consumer cooperative industry telecommunications founded 1977 1977 headquarters brandon manitoba canada area served southwestern manitoba key people david baxter ceo & president shep kaastra chief financial officer john quail chief marketing officer jeffrey de sarno chief technology officer products digital & cable television high speed internet telephone service provider and local radio broadcaster net income 20 million number of employees 150 subsidiaries riding mountain broadcasting website westmancom.com westman communications group wcg is the operating name of westman media co operative . formerly referred to as westman cable it is the main cable television company for the city of brandon manitoba and the surrounding towns and villages of southwestern manitoba . wcg was established in 1977 and originally provided cable television to the city of brandon . in 1978 wcg expanded its coverage to include carberry . today wcg provides digital television home phone and high speed internet services to the following communities brandon dauphin carberry minnedosa neepawa shilo rivers souris boissevain killarney virden ste. rose swan river minitonas erickson . digital television and analog benito binscarth birch river birtle bowsman deloraine elkhorn gilbert plains gladstone glenboro grandview hamiota mccreary melita roblin rossburn russell sandy lake shoal lake st. lazare strathclair . as a consumer co operative wcg is one of the few cable companies where the customer earns equity by being a co op which can be cashed in if they move out of the service area . wcg is a member of the manitoba cooperative association . contents 1 governance 2 other company growth 3 references 4 external links governance edit wcg as cooperative is a business owned and controlled by its members . membership in wcg is open to anyone wishing to purchase services . members through a board of directors determine how the co operative will be run and allocation of any profits . the elected board of directors carries the ultimate responsibility for the policies for westman and for giving direction to management . westman s board of directors for 2016 dave mahoney chair rick borotsik 1st vice chair doug smallwood 2nd vice chair gail janz secretary susan brechmann treasurer deb brown leo boivin brian mcvicar barrie brooking barry delmage and jim ferguson . other company growth edit 2016 selected as one of canada s top 100 small and medium employers . 2015 in 2015 wcg launched enhanced dual band wifi service . 2003 in 2003 wcg purchased riding mountain broadcasting ltd. with the purchase wcg now owns and operates two brandon based radio stations cklf 94.7 94.7 star fm and cklq 880 q country . 2007 may 1 2007 wcg purchased the naming rights to the keystone centre s main arena westman place and the associated viewing lounge s 880 cklq hall & 94.7 star fm viewing lounge . it is a ten year deal with an option to renew . as part of the deal wcg will install hd televisions in the concourse and two electronic reader boards . 2008 march 15 2008 wcg was listed by industry canada as a participant in the upcoming auction for spectrum licenses for advanced wireless services . 1 december 15 2008 wcg was certified as a competitive local exchange carrier clec and began providing landline home phone service in competition with mts . 2011 commenced offering hosted pbx voice services for small and medium businesses . 2012 first in canada to provide a full home phone internet video solution off of a single device . 2013 launched highest residential internet speeds in manitoba . 2014 selected as one the top 25 employers in manitoba . introduced pri voice services for medium and large businesses . references edit industry canada march 14 2008 http www.ic.gc.ca epic site smt gst.nsf en sf08900e.html external links edit official website v t e cable satellite and other specialty television providers in canada terrestrial and satellite satellite bell tv shaw direct telus satellite tv cable major1 bell cablevision for val d or qc cogeco ontario quebec eastlink atlantic northern ontario western canada look communications mts cable manitoba rogers cable ontario new brunswick source hamilton on shaw western canada northwestern ontario vid otron quebec minor access saskatchewan cable axion magog qc citywest prince rupert bc derytelecom saguenay qc novus cable select areas of bc lower mainland omineca cablevision prince george bc westman brandon mb see also defunct cable and dbs companies of canada iptv bell aliant fibreop bell fibe tv mts ultimate tv sasktel max telus optik tv tbaytel digital tv vmedia zazeen mmds craig wireless africa asia and oceania americas europe 1more than 400 000 television service subscribers . v t e canadian internet service providers incumbent access communications bell internet bell aliant cogeco mts rogers hi speed internet sasktel shaw communications wind mobile telus internet vid otron independent comwave eastlink national capital freenet primus 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