Selkirk Communications

Selkirk Communications was a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company, which operated from 1959 to 1989. Evolving out of Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a local broadcaster in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company grew to own 14 radio stations, six television stations (three wholly owned and three partially owned) and cable television holdings across Canada, including a 7.5 per cent stake in CANCOM.

Selkirk was eventually acquired by Maclean-Hunter in 1988. When the sale was finalized the following year, Maclean-Hunter sold almost all of the company's broadcast properties to WIC and Rogers Communications, retaining ownership only of Selkirk's cable holdings and one radio station. Maclean-Hunter was itself acquired by Rogers in 1994.

Some of this companys TV stations are Global O&O's owned Shaw Media some radio stations are owned by Rogers Media one radio station is CFNY and is owned by Corus Entertainment

Holdings as of 1988 sale

Radio

Maclean-Hunter sold all of the Western Canadian stations to Rogers Communications, retaining ownership only of CFNY in Toronto.

• Banff/Canmore - CFHC
• Blairmore - CJPR
• Calgary - CFAC
• Edmonton - CJCA, CJCA-FM
• Grande Prairie - CFGP
• Lethbridge - CJOC, CILA
• Squamish/Whistler - CISQ
• Toronto - CFNY
• Vancouver - CKWX, CKKS
• Vernon - CJIB
• Victoria - CJVI

Television

All of Selkirk's television stations were sold to WIC by Maclean-Hunter.

City	Station	Current status
Calgary/Lethbridge	CFAC-TV/CFAC-1	Global O&Os
Hamilton	CHCH	Independent station owned by Channel Zero (2190015 Ontario Inc.)
Kelowna	CHBC (co-owner with WIC)	Global O&O
Vancouver	CHAN (co-owner with WIC)	Global O&O
Victoria	CHEK (co-owner with WIC)	Independent station owned by CHEK Media Group (0859291 BC Ltd.)

External links

• Selkirk Communications Ltd., Radio/Television Group History, Canadian Communications Foundation