Rogers Radio is a division of
Rogers Sports & Media
Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties.
Operations
Current television brands owned by Rogers include two television sy ...
(a subsidiary of
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media ass ...
) that specializes in the radio
broadcasting
Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...
industry. Rogers Radio is Canada's fourth-largest commercial radio broadcaster after
Stingray Radio
Stingray Radio Inc. is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate owned by Stingray Group. It owns and operates 101 radio stations in Canada, making it the largest radio conglomerate in Canada. It also once owned two now-defunct television statio ...
,
Vista Radio and
Bell Media Radio
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, the fifth being
Corus, and the largest based in Ontario.
As of January 2015, the company owns and operates 52 radio stations (44 FM and 8 AM) 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 ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
,
Manitoba
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,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
and
Ontario
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. They had previously owned two stations in
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
; however, they were sold to other companies in 2015.
On November 22, 2024, Rogers Sports & Media announced that it would sell three stations—
CJDL-FM and
CKOT-FM in Tillsonburg, and
CJET-FM in Smiths Falls—to
My Broadcasting Corporation pending CRTC approval.
Rogers Radio currently operates stations under the
Jack FM
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F ...
,
KiSS FM,
Sportsnet Radio,
NewsRadio
''NewsRadio'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 21, 1995, to May 4, 1999, focusing on the work lives of the staff of a New York City AM news radio station. It had an ensemble cast featuring Dave Foley, Stephen R ...
, Country and SONiC RADiO brands as well as several local branding.
List of stations
Radio
Former stations
Notes
References
External links
Rogers Radio StationsRogers Radio Stations - Our Properties - Radio- '
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1959 establishments in Ontario
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