As of 2010, the five largest major commercial radio broadcast groups in Canada are ; Astral Media, Newcap Broadcasting, Rogers Communications, Corus Entertainment, and Bell Media.

Major ownership groups include Standard ( Astral ), Astral, CHUM ( CTV Globe ), Corus, Rogers, Rawlco, CTV Globe, and Newcap.

Corus owns 50 radio stations in Canada, and is Canada's fourth largest radio broadcaster, behind Astral Media, Newcap Broadcasting and Rogers Media.

In a 2005 Canadian dispute, Rogers Communications and Newcap Broadcasting had a joint sales agreement pertaining to CHNO-FM in Sudbury, Ontario, but community interests and the lobby group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting presented substantial evidence to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that in practice, the agreement was a de facto LMA, going significantly beyond advertising sales into program production and news gathering.

In July 2008, however, Newcap announced a deal to acquire CIGM from Rogers in exchange for CFDR in Halifax.

In July 2008, Newcap announced a deal to trade CFDR in Halifax to Rogers Media in exchange for CIGM in Sudbury.

Newcap flipped CIGM Sudbury to FM on August 25, 2009, and Rogers flipped CFDR Halifax to FM on August 7, 2009.

In July 2008, Rogers announced it would trade CIGM to Newcap Broadcasting in exchange for Halifax AM station CFDR.

The group has 54 radio stations across Canada, ( 45 FM and 9 AM radio stations, thus making Rogers Media the third-largest radio broadcaster behind Astral Media and Newcap ); both the Citytv and OMNI Television networks consisting of 10 television stations.

Rogers has returned to Canada's third-largest radio broadcaster behind Astral Media and Newcap Broadcasting.

In total, 27 applications were received for the frequency ; including Dufferin Communications, applications were also filed by MZ Media, Astral Media, Newcap Radio, Larche Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Trust Communications, Intercity Broadcasting, CHIN Radio / TV International, La Coopérative Radiophonique de Toronto and numerous ethnic broadcasters, as well as a new student group from Ryerson University who have pledged to launch a new campus station that would be organized and governed very differently from CKLN.

However, by early 2002, soon after Newcap bought the VOCM stations from the Butler family, its audience had apparently dipped enough that Newcap changed the format to classic rock, a format where research indicated untapped potential.

Already the owner of the city's dominant radio station, AM station VOCM, Newcap effectively split CHOZ's market by converting VOCM-FM ( and several other stations across the province ) to classic rock, and soon after CKIX-FM to contemporary hits.

Newcap is located in the space formerly occupied by Playdium, with the broadcast studios visible from the mall ( illuminated " On Air " signs indicate when broadcasts are under way from those studios ).

CIHT-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a CHR format at 89. 9 on the FM dial in Ottawa, Ontario under the branding Hot 89. 9 The station is owned and operated by Newcap Broadcasting.

In May 2000, the assets of VOCM Radio were acquired by Harry Steele's company Newfoundland Capital Corporation, which now operates the stations as part of the Steele Communications division of Newcap Radio.

Standard's minority share in 3937844 Canada was also not transferred to Astral, but was wholly acquired by its majority owner, Newcap Broadcasting, in a separate transaction which also took place in 2007.

Newcap also applied for a new radio station in Fredericton which will broadcast a contemporary hit radio music format.

Affiliates not owned by the network also air their own local newscasts, such as NTV ( which despite dropping CTV's entertainment programming in 2002, still provides coverage of Newfoundland for CTV News and airs its national newscasts ), and CITL-TV ( which airs " Newcap News ", a production shared with its sister station, private CBC affiliate CKSA-TV ).

However, the move was controversial with some of the station's prior listeners, and in July 2006, just seven months after flipping CHNO to the adult hits format, Newcap applied to the CRTC for a new contemporary hit radio station in the Sudbury market.

After a short time, it was sold in 2001 to the larger Newcap Broadcasting for significantly more than it had been acquired for.

On July 28, 2008, HBG announced that it had sold 12 stations to Newcap Broadcasting, subject to CRTC approval, for a price of $ 18. 95 million.

On July 28, 2008, Newcap Inc. also announced that it had a tentative deal to acquire 12 stations in Ontario from Haliburton Broadcasting Group, subject to CRTC approval, for a price of $ 18. 95 million.

The numbered company 3937844 Canada Inc., a partnership between Newcap and Standard Broadcasting, was the licensee for most of the Alberta stations listed above from 2002, when Standard acquired the stations from Telemedia, until 2007, when Newcap bought out Standard's share of the stations.

Notably, Newcap had applied for a new contemporary hit radio station in the round of CRTC license hearings that resulted in the launch of CICS-FM, a competing country music station owned by Larche Communications.

The Amp Radio branding was cloned for the first time on a Calgary radio station in Canada owned by Newcap Broadcasting on June 20, 2009, and in addition, CBS Radio also cloned the Amp Radio branding in on a Detroit radio station on October 2, 2009.

Then, Brian left OZFM and now works for Newcap Broadcasting hosting The VOCM Irish Newfoundland Show and The VOCM Morning Show ( VOCM ).

Owned by Newcap Radio, VOCM first went on the air in 1936.

The group also owns two " Newcap Television " stations, both in Lloydminster on the Alberta / Saskatchewan border.

In May 2011, Newcap announced that it was selling its two stations in Winnipeg, CKJS and CHNK-FM, to Evanov Communications ; the sale was approved on October 24, 2011.

Owned by Newcap Broadcasting, it is sister to CBC Television affiliate CKSA-DT and both stations share studios located on 50 Street and 51 Avenue on the Alberta side of Lloydminster.

The station's main transmitter was required to participate in the digital transition, but Newcap also decided to shut its other transmitters, other than Alcot Lake's, on the same date, though there was no requirement to shut down or convert any of these other transmitters to digital.

It launched on November 6, 2004, on stations owned by Newcap Broadcasting.

One Canadian broadcasting company, Newcap Broadcasting, has adopted this format on a number of its stations.

Owned by Newcap Broadcasting, it is sister to CTV affiliate CITL-DT and both stations share studios located on 50 Street and 51 Avenue on the Alberta side of Lloydminster.

The station is owned by Newcap Broadcasting and received approval by the CRTC on November 26, 2004 and first went on the air on July 28, 2005.

On November 9, 2001, Haliburton sold CHNO to Newcap Broadcasting.

Haliburton subsequently sold CHNO to Newcap Broadcasting in 2001.

In the application, Newcap stated that its market research found that a contemporary hit radio station could only be profitable in the market as one station within an ownership cluster, and not as a standalone entity.

Newcap CEO Rob Steele indicated that in light of the credit market crisis, the company did not feel that it was the right time to increase its debt load.

Newcap Inc. CEO Rob Steele indicated that in light of the credit market crisis, the company did not feel that it was the right time to increase its debt load.

Unexpectedly, much of its audience came from country music station CKIX-FM, also a Newcap property.

Yet by the early 2000s its newly strengthened competitor Newcap Broadcasting had begun to cause a significant effect, particularly in St. John's.