Corus Québec, until May 2005 Radiomédia, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec. The network and most of its affiliates were owned by Toronto-based Corus Entertainment. Stations The network had four co-flagships: CFOM-FM 102.9 in Quebec City for Souvenirs Garantis Classic hits programming CHMP-FM 98.5 in Montreal (officially licensed to Longueuil) for talk programming CKAC 730 AM in Montreal for sports talk CINF 690 AM Montreal for all-news radio Other stations included: CFEL-FM 102.1 in Lévis CIME-FM 103.9 in Saint-Jérôme CJRC-FM 104.7 in Gatineau CHLT-FM 107.7 in Sherbrooke CHLN-FM 106.9 in Trois-Rivières On February 5, 2009, it was announced that these four stations would introduce a classic hits music format similar to the one currently used at CFOM-FM 102.9 in Quebec City, effective March 28. However, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) website, Corus intends to continue to operate those stations under a news/talk format for CRTC regulatory purposes, as the new music programming will air only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. Stations not owned and operated by Corus Entertainment can also be affiliates, such as CKRS-FM 98.3 in Saguenay, CFYX-FM 93.3 in Rimouski, CHNC-FM 107.1 in New Carlisle and CFGT-FM 104.5 in Alma. CHRC 800 AM in Quebec City was previously part of the Corus Québec network, but the station was sold in 2008 by Corus to a group of local businessmen; it no longer has any links with Corus. CKRS-FM was sold in November 2010 to a local group, Radio Saguenay; it is unknown if any Corus Québec programming still airs on that station. Creation of Radiomédia The Radiomédia network was created to succeed to the now-defunct Télémédia and Radiomutuel networks, which merged on September 30, 1994. This merger resulted in six AM stations closing in Quebec on that very same day at 6 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), and is referred to in Quebec radio circles as "le vendredi noir" ("Black Friday"). The six AM stations closed were : CJMS 1280 AM in Montreal (Radiomutuel) CJRP 1060 AM in Quebec City (Radiomutuel) CKCH 970 AM in Gatineau (Télémédia) CJRS 1510 AM in Sherbrooke (Radiomutuel) CJTR 1140 AM in Trois-Rivières (Radiomutuel) CJMT 1420 AM in Chicoutimi (Télémédia) In each case, the station with the best signal remained open and the other one was closed. While in most markets the station that remained