F. Baxter Ricard (1905 – 1993) was a pioneering Canadian media proprietor. Jump to: navigation, search 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ...

In 1947, Ricard obtained a radio licence to establish CHNO in Sudbury, Ontario, the first bilingual radio station in Canada outside of Quebec. Ten years later, in 1957, he became the first radio broadcaster in Canada licensed to operate two AM stations in the same city. CHNO became an all-English station, and Ricard's new CFBR became the new French outlet. (A third station, CJMX, was established on FM in 1980.) Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search CHNO is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 103. ... Greater Sudbury (2001 census population 155,219) is a city in Northern Ontario. ... The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... CHYC is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at FM 98. ... CJMX is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 105. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1972, Baxter also launched Northern Cable, a cable television service for Northern Ontario. In 1980, Northern Cable became the major shareholder in the MCTV television system, when Cambrian Broadcasting and J. Conrad Lavigne's Mid-Canada Communications were merged for financial reasons. Jump to: navigation, search 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Northern Cable was a Canadian cable television provider, which operated from the early 1970s to 1998. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... MCTV is a system of four television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, owned by the CTV Television Network. ... J. Conrad Lavigne (November 2, 1916-April 16, 2003) was a pioneering Canadian media proprietor. ...

Due to the CRTC's rules at the time on concentration of media ownership, Ricard's radio stations continued to operate as a separate corporation from Ricard's MCTV holdings, although they were later acquired through the Mid-Canada Radio Network in 1985. In 1990, Ricard's media holdings were sold off in a series of transactions: MCTV was acquired by Baton Broadcasting, Mid-Canada Radio was sold to Pelmorex, becoming the Pelmorex Radio Network, and Northern Cable was sold to CFCF's cable television division. 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. ... Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a commonly used term among media critics, policy makers, and others to characterize ownership structure of media industries. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mid-Canada Radio was a network of Canadian radio stations in Northern Ontario, which operated from 1985 to 1990. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baton Broadcasting System (BBS) was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. ... Pelmorex is a Canadian broadcast group. ... The Pelmorex Radio Network was a system of Canadian radio stations in Northern Ontario, owned and operated by Pelmorex. ... CFCF is a CTV-owned and operated affiliate located in Montreal, Quebec. ...

In 1980, he received a public service award from the Central Canada Broadcasters' Association, and in 1987 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Laurentian University. In 1990, he was named entrepreneur of the year by the Northern Ontario Business Awards. Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laurentian University (Université Laurentienne), founded in 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, approximately 400 km north of Toronto. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ricard died in Sudbury in 1993. In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Canadian Association of Broadcasters is an organization representing Canadas private television and radio networks, established in 1926, it has over 600 members. ...

See also: Franco-Ontarian. Franco-Ontarians (French: Franco-ontarien) are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. ...