CJAD

City of license	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Branding	Montreal's Newstalk Leader CJAD 800
First air date	1945
Frequency	800 kHz (AM)
Format	News, Talk
Power	50 kW (10 kW at night)
Class	B
Owner	Standard Broadcasting
Website	http://www.cjad.com

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Commonly referred to as Montreal's Heritage Radio Station, the station was founded by J. Arthur Dupont in 1945, whose name the call letters were based on. In 1961, it was purchased by Standard Broadcasting. In 1978, control of Standard Broadcasting was purchased by Conrad Black. In 1985, Standard was purchased by Slaight Communications, a privately held company owned by J. Allan Slaight. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour OC, PC, (born August 25, 1944, in Montreal, Quebec), is a British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There was also a CJAD-FM which began broadcasting in 1948, disappearing sometime in the 50's. In 1962, now under new management, they began broadcasting again at 95.9 MHz under the call letters CJFM-FM. However it was not until 1976 that CJFM's programming was totally different from CJAD's. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... CJFM-FM is an English language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Starting in 1992 almost all of CJAD's programming was simulcast on Corus Entertainment-owned CKTS 900 in Sherbrooke. On November 19, 2006, CKTS ceased broadcasting and its licence was surrendered to the CRTC. This, according to Corus, was due to high ongoing maintenance costs that neither they nor Standard were willing to cover. Simulcast is a contraction of simultaneous broadcast, and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium at the same time. ... Corus Entertainment (TSX: CJR.NV.B) NYSE: CJR is a Canadian entertainment company, headquarted in Calgary, Alberta, which owns television networks, digital music channels and 50 radio stations across Canada. ... CKTS is an English language Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec. ... Sherbrooke redirects here. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ...

In 1998, all four of CJAD's broadcast towers toppled during The Ice Storm. It made arrangements to broadcast on 1410 and then 990 until new towers were erected. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Masts of the Rugby VLF transmitter in England Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas (also known as aerials in the UK) for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. ... It has been suggested that Operation Recuperation be merged into this article or section. ...

Their most popular broadcasters in recent times have been George Balcan, Gord Sinclair, Ted Blackman, Melanie King, Joseph A. Schwarcz, Avril Benoit, John Moore, Neil McKenty, Joe Cannon, Kevin Holden and Trudie Mason and Rick Leckner. George Balcan (1932 - 2004) was a Canadian radio broadcaster and artist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Dr. Joseph A. Schwarcz, known to his students, and many via his science popularization efforts as Dr. Joe, is a doctor of chemistry and professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. ... Avril Benoit is a Canadian radio host, formerly of Here and Now, CBC Radio Ones local afternoon show in Toronto. ... John Sanford Moore (born June 5, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec), widely known as John Moore, is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, actor, voice actor and comedian. ... Trudie Mason and Kevin Holden Kevin and Trudie is a radio show broadcast on Montreal station CJAD weekdays from 2:00 p. ...

External links

• CJAD's Official site
• Standard Radio's Official site
• From Mountain to the City: A Brief History of CJAD
• Radio History
• CJAD Timeline of Announcers
• Radio in Montreal Discussion group