Acadia Broadcasting

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Acadia Broadcasting Limited

Type	Private
Founded	1928
Headquarters	Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Industry	Broadcasting (Radio)
Website	www.acadiabroadcastinglimited.ca

Acadia Broadcasting Limited is a commercial radio broadcasting company with its headquarters located on historic King Street in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Its owner is Ocean Capital Investments, New Brunswick Limited. The focus is providing local radio for the communities it serves, live-to-air streaming on the internet and podcasts. Acadia Broadcasting operates three radio stations in New Brunswick and one in Nova Scotia under the Acadia Broadcasting name. In 2007 Acadia Broadcasting added a subsidiary, Northwoods Broadcasting Limited, through the acquisition of Fawcett Broadcasting with its three northern Ontario radio stations.

1 History
2 Stations Operated by Acadia Broadcasting
3 Stations Operated by Northwoods Broadcasting
4 External Links

[edit] History

Beginning as CFBO In 1928 CHSJ, the first radio station of Acadia Broadcasting Limited, was broadcast originally as CFBO, owned and operated by C.A. Monro Limited. Mr. Monro had obtained a Private Commercial Broadcasting License from the Department of Marine and Fisheries of the Dominion of Canada in Ottawa, dated April 1, 1928, for the purpose of setting up and operating an AM radio station of only 50 watts in Saint John, New Brunswick. This was radio License No. 23 issued in Canada.

CFBO Becomes CHSJ In 1934 four Saint John, New Brunswick newspaper-publishing shareholders - Howard P. Robinson, J.D. McKenna, T.F. Drummie and L.W. Bewick - purchased the station CFBO from C.A. Monro. Overnight the station's new call letters became CHSJ, and it broadcast out of a new modern studio with new experienced management. Operated by Saint John Publishing Co. Limited, CHSJ soon became an affiliate of CBC radio, an important link in the development of the national network.

[edit] Sale of Assets

In 1944 Mr. Kenneth C. Irving purchased Saint John Publishing Company Limited from its principal shareholder, Howard P. Robinson. With this purchase Mr. Irving acquired both the CHSJ radio station and the two local newspapers. Later that year the company name was changed to New Brunswick Publishing Company Limited and its subsidiary New Brunswick Broadcasting was responsible for CHSJ radio.

[edit] Acquisitions Outside New Brunswick

In 1989 New Brunswick Broadcasting purchased Acadia Broadcasting Co. Ltd., CKBW-AM in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia from the retiring shareholders. The new ownership kept the station name, Acadia Broadcasting Co. Ltd..

[edit] Addition of New Assets

In 2001 New Brunswick Broadcasting launched two new radio stations in New Brunswick, CHWV-FM 97.2The WAVE in Saint John, NB and CHTD-FM 98.1 The Tide in St. Stephen, NB.

[edit] Rebranding

In 2003 the names New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and Acadia Broadcasting Co. Ltd. were replaced by a single new name, Acadia Broadcasting Limited.

[edit] Northwoods Broadcasting Limited

In May 2007 Acadia Broadcasting Limited acquired three radio stations in northern Ontario: CKDR-FM 92.7 in Dryden, CJRL 89.5 FM, Mix FM in Kenora, and CFOB B.93 FM in Fort Frances. Through a series of repeaters CKDR-FM 92.7 in Dryden also serves 6 other northern communities: Sioux Lookout, Hudson, Ear Falls, Red Lake, Atikokan and Ignace. These stations are now known as Northwoods Broadcasting Limited, a subsidiary of Acadia Broadcasting.