Bell Media Radio

Bell Media Radio

Industry	radio broadcasting
Founded	1945 (as CHUM Limited) 2007 (as CHUM Radio Network under CTVglobemedia ownership) 2011 (current name)
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Chris Gordon, president
Owner(s)	Bell Media (BCE Inc.)
Website	http://www.bellmedia.ca/

Bell Media Radio is the Canadian radio broadcasting division of Bell Media which is owned by BCE Inc. The division owns the bulk of the radio properties owned by CHUM Limited until 2007, when it was purchased by CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media).

Operations

CHUM Radio Network logo

Former CHUM Radio logo

Bell Media Radio currently owns 35 radio stations across Canada, broadcasting in 16 markets, including most of Canada's largest radio markets. The company's programming is also distributed to other stations across Canada via its syndication division, which prior to the acquisition by Bell was known as the CHUM Radio Network. This division has since been renamed to Bell Media. On top-of-the-hour ID's for its radio stations, the ID's include "A division of Bell Media" after the call letters and city-of-license.

As of August 2009, its head office is currently located at 250 Richmond Street West in Toronto, the studios of its Toronto flagship stations 104.5 CHUM-FM, TSN RADIO 1050, and Flow 93.5. In July 2008, CTVglobemedia sold its former location 1331 Yonge Street to developer Aspen Ridge Homes for $21.5 million. The stations were expected to move to 250 Richmond Street West, a downtown location near 299 Queen Street West.

The large "Dial 1050 CHUM" neon sign from the Yonge Street building, which is considered a Toronto landmark, has been moved to the new location, and has added "Dial 104.5 CHUM" to the sign.

The CHUM neon sign in 2010, relocated to 250 Richmond Street West

CHUM Radio also previously operated CHUM Satellite Services, a multimedia division which provided programming and production services for corporate clients. This operation was acquired in 2009 by Stingray Digital, which eventually renamed it Stingray360.

Re-acquisition of CTVglobemedia by Bell

On September 10, 2010, BCE announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CHUM Radio. When the deal was finalized on April 1, 2011, CTVglobemedia became Bell Media, and likewise CHUM Radio became Bell Media Radio. CHUM Radio had been the only division of the company to retain the CHUM name following the acquisition of CHUM Limited by CTVglobemedia in 2007.

Programming

Bell Media Radio's stations broadcast in a variety of formats, although hot adult contemporary and adult hits are particularly common. Its hot AC stations use a variety of brand names, but are all patterned to an extent after flagship CHUM-FM, while its adult hits stations are all branded as Bob FM. The company is the fifth largest private-sector radio operator in Canada behind Astral Media, Newcap Broadcasting, Rogers Media and Corus Entertainment.

The stations typically air locally-produced or voice-tracked programming for the majority of their schedules, although some national network programming, including the weekly MuchMoreMusic Countdown, also airs. In 2007 and part of 2008, the hot adult contemporary radio stations also aired the national evening program The Sound Lounge.

The company also operates five sports radio stations, all branded as either The Team or TSN Radio. Three of these stations were formerly part of a larger but short-lived national sports radio network, which was launched by CHUM Limited in 2001 on virtually all of the company's AM radio stations across Canada, but was most stations dissolved in 2002 due to poor ratings. The stations that did not remain AM sports radio stations are either oldies or news/talk formats."TSN Radio a reality". The Globe and Mail, January 21, 2011.</ref>

Stations

City	Call Sign	Frequency	Branding	Format
Brockville	CJPT	FM 103.7	Bob FM	adult hits
	CFJR	FM 104.9	JR FM	adult contemporary
Calgary	CKCE	FM 101.5	Kool 101.5	hot adult contemporary
Halifax	CJCH	FM 101.3	The Bounce	top 40
	CIOO	FM 100.1	C100	hot adult contemporary
Kingston	CKLC	FM 98.9	98.9 The Drive	modern rock
	CFLY	FM 98.3	FLY FM	hot adult contemporary
Kawartha Lakes	CKLY	FM 91.9	Bob FM	adult hits
Montreal	CKGM	AM 990	TSN RADIO 990	sports
Ottawa	CFRA	AM 580		news/talk
	CFGO	AM 1200	The Team 1200	sports
	CKKL	FM 93.9	Bob FM	adult hits
	CJMJ	FM 100.3	Majic 100	adult contemporary
Peterborough	CKPT	FM 99.7	Energy 99.7	hot adult contemporary
	CKQM	FM 105.1	Country 105	country music
Toronto	CHUM	AM 1050	TSN Radio 1050	sports
	CHUM-FM	FM 104.5	104.5 CHUM-FM	hot adult contemporary
	CFXJ-FM	FM 93.5	Flow 93-5	Rhythmic Top 40
Vancouver	CKST	AM 1040	The Team 1040	sports
	CFTE	AM 1410	The Team 1410	sports
	CFBT	FM 94.5	The Beat	contemporary hit radio
	CHQM	FM 103.5	QMFM	adult contemporary
Victoria	CFAX	AM 1070		news/talk
	CHBE	FM 107.3	Kool FM	hot adult contemporary
Waterloo	CKKW	FM 99.5	K-FUN	oldies
	CFCA	FM 105.3	Kool FM	hot adult contemporary
Windsor	CKWW	AM 580	AM 580 Motor City Favorites	oldies
	CKLW	AM 800		news/talk
	CIMX	FM 88.7	89X	modern rock
	CIDR	FM 93.9	939 The River	adult album alternative
Winnipeg	CFRW	AM 1290	TSN RADIO 1290	sports
	CHIQ	FM 94.3	FAB 94.3	oldies
	CFWM	FM 99.9	Bob FM	adult hits

See Also

• TSN Radio
• The Team (radio network)
• CHUM Limited
• Bell Canada

External links

• Bell Media