Vista Radio

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Vista Radio Ltd.
Company typePrivate
Industry Radio broadcasting
Headquarters Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
OwnerWesterkirk Capital
Website vistaradio.ca

Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and launching a new one in Grande Prairie, Alberta. [1] It has since also expanded into Ontario, with the acquisition of Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 2012.

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History

Vista Radio was founded by Paul Mann, Jason Mann, Margot Micallef, Barb Fairclough and Bryan Edwards in 2004. [2]

On April 23, 2012, Vista announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Westerkirk Capital. With support from the new owner, Vista announced a concurrent agreement to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting Group, a broadcast group with 24 stations in small to mid-sized markets in Ontario. [3] The deal was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. [4]

On February 8, 2024, Bell Media announced that it would sell 21 of its radio stations in British Columbia to Vista Radio. [5]

Stations

Alberta

British Columbia

Pending

The following stations in British Columbia have been sold to Vista Radio by Bell Media, pending approval by the CRTC.

Northwest Territories

Ontario

Many of Vista's small-market radio stations in Ontario are branded as Moose FM, although the company uses a variety of other brands on its larger-market stations.

Former stations

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The Haliburton Broadcasting Group was a Canadian group of FM radio stations, located primarily in smaller markets in Ontario. The company was purchased by Vista Broadcast Group in 2012.

CKNR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 94.1 MHz in Elliot Lake, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand 94.1 Moose FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CHMT-FM</span> Radio station in Timmins, Ontario

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CFSF-FM</span> Radio station in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada

CFSF-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.3 FM in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. The station airs an adult contemporary format branded on-air as 99.3 Moose FM. The station is owned by Vista Radio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKAP-FM</span> Radio station in Kapuskasing, Ontario

CKAP-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 100.9 FM in Kapuskasing, Ontario. The station airs an adult contemporary format branded as 100.9 Moose FM. CKAP also has a rebroadcaster in Hearst, CKHT-FM, at 94.5 FM.

CFIF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.1 FM in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. The station airs an adult contemporary format branded as Moose FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKLP-FM</span> Radio station in Parry Sound, Ontario

CKLP-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 103.3 FM in Parry Sound, Ontario. Owned by Vista Broadcast Group, the station airs an adult hits format branded as Moose FM.

CFBG-FM is a hot adult contemporary radio station broadcasting at 99.5 FM in Bracebridge, Ontario and is owned by the Vista Broadcast Group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CJCS-FM</span> Radio station in Stratford, Ontario

CJCS-FM is a Canadian radio station in Stratford, Ontario broadcasting at 107.1 FM with a classic hits/variety hits format branded as 107.1 CJCS. The station is owned by Vista Radio. CJCS also broadcasts Toronto Blue Jays games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CHGK-FM</span> Radio station in Stratford, Ontario

CHGK-FM is a Canadian radio station in Stratford, Ontario with a hot adult contemporary format at 107.7 FM, branded as 107.7 2day FM. CHGK's studios are located at 376 Romeo Street South in Stratford while its transmitter is located on Line 29 just south of Stratford.

CHMS-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.7 FM in Bancroft, Ontario. The station airs a classic Hits format using the on-air branding 97.7 Moose FM, and is owned by Vista Broadcast Group.

CFZN-FM is a Canadian radio station with an oldies/adult contemporary format broadcasting at 93.5 FM in Haliburton, Ontario, and is owned by the Vista Broadcast Group. It was founded by the Haliburton Broadcasting Group. The station uses an on-air branding as 93.5 Moose FM.

CFBK-FM is a Canadian radio station that airs at 105.5 FM in Huntsville, Ontario with an adult hits format branded as 105.5 Moose FM.

CHPB-FM is a Canadian adult contemporary radio station broadcasting at 98.1 MHz on the FM dial in Cochrane, Ontario.

CJJM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.3 FM in Espanola, Ontario. The station currently airs an adult contemporary format and is branded on-air as 99.3 Moose FM. The station is owned by Vista Radio.

CJFB-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a variety hits format which operates at 102.7 FM in Bolton, Ontario. The station is branded as 102.7 Moose FM.

CFGM-FM was a Canadian radio station, which aired at 102.7 MHz (FM) in Caledon, Ontario. Originally licensed in 2007 to broadcast a tourist information format, it expanded into a commercial adult contemporary music station in 2009, but was discontinued in 2015 when its owner merged its operations with nearby sister station CJFB-FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CKOV-FM</span> Radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia

CKOV-FM is a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia. Owned by Jim Pattison Group, it broadcasts an oldies format focused primarily on music from the 1970's.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CHBY-FM</span> Radio station in Barrys Bay, Ontario

CHBY-FM is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts a classic hits format on the frequency of 106.5 MHz in Barry's Bay, Ontario. This is Barry's Bay's first commercial FM radio station.

CKPP-FM is a radio station which broadcasts a variety hits format on 107.9 MHz (FM) in Prescott, Ontario, Canada. CKPP's studio is located in Kemptville, while its transmitter is located near Prescott.

References

  1. ↑ "Vista Radio: The Big Fish in the Small Pond". Broadcast Dialogue
  2. ↑ "A small-town start tunes the dial on the big time", The Globe and Mail , March 15, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups". Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, October 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "'Not a viable business anymore': Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs". Toronto Star. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  6. 1 2 CRTC Decision 2008-323
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-165, English-language FM radio station in North Bay, CRTC, May 25, 2020
  8. ↑ "CJUI-FM Kelowna – Acquisition of assets". CRTC. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  9. ↑ "Castanet buys Juice FM". Castanet. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  10. ↑ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-258". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "CJLT-FM Medicine Hat - Acquisition of assets". CRTC. 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  12. ↑ Dialogue, Broadcast (2023-12-07). "Radio & Podcast News - CRTC approves UCB acquisition of CJLT-FM Medicine Hat". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
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