Clear Sky Radio

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Clear Sky Radio
Company type Private
Industry Media
Founded Lethbridge, Alberta (2006)
Headquarters Lethbridge, Alberta
Key people
Paul Larsen
President / CEO
Products Broadcasting
Website Clear Sky Radio

Clear Sky Radio was a Canadian broadcasting company that owned radio stations in Alberta and British Columbia. [1] The company, headquartered in Lethbridge, Alberta, [2] was incorporated in 2006 after it was granted its first radio license.

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In January 2018, Clear Sky sold CJCY-FM in Medicine Hat to Rogers Media, [3] and the yet-to-have-launched CKOV-FM in Strathmore to Golden West Broadcasting (with Clear Sky's co-owners Paul Larsen and Mary McKinnon Mills holding a minority stake). [4] In December 2018, it was announced that Vista Radio would purchase the remaining Clear Sky Radio stations. [5]

Stations

Alberta

British Columbia

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