CHUM Limited

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CHUM Limited Template:Tsx is a publicly traded media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently holds full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel (incorporating the defunct NewNet network) — comprising 11 local stations, as well as one CBC affiliate and 21 branded specialty television channels, most notably MuchMusic and its various spinoffs. In addition, CHUM controls 33 radio stations across Canada.

CHUM began in 1945 with a single AM radio station in Toronto. In 1954 it was purchased by Allan Waters, and today several of his children stand on the board of directors of the company. In 1967 Waters founded CHUM Limited to control his growing number of media properties.

Although CHUM's radio holdings tend to retain traditional formats, their television stations reflect the avant garde philosophy of former senior executive Moses Znaimer, who turned his hip, local style of television broadcasting into an image as perhaps Canada's most flamboyantly visible media titan in the 1980s and 1990s. (Znaimer retired from active management at CHUM in 2003, although he continues to work on projects with the company.)

CHUM Limited's headquarters are located at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, the famous CHUM-City Building.

On December 1, 2004, CHUM purchased Craig Media Inc., which owned five local TV stations, mainly in the Prairies, and three digital specialty services, for $265 million. The transaction, announced by CHUM on April 12 of that year, was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, allowing CHUM to integrate Craig's A-Channel stations into Citytv the following year. Due to competition concerns, CHUM sold Craig's CKXT (known as "Toronto 1") to TVA and Sun Media, in exchange for $46 million in cash and Sun's 29.9% share in the Toronto news service CablePulse24, which is now wholly owned by CHUM, effective December 2.

1 Corporate governance
2 Radio stations
3 Television stations
4 Television channels using CHUM trademarks or formats
- 4.1 Active
- 4.2 Inactive
5 See also
6 External links

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Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of CHUM Limited are: Gordon Craig, Lawrence Lamb, John Mattenley, Fred Sherratt, Robert Sutherland, Jay Switzer, Catherine Tait, James Waters (chairman), Marjorie Waters, and Ron Waters. Allan Waters retired from the board on Friday, October 29, 2005.[1]

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Radio stations

City	Call Sign	Frequency	Format
Brockville	CJPT	FM 103.7	"Bob FM" hot adult contemporary
	CFJR	FM 104.9	"JR FM" adult contemporary
Edmonton	CHNB	FM 91.7	"The Bounce" CHR-rhythmic
Halifax	CJCH	AM 920	oldies
	CIOO	FM 100.1	"C100" CHR
Kingston	CKLC	AM 1380	oldies
	CFLY	FM 98.3	"FLY-FM" CHR
Kitchener	CKKW	AM 1090	"Oldies 1090"
	CFCA	FM 105.3	"Kool FM" hot adult contemporary
Kawartha Lakes	CKLY	FM 91.9	"Bob FM" hot adult contemporary
London	CHST	FM 102.3	"Bob FM" hot adult contemporary
Montreal	CKGM	AM 990	"The Team 990" sports
Ottawa	CFRA	AM 580	news/talk
	CFGO	AM 1200	"The Team 1200" sports
	CKKL	FM 93.9	"Bob FM" hot adult contemporary
	CJMJ	FM 100.3	"Majic 100" adult contemporary
Peterborough	CKPT	AM 1420	"1420 Memories" oldies
	CKQM	FM 105.1	"Country 105"
Toronto	CHUM	AM 1050	"1050 CHUM" oldies
	CHUM-FM	FM 104.5	"CHUM-FM" hot adult contemporary
Vancouver	CKST	AM 1040	"The Team 1040" sports
	CFUN	AM 1410	news/talk
	CHQM	FM 103.5	"QMFM" adult contemporary
Victoria	CFAX	AM 1070	news/talk
	CHBE	FM 107	"B107" hot adult contemporary
Windsor	CKWW	AM 580	"580 Memories" oldies
	CKLW	AM 800	news/talk
	CIMX	FM 89	"89X" modern rock
	CIDR	FM 93.9	"Lite Rock 93.9" adult contemporary
Winnipeg	CFRW	AM 1290	oldies
	CHIQ	FM 94.3	"Q94 FM" Hot Adult Contemporary
	CFWM	FM 99.9	"Bob FM" Adult Hits

In November, 2004, CHUM and Astral Media filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for a satellite radio service in Canada. That application and two others were approved by the CRTC on June 16, 2005; official launch dates for the services have not yet been announced.

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