|
Le5 Communications is a Canadian media company. Based in Sudbury, Ontario, the company operates radio stations and newspapers in the Northeastern Ontario region. The company operates the only French language commercial radio stations in Ontario which originate their own programming; with the exception of one station in Eastern Ontario which primarily rebroadcasts a station from Montreal, all other French stations in the province are public or community radio stations operated by non-profit groups or Radio-Canada. Owned and operated by Paul Lefebvre, a lawyer with the Sudbury firm of Weaver, Simmons, the company was incorporated in 2008 after Lefebvre reached a deal with Haliburton Broadcasting Group to acquire the company's francophone radio stations in Sudbury and Timmins for $425,000.〔(''Broadcast Dialogue'' ), May 29, 2008.〕 The deal was approved by the CRTC on October 31, 2008.〔(CRTC Decision 2008-296 )〕 The company's name is a pun on Lefebvre's surname. If the numeral 5 is pronounced as in English (i.e. "five" rather than "cinq"), the company's name is very close to the French pronunciation of Lefebvre. ==History== Although originally established by separate owners in the 1950s, CHYC-FM in Sudbury and CHYK-FM in Timmins had been under common ownership since their acquisition by Mid-Canada Radio in 1985. The stations were acquired by the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990, and subsequently by Haliburton in 1999, before Le5 acquired the stations in 2008. On August 4, 2010, Le5 Communications applied to operate a new French-language FM radio station in West Nipissing, operating at 97.1 MHz with an adult pop-music format.〔(Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-551 )〕 The company received approval to operate the new station on January 6, 2011.〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-2 )〕 On March 28, 2015, Lefebvre was chosen as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the Sudbury riding in the 2015 federal election.〔("Sudbury Liberals choose Paul Lefebvre as their federal election candidate" ). CBC Sudbury, March 28, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Le5 Communications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|