Cogeco to buy Corus Quebec radio stations
Pierre Trudel thought it was Quebecor, but Quebecor had it right: Cogeco, a cable provider in Ontario and parts of Quebec, which also owns the Rythme FM radio network and used to own TQS before that...
View ArticleCogeco’s self-serving plan for Quebec radio
Three months after announcing a deal to buy Corus Quebec’s radio stations (with the exception of CKRS in Saguenay, which has been sold to an independent group including Guy Carbonneau), Cogeco and the...
View ArticleCRTC limits musical montages on French radio stations
It’s no secret that Canadian radio stations don’t like the content requirements imposed on them by the CRTC. For stations that broadcast popular music, 35% of the songs they play must be Canadian (that...
View ArticleCogeco to convert three CKOI stations to talk radio
Cogeco Diffusion announced Wednesday that it is converting three of its regional stations from music to talk starting Aug. 20. The word isn’t mentioned in the press release, but all three stations –...
View ArticleRadio ratings: Good news for 98.5, The Beat and CHOM
Quarterly radio ratings were released earlier this month. You can see the BBM compilation of top-line data here (PDF), but it doesn’t say too much. Astral and Cogeco both provide analysis for the...
View ArticleRegional CKOI stations turn to talk
While everyone’s focused on CHOI Radio X coming to Montreal, it’s not the only music station in Quebec switching to a talk radio format today. As announced in June, Cogeco converted three regional...
View ArticleMontreal radio ratings: “a solid book” for The Beat, but …
Station Winter 2011 Winter 2012 Fall 2012 Winter 2013 CJAD 25.9 24.8 25.2 25.0 CJFM (Virgin) 18.2 17.3 18.6 15.9 CKBE (Beat) 17.2 14.9 16.6 18.6 CHOM 10.3 11.9 13.7 13.5 CKGM (TSN) 2.6 4.4 2.3 2.6 CBME...
View ArticleCKOI is moving its transmitter
All major commercial FM radio stations in Montreal except one broadcast from antennas on a single giant transmission tower at the top of Mount Royal. Soon, the sole holdout will be joining them. Last...
View ArticleTributes flood in to former CHOM/CKOI announcer Denis Grondin
Denis Grondin, a former announcer at CHOM, CKOI and 98,5fm (or, as some media described him, he’s the father of actor Marc-André Grondin), died suddenly of an apparent heart attack the night of Tuesday...
View ArticleCogeco is ready for HD Radio, but isn’t eager to jump on it
At Cogeco’s annual general meeting recently, I managed to borrow Cogeco Media president Richard Lachance for a brief conversation about the company’s plans in radio. At an earlier meeting with Cogeco...
View ArticleCogeco completes radio stations’ transition to new antenna on Mount Royal
A five-stage reorganizing of radio station antennas on the Mount Royal Antenna has been completed, with the most notable change being that the city’s most powerful FM transmitter CKOI is now...
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