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Encyclopedia > Standard Broadcasting

Standard Broadcasting Corporation is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. It is owned by J. Allan Slaight, and is the largest privately owned multimedia company in Canada.


Through its Standard Radio subsidiary, the company operates dozens of radio stations and two television stations. It also owns a significant minority interest in the radio station operator Haliburton Broadcasting Group. The company also operates divisions in e-commerce, videotape and DVD distribution, retail marketing and audio and video post-production. Haliburton Broadcasting Group is a Canadian group of FM radio stations. ... Electronic commerce or e-commerce consists of the buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over computer networks. ... Videotape is a means of recording television pictures and accompanying sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

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British Columbia

Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... Fort Nelson is a town of approximately 5000 residents in British Columbias northeastern corner. ... Fort Saint John (more common spelling Fort St. ... Categories: Stub | British Columbia communities ... Locator map for Kelowna, BC Kelowna (2001 population 96,288, metropolitan population 147,739) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. ... Nelson (49°30′ N 117°17′ W, PST) is a Canadian city of approximately 10,000 people in the province of British Columbia. ... Osoyoos, British Columbia Osoyoos is a small town in the Okanagan Valley on British Columbias southern border with Washington state. ... Penticton is a city in south central British Columbia between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. ... Prince Rupert is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. ... Princeton is a small town in the Okanagan-Similkameen region of British Columbia, Canada. ... Revelstoke was also the name of a well-known Canadian chain of hardware and home improvement stores, now known as Rona. ... Richmond is an incorporated city on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... CISL may mean: Continental Indoor Soccer League CISL, a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Salmon Arm is a city in the interior of British Columbia that has a population of 16,466 as reported in the BC Stats(2004). ... Summerland (1996 population 10,584) is a town on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. ... Terrace is a forestry dependent community on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. ... Trail is a town in the Kootenay region of the interior of British Columbia, Canada. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Vernon City in the central region of British Columbia called Okanagan at the north end of Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake. ...

Alberta

{{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Heart of the new west City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location. ... Calgarys rock music station 92. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Industry Integrity Progress City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Location. ... CHYC is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at FM 98. ... St. ...

Manitoba

Brandon, known as the Wheat City, is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. ... Selkirk is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 20km northeast of Winnipeg. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Location. ...

Ontario

Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... Motto: Nickname: The forest city City of London, Ontario, Canada Location. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Location. ... CKQB is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts active rock at 106. ... Pembroke (2003 population 14,700) is a city on the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada. ... Location of St. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... CFRB, or CFRB 1010 as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. ... CJEZ is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 97. ... CKFM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format at 99. ...

Quebec

{{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ...

Television assets

Dawson Creek is a small city and seat of the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. ... Terrace is a forestry dependent community on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. ...

External links

  • CRTC chart of Standard Broadcasting's assets (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/title_org.htm#S)
  • Standard Radio website (http://www.standardradio.com/)

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