thumb|200px|right|The Montreal buildings belonging to [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC/Radio-Canada, TVA, La Presse and Le Journal de Montréal]]

Montreal has a large and well-developed communications system, including several English and French language television stations, newspapers, radio stations, and magazines. It is Canada's second-largest media market, and by far the largest in francophone Canada. It is the centre of the country's francophone media industry.

Television stations

{|class="wikitable sortable"

! OTA virtual<br /> channel (PSIP)

! Actual channel

!Vidéotron Cable

!Call sign

!Network

!Lang.

!Notes

|-

|2.1

|19 (UHF)

|2

|CBFT-DT

|

|FR

|

|-

|6.1

|21 (UHF)

|6

|CBMT-DT

|CBC Television

|EN

|

|-

|10.1

|10 (VHF)

|4

|CFTM-DT

|TVA

|FR

|

|-

|12.1

|12 (VHF)

|11

|CFCF-DT

|CTV

|EN

|

|-

|15.1

|15 (UHF)

|8

|CKMI-DT

|Global

|EN

|

|-

|17.1

|26 (UHF)

|3

|CIVM-DT

|Télé-Québec

|FR

|

|-

|29.1

|29 (UHF)

|22

|CFTU-DT

|Educational independent

|FR

|Branded on-air as "savoir.tv"

|-

|35.1

|35 (UHF)

|5

|CFJP-DT

|Noovo

|FR

|

|-

|47.1

|31 (UHF)

|16

|CFHD-DT

|Multicultural independent

|Multi

|Branded on-air as "ICI Montreal"; secondary affiliate of Omni Television

|-

|62.1

|17 (UHF)

|14

|CJNT-DT

|Citytv

|EN

|

|}

Canada's major French-language networks are all headquartered within a few blocks of each other on Boulevard René-Lévesque in downtown Montreal.

Network programming from the United States is provided on cable via stations from the Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York market; see :Template:Champlain Valley TV. Several Burlington/Plattsburgh stations can be received over the air in Montreal, including: WPTZ (NBC), WVNY (ABC), WCAX (CBS), WFFF (FOX), WETK (PBS) and WCFE (PBS). Montreal is ten times larger than the entire American population of the Burlington/Plattsburgh market; indeed, for decades most stations in that market before CRTC regulations and growth in the region itself identified as serving "Burlington/Plattsburgh/Montreal," and depended on advertising in Montreal for their survival.

Daily newspapers

thumb|Newsstand in [[Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie|Rosemont, Montreal, 1943.]]

  • Le Devoir (French)
  • Montreal Gazette (English)
  • Le Journal de Montréal (French)
  • La Presse (French)

Free daily newspapers

  • 24H (French)
  • Métro (French)

Weekly newspapers

Also known as "alternative" or "cultural" weeklies:

  • African Reflection (English)
  • Avenir de l'est (French)
  • Brossard Journal (English, French)
  • Cités Nouvelles (French)
  • Courrier Ahuntsic & Bordeaux-Cartierville (French)
  • Cult MTL (English)
  • East End Suburban (English)
  • Exclaim! (English) (National: Canadian monthly)
  • Guide Montréal-Nord (French)
  • Ici (French)
  • Journal de Rosemont - La Petite-Patrie (French)
  • Journal de St-Michel (French)
  • L'Express d'Outremont & Mont-Royal (French)
  • L'Informateur de Rivière-des-Prairies (French)
  • La Voix Pop (French)
  • Le Flambeau de l'Est (French)
  • Le Magazine de L'île des Soeurs (French)
  • Le Messager Lachine & Dorval (French)
  • Le Messager LaSalle (French)
  • Le Messager Verdun (French)
  • Le Messager Week-End (French, monthly)
  • Le Plateau (French)
  • Le Québécois Libre (French)
  • Matin (French)
  • Montréal Express (French, web only)
  • Montreal Times (English)
  • Nouvelles Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (French)
  • Nouvelles Park-Extension News (English, French)
  • Nouvelles Saint-Laurent News (French, English)
  • Place Publique (English, French)
  • Progrès Saint-Léonard (French)
  • Progrès Villeray - Parc-Extension (French)
  • St-Lambert Journal (English, French)
  • The Eastern Door (English)
  • The Free Press (English)
  • The Montreal Tribune (English)
  • The Montrealer (English)
  • The Senior Times (English)
  • The Suburban (English)
  • Voir (French)
  • West End Times (English)
  • West Island Gazette (English)
  • West Island Life (English)
  • Westmount Independent (English)
  • Westmount Life (English)

Campus newspapers

Student newspapers

  • McGill Tribune (English, McGill University)
  • The Bull & Bear (English, McGill University)
  • The Concordian (English, Concordia University)
  • Le Délit français (French, McGill University)
  • L'intérêt (French, HEC Montréal)
  • The Link (English, Concordia University)
  • The McGill Daily (English, McGill University)
  • McGill International Review (MIR) (Bilingual, McGill University)
  • Montréal Campus (French, Université du Québec à Montréal)
  • Le Polyscope (French, Polytechnique Montréal)
  • Quartier Libre (French, Université de Montréal)
  • The Plant, (English, Dawson College)

University newspapers

  • Le Forum (French, Université de Montréal)
  • McGill Reporter (English, McGill University)

Ethnic newspapers

  • BHMA (Greek)
  • Canadian Jewish News (English, Jewish)
  • Corriere Italiano (Italian)
  • Das Echo (German)
  • Golos Obszhini (Russian)
  • Hafteh (Persian)
  • Horizon Weekly (Armenian)
  • Humsafar Times (English, Punjabi)
  • Medad (Afghan And Iranian community) (Persian)
  • Montreal Community Contact (English, Black, Caribbean)
  • The Montreal Greek Times (Greek)
  • Phoenicia (Arabic, English, French)
  • Polski Bulletin (Polish)
  • Sada Al-Mashrek (Arabic, English, French)
  • Știri de Montreal (Romanian)
  • Ta Nea (Greek)

Defunct newspapers

  • Hudson Gazette (English)
  • The Monitor (English)
  • Montreal Mirror (English)
  • Montreal Star (English)
  • West Island Chronicle (English)
  • Westmount Examiner (English)

Magazines (independent from newspapers)

See also magazines published in Montreal.

  • Art/iculation (English, French)
  • Cult MTL (English)
  • Maisonneuve (English)
  • mauditsfrancais.ca (French)
  • Panoram Italia (English, French, Italian)
  • Journaldesvoisins.com (French)

Radio stations

AM/FM stations

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Band

!Frequency

!Callsign

!Station name

!Language

!Format

!Notes

|-

|FM

|88.1&nbsp;MHz

|CHDO-FM

|

|French/English

|Trudeau Airport information <br />(Originally on 89.7 FM)

|

|-

|FM

|88.5&nbsp;MHz

|CBME-FM

|CBC Radio One

|English

|public news/talk

|

|-

|FM

|89.3&nbsp;MHz

|CISM-FM

|CISM

|French

|campus (Université de Montréal)

|

|-

|FM

|89.9&nbsp;MHz

|CKKI-FM

|89.9 Kic Country Montreal

|English/Mohawk

|country (Kahnawake Mohawk Territory)

|

|-

|FM

|90.3&nbsp;MHz

|CKUT-FM

|CKUT

|English

|campus (McGill)

|

|-

|FM

|90.7&nbsp;MHz

|CHIL-FM

|Centre communautaire "Bon Courage" de Place Benoît

|French

|Community radio (borough of Saint-Laurent)

|

|-

|FM

|91.3&nbsp;MHz

|CIRA-FM

|Radio Ville-Marie

|French

|religious (Catholic)

|

|-

|FM

|91.9&nbsp;MHz

|CKLX-FM

|BPM Sports 91.9 Montreal

|French

|sports talk

|

|-

|FM

|92.5&nbsp;MHz

|CKBE-FM

|The Beat 92.5

|English

|rhythmic adult contemporary

|

|-

|FM

|93.5&nbsp;MHz

|CBM-FM

|CBC Music

|English

|public music

|

|-

|FM

|94.3&nbsp;MHz

|CKMF-FM

|Énergie

|French

|mainstream rock

|

|-

|FM

|95.1&nbsp;MHz

|CBF-FM

|Ici Radio-Canada Première

|French

|public news/talk

|

|-

|FM

|95.9&nbsp;MHz

|CJFM-FM

|Virgin Radio 95.9

|English

|contemporary hit radio

|

|-

|FM

|96.9&nbsp;MHz

|CKOI-FM

|CKOI

|French

|contemporary hit radio

|

|-

|FM

|97.7&nbsp;MHz

|CHOM-FM

|CHOM 97.7

|English

|mainstream rock

|

|-

|FM

|98.5&nbsp;MHz

|CHMP-FM

|98,5 FM

|French

|news/talk

|

|-

|FM

|99.5&nbsp;MHz

|CJPX-FM

|99.5 Montréal

|French

|news/talk (Qub Radio)/mainstream rock

|

|-

|FM

|100.1&nbsp;MHz

|CKVL-FM

|FM 100,1 Radio LaSalle

|French

|community radio (LaSalle)

|

|-

|FM

|100.7&nbsp;MHz

|CBFX-FM

|Ici Musique

|French

|public music

|

|-

|FM

|101.5&nbsp;MHz

|CIBL-FM

|CIBL 101,5 Radio-Montréal

|French

|community radio

|

|-

|FM

|102.3&nbsp;MHz

|CINQ-FM

|Radio Centre-Ville

|English, French, Multiple

|multilingual

|

|-

|FM

|102.9&nbsp;MHz

|CILO-FM

|Time FM

|English, French, Multiple

|multilingual (South Asian)

|

|-

|FM

|103.3&nbsp;MHz

|CHAA-FM

|FM 103,3

|French

|community radio (Longueuil)

|

|-

|-

|FM

|103.7&nbsp;MHz

|CKRK-FM

|K103 Radio Kahnawake

|English

|community radio (Kahnawake Mohawk Territory)

|

|-

|-

|FM

|104.5&nbsp;MHz

|CHOU-FM-1

|Radio Moyen-Orient

|Arabic (several dialects)

|multilingual

|repeater of CHOU 1450 AM, serving Montreal on the FM band

|-

|FM

|104.7&nbsp;MHz

|CBME-FM-1

|CBC Radio One

|English

|repeater of CBME-FM, serving Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

|

|-

|FM

|105.1&nbsp;MHz

|CKDG-FM

|Mike FM

|English, Greek

|multilingual, community radio, classic hits

|

|-

|FM

|105.7&nbsp;MHz

|CFGL-FM

|Rythme FM 105.7

|French

|Soft adult contemporary

|

|-

|FM

|106.3&nbsp;MHz

|CKIN-FM

|Radio CINA FM Montréal

|Arabic

|multilingual

|

|-

|FM

|107.3&nbsp;MHz

|CITE-FM

|107,3 Rouge FM

|French

|adult contemporary

|

|-

|AM

|600&nbsp;kHz

|CFQR

|

|English

|Testing, with programming to begin late 2017; to be talk radio

|

|-

|AM

|690&nbsp;kHz

|CKGM

|TSN Radio 690

|English

|sports

|

|-

|AM

|730&nbsp;kHz

|CKAC

|Radio Circulation 730

|French

|traffic info

|

|-

|AM

|800&nbsp;kHz

|CJAD

|CJAD 800

|English

|news/talk, sports, oldies

|

|-

|AM

|940&nbsp;kHz

|CFNV

|AM 940 La Superstation

|French

|

|

|-

|AM

|1280&nbsp;kHz

|CFMB

|CFMB Radio Montreal

|Multiple

|multilingual

|

|-

|AM

|1410&nbsp;kHz

|CJWI

|CPAM Radio Union

|French (also some Creole)

|multilingual

|

|-

|AM

|1450&nbsp;kHz

|CHOU

|Radio Moyen-Orient

|Arabic (several dialects)

|multilingual community radio

|

|-

|AM

|1570&nbsp;kHz

|CJLV

|Radio Laval 1570 AM

|French

|oldies

|

|-

|AM

|1610&nbsp;kHz

|CHRN

|Radio Humsafar

|English, French, Multiple

|multilingual (South Asian)

|

|-

|AM

|1650&nbsp;kHz

|CKZW

|La Radio Gospel

|English, French

|Christian programming

|

|-

|AM

|1690&nbsp;kHz

|CJLO

|1690 CJLO

|English

|campus (Concordia University)

|

|}

Internet radio stations

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!Frequency

!Call sign

!Branding

!Language

!Format

!External links

!Notes

|-

|Internet only

|

|CHOC.ca

|French

|Campus radio (Université du Québec à Montréal)

|https://www.choq.ca/

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|Magic FM

|English

|Classic rock

|https://magicfmmontreal.ca/

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|Montreal Greek Radio

|

|Greek community radio

|https://tunein.com/radio/Montreal-Greek-Radio-s148247/

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|ICI Radio Atmosphere

|French

|Ambient music

|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/musique-atmosphere

|Serving provincial wide

|-

|Internet only

|

|ICI Radio Classique

|French

|Classical radio

|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/musique-classique

|It could be listened through 95.1 FM-HD2

|-

|Internet only

|

|ICI Radio Hip hop

|French

|Urban contemporary

|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/musique-hip-hop

|Serving provincial wide

|-

|Internet only

|

|ICI Radio Rock

|French

|Rock

|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/musique-rock

|Serving provincial wide

|-

|Internet only

|

|Le Rapologue

|French

|Urban contemporary

|https://www.lerapologue.com/

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|Smooth Motion FM

|English

|Smooth Jazz/Urban AC

|https://motionfm.com/player/listen-smooth.html

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|Techno FM

|English

|Dance/EDM

|https://techno.fm/

|

|-

|Internet only

|

|Qub Radio

|French

|Talk/News

|https://www.qub.ca/?silent_auth=true

|Affiliated with 99.5 FM, serving provincial wide

|}

Foreign radio stations

A number of radio stations from New York and Vermont may be heard in Montreal, most notably WVMT 620 AM, WCHP 760 kHz, WEAV 960 AM, WEZF 92.9 FM, WQLR 94.7 FM, WBTZ 99.9 FM, and WVPS 107.9 FM. WQLR, while based in the United States, is focused on Montreal as a rimshotter. CFRA 580 AM from Ottawa is also clearly available in Montreal, as is CITE-FM-1 102.7 FM from Sherbrooke (a sister station of, but programmed separately from, CITE-FM).

United States

{|class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" B

!Frequency

!Call sign

!Branding

!Format

!Owner

!Location

!Notes

|-

|620 AM

|WVMT

|WVMT

|Talk radio

| Paul S. Goldman

(Sison Broadcasting, Inc.)

|Burlington, Vermont

|

|-

|760 AM

|WCHP

|WCHP 760 AM

|Christian radio

| Champlain Radio, Inc.

|Champlain, New York

|

|-

|960 AM

|WEAV

|The Game

|Sports

| Vox AM/FM, LLC

|Plattsburgh, New York

|

|-

|92.9 FM

|WEZF

|Star 92.9

|Adult contemporary

| Vox AM/FM, LLC

|Burlington, Vermont

|

|-

|94.7 FM

|WQLR

|KLove

|Contemporary Christian

| Educational Media Foundation

|Chateaugay, New York

|

|-

|99.9 FM

|WBTZ

|The Buzz

|Alternative rock

| Hall Communications

|Plattsburgh, New York

|

|-

|107.9 FM

|WVPS

|Vermont Public

|public radio

| Vijay Singh

|Burlington, Vermont

|}

Defunct stations

The Greater Montreal area had a number of radio stations that were shut down over the years.

  • CHRF 980 AM
  • CJMS 1040 AM

In 2013, the new local media firm Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media, whose partners included former Montreal City Councillor Nicolas Tétrault, received licenses to launch three new radio stations on the AM band: a French sports station on AM 850, an English talk radio station on AM 600, and a French talk radio station on AM 940. As of August 2016, the AM 850 license has lapsed unbuilt, with both of the other licenses due to expire in November if the stations have not launched by then.

References