Newcap Broadcasting

Infobox Company
company_name = Newcap Broadcasting
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company_type = Private
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location = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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key_people = Harold R. Steele, majority shareholder
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industry = Media
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divisions = television broadcasting, radio broadcasting
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owner = Newfoundland Capital Corporation
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homepage = [http://www.ncc.ca Newcap]
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Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (TSX|NCC.A, TSX|NCC.B), doing business as Newcap Broadcasting, is a major Canadian broadcasting company. Harold R. Steele is the majority shareholder. It is one of Canada's largest radio broadcasting groups, with 76 stations fully or partly owned across Canada.

The group's Newfoundland and Labrador division includes all but three of the full-power commercial stations in that province. It is sometimes known as Steele Communications.

On November 6, 2004, the company launched the "Canadian Hit 30 Countdown", currently Canada's only nationally syndicated CHR hit countdown.

Newcap is also a corporate sponsor of Canada's Aboriginal Voices radio network. At present, the firm's sole non-broadcast asset is a hotel in Corner Brook, the Glynmill Inn, although the Steele family has additional private holdings outside of the Newcap corporate umbrella.

Pending acquisitions

In July 2008, Newcap announced a deal to trade CFDR in Halifax to Rogers Media in exchange for CIGM in Sudbury. The transaction is pending CRTC approval. Both stations are the sole remaining AM stations in their respective markets, and in both cases the current owner already has the maximum permitted number of FM stations in the applicable market, whereas the acquirer only has a single FM station. Both companies will be applying to move the stations to FM as part of the trade. [ [http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2008/07-24-08-radio.asp?NLStory=07-24-08-radio "Local country station will be converted to FM"] , "Northern Life", July 24, 2008.]

On July 28, 2008, Newcap also 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. [ [http://novascotiabusinessjournal.com/index.cfm?sid=156981&sc=107] ]

Assets

The following list comes from the CRTC's media ownership charts as of July 31, 2008. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/Cht71.pdf CRTC chart of Newcap Broadcasting's assets] ]

Television

Newcap acquired its first television assets in January 2005, with the purchase of the CKSA/CITL twinstick in Lloydminster. Both stations now use the on-air brand Newcap Television.

Radio

The following stations are 100 per cent Newcap-owned.

Newfoundland and Labrador

*Baie Verte - CKIM
*Carbonear - CHVO
*Channel-Port aux Basques - CFGN
*Churchill Falls - CFLC
*Clarenville - CKVO, VOCM-FM-1
*Corner Brook - CFCB, CKXX
*Deer Lake - CFDL
*Gander - CKGA, CKXD
*Goose Bay - CFLN
*Grand Falls-Windsor - CKCM, CKXG
*Marystown - CHCM
*Port au Choix - CFNW
*St. Andrews - CFCV
*St. Anthony - CFNN
*St. John's - VOCM, VOCM-FM, CJYQ, CKIX
*Stephenville - CFSX, CKXX-FM-1
*Wabush - CFLW

Nova Scotia

*Dartmouth - CFDR, CFRQ, CKUL
*Kentville - CIJK
*Sydney - CHRK, CKCH

Prince Edward Island

*Charlottetown - CHTN, CKQK

New Brunswick

*Fredericton - CFRK
*Moncton - CJMO, CJXL

Ontario

*Sudbury - CHNO
*Ottawa - CIHT, CILV
*Thunder Bay - CJUK, CKTG

Manitoba

*Winnipeg - CHNK, CKJS

Alberta

*Athabasca - CKBA
*Blairmore - CJPR
*Bonnyville - CJEG
*Brooks - CIBQ, CIXF
*Calgary - CFUL, CFXL
*Camrose - CFCW, CFCW-FM
*Drumheller - CKDQ
*Edmonton - CIRK, CKRA
*Edson - CFXE
*Fort McMurray - CHFT
*Grand Centre - CJXK
*High Prairie - CKVH
*Hinton - CFXH
*Lac la Biche - CILB
*Lloydminster - CKSA, CILR
*Red Deer - CKGY, CIZZ
*St. Paul - CHLW
*Slave Lake - CHSL
*Stettler - CKSQ
*Wainwright - CKKY, CKWY
*Westlock - CFOK
*Wetaskiwin - CKJR
*Whitecourt - CFXW

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.ncc.ca Newcap Radio]
* [http://www.newcaptv.com Newcap Television]