Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a

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-based media company. Owned by Westerkirk Capital, Vista is the second-largest owner of radio stations in Canada. The company only owned stations in

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until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in

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and launching a new one in

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. With its acquisition of Haliburton Broadcasting Group, the company expanded into Ontario in 2012. In 2025, the company acquired 21 additional British Columbia stations from

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History

Vista Radio was founded by Paul Mann, Jason Mann, Margot Micallef, Barb Fairclough and Bryan Edwards in 2004. On April 23, 2012, Vista announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Westerkirk Capital. With support from the new owner, Vista announced a concurrent agreement to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting Group, a broadcast group with 24 stations in small to mid-sized markets in Ontario. The deal was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. In July 2017, Vista announced its intent to sell CJUI-FM in Kelowna to Avenue Radio, Ltd., a company owned by former CILK-FM owner Nicholas J. Frost. In September 2023, Vista announced that it would acquire CAB-K Broadcasting, owner of two radio stations in

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and one in Vegreville. On February 8, 2024,

announced that it would sell 21 of its radio stations in British Columbia to Vista Radio. The applications were approved by the CRTC on February 13, 2025. In April, Bell also reached an agreement to add Vista's current and future stations to

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. Vista relaunched all 21 stations under new brands on April 14, with most of the

Move Radio Move Radio is a brand of adult contemporary radio stations heard across Canada. The network was launched on December 27, 2020, by Bell Media. The launch of the network involved a re-branding of eleven radio stations across Canada, five in Ontario ...

stations rebranded as ''Go FM'',

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stations rebranded as ''Summit'', and Pure Country mostly rebranded under Vista's existing country brand ''The Ranch''. In May 2025, Vista filed an application to acquire CJGY-FM in Grand Prairie, Alberta from

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Stations

Many of Vista's stations operate under standardized brands, including: * ''2DayFM'':

Contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ...

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

* ''The GOAT'': Active or

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. * ''Go FM'': hot adult contemporary. Replaced Bell Media's proprietary ''Move Radio'' brand on acquired stations in 2025. * ''Juice FM'':

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or classic hits * ''Moose FM/The Moose:'' Inherited from Haliburton Broadcasting Group, * ''The Ranch'': country music. * ''Country'': country music * ''The Coast'': Classic Hits * ''Jet FM'': Classic Hits * ''The Summit'': adult hits. Replaced Bell Media's proprietary ''Bounce Radio'' brand on acquired stations in 2025.

Alberta

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- CFRI-FM *

Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administra ...

- CKLM-FM *

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 ...

- CJOC-FM, CKBD-FM * Olds - CKJX-FM, CKLJ-FM * Vegreville - CKVG-FM

British Columbia

* 100 Mile House - CKBX * Campbell River - CIQC-FM * Castlegar - CKQR-FM * Courtenay - CFCP-FM * Cranbrook - CFSM-FM * Creston - CKCV-FM *

Dawson Creek Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of had a population of 12,978 in 2016. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after ...

- CJDC * Duncan - CJSU-FM * Fort Nelson - CKRX-FM * Fort St. John - CHRX-FM, CKNL-FM * Golden - CKGR-FM * Grand Forks - CKGF-2-FM *

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...

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, CILK-FM,

CKFR CKFR is a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Broadcasting at 1150 AM, the station airs news/ talk and sports formats, and identifies on air as ''AM 1150 News, Talk, Sports''. It is owned by Vista Radio. Currently on-air is Phi ...

Kitimat Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban dist ...

- CKTK-FM *

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...

- CKAY-FM *

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

- CHNV-FM *

- CKKC-FM *

Osoyoos Osoyoos (, ) is the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omak. The town is north of the United States border in the Washington State and is adjacent to the Osoyoos Indian reserve. The origin of ...

- CJOR * Port Hardy - CFNI *

Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley of the British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan Lake, Okanagan and Skaha Lake, Skaha lakes. In the 2021 Canadian Census, its population was 36,885, while its Census geographic un ...

- CJMG-FM, CKOR * Powell River - CFPW-FM * Prince George - CIRX-FM, CJCI-FM *

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- CHTK-FM * Quesnel - CKCQ-FM * Revelstoke - CKCR-FM *

Salmon Arm Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 19,432 (2021). Salmon Arm was voted the best community in British Columbia in 2019. Salm ...

- CKXR-FM * Smithers - CFBV * Summerland - CHOR-FM *

Terrace Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...

- CFTK, CJFW-FM *

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CJAT-FM CJAT-FM (''Summit 95.7'') is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 95.7 FM in Trail, British Columbia and is also heard in Castlegar at 90.3 FM and Grand Forks at 103.3 FM, including other rebroadcasters. History Th ...

* Vanderhoof - CIRX-FM-1 * Vernon - CICF-FM * Williams Lake -

CFFM-FM CFFM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in Williams Lake, British Columbia, with an active rock format as ''The Goat''. The station also rebroadcasts at 94.9 FM in Quesnel and at 99.7 FM in 100 Mile House. CFFM-FM is own ...

Northwest Territories

- CJCD-FM

Ontario

Many of Vista's small-market radio stations in Ontario are branded as Moose FM, although the company uses a variety of other brands on its larger-market stations. * Bancroft - CHMS-FM * Barry's Bay - CHBY-FM * Bracebridge - CFBG-FM * Cochrane -

CHPB-FM CHPB-FM is a Canadian adult contemporary radio station broadcasting at 98.1 MHz on the FM dial in Cochrane, Ontario. The station began broadcasting in 2003 under the ownership of Tri-Tel Communications. On November 19, 2003, the Haliburt ...

Elliot Lake Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Greater Sudbury, Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium ca ...

- CKNR-FM * Espanola - CJJM-FM * Haliburton - CFZN-FM * Huntsville - CFBK-FM * Iroquois Falls - CFIF-FM *

Kapuskasing Kapuskasing ( ) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Hearst, Ontario, Hearst and northwest of Timmins, Ontario, Timmins. The town was known as MacPherson until 1917. ...

- CKAP-FM *

Kemptville Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and ...

- CKVV-FM * North Bay -

CFXN-FM CFNO-FM, CFXN-FM is a Canadian radio station, that airs a classic hits format at 106.3 FM broadcasting, FM in North Bay, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario. The station is branded as ''106.3 Jet FM''. The station plays a variety of current, recent and ...

CFCH-FM CFCH-FM (90.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Canadian radio station in North Bay, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario. Owned by Vista Radio, it broadcasts a country music, country radio format, format branded as ''Country 90.5''. History In September 2018, ...

* Parry Sound - CKLP-FM * Prescott - CKPP-FM * Stratford - CJCS-FM, CHGK-FM *

Sturgeon Falls Sturgeon Falls is a community and former town in Nipissing District, Ontario, located on the Sturgeon River. The community had a population of 6,939 at the 2021 census and a density of 1,129/km2 (2,920 sq mi). Following a failed legal challeng ...

- CFSF-FM *

Timmins Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 at the 2021 Canadian census and an estimated population of ...

- CHMT-FM

Former stations

* Caledon,

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(defunct) *

- CJUI (sold to Avenue Radio Ltd. in October 2017) * Vanderhoof,

- CIVH (discontinued March 2018 after transmitter collapse. Programming moved to CIRX-FM-1.) * Haldimand,

- CKJN-FM (sold to Durham Radio in 2016) *

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- CFLZ-FM, CJED-FM (sold to Byrnes Communications in January 2018) *

Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat is a city in 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 to the northwest are within ...

- CJLT-FM (sold to United Christian Broadcasters Canada in December 2023) *

Bolton Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and vill ...

CJFB-FM CJFB-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a variety hits format which operates at 102.7 FM broadcasting, FM in Bolton, Ontario, Bolton, Ontario. The station is branded as ''FM 102 Bolton''. History Rick Sargent, the owner of the stat ...

(sold to Local Radio Lab Inc. in April 2025)

References

External links

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History of Vista Broadcast Group Inc.
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{{Vista Broadcast Group * Radio broadcasting companies of Canada Companies based in British Columbia Courtenay, British Columbia