used since 2015 type subsidiary industry mass media predecessor maclean hunter founded toronto ontario 1994 headquarters 545 lake shore boulevard west toronto ontario key people see rogers communications parent rogers communications 1994 present website www.rogersmedia.com rogers media inc. is a subsidiary of rogers communications which owns canada s largest publishing company rogers publishing limited which has more than 70 consumer and business publications . rogers media inc. also owns 52 radio stations and several television properties including terrestrial television stations and cable television channels . rogers media logo prior to 2015 redesign . contents 1 history 2 broadcasting 3 publishing 4 references 5 external links history edit rogers media was created in 1994 after the acquisition of maclean hunter properties to manage all television station and specialty channels radio stations and publishing assets . the division is split into two areas broadcasting television and radio publishing magazines and directories rogers media holds rogers communications radio and television broadcasting operations as well as the consumer and trade publishing operations other television properties and the toronto blue jays and rogers centre . rogers media also produces content and conducts e commerce over the internet relating to many of its individual broadcasting and publishing properties . the group has 52 radio stations across canada as of 2015 44 fm and 8 am radio stations thus making rogers media the third largest radio broadcaster behind bell media and newcap radio ; both the city and omni television networks consisting of 10 television stations . the division also operates specialty channels including sportsnet oln and g4 and also owns an interest in the pay per view service viewers choice . through sportsnet rogers media also holds 50 % ownership in dome productions a mobile production and distribution joint venture that is a leader in high definition television hdtv production and broadcasting in canada . rogers media s publishing group publishing publishes more than 70 consumer magazines and trade and professional publications and directories in canada . broadcasting edit rogers broadcasting limited operates 52 canadian radio stations 44 fm and 8 am radio stations including formerly three now two fm stations launched in the maritimes in october 2005 ; omni television which operates five multicultural television stations two in ontario two in alberta and one in british columbia ; city ; which operates 7 stations in toronto winnipeg calgary edmonton vancouver montreal and saskatchewan cable only with 3 privately owned affiliates in prince george kamloops and medicine hat ; sportsnet a specialty sports television service licensed to provide regional sports programming across canada ; the shopping channel canada s only nationally televised shopping service the biography channel canada acquired outright in august 2006 when rogers bought out the 40 % stake owned by calgary s shaw communications and a & e television networks 20 % ownership . 1 and a majority and managing interest in g4 canada a technology themed digital channel . rogers has returned to canada s third largest radio broadcaster behind bell media and newcap radio . rogers also was a partner in dtour and viewers choice . rogers also is a non managing partner in oln although on november 16 2007 it was announced that rogers will be acquiring 100 % interest in the service from the remaining interest holders ctvglobemedia and comcast . some of the better known radio stations are chfi toronto canada s most listened to radio station kiss 92.5 cjcl toronto the fan 590 cftr toronto 680 news and various stations operating under the jack fm brand . in summer 2006 rogers acquired five stations from ok radio in alberta and with regulatory approval will be operating in edmonton fort mcmurray and grande prairie . existing clusters of stations are in vancouver victoria whistler calgary lethbridge winnipeg toronto ottawa kitchener and halifax moncton saint john nb . in 2007 rogers entered a tentative deal to purchase the a channel stations ckx tv access alberta canadian learning television and sextv the channel from chum limited as part of the latter company s pending takeover by ctvglobemedia . on june 8 2007 the crtc approved the ctv transaction of chum but it added a condition that ctv must divest itself of citytv rather than a channel effectively voiding the deal . on june 12 it was announced that rogers had made a new offer of 375 million for the citytv stations . on june 28 rogers further offered to sell the two religious licensed omni stations in winnipeg and vancouver as part of the citytv deal although the company stated that it intended to retain the multilingual licensed omni stations . that same year rogers also applied to the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc to acquire a 20 per cent interest in cp24 a local news channel in toronto which shares the same staff and resources from citytv toronto . both stations were previously owned by chum limited but ctvglobemedia retained ownership of cp24 following the crtc s approval of the chum purchase . 2 in early december ctv withdrew the application and announced that rogers media and ctvgm had come to a deal in which rogers waived their 20 per cent stake . in july 2008 rogers filed an application with the crtc to launch a separate 24 hour news station to be affiliated with citytv toronto and to be known as citynews toronto . 3 on december 10 2008 the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission approved the application by rogers to launch citynews channel a 24 hour cable news channel that served the gta starting october 3 2011 but which was shut down in 2013 . on march 1 2007 rogers filed an application to operate a new english language fm radio station at parry sound ontario on a frequency of 94.7 mhz with 10 000 watts . the station proposed a rock music format . rogers application was denied on january 16 2008 . 4 over the years rogers acquired a minority interest in the web based video production firm vuguru in 2009 . 5 it had entered into an agreement to buy london ontario s radio station chst fm from chum radio a division of ctvglobemedia subject to crtc approval . 6 on august 25 2012 rogers media acquired score media s broadcast business including the score television network for 167 million including a 10 % stake in its digital business . the channel has since been rebranded to sportsnet 360 . in november 2013 rogers media signed a 12 year 5.2 billion deal with the nhl to carry all national games that took effect in the 2014 15 season . publishing edit rogers publishing publishes more than 70 consumer magazines and trade and professional publications digital properties and directories in canada including maclean s canada s weekly newsmagazine ; its french language equivalent l actualit ; chatelaine ; flare ; and a variety of other magazines and their companion web sites . the publishing arm was once part of the maclean hunter publishing empire . references edit 1 crtc application 2007 12 crtc broadcasting notice 2008 9 broadcasting decision crtc 2008 6 english language fm radio station in parry sound crtc january 16 2008 rogers buys stake in web video firm vuguru cbc 2009 10 28 http www.digitaljournal.com pr 60187 external links edit official website rogers publishing history of rogers media broadcasting canadian communications foundation v t e rogers communications corporate directors 2 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television city stations city dt chmi dt cjnt dt ckal dt ckem dt ckvu dt omni television stations cfmt dt chnm dt cjco dt cjeo dt cjmt dt other hockey night in canada5 cable television city city saskatchewan sportsnet sportsnet 360 sportsnet regional channels east ontario west pacific sportsnet one sportsnet ppv wwe network sportsnet world mlse leafs tv nba tv canada other channels cable 141 cpac fx fxx g4 oln rogers tv1 tv rogers french 1 the shopping channel viceland radio stations am cfac cffr cftr cirs ciww cjcl ckat ckgl ckwx fm cfgp fm cflt fm cfrv fm chas fm chbn fm chst fm chdi fm chez fm chfi fm chfm fm chmn fm chtt fm chur fm chym fm cikr fm cikz fm cioc fm cisq fm ciss fm citi fm cjaq fm cjax fm cjet fm cjmx fm cjni fm cjok fm cjqm fm cjqq fm cjrq fm cjrx fm ckby fm cker fm ckfx fm ckgb fm ckis fm ckiz fm ckks fm ckmh fm ckqc fm cksr fm ckxc fm cky fm ckyx fm wlyk2 radio networks jack fm most canadian stations sportsnet radio other assets hockey night in canada3 maple leaf sports & entertainment 37.5 % rogers bank rogers media rogers plus spring fishing show toronto blue jays shomi vuguru facilities owned 33 dundas street east 545 lake shore boulevard west rogers building rogers centre rogers park sponsored rogers arena rogers k rock centre rogers place under construction leased canadian broadcasting centre4 acquisitions and historic brands direct acquisitions aurora cable internet cable atlantic maclean hunter selkirk communications newton cable score media sprint canada systems resold by shaw classicomm fundy cable graham cable mountain cablevision trillium cable defunct channels citynews channel viewers choice msnbc canada goltv the biography channel some assets listed above are only partially owned by rogers communications . refer to each individual article for detailed information . 1community channels owned or part owned by rogers cable 2u . s. border station operated by rogers under a local marketing agreement 3brand used under license from the cbc . 4studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the cbc for its nhl coverage . 5part time network broadcast over the same stations as cbc television ; 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