Newfoundland Capital Corporation, operating as Newcap Radio, is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Founded by Harold R. Steele, the company owns 101 radio stations in Canada (making it the second-largest radio conglomerate in Canada behind Bell Media) particularly in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Alberta, as well as two television stations in Lloydminster.
The group's Newfoundland and Labrador division, known as Steele Communications, includes all but two of the full-power commercial stations in that province. In the past, Newfoundland Capital acted as a conglomerate with interests in diverse industries such as newspapers and freight transportation. The firm owns one asset unrelated to the broadcasting industry: a hotel in Corner Brook, the Glynmill Inn, which is operated as part of the Steele Hotels group which includes other properties held directly by the Steele family. The Steele family also has private holdings in other industries which are entirely outside of the Newcap corporate umbrella.
On May 2, 2018, specialty music channel operator Stingray Digital announced its intent to acquire Newcap Radio for $506 million.
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History
In July 2008, Newcap announced a deal to trade CFDR in Halifax to Rogers Media in exchange for CIGM in Sudbury. Both stations were the sole remaining AM stations in their respective markets, and in both cases the current owner already had the maximum permitted number of FM stations in the applicable market, whereas the acquirer only had a single FM station. Both companies successfully applied to move the stations to FM as part of the trade. Newcap flipped CIGM Sudbury to FM on August 25, 2009, and Rogers flipped CFDR Halifax to FM on August 7, 2009.
On July 28, 2008, Newcap Inc. announced that it had a tentative deal to acquire 12 stations in Ontario from Haliburton Broadcasting Group, subject to CRTC approval, for a price of $18.95 million. The company's application to acquire the Haliburton stations was formally published by the CRTC on November 13, 2008, but was subsequently withdrawn in January 2009. Newcap Inc. CEO Rob Steele indicated that in light of the credit market crisis, the company did not feel that it was the right time to increase its debt load.
In May 2011, Newcap announced that it was selling its two stations in Winnipeg, CKJS and CHNK-FM, to Evanov Communications; the sale was approved on October 24, 2011.
In January 2013, the company announced it was exploring a possible sale of its remaining broadcasting assets in western Canada, consisting of 32 radio stations and two television stations, and six rebroadcasters associated with those stations. These stations are predominantly in Alberta (including several stations in the Lloydminster region on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border), except for two stations in British Columbia. The company announced in May 2013 it was no longer planning to sell its assets in Western Canada. If such a sale had occurred, Newcap suggested that the proceeds might be used to either fund acquisitions "closer to [Newcap's] base in Atlantic Canada", pay down debt, or return capital to shareholders.
On August 26, 2013, Newcap Radio announced it would acquire five former Astral Media radio stations in Toronto and Vancouver, CHBM-FM, CFXJ-FM, CKZZ-FM, CHHR-FM and CISL for $112 million. The deal was made in the wake of Bell Media's acquisition of the company. The deal was approved by the CRTC on March 19, 2014 and the sale closed on March 31, 2014.
On April 25, 2017, Rogers Media announced its intent to acquire CISL from Newcap, with plans to turn it into a sports talk station and flagship of the Vancouver Canucks.
On May 11, 2017, Newcap Radio announced its purchase of NL Broadcasting in Kamloops and its three stations, CHNL, CKRV-FM, and CJKC-FM.
On May 2, 2018, cable radio broadcaster Stingray Digital announced its intent to acquire Newcap Radio for $506 million.
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Assets
The following list is based on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's media ownership charts as of January 26, 2013.
Television
- Lloydminster - CKSA-DT, CITL-DT
Radio
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Baie Verte - CKIM
- Carbonear - CHVO-FM
- Channel-Port aux Basques - CFGN
- Churchill Falls - CFLC-FM
- Clarenville - CKVO, VOCM-FM-1, CKLN-FM
- Corner Brook - CFCB, CKXX-FM
- Deer Lake - CFDL-FM
- Gander - CKGA, CKXD-FM
- Goose Bay - CFLN-FM
- Grand Falls-Windsor - CKCM, CKXG-FM
- Marystown - CHCM
- Port au Choix - CFNW
- St. Andrew's - CFCV-FM
- St. Anthony - CFNN-FM
- St. John's - VOCM, VOCM-FM, CJYQ, CKIX-FM
- Stephenville - CFSX, CKXX-FM-1
- Wabush - CFLW-FM
On November 7, 2012, Newcap applied to operate a new FM radio station in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. If approved the new station will operate on 97.1 MHz.
Nova Scotia
- Halifax - CFRQ-FM, CKUL-FM
- Kentville - CIJK-FM
- Sydney - CHRK-FM, CKCH-FM
Prince Edward Island
- Charlottetown - CHTN-FM, CKQK-FM
New Brunswick
- Fredericton - CFRK-FM, CIHI-FM
- Miramichi - CHHI-FM
- Moncton - CJMO-FM, CJXL-FM
- Saint John - CHNI-FM
Ontario
- Ottawa - CIHT-FM, CILV-FM
- Sudbury - CHNO-FM, CIGM-FM
- Toronto - CFXJ-FM, CHBM-FM
Alberta
- Athabasca - CKBA-FM
- Blairmore - CJPR-FM
- Bonnyville - CJEG-FM
- Brooks - CIBQ-FM, CIXF-FM
- Calgary - CFXL-FM, CKMP-FM
- Camrose - CFCW, CFCW-FM
- Cold Lake - CJXK-FM
- Drumheller - CKDQ
- Edmonton - CIRK-FM, CKRA-FM
- Edson - CFXE-FM
- High Prairie - CKVH-FM
- Hinton - CFXH-FM
- Lac La Biche - CILB-FM
- Lloydminster - CKSA-FM, CILR-FM (unlicensed travellers' information station)
- Red Deer - CKGY-FM, CIZZ-FM
- St. Paul - CHSP-FM
- Slave Lake - CHSL-FM
- Stettler - CKSQ-FM
- Wainwright - CKKY-FM, CKWY-FM
- Westlock - CKWB-FM
- Wetaskiwin - CKJR
- Whitecourt - CFXW-FM
British Columbia
- Kamloops - CHNL, CKRV-FM, CJKC-FM
- Kelowna - CKKO-FM
- Penticton - CIGV-FM
- Vancouver - CHLG-FM, CKZZ-FM
3937844 Canada Inc.
The numbered company 3937844 Canada Inc., a partnership between Newcap and Standard Broadcasting, was the licensee for most of the Alberta stations listed above from 2002, when Standard acquired the stations from Telemedia, until 2007, when Newcap bought out Standard's share of the stations.
See also
- The Casey Clarke Country Countdown
References
External links
- Newcap Radio
- Newcap Television
- Newcap Inc. at the Canadian Communications Foundation website
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