Qub Radio is a Canadian French-language internet talk radio station operated by

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subsidiary

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, primarily from studios in

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, which launched on October 4, 2018. Qub, a discretionary television channel serving as an audiovisual

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of the radio service, launched on January 11, 2024 on Quebecor-owned

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and certain other providers, repurposing the channel licence previously used by

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. Qub features opinion-driven programming, with many of its personalities shared with other Quebecor properties including Le Canal Nouvelles and newspapers including ''

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''. Quebecor launched an Internet radio station, in part, because it is not permitted to operate any terrestrial radio stations in the Montreal and

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markets under CRTC rules, due to its pre-existing ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast TV stations (associated with its TVA network) in both markets. On August 12, 2024, Leclerc Communication announced its Montreal terrestrial radio station CJPX-FM (99.5 MHz) would simulcast Qub Radio from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each weekday starting August 26. The "Qub" name is also used by several other Quebecor digital properties, including its consolidated digital content platform which launched on September 16, 2021.

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