Martz Communications Group is an American radio broadcasting company, which operates three radio stations in the St. Lawrence River area of

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and one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company, which also operates under the names Radio Power and Cartier Communications, is co-based in

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and San Francisco, California; with auxiliary offices in Reno, Nevada;

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; and Pointe-Claire, Quebec.The Suburban: "The impressive story of radio station entrepreneur Tim Martz", October 25, 2011.
/ref> The company was founded in 1986 by Tim Martz, a native of Kitchener, Ontario who established a radio station in Presque Isle, Maine, taking advantage of the market across the border in New Brunswick, Canada without being required to submit to the rules of the CRTC. Its scope eventually expanded to target larger Canadian markets, such as Brockville, Cornwall,

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and Montreal, which lay within the broadcast range of its stations. The Canadian company Slaight Communications is also a minority shareholder in Martz. Slaight's ownership stake in Martz was ''not'' part of that company's sale of most of its broadcasting assets to

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in 2007.

Stations

* Malone, New York: WICY * Potsdam, New York: WSNN * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: WAMO Martz Communications also handles advertising sales for

stations WEZF (owned by Vox Communications) and WBTZ (owned by Hall Communications).

Former stations

Stephens Media Group

The following stations were previously owned by Martz, and sold February 1, 2008 to the

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: * Canton, New York: WRCD,

WNCQ-FM WNCQ-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Canton, New York, United States. It airs a country music format. The station is owned by the Stephens Media Group. The station had been owned by Martz Communications Group Martz Communications Gro ...

* Massena, New York:

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* Morristown, New York:

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WVLF WVLF (96.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mix of adult contemporary and hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Norwood, New York, United States, the station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group. The station was previously own ...

* Ogdensburg, New York:

WPAC-FM WPAC (98.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ogdensburg, New York, and serving St. Lawrence County. It is owned by the Stephens Media Group and broadcasts an oldies radio format. WPAC has an effective radiated power (ERP) of ...

Educational Media Foundation

The following stations were previously owned by Martz, and sold September 30, 2021 to the

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: * Chateaugay, New York: WYUL * Malone, New York: WVNV Martz also previously programmed the HD2 and HD3 feeds of WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, which were repeated on local FM translators owned by Martz: W284BQ and W232CA. However, on January 31, 2012 Martz ceased operations of the HD feeds and the translators, due to financial and signal difficulties.

Other Former Stations

* Lexington/

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: WBTI * Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan:

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References

External links

* {{Martz Communications Group Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Slaight Communications Companies based in New York (state) Companies based in San Francisco Companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in the United States