Headquarters of iHeartRadio Canada in Toronto
250 Richmond Street West
is a studio complex in
Downtown
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
. The building now serves as the headquarters of
iHeartRadio Canada
's national radio operations of
Bell Media
, and as the studios of the company's Toronto radio stations,
CHUM-FM
(CHUM 104.5),
CFRB
(Newstalk 1010) and
CKFM-FM
(99.9 Virgin Radio).
The building previously served as the home of the Go Gos, Whiskey Saigon and Joe nightclubs.
The building is located at the corner of Richmond and Duncan Streets and is connected with
299 Queen Street West
via offices at 260 Richmond Street West (former
Tip Top Tailors
warehouse, c 1914). The building is likely part of the 1924 addition to 260 Richmond.
[1]
This complex is where Bell Media's speciality television channels such as the television operations of
CP24
, as well as
Much
,
BNN
,
MuchMore
,
Bravo!
,
E!
and
Space
are based as well as select
CTV
programming.
CHUM and CHUM-FM's previous headquarters were located at
1331 Yonge Street
until CTV announced it would sell the building to developer
Aspen Ridge Homes
for $21.5 million in July 2008.
[2]
CTV also announced it would move the CHUM neon sign to the new complex, the sign was unveiled at its new location on June 15, 2009, and the company's Toronto radio stations officially moved into the new complex on August 19, 2009.
[3]
[4]
[5]
The building also briefly served as home to
rhythmic
and
classic hip hop
station
Flow 93.5
from February 2011 until after their sale to
Newcap Radio
on March 31, 2014. When
Bell Canada
acquired
Astral Media
they were required by the
Competition Bureau
to divest a number of certain assets. As a media company in Canada cannot own more than two FM and two AM English radio stations in any one market, Flow 93.5 was subsequently sold while
NewsTalk 1010
and
Virgin 99.9
were kept through the purchase of Astral. The studios for CFRB and CKFM-FM were previously located at 2 St. Clair Avenue at Yonge and St. Clair until these stations moved to the complex on May 10, 2014.
Until 2010, the building was also home to
CHUM FM
sister station,
CHUM AM
, both during its time as
CP24 Radio 1050
and briefly in 2010 during the first few months operating as
TSN 1050
. Now, CHUM AM is primarily based at the
9 Channel Nine Court
complex in the Agincourt neighbourhood of
Scarborough
, so its radio programs can be
simulcast
on
TSN
's television network.
References
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- ^
Heritage Property details
- ^
Scott Fybush,
Northeast Radio Watch
Archived
2002-06-07 at the
Wayback Machine
, July 28, 2008.
- ^
Marc Weisblott,
"CHUM's blinking sign"
Archived
August 28, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
eye weekly
, August 5, 2008
- ^
"The CHUM sign's new home"
.
Toronto Star
, June 12, 2009.
- ^
Theresa Boyle,
"CHUM site slated for luxury condos"
,
Toronto Star
, July 29, 2008.
External links
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