page_title: Bell Media Radio
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Bell Media Radio / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Neon sign for radio station 1050 CHUM in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally installed at 1315 Yonge Street in 1959, the sign was moved when CHUM's corporate owners moved the radio station downtown and sold its former building. The landmark neon sign was restored and reinstalled at the station's new home, a building at 250 Richmond Street West at the rear of 299 Queen Street West.
context_page_description: Bell Media Radio, G.P. is the radio broadcasting and music events subsidiary of Canadian media conglomerate Bell Media.
  The company has its origins in CHUM Limited, which was acquired by CTVglobemedia in 2006. Through subsequent acquisitions, it also subsumed the radio properties of Astral Media in 2013. In 2016, Bell Media reached a deal with U.S. radio conglomorate iHeartMedia to operate a localized version of its internet radio platform and organize live events in Canada under iHeartMedia brands, such as the Jingle Ball.
  Bell Media currently owns over 100 radio stations across Canada, including most of Canada's largest radio markets. The company's programming is distributed to other stations across Canada via its syndication division, Orbyt Media, and it is also the local licencee of the Virgin Radio brand.
context_section_description: As of August 2009, its head office is currently located at 250 Richmond Street West in Toronto, where the studios of its Toronto flagship stations CHUM-FM, CKFM-FM, and CFRB are located. The stations moved from their historic location, 1331 Yonge Street, after the property was sold to Aspen Ridge Homes for $21.5 million.
  CHUM Radio also previously operated CHUM Satellite Services, a multimedia division which provided programming and production services for corporate clients. This operation was acquired in 2009 by Stingray Digital, which eventually renamed it Stingray360.
  On January 6, 2016, iHeartMedia announced that Bell Media would enter into a licensing deal to launch a Canadian version of its radio streaming service iHeartRadio. Bell will handle Canadian licensing, marketing, and distribution of the service, contribute its content to the venture, and also gain rights to produce iHeartRadio-branded events. The service launched in October 2016. 
  Since then, Bell has downplayed the branding  "Bell Media Radio" in reference to its stations, and has referred to the collective platform, including the terrestrial stations, online outlets (which were all consolidated under iHeartRadio.ca) and other original audio content from Bell Media properties that are distributed under the platform (including podcasts), under the name iHeartRadio Canada. The MuchMusic Video Awards were also re-branded as the iHeartRadio MMVAs.
caption: The CHUM neon sign in 2010, relocated to 250 Richmond Street West
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