Telemedia was a Canadian media company, which had holdings in radio, television and magazine publishing.

The company was launched in 1968 by Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, when he purchased CKAC in Montreal from Power Corporation of Canada. CKAC remained the company's radio flagship for its entire existence.

Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s.

Telemedia's magazine assets, including Canadian Living, Harrowsmith, Homemakers and the Canadian editions of TV Guide and Elle, were sold to Transcontinental Media in 2000. Standard Broadcasting subsequently acquired Telemedia's broadcasting assets in 2002, and sold some of them in turn to Rogers Communications and Newcap Broadcasting.

In 2007, Astral Media acquired the rest of Telemedia's Southern Ontario/British Columbia operations through the acquisition of Standard Broadcasting. In 2013, Bell Media acquired Astral Media and the telemedia radio stations. From 2013-2024, Bell Media owned most of the Telemedia Stations, however in 2024 as part of a corporate restructuring, Bell Media sold off a bunch of radio stations to new owners. Today, the ownership of Telemedia stations are scattered everywhere to new owners.

Stations acquired by Standard Through later transactions, almost all of these stations are now owned by Bell Media.

Ontario Hamilton - CHAM, CKLH, CKOC London - CKSL, CJBK, CJBX, CIQM Pembroke - CHVR St. Catharines - CHRE, CHTZ, CKTB Toronto - CHBM, CKFM, CFRB

British Columbia Dawson Creek - CJDC, CJDC-TV Fort Nelson - CKRX Fort St. John - CKNL, CHRX Golden - CKGR Kelowna - CKBL, CHSU Kitimat - CKTK Nelson - CKKC Osoyoos - CJOR Penticton - CJMG, CKOR Prince Rupert - CHTK Princeton - CIOR Revelstoke - CKCR Salmon Arm - CKXR Summerland - CHOR Terrace - CFTK, CFTK-TV, CJFW Trail - CJAT Vernon - CICF

Alberta

Edmonton - CFMG

Stations acquired by Rogers All of the stations that were acquired by Rogers are located in Ontario. Two of the stations have since been sold to other companies.

North Bay - CHUR, CKAT, CKFX Sault Ste. Marie - CHAS, CJQM Sudbury - CJMX, CJRQ Timmins - CJQQ, CKGB Toronto - CJCL

Former stations Stations formerly owned by Rogers have now since been sold to other companies:

Sudbury - CIGM Orillia - CICX

Stations acquired by Newcap

Although Newcap acquired the majority interest in these stations, all of which are in Alberta, Standard Broadcasting retained a 23.66% share. All are now wholly owned by Newcap.

Athabasca - CKBA Blairmore - CJPR Brooks - CIBQ Calgary - CIQX 1 Drumheller - CKDQ Edson - CFXE Grand Centre - CJCM High Prairie - CKVH Hinton - CIYR St. Paul - CHLW Slave Lake - CKWA Stettler - CKSQ Wainwright - CKKY Westlock - CFOK Wetaskiwin - CKJR

NOTES: 1 Telemedia held the license for this station, which had not yet launched at the time of its acquisition.

Stations in Quebec and Atlantic/ Stations Acquired by Astral Media All Telemedia stations in Quebec and in the atlantic were acquired by Astral Media, although the Radiomédia network of mainly AM stations became a 50/50 joint venture between Astral Media and Standard Broadcasting. Corus Entertainment acquired Radiomédia by 2005 in exchange for Corus's smaller FM stations in Quebec. Astral re-entered the AM business in Quebec by 2007, when Standard Broadcasting exited the terrestrial broadcasting business as Astral acquired the stations. Today, All of the stations that were Acquired by Astral Media except for Radiomédia are now owned by Bell Media.

Atlantic Bathurst - CKBC-FM Fredericton - CFXY-FM, CIBX-FM, CKHJ Grand Falls - CIKX-FM Woodstock - CJCJ-FM Truro - CKTO-FM, CKTY-FM RockDétente CFIX-FM 96.9, Saguenay CHEY-FM 94.7, Trois-Rivières / Mauricie CIMF-FM 94.9, Gatineau / Outaouais CITE-FM 107.3, Montreal CITE-FM-1 102.7, Sherbrooke / Estrie CITF-FM 107.5, Quebec City

Radiomédia CKRS 590, Saguenay CHLN 550, Trois-Rivières / Mauricie CJRC 1150, Gatineau / Outaouais CKAC 730, Montreal CHLT 630, Sherbrooke / Estrie CHRC 800, Quebec City

English Radio Station CKTS 900, Sherbrooke

References

External links Telemedia Communications (1968-2002) - Canadian Communications Foundation