The Fairchild Group is a Canadian business conglomerate headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media Group name. Fairchild currently operates the Cantonese channel Fairchild TV, Cantonese & Mandarin radio network Fairchild Radio, and Mandarin channel Talentvision. Fairchild Group is also involved in film production, real estate development, retail, telecommunications and wholesale trade. History The Fairchild Media Group acquired the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) broadcasting licence from Chinavision Canada and Cathay TV in 1993 to form Fairchild TV and Talentvision respectively. Later on, it formed Fairchild Radio with stations in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. It has an investment portfolio over US$350 million. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Vancouver, British Columbia with separate regional offices in Richmond Hill, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta. Ownership The Fairchild Group is mostly owned by Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman Thomas Fung Wing Fat (). However, the Hong Kong-based media company TVB has a minor stake of 20 percent. Coverage 80% Cantonese 20% Mandarin Fairchild Media Group Television Fairchild Group operates four national ethnic television channels that cater to both Cantonese & Mandarin speaking audiences- Fairchild TV, Fairchild TV 2 HD & Talentvision. Hong Kong broadcaster TVB owns a minority stake (20%) in both channels. Fairchild TV and Talentvision currently consists of five feeds: Fairchild TV Calgary (Cantonese) Fairchild TV Toronto (Cantonese and Mandarin) Fairchild TV Vancouver (Cantonese) Fairchild TV 2 HD (Cantonese) Talentvision Vancouver (Mandarin) Radio Fairchild Group operates four multicultural radio stations and shares programming on another station. All stations feature programming for both Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking audiences: Fairchild Radio Calgary: CHKF-FM/94.7 (Cantonese and Mandarin broadcast) Fairchild Radio Toronto: CHKT/1430 (Cantonese and Mandarin broadcast) Fairchild Radio Vancouver: CJVB/1470 & CHKG-FM/96.1 (Cantonese and Mandarin broadcast) Fairchild is jointly provides Chinese programming at AM1540 with newspaper operator Sing Tao (Toronto). The station is still owned by CHIN Radio/TV International, while Sing Tao is jointly owned by Torstar and Sing Tao News Corporation of Hong Kong. Some AM1540 radio personalities from the FM station of Fairchild Radio Toronto have been transferred to this new AM station. In October 2019, Fairchild Radio gained public attention when it fired a Toronto talk-show host allegedly because of his questions during an interview perceived as critical of the Chinese government's stance on the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. Film production Fairchild Group operates Fairchild Films International Limited, a motion picture production