Acadia Broadcasting

Acadia Broadcasting Limited

Type	Private
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwestern Ontario
Headquarters	58 King Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Programming
Language(s)	English, French
Ownership
Owner	Ocean Capital Investments
Key people	John K F Irving (president)
History
Launch date	1928 (New Brunswick Broadcasting Company), 1947 (Acadia Broadcasting Co. Limited)
Replaced	New Brunswick Broadcasting Company, Acadia Broadcasting Co. Limited
Coverage
Stations	CKBW-FM, CHSJ-FM, +13 others
Links
Website	Acadia Broadcasting

Acadia Broadcasting Limited is a Canadian radio broadcasting network that operates 5 FM radio stations in Northwestern Ontario and 10 in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is owned by Ocean Capital Investments which is considered a part of the Irving Group of Companies. It is headquartered at 58 King Street in Saint John, New Brunswick.^[1] The company was formed by a 2001 operations merger between the Saint John based New Brunswick Broadcasting Company and the Bridgewater, Nova Scotia based Acadia Broadcasting Co. Limited. In 2003, the merged companies began operating under the simpler shared name, Acadia Broadcasting Limited. Since the merger, Acadia Broadcasting has launched new stations and acquired several stations owned and operated by other broadcasters throughout the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.^[2] Acadia Broadcasting radio stations attract a monthly average of over 400,000 listeners, and their websites see 5.3 million pageviews over the same period. Their markets are reached by an average of 8,400 advertising clients.^[3]