Evanov Radio Group

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Evanov Radio Group is a Canadian radio broadcasting company.

The company was launched in 1984 when Bill Evanov, formerly a sales manager for CHIN, launched his own multicultural station, CIAO in Brampton.

[edit] Stations

The company has two fully-owned stations in the Greater Toronto Area, and is the majority investor in three more stations: one in the GTA, one in Ottawa and one in Halifax.

Evanov owns 100% of the following stations, each through a subsidiary holding:

Brampton - CIAO (CKMW Radio subsidiary)
Orangeville - CIDC, "Z103.5" (Dufferin Communications subsidiary)

Evanov owns 80% of the following stations, along with two private investors who each hold the other 10%:

Halifax - CKHZ, "Z103.5"
Ottawa - CJWL, "The Jewel 98.5"

Finally, Evanov owns 70% of one more station, along with a private numbered company which holds the other 30%:

Newmarket - CKDX, "Foxy 88.5"

In 2005, Evanov filed an application before the CRTC for Rainbow Radio, a proposed low-power FM station in Toronto to serve the city's LGBT community. On April 5, 2006, the CRTC approved the application in Decision 2006-128. It is not yet known when the station will launch, or what its call sign will be.