Astral Media
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Astral Media Template:Tsx is a Canadian media corporation. It owns several radio stations in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, as well as several television stations that are available across Canada.
Astral Media's roots lie with Angreen Photo, a Canadian company founded in 1961. It was created when Montreal's Greenberg brothers founded it to operate the photography concession in Miracle Mart, a department store chain. Its acquisition in 1968 of a photographic store eventually grew into Astral Photo's 125 store-chain. The store grew quickly into motion picture processing after acquiring the Pathé-Humphries motion picture lab. The name was changed to Bellevue Pathé and later to AstralTech.
Astral in its present day form was constituted in 1973 under the name Astral Bellevue Pathé Limited. Astral eventually undertook videocassette duplication and video wholesaling. Astral also produced or executive produced over 100 feature films and television programs and television miniseries. In 1983, the Greenberg's acquired complete control of two pay-per-view networks. Astral expanded its television operations by launching new networks. Astral ceased to be directly involved in film and program production in 1983.
In February 2000, Astral Communications became Astral Media.
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Radio stations in Quebec
Énergie FM network
RockDétente FM network
BoomFm network
- CHRD 105.3 FM, Drummondville
- CFEI 106.5 FM, St-Hyacinthe
Radio stations in Atlantic Canada
- CIKX 93.5 FM, Grand-Sault, New Brunswick
- CKTY 99.5 FM, Truro, Nova Scotia
- CKTO 100.9 FM, Truro, Nova Scotia
- CJCJ 104.1 FM, Woodstock, New Brunswick
- CFXY 105.3 FM, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- CIBX 106.9 FM, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- CKHJ 1260 AM, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- CKBC 1360 AM, Bathurst, New Brunswick
External links
- Astral Media website (http://www.astralmedia.com/)
- CRTC chart of Astral Media's assets (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/title_org.htm#A)