Qub Radio is a Canadian French-language internet talk radio station operated by
Quebecor subsidiary
Groupe TVA, primarily from studios in
Montreal, which launched on October 4, 2018.
Qub, a
discretionary television channel serving as an audiovisual
simulcast of the radio service, launched on January 11, 2024 on Quebecor-owned
Vidéotron and certain other providers, repurposing the channel licence previously used by
Yoopa
Yoopa (stylized YOOPA) is a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by Groupe TVA, a division of Quebecor Media. Initially aimed at preschoolers, Yoopa now broadcasts programming targeted toward children, aged 2–11.
A magazine for par ...
.
Qub features opinion-driven programming, with many of its personalities shared with other Quebecor properties including
Le Canal Nouvelles and newspapers including ''
Le Journal de Montréal
''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. ...
''.
Quebecor launched an Internet radio station, in part, because it is not permitted to operate any terrestrial radio stations in the Montreal and
Quebec City markets under CRTC rules, due to its pre-existing ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast TV stations (associated with its
TVA network) in both markets.
On August 12, 2024, Leclerc Communication announced its Montreal terrestrial radio station
CJPX-FM
CJPX-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication, it broadcasts on 99.5 MHz using an omnidirectional antenna on Mount Royal with an effective radiated power of 8,700 watts ...
(99.5 MHz) would simulcast Qub Radio from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each weekday starting August 26.
The "Qub" name is also used by several other Quebecor digital properties, including its consolidated digital content platform which launched on September 16, 2021.
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Internet radio stations in Canada
Quebecor
2018 establishments in Quebec
Radio stations established in 2018
News and talk radio stations in Canada
French-language radio stations in Quebec
French-language television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2024
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