
CFYN was a Canadian AM radio station, which broadcast at 1050 kHz in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, from 1977 to 1992. From 1934 to 1977, the station broadcast with the call sign CJIC.
CJIC
The first radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, CJIC sig ...
and CHAS-FM
CHAS-FM (100.5 MHz) is a radio station licensed to and serving Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as ''Kiss 100.5''.
History
The stati ...
, in 1985, while the remaining stations were sold to Mid-Canada Radio
Mid-Canada Communications was a Canadian media company, which operated from 1980 to 1990. The company, a division of Northern Cable, had television and radio holdings in Northeastern Ontario.
MCTV
Mid-Canada Television, or MCTV, was created in 1 ...
in two separate transactions, in 1986 (the stations in Blind River, Elliot Lake and Espanola) and 1988 (the remaining stations in Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa).
The television stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting
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 ...
in 1990, and were converted by Baton to the MCTV branding in use on the Mid-Canada Television stations in Sudbury, Timmins
Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource ext ...
and North Bay, which had been acquired by Baton in the same year.[Decision CRTC 90-1074]
/ref> At the same time Mid-Canada sold the radio stations to Pelmorex, where they formed part of the Pelmorex Radio Network
The Pelmorex Radio Network was a system of Canadian radio stations in Northern Ontario, owned and operated by Pelmorex.
History
In 1989, Pierre Morrissette founded his own communications company, Pelmorex Media Inc., and acquired several French a ...
until 1998.
References
Radio broadcasting companies of Canada
Defunct broadcasting companies of Canada
Mass media companies established in 1976
Mass media companies disestablished in 1990
1976 establishments in Ontario
1990 disestablishments in Ontario
Companies based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Canadian companies established in 1976
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