Stingray Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate owned by Stingray Group . It owns and operates 101 radio stations in Canada—making it the second-largest radio conglomerate in Canada behind Bell Media . It also owns two television stations in Lloydminster . The majority of its stations are situated in Atlantic and Western Canada , with its largest presences being in the provinces of Alberta and Newfoundland .
44-602: The company was founded in 1986 by Harold R. Steele as Newfoundland Capital Corporation Ltd. based in Halifax, Nova Scotia , later operating under the names Newcap Broadcasting and Newcap Radio . In October 2018, Newcap was acquired by Stingray. As a result of the acquisition, the Steele family became Stingray Group's largest third-party shareholder. The company dates back to 1980. The group's Newfoundland and Labrador division, known as Steele Communications , included all but two of
88-419: 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
132-479: 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 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
176-598: A partnership between Newcap and Standard Broadcasting, was the licensee for most of the Alberta stations listed above from 2002, when Standard acquired the stations from Telemedia , until 2007, when Newcap bought out Standard's share of the stations. Harold R. Steele Harold Raymond Steele , OC (June 9, 1929 – January 28, 2022) was a Canadian businessman. He had business ventures in transportation, hotels and radio, most notably Newfoundland Capital Corporation and Eastern Provincial Airways . Steele
220-498: 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
264-691: 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 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
308-705: A separate transaction, Steele purchased $ 25 million worth of shares in Stingray. Despite retiring, Steele continued to visit the Albatross Hotel whenever he was in town until around 2018. The hotel ultimately remained under his ownership until his death. He also owned Universal Helicopters for over three decades until selling it in 2013. Steele was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in November 1991 and invested in April of
352-488: A surprise move, he acquired the VOCM Radio Network during the late 1990s. He was succeeded as chairman of NCC by his son Rob in 2000. The company subsequently sold its assets in printing and publishing two years later, enabling Steele to withdraw from its day-to-day management and retire. However, NCC retained its radio assets until November 2018, when they were sold to Stingray Digital Group for $ 523 million. In
396-544: 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
440-502: 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 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
484-560: 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
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#1733106768342528-634: The Albatross Hotel in Gander with his wife during a bankruptcy sale around that time. Shortly before retiring from the navy, he started purchasing shares in Eastern Provincial Airways (EPA), which was losing money at the time. Steele foresaw that the provincial government's newly announced hydro projects in Labrador would bring about more demand for flights to the region. He briefly served as its vice-president of marketing, before purchasing 67% of
572-535: The CRTC approved Stingray's application to acquire Newcap. The sale was completed just days later on October 26, 2018, with the Steele family holding the largest stake in the company besides its founders. In 2019, Stingray began a broader strategy of networking programs, such as morning shows, across regional groups of stations. This began with the syndication of CKGY-FM /Red Deer's Vinnie & Randi morning show across various country and adult hits stations in rural Alberta,
616-530: The CRTC on November 13, 2008, but was subsequently withdrawn in January 2009. Newcap CEO Rob Steele indicated that in light of the credit market crisis, the company did not feel that it was the right time to increase its debt load. In May 2011, Newcap announced that it was selling its two stations in Winnipeg , CKJS and CHNK-FM , to Evanov Communications ; the sale was approved on October 24, 2011. In January 2013,
660-527: 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
704-460: 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,
748-523: 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
792-524: The FM band. In July 2008, Newcap announced a deal to trade CFDR in Halifax to Rogers Media in exchange for CIGM in Sudbury . Both stations were the sole remaining AM stations in their respective markets, and in both cases the current owner already had the maximum permitted number of FM stations in the applicable market, whereas the acquirer only had a single FM station. Both companies successfully applied to move
836-560: The Steele family. The Steele family also has private holdings in other industries which are entirely outside of the Newcap corporate umbrella. In 1986, NCCL received CRTC approval to acquire its first radio station, CHTN in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island , from Northumberland Broadcasting Ltd. By 2008, Newcap would own over 70 radio stations, and flipped many radio stations from the AM band to
880-557: 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
924-553: 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
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#1733106768342968-617: 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
1012-491: The airline's shares to become its majority shareholder in the mid-1970s. He introduced numerous reforms to EPA, which included reducing the number of flight attendants by a third, staving off pilots' strikes and threats of strike from other personnel, successfully lobbying to obtain a portion of the Halifax–Toronto direct route from rivals CP Air , and introducing a profit-sharing plan for employees. He ultimately sold
1056-728: 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 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
1100-781: The company announced it was exploring a possible sale of its remaining broadcasting assets in Western Canada , consisting of 32 radio stations and two television stations, and six rebroadcasters associated with those stations. These stations are predominantly in Alberta (including several stations in the Lloydminster region on the Alberta/ Saskatchewan border), except for two stations in British Columbia . The company announced in May 2013 it
1144-470: The company to CP Air in 1984 for C$ 20 million, reversing the $ 815,000 operating loss EPA recorded the year he purchased it. Steele established Newfoundland Capital Corporation (NCC) in 1981. During the early 1980s, he bought the Q Radio network. He subsequently obtained a controlling interest in Halifax Daily News in 1984, before buying CHTN-FM in Charlottetown two years later. In
1188-660: 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,
1232-493: The existing networked evening show Rock of the Atlantic . In late-March 2021, the company underwent a restructuring of some of its staff and local program directors, which resulted in layoffs. On April 5, 2021, Stingray launched The Morning Breeze with Brad & Deb for its The Breeze branded soft adult contemporary stations , which is networked out of CKUL-FM /Halifax and incorporates local inserts. Stingray also introduced
1276-499: The following year. The community centre in Gander is named in his honour. Steele was married to Catherine Thornhill until his death. She was a music teacher and graduate of Mount Allison University , and they met while he was studying at Memorial University. Together, they had three children: Peter, Rob, and John. Steele resided in Gander in his retirement. He died on January 28, 2022, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador . He
1320-572: The full-power commercial stations in that province. In the past, Newfoundland Capital acted as a conglomerate with interests in diverse industries such as newspapers and freight transportation. The firm owns one asset unrelated to the broadcasting industry: a hotel in Corner Brook , the Glynmill Inn, which is operated as part of the Steele Hotels group which includes other properties held directly by
1364-510: 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
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1408-677: The midday show The Paul McGuire Show across Stingray country stations, and the CIGV-FM /Penticton morning show (featuring former CMT personality Casey Clarke) across Stingray's country stations in the British Columbia Interior . The morning shows are customized with contributions from a local host. In January 2021, Stingray networked its rock stations in Atlantic Canada out of CFRQ-FM /Halifax, with all of them adopting similar Q branding and airing CFRQ's morning show, in addition to
1452-667: 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,
1496-658: The networked evening program Rock of the West (modelled after Rock of the Atlantic ), which is hosted by Travis Currah of CIZZ-FM /Red Deer. In June 2023, Stingray Radio's stations joined Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada service; it will still participate in Radioplayer Canada . The following list is based on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 's media ownership charts as of January 26, 2013. The numbered company 3937844 Canada Inc. ,
1540-449: 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
1584-511: 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
1628-526: The stations to FM as part of the trade. Newcap flipped CIGM Sudbury to FM on August 25, 2009, and Rogers flipped CFDR Halifax to FM on August 7, 2009. On July 28, 2008, Newcap announced that it had a tentative deal to acquire 12 stations in Ontario from Haliburton Broadcasting Group , subject to CRTC approval, for $ 18.95 million. The company's application to acquire the Haliburton stations was formally published by
1672-562: 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 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,
1716-584: Was 92 years old. Rogers Sports %26 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 the multicultural -oriented Omni . Other television brands owned by Rogers include TSC , and Canadian versions of FX , FXX , and Bravo . In addition to television,
1760-690: Was assigned to Washington, D.C. , as a military attaché for four years. He was subsequently put in charge of the new military communications research centre in Gander in 1970, where he was commander of the NATO base for four years before retiring from the Navy after 24 years of service. Steele started investing in the stock market during the late 1950s, when he was a teacher at the Maritime Warfare School in Halifax . He also ventured into real estate, purchasing
1804-598: Was born in Musgrave Harbour , Dominion of Newfoundland , on June 9, 1929. He studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland , graduating with a Bachelor of Education in 1953. He then joined the Royal Canadian Navy to meet his obligations with the University Naval Training Division, the program that helped fund his education. He quickly rose to the rank of lieutenant commander and
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1848-779: Was made in the wake of Bell Media's acquisition of Astral. The deal was approved by the CRTC on March 19, 2014 and the sale closed on March 31, 2014. On April 25, 2017, Rogers Media announced its intent to acquire CISL from Newcap, who relaunched it as a Sportsnet Radio sports talk station with rights to the NHL 's Vancouver Canucks . On May 11, 2017, Newcap Radio announced its purchase of NL Broadcasting in Kamloops and its three stations, CHNL , CKRV-FM , and CJKC-FM . On May 2, 2018, cable radio broadcaster Stingray Digital announced its intent to acquire Newcap Radio for $ 506 million. On October 23, 2018,
1892-622: Was no longer planning to sell its assets in Western Canada. If such a sale had occurred, Newcap suggested that the proceeds might be used to either fund acquisitions "closer to [Newcap's] base in Atlantic Canada", pay down debt, or return capital to shareholders. On August 26, 2013, Newcap Radio announced it would acquire four former Astral Media radio stations in Toronto and Vancouver , including CHBM-FM , CKZZ-FM , CHHR-FM and CISL , along with Bell Media 's CFXJ-FM , for $ 112 million. The deal
1936-443: 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
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