Qub Radio
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|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide, primarily targeting Quebec, Canada |
| Frequency | Online only |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Quebecor Media |
| History | |
First air date | October 4, 2018 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.qub.ca/radio |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Groupe TVA Inc. |
| Parent | Quebecor Media |
| History | |
| Launched | January 11, 2024 |
| Replaced | Yoopa |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.tvaplus.ca/qub |
Qub Radio[a] is a Canadian French-language internet talk radio station operated by Quebecor subsidiary Groupe TVA, primarily from studios in Montreal, which launched on October 4, 2018.[1] Qub, a discretionary television channel serving as an audiovisual simulcast of the radio service, launched on January 11, 2024 on Quebecor-owned Vidéotron and certain other providers, repurposing the channel licence previously used by Yoopa.[2][3]
Qub features opinion-driven programming, with many of its personalities shared with other Quebecor properties including Le Canal Nouvelles and newspapers including Le Journal de Montréal.[1]
Quebecor launched an Internet radio station, in part, because it is not permitted to operate any terrestrial radio stations in the Montreal and Quebec City markets under CRTC rules, due to its pre-existing ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast TV stations (associated with its TVA network) in both markets.[1] On August 12, 2024, Leclerc Communication announced its Montreal terrestrial radio station CJPX-FM (99.5 MHz) would simulcast Qub Radio from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each weekday starting August 26.[4]
The "Qub" name is also used by several other Quebecor digital properties, including its consolidated digital content platform which launched on September 16, 2021.[5]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ “Qub” (pronounced like “cube”) is not an acronym, but is usually stylized by Quebecor in all-caps as QUB in plain text, and in all-lowercase as qub in the channel’s logotype
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Saba, Michel (October 4, 2018). "Québecor launches new internet radio station QUB". The Gazette. The Canadian Press. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ "Le Groupe TVA abandonne la chaîne jeunesse Yoopa pour diffuser QUB radio". ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. The Canadian Press. November 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ "List of broadcasting services that do and do not need a licence". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
QUB RADIO (formely [sic] Yoopa)
(enter "Qub" under "Call sign / service name") - ^ "Montreal's 99.5 FM to replace music with Québecor's talk radio". The Gazette. August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ Summerfield, Patti (September 16, 2021). "Quebecor debuts consolidated content platform". Media in Canada. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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