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47-449: The station was originally launched by Highland Broadcasting on May 15, 1964 as CJIC-FM , a sister station to CJIC and CJIC-TV . In 1976, the stations briefly became the property of Huron Broadcasting , retained the television station but sold the radio stations to Gilder Broadcasting under concentration of media ownership rules. With the TV and radio stations no longer having common ownership,

94-419: A Canadian version of FX's younger-skewing sibling network, FXX , and the "FXNOW Canada" app were launched. On August 1, 2014, Rogers reached a deal with American professional wrestling promotion WWE . An expansion of Sportsnet 360's existing deal with the promotion as The Score, the network would continue to be the exclusive broadcaster of WWE's weekly television programming, while Rogers would distribute

141-470: A local management agreement (LMA) with Pelmorex , retaining ownership of CHAS but giving Pelmorex the management rights; the companies' Sault AM signals (Telemedia's CFYN and Pelmorex's CKCY ) would be turned off as part of the deal. The arrangement, one of the first LMAs in the Canadian radio industry, took effect on August 31, 1992, with CHAS moving into CJQM-FM 's studios at 642 Great Northern Road, where

188-527: A combination of news , sports and oldies , to country music . In 1992, Telemedia and the Pelmorex Radio Network, then owners of CKCY and CJQM-FM applied to the CRTC and were allowed to shut down both CFYN and CKCY. The two FM stations went on to form one of Canada's first LMAs and moved into shared office and studio space, with Pelmorex being the managing partner in the arrangement. Fifteen staff at

235-510: A daily phone-in program from 10:00 am to noon. Other hosts included Fred Edwards from noon to 2:00 pm and Brian W. Martin from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. From 6:00 pm on, the station broadcast a variety of CBC and syndicated programming. The overnight program was simulcast from CHAS-FM. Bob Wood was the morning show host over a three-year period from 1979 to 1982. "Woody" brought an outrageous style and humour that Sault radio had not really heard to that point. Wood subsequently moved to North Bay , where he

282-498: A partnership with FX Networks to launch a Canadian version of FX . The channel was launched as FX Canada on October 31, 2011, with FX Networks acquiring a minority stake later that year. On August 25, 2012, Rogers Media acquired Score Media 's broadcast business, including The Score Television Network, for $ 167 million, including a 10% stake in its digital business. The network has since been rebranded as Sportsnet 360 . On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced that it would become

329-477: A playlist spanning the 1980s to today's hits. In 2020, CHAS changed its moniker to "The New KiSS 100.5", but kept the same slogan and format. The station began carrying the Roz and Mocha Show from CKIS-FM Toronto which also airs on other Rogers-owned "Kiss" stations across Canada. 46°35′40″N 84°21′00″W  /  46.59444°N 84.35000°W  / 46.59444; -84.35000 CFYN (AM) CFYN

376-655: A station in Wawa called CJWA . Some of the programming on this station was simulcast from CJIC. Bruce Smith and Don Sims were both announcers at CJIC. They went on to have lengthy careers with CBC. Mac McCurdy went on to be the president of Standard Broadcasting . Don Ramsay introduced country music on radio to the twin Saults from 1942 to 1986. He was also a founding member of the Country Music Disc Jockey Association. Harvey Kirck 's first on-air staff job

423-544: A view to protecting our business." Bell subsequently filed for a court injunction to prevent Rogers from operating channels under the relevant brands for at least two years after the Rogers deal takes effect, citing non-compete clauses in its outgoing agreement, along with monetary damages from both Rogers and WBD. Bell further alleged that Rogers induced WBD to break the non-complete clauses in question. Subsequently, Rogers filed documents asserting that WBD had failed to disclose

470-463: A younger sound, moving the format to adult contemporary and adopting Lite 100.5 as the station's branding, later changing to Mix 100 . By the early 1990s, the Sault Ste. Marie area's economic circumstances combined with diminishing audiences on both of the city's Canadian commercial AM stations severely curtailed the profitability of Telemedia's Soo radio operations, prompting Telemedia to enter into

517-473: The CBC Trans-Canada Network while WSOO was an affiliate of ABC . Service to the market became more cosmopolitan as a result. On March 29, 1941, CJIC moved from 1500 kHz to 1490 kHz. It is unknown if 1500 kHz was the original AM frequency used when CJIC first launched in 1934. Prior to the station's permanent sign off in 1992 as CFYN, the frequency was at 1050 kHz. The date of

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564-610: The linear feed of the WWE Network . In October 2014, Rogers announced a $ 100 million joint venture with Vice Media to establish a production studio in Toronto and launch Vice-branded television and digital properties in 2015. The following year, on November 5, 2015, Rogers and Vice announced that it would launch a Canadian version of Vice's specialty cable channel, Viceland , in Canada on February 29, 2016. The new channel would replace

611-495: The multicultural -oriented Omni . Other television brands owned by Rogers include TSC , and Canadian versions of FX , FXX , and Bravo . In addition to television, the Rogers Radio division owns 55 stations across Canada. The Sportsnet family of channels, which began as a group of regional sport channels, now serves as the de facto sports programming brand and division for Rogers. Through Sportsnet, Rogers also distributes

658-508: The " EZ Rock " format and branding patterned after Standard Broadcasting 's CJEZ-FM in Toronto . Standard Broadcasting would acquire several Telemedia-owned stations in 2002; CHAS and CJQM were among those stations, but they would be sold to Rogers Radio almost immediately. On July 4, 2011, CHAS altered its musical format, keeping the "EZ Rock" branding but presenting a more contemporary version of its AC Mainstream Plus blend. With this shift,

705-527: The CRTC rejected an application by Rogers to establish a new rock radio station in Parry Sound , citing that it would have a disproportionately negative impact on its North Bay stations and local competitor CKLP-FM /. Rogers acquired a minority interest in the web-based video production firm Vuguru in 2009. In 2010, Rogers received CHST-FM in London, Ontario, from CTVglobemedia. In 2011, Rogers announced

752-460: The CRTC required the Citytv stations to be divested to comply with major-market ownership restrictions. CTV maintained ownership of flagship Toronto station CITY-TV's local news channel CP24 , prompting Rogers to establish its own short-lived CityNews Channel in 2011 as a substitute, in cooperation with CITY-TV and sister news radio station 680 CFTR . The network folded in 2013. On January 16, 2008,

799-523: The Canadian version of Biography Channel ; a brand which was also owned by Vice Media investor A+E Networks . In September 2016, Rogers acquired Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company's CJDL-FM and CKOT-FM in Tillsonburg . In January 2018, Rogers announced its acquisition of CJCY-FM in Medicine Hat, Alberta, from Clear Sky Radio . Following an announcement on July 5, 2017, and over two years after

846-484: The June 2013 acquisition by Bell Media Radio of Astral Media , which owned the "EZ Rock" trademark in Canada, Rogers would seek new branding for all 4 of its EZ Rock stations; on August 29, 2013, CHAS and its "EZ Rock" stations all adopted the "Kiss" branding, with no other discernible on-air changes. As of the fall of 2019, CHAS-FM and the other "KISS" stations had returned to a mainstream adult contemporary direction with

893-557: The Warner Bros. Discovery factual brands: new specialty channels for the Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, ID, and Magnolia Network brands will launch on January 1, 2025, while content from Animal Planet, Cooking Channel, Motor Trend, OWN, and Science Channel will stream on Citytv+. Rogers would also confirm that OLN will be rebranded as Bravo on September 1. Later in September, Rogers launched

940-553: The ad-supported version of Disney+ to Ignite TV subscribers, and promoting the service adjacent to Corus' Disney-licensed specialty services in the Ignite TV program guide . Rogers countered that Corus "has not kept up with the demands of Canadians and is now looking for the regulator to protect their broken business model" and accused Corus of forcing service providers to carry channels that consumers "no longer want to watch." On August 28, Rogers announced its plans for how it will deploy

987-617: The agreement Rogers will hold the Canadian rights to WBD's factual brands, including Animal Planet , Discovery Channel , Food Network , HGTV , Investigation Discovery (ID), Magnolia Network , Motor Trend , the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and Science Channel . Content will be distributed via new and existing Rogers platforms, including its television networks and Citytv+ . Rogers also announced an agreement with NBCUniversal to relaunch Bravo in Canada in September 2024. Rogers' agreement with WBD succeeds long-time partnerships

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1034-469: The change of ownership in 1977, the majority of the on-air staff and news departments of Hyland and Algonquin stayed with Huron Broadcasting, leaving Gilder Broadcasting to find a new staff for its two stations. On February 1, 1977, CFYN signed on with an on-air line-up that included Norman M from 6:00 to 10:00 am. Joe Petrolo was the main news presenter and Randy Russon was the sports director. Russ Hilderley, president and CEO of Gilder, hosted Reaching Out ,

1081-660: The exclusive national media rightsholder for the National Hockey League (NHL) beginning in the 2014–15 season under a 12-year contract valued at $ 5.2 billion. This gave Rogers rights to broadcast national telecasts on the Sportsnet networks and CBC Television (the latter as part of a sub-licensing agreement to maintain Hockey Night in Canada ) and handle distribution for the NHL's out-of-market packages . On April 1, 2014,

1128-466: The former Telemedia operation were laid off. CFYN went dark on August 31, 1992. Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc. , operating as Rogers Sports & Media , is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties. Current television brands owned by Rogers include two television systems : the English-language Citytv , and

1175-505: The frequency change to 1050 kHz is unknown. In 1955, Highland Broadcasting opened CJIC-TV , bringing CBC Television service to the Sault. In 1956, Hyland died, leaving the stations to his family. Russ Ramsay was appointed manager. With CJIC presenting a popular music, news and sports format, in 1964, CJIC-FM signed on, presenting a varied mix of easy listening programming to Sault Ste. Marie. Hyland Radio and TV also established

1222-614: The late John Campbell, John Murtha, the late Mitch Drolet and Dan Bonk. CHAS continued to broadcast for the next seven years as "Mix 100". Among the benchmarks of that time for the station, were reaching a weekly audience of 30,000 listeners and negotiating the broadcast rights for all Greyhounds home and away games away from the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan-based WKNW . In 1999, Telemedia bought CJQM from Pelmorex, assuming full control of both CJQM and CHAS. At this point, CHAS and 3 other Telemedia-owned stations in Northern Ontario adopted

1269-510: The latter company had with Bell Media and Corus Entertainment , while the Bravo relaunch would be Rogers' third collaboration on a TV channel with Comcast after the launches of OLN and G4 in Canada. In a statement to The Gazette media writer Steve Faguy, a Bell Media spokesperson stated that their agreements with Discovery "includes protections against the launch of competing services", and that they "fully intend to assert our rights with

1316-401: The license for CFTO-DT , which launched the following year. In 1962, Rogers bought Aldred's shares of CHFI, which changed its name to CHFI-FM Limited, then Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. By 1964, CHFI-AM, which would eventually become CFTR went on air. In 1986, Rogers acquired CFMT , Canada's first multicultural station. It also received many stations from Selkirk Communications in 1989. In

1363-499: The linear version of WWE Network ; as part of a larger program rights agreement with WWE , in which Sportsnet 360 carries WWE's main programming. Rogers previously owned a number of magazines under the Rogers Publishing banner, including the former Maclean-Hunter magazines (such as namesake Maclean's ). In 2019, Rogers completed its divestment of the unit's remaining properties to St. Joseph Communications . Rogers Media

1410-667: The most significant acquisition to date, Rogers Media acquired the assets of Maclean Hunter broadcasting properties in 1994. It later resold various properties to Western International Communications . In 2000, Bell GlobeMedia acquired NetStar, the parent company of TSN , and ultimately divested their stake in Sportsnet In June 2007, as part of CTVglobemedia's acquisition of CHUM Limited , Rogers announced its intent to acquire its Citytv stations. CTV had originally intended initially intended to sell CHUM's A-Channel stations and several other specialty channels to Rogers. Still,

1457-449: The non-compete clauses to Rogers. On August 30, Bell said that in light of that revelation, it was no longer seeking monetary damages from Rogers, but would proceed with claims against WBD; including injunctive relief. Corus also retaliated by filing a complaint with the CRTC in August 2024, accusing Rogers Communications as a whole of abusing a dominant position due to Rogers Cable offering

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1504-637: The radio stations adopted the new callsigns and signed on as CFYN (for the AM station) and CHAS on February 1, 1977. The original on air schedule of CHAS included Berg Neuman from 6:00 - 10:00 a.m., CBC Radio 's Morningside from 10:00 a.m. - noon, Brian W. Martin from noon - 2:00 p.m., Fred Edwards from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., Tony Marziale from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m., CBC Radio's The World at Ten and Mostly Music from 10:00 p.m. - midnight and "The Incredible Rod Wayne" from midnight – 6:00 a.m. The station dropped its CBC programming after CBSM

1551-511: The shuttering of its U.S. namesake , the Canadian version of G4 shut down on August 31, 2017. After Rogers pulled out of its venture with Vice, Viceland shut down on March 31, 2018. In March 2019, Rogers announced that it would sell its remaining print publications, including Maclean's , Chatelaine , and Hello! Canada , Today's Parent , and the digital operations of former magazines Canadian Business and Flare to St. Joseph Communications . In February 2020, Rogers Media

1598-461: The staff. In 1936, Hyland bought out his partner to take total control of the station. In 1939, the first radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan , WSOO signed on. This introduced competition to the market for both listeners and advertising dollars. Services were expanded with more news and sports coverage being introduced, as both stations tried to serve both cities. CJIC became an affiliate of

1645-565: The station cancelled 'The 80's Lunch program and Sunday at the '70s . Solid Gold Saturday Night was replaced by The Saturday Night Show , a program featuring music from the 1970s to present. Scott Turnbull remains as host. The station also adopted a new logo as well as the positioning statement "Today's Best Music". CHAS, as noted above, was one of four EZ Rock-branded stations owned and operated by Rogers Media , all of which are located in Northern Ontario (the others being CKGB-FM Timmins , CHUR-FM North Bay , and CJMX-FM Sudbury ). With

1692-974: The station manager, Russ Ramsay was a well-known sportscaster and play-by-play announcer. He was elected MLA after John Rhodes died, and held the post from 1978 to 1985. He held the labour portfolio in the Bill Davis Conservative government at Queen's Park. In 1976, the Hyland family sold its radio, television and cable interests to Huron Broadcasting , owned by a group of businessmen from Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury . Huron also bought CKCY , CKCY-FM , CJNR in Blind River , CKNR in Elliot Lake and CKNS in Espanola from Algonquin Broadcasting. Due to CRTC regulations regarding concentration of media ownership , Huron

1739-514: The two stations remain to this day. The deal also saw all but 3 CHAS staffers being laid off: Marlene Yanni would stay on as sales representative, while James Warner-Smith would become program director; Gino Cavallo was offered the news/sports director position, but instead accepted a public relations and play-by-play position with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds hockey club. Several former CKCY staffers would join CHAS, including Frank Raven, Scott Turnbull,

1786-517: Was a Canadian AM radio station, which broadcast at 1050 kHz in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario , from 1977 to 1992. From 1934 to 1977, the station broadcast with the call sign CJIC . The first radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, CJIC signed on on October 25, 1934. It was owned by Grant Hyland and Jack Whitby and broadcast from studios in the Windsor Hotel. By 1935, programming had been expanded and, over time, several notable announcers were added to

1833-463: Was as a newscaster on CJIC in 1948. He went on to co-present the CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson . John Rhodes was a popular radio morning show host and television host and sportscaster. He was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie and was later elected as the Sault's MLA at Queen's Park from 1971 to 1978. During that time, he was Ontario's minister of transportation. In addition to being

1880-668: Was born from this invention. In 1939, Edward Rogers died, and his son was only six years old. The Rogers family had involvement in Canada's broadcasting until about the mid-1940s; Velma, Edwards's wife, sold her shares away in Standard Radio Limited. Sixteen years later, the business would resurface again due to the son of Edward Rogers, Ted. Rogers Media business began in 1960, when Ted borrowed $ 85,000 to buy Canada's first FM radio station, CHFI. That year, Rogers and Aldred formed Baton Aldred Rogers Broadcasting (a forerunner to present-day competitor Bell Media ) when it acquired

1927-549: Was established in 1960 when Ted Rogers and Joel Aldred acquired CHFI . The origins of Rogers can be traced to 1925 when Edward S. Rogers Sr. launched a radio station that would eventually become CFRB . In August of 1925, the name Rogers came into view on the Canadian broadcasting scene with the introduction of the Rogers Batteryless Radio at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. This invention

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1974-419: Was establishing itself in the Sault Ste. Marie market, unregulated all hit radio in the form of WYSS was being introduced in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The arrival of YES-FM fragmented the Sault Ste. Marie radio audience and made it increasingly difficult for AM music based formats to maintain their audiences. CFYN struggled over the next seven years changing formats several times from adult contemporary , to

2021-455: Was launched in 1981. In 1985, CFYN and CHAS were sold to Telemedia . Telemedia refined the " Beautiful Music " format of CHAS, incorporating elements of the " Music of Your Life " format to create a hybrid that was targeted mainly at the 45 plus listener. As the influence of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 's WYSS attracted more of the Ontario audience, pressure to follow suit grew. CHAS evolved to

2068-418: Was made with new tubes by Edward S. (Ted) Rogers, who invented them. Edward's father funded Albert's holding company Standard Radio Manufacturing Corporation Ltd. Standard this development. During the year 1927, the first ever seen radio broadcasting transmitter was built by Edward Rogers. This was a big deal because it operated from power lines without the assistance of batteries or converters. Rogers Batteryless

2115-443: Was rebranded as Rogers Sports & Media to "more accurately [reflect] our mix of assets." However, the subsidiary's legal name did not change. In November 2023, Rogers reached an agreement with Disney Streaming to handle advertising sales for the ad-supported version of Disney+ in Canada. On June 10, 2024, Rogers Sports & Media announced a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) beginning in 2025. Under

2162-453: Was required to sell one AM and one FM license in Sault Ste. Marie. Huron sold CJIC and CJIC-FM to Gilder Broadcasting, owned by the former CKCY personality Russ Hilderly and a local businessman, Bruce Pickersgill. As part of CRTC approval of the sale, Gilder Broadcasting was given new call signs for its radio stations and on February 1, 1977, the stations became CFYN and CHAS-FM. CFYN broadcast in Sault Ste. Marie from 1977 to 1992. Following

2209-540: Was the federal member of parliament for Nipissing from 1988 to 2004. News director John Campbell, who joined the station in 1979, introduced listeners to the daily "Campbell Comment". His commentaries ranged from goings on at Algoma Steel to the Language Resolution and beyond and often generated talk in the community and occasionally rebuttals and headlines in the local papers. In 1985, CFYN and CHAS-FM were sold to Telemedia Communications . But just as Telemedia

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