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 Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien (born 1928) is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines suc ...

, when he purchased

CKAC CKAC is a French-language radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Owned by Cogeco, the station operates as a commercial traffic information service branded as ''Radio Circulation 730''. Its studios are located at Place Bonaventure in ...

in Montreal from Power Corporation of Canada. CKAC remained the company's radio flagship for its entire existence. Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s. Telemedia's magazine assets, including '' Canadian Living'', '' Harrowsmith'', ''

Homemakers Homemaking is mainly an American and Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery or household management. It is the act of overseeing the organizational, day-to-day operations of a house ...

'' and the Canadian editions of '' TV Guide'' and '' Elle'', were sold to Transcontinental Media in 2000. Standard Broadcasting subsequently acquired Telemedia's broadcasting assets in 2002, and sold some of them in turn to Rogers Communications and Newcap Broadcasting.

Stations acquired by Standard

Through later transactions, almost all of these stations are now owned by Bell Media.

Ontario

* Hamilton - CHAM, CKLH, CKOC * London - CKSL, CJBK, CJBX, CIQM * Pembroke - CHVR *

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

- CHRE, CHTZ, CKTB * Toronto - CHBM,

CKFM 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 ...

, CFRB

British Columbia

* Dawson Creek - CJDC, CJDC-TV *

Fort Nelson Fort Nelson may refer to: Canada *Fort Nelson, British Columbia, a town *Fort Nelson River, British Columbia * Fort Nelson (Manitoba) (1670–1713), an early fur trading post at the mouth of the Nelson River and the first headquarters of the Hudson ...

- CKRX * Fort St. John - CKNL, CHRX * Golden -

CKGR Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of (larger than the Netherlands, and almost 10% of Botswana's total land area), making it the second largest ga ...

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

- CKBL, CHSU * Kitimat - CKTK * Nelson - CKKC * Osoyoos - CJOR * Penticton - CJMG, CKOR *

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CHTK CHTK-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 99.1 FM broadcasting, FM in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The station is branded as ''Bounce 99.1''. CHTK is owned by Bell Media. The station has been broadcasting at ...

* Princeton - CIOR * Revelstoke - CKCR * Salmon Arm - CKXR * Summerland -

CHOR Chor may refer to: People with the name * Chor Chee Heung, Malaysian politician * Chor Hooi Yee, Malaysian badminton player * Chor Lau Heung, fictional character * Chor Yeok Eng, Singaporean politician * Chor Yuen, Chinese film director and acto ...

* Terrace -

CFTK CFTK may refer to: * CFTK (AM), a radio station (590 AM) licensed to Terrace, British Columbia, Canada * CFTK-TV CFTK-TV ( analogue channel 3) is a television station in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, airing CTV 2 programming. Owned and ope ...

, CFTK-TV, CJFW * Trail - CJAT * Vernon - CICF

Alberta

* Edmonton - CFMG

Stations acquired by Rogers

All of the stations that were acquired by Rogers are located in Ontario. Two of the stations have since been sold to other companies. * North Bay - CHUR, CKAT, CKFX *

Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...

CHAS Chas is a Municipal Corporation in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is often referred to as a suburb of Bokaro Steel City, though it predates the steel plant. Chas is one of the fastest-growing ur ...

, CJQM *

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes) ** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...

- CJMX, CJRQ * Timmins - CJQQ, CKGB * Toronto -

CJCL CJCL (590 AM, ''Sportsnet 590 The Fan'') is a Canadian sports radio station in Toronto, Ontario. Owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media since 2002, CJCL's studios are located at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis in downtown Toron ...

Former stations

Stations formerly owned by Rogers have now since been sold to other companies: *

- CIGM * Orillia - CICX

Stations acquired by Newcap

Although Newcap acquired the majority interest in these stations, all of which are in Alberta, Standard Broadcasting retained a 23.66% share. All are now wholly owned by Newcap. * Athabasca -

CKBA CKBA-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.1 FM in Athabasca, Alberta with a classic hits format branded as ''Boom 94.1''. The station is owned by Stingray Group. History CKBA was granted a broadcast license for 850 kHz in 1988. CKB ...

* Blairmore - CJPR * Brooks -

CIBQ CIBQ-FM (105.7 MHz, ''Real Country 105.7'') is a radio station in Brooks, Alberta. Owned by Stingray Group, it broadcasts a country format. History The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1973 as CKBR, until it changed to its current calls ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

- CIQX ¹ * Drumheller - CKDQ * Edson - CFXE * Grand Centre - CJCM * High Prairie - CKVH * Hinton - CIYR * St. Paul - CHLW * Slave Lake - CKWA * Stettler - CKSQ * Wainwright -

CKKY CKKY-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts at 101.9 FM in Wainwright, Alberta. The station is branded as ''Boom 101.9'' with a classic hits format and is owned by Stingray Group. History The station began broadcasting in 1984 as 1230 ...

* Westlock -

CFOK CKWB-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 97.9 FM in Westlock, Alberta. The station also serves the Barrhead area. The station currently airs a country format branded on-air as ''Real Country 97.9'' and was owned by Newcap Radio until ...

* Wetaskiwin -

CKJR CKJR is a radio station in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, broadcasting at 1440 AM. It is owned by Stingray Group (formerly by Newcap Radio). The station currently broadcasts an oldies format branded as ''W1440''. CKJR broadcasts with a non-directional pat ...

NOTES: ¹ Telemedia held the license for this station, which had not yet launched at the time of its acquisition.

Stations in Quebec

All Telemedia stations in Quebec were acquired by

Astral Media Astral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was also a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, with 23 specialty channels ...

, although the Radiomédia network of mainly AM stations became a 50/50 joint venture between

and Standard Broadcasting. Corus Entertainment acquired Radiomédia by

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in exchange for Corus's smaller FM stations in Quebec. Astral re-entered the AM business in Quebec by

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, when Standard Broadcasting exited the terrestrial broadcasting business as Astral acquired the stations. {{Authority control

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