CHUM Radio Network

Type	Division of CTVglobemedia
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Chris Gordon, president[1]
Industry	radio broadcasting
Owner(s)	The Woodbridge Company (Thomson family) - 40% Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - 25% Torstar - 20% Bell Canada - 15%
Website	CHUM Radio

CHUM Radio Network is the radio broadcasting division owned by Canadian media company CTVglobemedia. Formerly owned by CHUM Limited, it is the only division of the company to retain the CHUM name following its acquisition by CTV. ^[2]

[edit] Operations

The company currently owns 35 radio stations across Canada, broadcasting in 16 markets. The company has a presence in most of Canada's largest radio markets.

As of August 2009, its head office is currently located at 250 Richmond Street West in Toronto, the studios of its Toronto flagship station CHUM-FM. In July 2008, CTVglobemedia sold its former location 1331 Yonge Street to developer Aspen Ridge Homes for $21.5 million.^[3] The stations were expected to move to 250 Richmond Street West, a downtown location near 299 Queen Street West ^[4] 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, but now reads "Dial 104.5 CHUM".^[5]

CHUM Radio also operates CHUM Satellite Services, a multimedia division which provides programming and production services for corporate clients.

[edit] Programming

CHUM 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. CHUM Radio, a division of CTVglobemedia is the fifth-largest radio operator in Canada behind Astral Media, Newcap Broadcasting, Corus Entertainment and Rogers Media.

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 four sports radio stations, all branded as The Team. 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 dissolved in 2002 due to poor ratings. Its remaining AM stations air either oldies or news/talk formats.

[edit] Stations

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CHUM Radio

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