Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company with 70 Radio Stations across Canada. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and launching a new one in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It has since also expanded into Ontario, with the acquisition of Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 2012.
History
Vista Radio was founded by Paul Mann, Jason Mann, Margot Micallef, Barb Fairclough and Bryan Edwards in 2004.
On April 23, 2012, Vista announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Westerkirk Capital. With support from the new owner, Vista announced a concurrent agreement to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting Group, a broadcast group with 24 stations in small to mid-sized markets in Ontario. The deal was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.
On February 8, 2024, Bell Media announced that it would sell 21 of its radio stations in British Columbia to Vista Radio. The applications were approved by the CRTC on February 13, 2025. In April, Bell also reached an agreement to add the remainder of Vista's stations to the iHeartRadio Canada platform.
Stations
Alberta
- Bonnyville - CFNA-FM
- Grande Prairie - CFRI-FM
- Lloydminster - CKLM-FM
- Lethbridge - CJOC-FM, CKBD-FM
- Olds - CKJX-FM, CKLJ-FM
- Vegreville - CKVG-FM
British Columbia
- 100 Mile House - CKBX
- Campbell River - CIQC-FM
- Castlegar - CKQR-FM
- Courtenay - CFCP-FM
- Cranbrook - CFSM-FM
- Creston - CKCV-FM
- Dawson Creek - CJDC
- Duncan - CJSU-FM
- Fort Nelson - CKRX-FM
- Fort St. John - CHRX-FM, CKNL-FM
- Golden - CKGR-FM
- Grand Forks - CKGF-2-FM
- Kelowna - CHSU-FM, CILK-FM, CKFR
- Kitimat - CKTK-FM
- Nanaimo - CKAY-FM
- Nelson - CHNV-FM
- Nelson - CKKC-FM
- Osoyoos - CJOR
- Port Hardy - CFNI
- Penticton - CJMG-FM, CKOR
- Powell River - CFPW-FM
- Prince George - CIRX-FM, CJCI-FM
- Prince Rupert - CHTK-FM
- Quesnel - CKCQ-FM
- Revelstoke - CKCR-FM
- Salmon Arm - CKXR-FM
- Smithers - CFBV
- Summerland - CHOR-FM
- Terrace - CFTK, CJFW-FM
- Trail - CJAT-FM
- Vanderhoof - CIRX-FM-1
- Vernon - CICF-FM
- Williams Lake - CFFM-FM
Northwest Territories
- Yellowknife - CJCD-FM
Ontario
Many of Vista's small-market radio stations in Ontario are branded as Moose FM, although the company uses a variety of other brands on its larger-market stations.
- Bancroft - CHMS-FM
- Barry's Bay - CHBY-FM
- Bolton - CJFB-FM
- Bracebridge - CFBG-FM
- Cochrane - CHPB-FM
- Elliot Lake - CKNR-FM
- Espanola - CJJM-FM
- Haliburton - CFZN-FM
- Huntsville - CFBK-FM
- Iroquois Falls - CFIF-FM
- Kapuskasing - CKAP-FM
- Kemptville - CKVV-FM
- North Bay - CFXN-FM, CFCH-FM
- Parry Sound - CKLP-FM
- Prescott - CKPP-FM
- Stratford - CJCS-FM, CHGK-FM
- Sturgeon Falls - CFSF-FM
- Timmins - CHMT-FM
Former stations
- Caledon, Ontario - CFGM-FM
- Kelowna, British Columbia - CJUI (sold to Avenue Radio Ltd. in October 2017)
- Vanderhoof, British Columbia - CIVH (discontinued March 2018 after transmitter collapse. Programming moved to CIRX-FM-1.)
- Haldimand, Ontario - CKJN-FM (sold to Durham Radio in 2016)
- Niagara Falls, Ontario - CFLZ-FM, CJED-FM (sold to Byrnes Communications in January 2018)
- Medicine Hat, Alberta - CJLT-FM (sold to United Christian Broadcasters Canada in December 2023)
References
External links
- Official website
- History of Vista Broadcast Group Inc. - Canadian Communications Foundation
