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}}Acadia Broadcasting Limited is a Canadian radio broadcasting network that operates 5 FM radio stations in Northwestern Ontario and 10 in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is owned by Ocean Capital Investments which is considered a part of the Irving Group of Companies. It is headquartered at 58 King Street in Saint John, New Brunswick.WEB, Acadia Broadcasting - Contact Us,weblink live, November 26, 2021, Acadia Broadcasting,weblink 2021-11-02, The company was formed by a 2001 operations merger between the Saint John based New Brunswick Broadcasting Company and the Bridgewater, Nova Scotia based Acadia Broadcasting Co. Limited. In 2003, the merged companies began operating under the simpler shared name, Acadia Broadcasting Limited. Since the merger, Acadia Broadcasting has launched new stations and acquired several stations owned and operated by other broadcasters throughout the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.WEB, Acadia Broadcasting / A Historic Overview,weblink live, November 26, 2021, Ocean Capital Investments,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161013185307weblink">weblink 2016-10-13, Acadia Broadcasting radio stations attract a monthly average of over 400,000 listeners, and their websites see 5.3 million pageviews over the same period. Their markets are reached by an average of 8,400 advertising clients.WEB, Acadia Broadcasting - Advertising,weblink live, November 26, 2021, Acadia Broadcasting,weblink 2021-11-02,

History

In 1928, CFBO was launched by C.A. Monro Limited.WEB, Acadia Broadcasting - Our Culture,weblink Acadia Broadcasting, 28 February 2024, Mr. Monro had obtained a private commercial broadcasting license from the Department of Marine and Fisheries of the Dominion of Canada in Ottawa, dated April 1, 1928, for the purpose of setting up and operating an AM radio station of only 50 watts in Saint John, New Brunswick. This was radio license No. 23 issued in Canada.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}In 1934, four newspaper publishing shareholders in Saint John, New Brunswick- Howard P. Robinson, J.D. McKenna, T.F. Drummie, and L.W. Bewick - purchased the station CFBO from C.A. Monro. Overnight, the station's new callsign became CHSJ, and it broadcast out of a new modern studio with new experienced management. Operated by Saint John Publishing Co. Limited, CHSJ soon became an affiliate of CBC Radio's Trans-Canada Network, an important link in the development of the national network.In 1944, Kenneth C. Irving purchased Saint John Publishing Company Limited from its principal shareholder, Howard P. Robinson. With this purchase, Irving acquired both the radio station CHSJ and the two local newspapers. Later that year, the company name was changed to New Brunswick Publishing Company Limited and its subsidiary New Brunswick Broadcasting was responsible for CHSJ radio.In 1989, New Brunswick Broadcasting purchased Acadia Broadcasting, CKBW in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia from the retiring shareholders.In 2001, New Brunswick Broadcasting launched two new radio stations in New Brunswick, CHWV-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick and CHTD-FM in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.In 2003, New Brunswick Broadcasting was folded into Acadia Broadcasting.In May 2007, Acadia Broadcasting Limited acquired three radio stations in northern Ontario: CKDR-FM in Dryden, CJRL-FM in Kenora, and CFOB-FM in Fort Frances. Through a series of repeaters, CKDR-FM in Dryden also serves six other northern communities: Sioux Lookout, Hudson, Ear Falls, Red Lake, Atikokan, and Ignace.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-295In January 2010, Acadia acquired CJUK-FM and CKTG-FM in Thunder Bay, Ontario from Newcap Radio. On July 22, 2010, Acadia Broadcasting launched CJHK-FM in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.In March 2014, Acadia Broadcasting acquired CKNI-FM in Moncton, New Brunswick from Rogers Media.In April 2016, Acadia acquired CJLS-FM in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from Ray Zinck and Chris Perry.Long-time Yarmouth radio broadcasters retiring, announce sale of CJLS Yarmouth VanguardOn July 13, 2020, Evanov Radio Group announced its intent to sell CKHZ-FM and CKHY-FM in Halifax to Acadia.WEB,weblink Evanov sells Halifax stations to ACADIA Broadcasting – Evanov Radio Group, evanovradio.com, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200714211004weblink">weblink 2020-07-14, In July 2023, Acadia Broadcasting shut down Huddle, an online business publication based in Saint John, New Brunswick which it had purchased in 2019.NEWS, Telegraph-Journal, Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Online business publication Huddle shut down,weblink 9 September 2023, Penticton Herald, 26 July 2023, en, NEWS, MacArthur, Steve, Maritime business news website "Huddle" closes,weblink 9 September 2023, 91.9 The Bend, en,

Stations operated by Acadia Broadcasting{| class"wikitable sortable"|+Radio stations owned and operated by Acadia Broadcasting Limited as of November 26, 2021

!Call sign!Frequency!On-air branding!City of licence!Province!First air date!Format!Website|CKBW-FM|98.1 FM|CKBWBridgewater, Nova Scotia>Bridgewater|Nova ScotiaAM broadcasting>AM)2001 (FM)|Classic hitsweblink|CJHK-FM|100.7 FM|Country 100.7Bridgewater, Nova Scotia>Bridgewater|Nova Scotia|July 22, 2010Country music>Countryweblink|CKHZ-FM|103.5 FM|Hot Country 103.5Halifax, Nova Scotia>Halifax|Nova Scotia|June 28, 2006Country music>Countryweblink|CKHY-FM|105.1 FM|Surge 105Dartmouth, Nova Scotia>Dartmouth|Nova Scotia|October 1, 2010|Active rockweblink|CIGO-FM|101.5 FM|101.5 The Hawk|Port Hawkesbury|Nova Scotia|October 29, 1975|Adult contemporaryweblink|CJLS-FM|95.5 FM|Y95Yarmouth, Nova Scotia>Yarmouth|Nova Scotia|April 1, 1934|Adult contemporaryweblink|CKNI-FM|91.9 FM|91.9 The Bend|Moncton|New Brunswick|October 11, 2005|Adult contemporaryweblink|CHSJ-FM|94.1 FM|Country 94Saint John, New Brunswick>Saint John|New BrunswickAM broadcasting>AM)1998 (FM)Country music>Countryweblink|CHWV-FM|97.3 FM|97.3 The WaveSaint John, New Brunswick>Saint John|New Brunswick|February 19, 2001|Hot adult contemporaryweblink|CHTD-FM|98.1 FM|98.1 Charlotte FMSt. Stephen, New Brunswick>St. Stephen|New Brunswick|May 28, 2001|Classic hitsweblink|CKTG-FM|105.3 FM|Country 105|Thunder Bay|OntarioAM broadcasting>AM)1996 (FM)Country music>Countryweblink|CJUK-FM|99.9 FM|99.9 The Bay|Thunder Bay|Ontario|August 2001|Classic hitsweblink|CKDR-FM|92.7 FM|CKDRDryden, Ontario>Dryden|Ontario|August 1963|Adult contemporaryweblink|CFOB-FM|93.1 FM|93.1 The Border|Fort Frances|OntarioAM broadcasting>AM)2002 (FM)|Adult contemporaryweblink|CJRL-FM|89.5 FM|89.5 The Lake|Kenora|OntarioAM broadcasting>AM)November 2004 (FM)|Adult contemporaryweblink

See also

• List of radio stations in New Brunswick
• List of radio stations in Nova Scotia
• List of radio stations in Ontario

References

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External links

• Acadia Broadcasting
• Acadia Broadcasting Ltd. - Canadian Communications Foundation
• Ocean Capital Investments
• LinkedIn profile
• Radio Stations in New Brunswick {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127021703weblink |date=2021-11-27 }} - Government of New Brunswick

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