Qub Radio

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Qub Radio
  • Montreal, Quebec
Broadcast areaWorldwide, primarily targeting Quebec, Canada
Frequency Internet radio
Programming
Language(s) French
Format Talk radio
Ownership
Owner Quebecor Media
History
First air date
October 4, 2018;6 years ago (2018-10-04)
Technical information
Repeater(s) CJPX-FM 99.5 Montreal (workweek daytime only)
Links
Website https://www.qub.ca/radio
Qub
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec
Programming
Language(s) French
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner Groupe TVA Inc.
Parent Quebecor Media
History
LaunchedJanuary 11, 2024;9 months ago (2024-01-11)
Replaced Yoopa
Links
Website https://www.tvaplus.ca/qub

Qub Radio [lower-alpha 1] is a Canadian French-language internet talk radio station operated by Quebecor subsidiary Groupe TVA, primarily from studios in Montreal, which launched on October 4, 2018. [1] Qub, a discretionary television channel serving as an audiovisual simulcast of the radio service, launched on January 11, 2024 on Quebecor-owned Vidéotron and certain other providers, repurposing the channel licence previously used by Yoopa. [2] [3]

Qub features opinion-driven programming, with many of its personalities shared with other Quebecor properties including Le Canal Nouvelles and newspapers including Le Journal de Montréal . [1]

Quebecor launched an Internet radio station, in part, because it is not permitted to operate any terrestrial radio stations in the Montreal and Quebec City markets under CRTC rules, due to its pre-existing ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast TV stations (associated with its TVA network) in both markets. [1] On August 12, 2024, Leclerc Communication announced its Montreal terrestrial radio station CJPX-FM (99.5 MHz) would simulcast Qub Radio from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each weekday starting August 26. [4]

The "Qub" name is also used by several other Quebecor digital properties, including its consolidated digital content platform which launched on September 16, 2021. [5]

Footnotes

  1. “Qub” (pronounced like “cube”) is not an acronym, but is usually stylized by Quebecor in all-caps as QUB in plain text, and in all-lowercase as qub in the channel’s logotype

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Saba, Michel (October 4, 2018). "Québecor launches new internet radio station QUB". The Gazette . The Canadian Press . Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  2. "Le Groupe TVA abandonne la chaîne jeunesse Yoopa pour diffuser QUB radio". ICI.Radio-Canada.ca . The Canadian Press. November 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  3. "List of broadcasting services that do and do not need a licence". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission . Retrieved August 21, 2024. QUB RADIO (formely [ sic ] Yoopa) (enter "Qub" under "Call sign / service name")
  4. "Montreal's 99.5 FM to replace music with Québecor's talk radio". The Gazette . August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  5. Summerfield, Patti (September 16, 2021). "Quebecor debuts consolidated content platform". Media in Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2024.