The company was founded in 1986 by Tim Martz, a native of Kitchener, Ontario who established a radio station[which?] in Presque Isle, Maine, taking advantage of the market across the border in New Brunswick, Canada without being required to submit to the rules of the CRTC.[4] Its scope eventually expanded to target larger Canadian markets, such as Brockville, Cornwall, Ottawa and Montreal, which lay within the broadcast range of its stations. The Canadian company Slaight Communications is also a minority shareholder in Martz. Slaight's ownership stake in Martz was not part of that company's sale of most of its broadcasting assets to Astral Media in 2007.
Martz also previously programmed the HD2 and HD3 feeds of WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, which were repeated on local FM translators owned by Martz: W284BQ and W232CA. However, on January 31, 2012 Martz ceased operations of the HD feeds and the translators, due to financial and signal difficulties.[5]
martz, communications, group, american, radio, broadcasting, company, which, operates, three, radio, stations, lawrence, river, area, york, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, company, which, also, operates, under, names, radio, power, cartier, communications, based, pa. Martz Communications Group is an American radio broadcasting company which operates three radio stations in the St Lawrence River area of New York and one in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania The company which also operates under the names Radio Power and Cartier Communications is co based in Parishville New York and San Francisco California 1 2 with auxiliary offices in Reno Nevada 3 Burlington Vermont and Pointe Claire Quebec 4 The company was founded in 1986 by Tim Martz a native of Kitchener Ontario who established a radio station which in Presque Isle Maine taking advantage of the market across the border in New Brunswick Canada without being required to submit to the rules of the CRTC 4 Its scope eventually expanded to target larger Canadian markets such as Brockville Cornwall Ottawa and Montreal which lay within the broadcast range of its stations The Canadian company Slaight Communications is also a minority shareholder in Martz Slaight s ownership stake in Martz was not part of that company s sale of most of its broadcasting assets to Astral Media in 2007 Contents 1 Stations 1 1 Former stations 1 1 1 Stephens Media Group 1 1 2 Educational Media Foundation 1 1 3 Other Former Stations 2 References 3 External linksStations EditMalone New York WICY Potsdam New York WSNN Pittsburgh Pennsylvania WAMOMartz Communications also handles advertising sales for Burlington Vermont stations WEZF owned by Vox Communications and WBTZ owned by Hall Communications 4 Former stations Edit Stephens Media Group Edit The following stations were previously owned by Martz and sold February 1 2008 to the Stephens Media Group Canton New York WRCD WNCQ FM Massena New York WMSA Morristown New York WYSX Norwood New York WVLF Ogdensburg New York WPAC FMEducational Media Foundation Edit The following stations were previously owned by Martz and sold September 30 2021 to the Educational Media Foundation Chateaugay New York WYUL Malone New York WVNVMartz also previously programmed the HD2 and HD3 feeds of WGPR in Detroit Michigan which were repeated on local FM translators owned by Martz W284BQ and W232CA However on January 31 2012 Martz ceased operations of the HD feeds and the translators due to financial and signal difficulties 5 Other Former Stations Edit Lexington Port Huron Michigan WBTI Sault Ste Marie Michigan WYSSReferences Edit Bloomberg Businessweek Profile Radio Power Inc A second new Detroit translator station debuts Alt rocker 94 3 the Bone Radio Info com April 21 2011 Archived from the original on April 24 2011 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 10 30 Retrieved 2011 10 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link a b c The Suburban The impressive story of radio station entrepreneur Tim Martz October 25 2011 Detroit s Bone amp Oasis Go Dark External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martz Communications Group amp oldid 1090070581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
