Clear Sky Radio was a Canadian broadcasting company that owned radio stations in

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

and

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. The company, headquartered in

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

, Alberta, was incorporated in 2006 after it was granted its first radio license. In January 2018, Clear Sky sold CJCY-FM in Medicine Hat to

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, and a 25% stake in the yet-to-have-launched

CKOV-FM CKOV-FM (103.9 FM, ''OV 103.9'') is a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia. Owned by Jim Pattison Group, it broadcasts an oldies format focused primarily on music from the 1970's. History On March 14, 2008, the CRTC approved in part an ...

in Strathmore to

Golden West Broadcasting Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. is a Canadian radio and digital media company based in Altona, Manitoba. It is the largest independent radio broadcaster in Canada. The company primarily operates small-market radio stations and internet portals in ...

(with Clear Sky's co-owners Paul Larsen and Mary McKinnon Mills retaining a majority stake). In December 2018, it was announced that

Vista Radio Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Courtenay, British Columbia-based media company. Owned by Westerkirk Capital, Vista is the second-largest owner of radio stations in Canada. The company only owned stations in ...

would purchase the remaining Clear Sky Radio stations.

Stations

Alberta

- CKBD-FM, CJOC-FM *

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, R ...

- CJCY-FM * Strathmore -

British Columbia

* Cranbrook - CFSM-FM

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* Defunct radio broadcasting companies of Canada Companies based in Lethbridge Mass media companies established in 2006 Privately held companies of Canada 2006 establishments in Alberta Mass media companies disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Alberta Defunct Canadian radio networks 2018 mergers and acquisitions {{Canada-media-company-stub