CKAC

CKAC 730 is a radio station of Montreal, with the Quebec. Property of Corus Quebec since 2005, it is famous to have been the first station Francophone of America. It diffuses on the Bande AM.

History

the Twenties

Jacques-Narcisse Cartier is the journalist and expert technician who created the CKAC the October 2nd 1922. It is about a ordering of the newspaper the Press, a few years after the creation of CFCF, the first radio Anglophone of Montreal.

There were only 2.000 radios with the Quebec at that time, but Mackenzie King and Médéric Martin can be addressed to the electorate in 1924 and 1925. The CKAC diffuses its first match of Hockey in January 1925, between the Canadian of Montreal and the Bruins of Boston.

the Thirties

Joseph-Arthur Dupont becomes the director of programs for the east of the Canada. Henri Letondal, Ferdinand Biondi and Roger Baulu interprets the voices which inform of the tragic events which have occurred in Europe.

The Radioroman S are invented during the Grande depression the Thirties. Juliette Béliveau, Gratien Gélinas and Ovila Légaré is discovered by the Canadian public.

The CKAC broadcasts the repatriation of ashes of Calixa Lavallée the July 14th 1933. The November 7th 1935, Lomer Gouin and Maurice Duplessis discuss during one hour fusion announced the national liberal Action and the Conservative party Quebec.

the Forties

The CKAC attracts 126.700 listeners per week, compared to 122.000 for Radio-Canada. The measurement of the dimensions of listenings is now possible thanks to new the Bureau off Broadcast Measurement (BBM). The station transmits daily the news of the Second world war.

In 1947, Raymond Lévesque only interprets songs at the fifteen years age.

the Fifties

The cardinal Paul-Emile Leger diffuses the chain in family with the Cathédrale Marie-Queen-of-World for a broad audience. Jen Roger makes the promotion of the Québécois artists by the means of his emission “the prize list of the songs”. The CKAC receives the medal of the French Academy.

the Sixties

In 1960, the station gives the Grand Prix of the Canadian disc to Michel Leuwen. Janette Bertrand animates the emission My husband and us during several years. A survey carried out by CKAC in 1961 is favorable to the creation of a provincial lottery.

Roger Lebel takes as a starting point the American radio while launching open discussions on the waves. In 1965 - 1966, Pierre André Viau animates the emission “fire the camp” which relates to the Camping. The proclamation of FLQ is read on the waves of the CKAC at the time of the Crise of October.

the Seventies

Réjean Tremblay is the leader-writer of the room of the news. Jean-Pierre Charbonneau and Michel Desrochers works for the station.

In 1972, CKAC 730 becomes the official diffuser of the Expos of Montreal. Jacques Doucet is engaged by the network Télémédia to describe the parts.

the Eighties

Rodger Brulotte animates the matches of Expos for the first time in 1986. Claude Charron presents the news regularly. André Pratte also works at the station. Pierre Pascau animates the adviser in the Eighties.

Rene Lévesque, deceased in 1987, finished its career with CKAC with Jacques Proulx. André Arthur is named to replace it.

the Nineties

The journalist Nathalie Petrowski animates the emission the calculation of the topicality . The CKAC forms henceforth part of the empire Radiomédia. The Tempête of glaze of 1998 receives a broad press coverage. Moreover, Gilles Proulx animates the newspaper of midday of 1994 with 2001.

2000-2007

6:00 with 9:30, Jacques Fabi animates “Montreal the morning” with several collaborators. 9:30 with 11:30, Guy Simard animates " Opinions". Then, of 11:30 to 13:00, Pierre Trudel animates " Heirs to the gloire". 13:00 with 16:00, the psychiatrist Pierre Mailloux animates " Mailloux with the écoute" in company of Janine Ross. Then, of 16:00 to 18:00, Michel Villeneuve animates the amateurs of sports. 18:00 with 19:30, they is the amateurs of sports on line with Christian Gauthier. 19:30 with 20:30, Jean Chartrand animates Sports and leisures of today. The evening finishes with Ron Fournier which animates the emission Good evening the sportsmen since 1987. The evenings of matches of hockey, the usual programming yields the step to Martin MacGuire and Danny Dubé for the presentation and the analysis of the match, follow-up of the emission of Ron Fournier. The other organizers of CKAC are Serge Plaisance, Roger Drolet, André Pelletier, Jean-Charles Lajoie, Jérémie Rainville, Rodger Brulotte and Martin Lemay.

Future

March 1st 2007, CKAC announces that starting from April 2nd, 2007 the station diffuses only sporting news and will concentrate only on the field of the sport.

The future of the station was questioned these last years because of the decline of the radio operator AMNDT Astral Media seeks a purchaser since he became his owner in 2002.

Quebecor wanted to buy the station, but this offer was blocked by CRTC to avoid a too great concentration of the media. A consortium then offered to buy the station, but since withdrew this offer.

In 2004, Corus Entertainment offered to buy CKAC and the other station of Astral for the price of eleven million dollars. The CRTC approved this transaction in January 2005.

The intention of Corus was at the beginning to close the center of news of the CKAC to reorientate the contents towards the Sports and the Santé. That put in anger a broad audience which perceived the traditional contents like a Québécois cultural institution.

A call had been launched in front of the Canadian Federal government to cancel the purchase of Corus, but the room of new officially closed the May 30th 2005. Recently the station was criticized for its chronicles on the sex has hour for great listening.

External bond

official Web site of CKAC 730 AM

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