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was launched by C.A. Monro Limited. 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,
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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
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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
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provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. 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
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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
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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.
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experienced management. Operated by Saint John Publishing Co. Limited, CHSJ soon became an affiliate of
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In July 2023, Acadia Broadcasting shut down Huddle, an online business publication based in
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In May 2007, Acadia Broadcasting Limited acquired three radio stations in northern Ontario:
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Radio stations owned and operated by Acadia Broadcasting Limited as of November 26, 2021
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Telegraph-Journal, Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (26 July 2023).
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In 2001, New Brunswick Broadcasting launched two new radio stations in New Brunswick,
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In 2003, New Brunswick Broadcasting was folded into Acadia Broadcasting.
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Long-time Yarmouth radio broadcasters retiring, announce sale of CJLS
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In 1989, New Brunswick Broadcasting purchased Acadia Broadcasting,
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New Brunswick. This was radio license No. 23 issued in Canada.
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in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia from the retiring shareholders.
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Limited 1550:Companies based in New Brunswick 417:which it had purchased in 2019. 395:from Ray Zinck and Chris Perry. 298:was responsible for CHSJ radio. 1338:Radio Stations in New Brunswick 1155:from the original on 2021-11-02 1125:from the original on 2016-10-13 1095:from the original on 2021-11-02 387:In April 2016, Acadia acquired 316:in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. 1441:New Brunswick Southern Railway 1277: 1237: 1215: 1203: 1192: 1167: 1137: 1107: 1077: 1: 1070: 402:announced its intent to sell 365:in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. 244:between the Saint John based 995:https://www.931theborder.ca/ 641:https://www.1015thehawk.com/ 7: 1349:Government of New Brunswick 1048: 569:https://hotcountry1035.com/ 200:Acadia Broadcasting Limited 128:John K F Irving (president) 20:Acadia Broadcasting Limited 10: 1566: 1041:https://www.895thelake.ca/ 831:http://www.charlottefm.ca/ 713:https://www.919thebend.ca/ 296:New Brunswick Broadcasting 260: 1535:Irving Group of Companies 1481: 1391: 1385:Irving Group of Companies 1328:Ocean Capital Investments 1119:Ocean Capital Investments 415:Saint John, New Brunswick 238:Saint John, New Brunswick 234:Irving Group of Companies 185: 180: 165: 160: 149: 137: 132: 122: 117:Ocean Capital Investments 112: 107: 93: 88: 79:Saint John, New Brunswick 73: 53: 43: 33: 24: 1319:Acadia Broadcasting Ltd. 913:http://www.999thebay.ca/ 250:Bridgewater, Nova Scotia 1451:Maine Northern Railway 1431:Kent Building Supplies 877:http://country1053.ca/ 795:http://www.thewave.ca/ 790:Hot adult contemporary 636:Contemporary hit radio 410:in Halifax to Acadia. 1489:James Dergavel Irving 1446:Eastern Maine Railway 1436:New Brunswick Railway 393:Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 949:http://www.ckdr.net/ 759:http://country94.ca/ 605:https://surge105.ca/ 533:https://www.cjhk.ca/ 497:https://www.ckbw.ca/ 280:Trans-Canada Network 218:Northwestern Ontario 68:Northwestern Ontario 1468:Irving Shipbuilding 1463:Acadia Broadcasting 1314:Acadia Broadcasting 1179:Acadia Broadcasting 1149:Acadia Broadcasting 1089:Acadia Broadcasting 858:September 3, 1944 ( 478:December 27, 1947 ( 427: 294:and its subsidiary 191:Acadia Broadcasting 21: 1343:2021-11-27 at the 1284:MacArthur, Steve. 1036:Adult contemporary 990:Adult contemporary 944:Adult contemporary 809:98.1 Charlotte FM 786:February 19, 2001 708:Adult contemporary 672:Adult contemporary 547:Hot Country 103.5 425: 400:Evanov Radio Group 398:On July 13, 2020, 204:radio broadcasting 19: 1522: 1521: 1212:Yarmouth Vanguard 1046: 1045: 704:October 11, 2005 632:October 29, 1975 287:Kenneth C. 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Private
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Northwestern Ontario
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada
English
French
Ocean Capital Investments
New Brunswick Broadcasting Company
New Brunswick Broadcasting Company
CKBW-FM
CHSJ-FM
Acadia Broadcasting
radio broadcasting
network
FM radio
stations
Northwestern Ontario
Atlantic Canadian
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Irving Group of Companies
Saint John, New Brunswick
merger
New Brunswick Broadcasting Company
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
advertising
CFBO

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