Whiteoaks Communications Group


Whiteoaks Communications Group is a media company based in Oakville, Ontario that owns several radio stations in Ontario as well as Christian podcasting platform, Faith Strong Today Media. The company was founded in 1956 as CHWO Radio Limited by Howard and Jean Caine with the launch of CHWO radio in Oakville. After Howard Caine died in 1967, the company was run by his widow, Jean. Their son, Michael Caine subsequently became company president. The current president is Michael Caine's son, Matthew Caine. Whiteoaks is owned by the Caine family through their holding company, Caineco.
In 1974, the company was granted a license to found CJMR to serve Mississauga operating the stations as the "Golden Horseshoe Radio Network". CJYE was founded in 2001 and took over the 1250 AM frequency formerly held by CHWO when that station moved to 740 AM and rebranded as "Prime Time Radio", which also became the name the company operated under until 2008 when CHWO 740 was sold to Moses Znaimer who relaunched it as Zoomer Radio.
In 2024, Whiteoaks purchased four stations from Bell Media, CKLH-FM in Hamilton, Ontario and three St. Catharines, Ontario-based stations: CHRE-FM, CHTZ-FM, and CKTB. Whiteoaks created a subsidiary, Golden Horseshoe Broadcasting Ltd. to own and operate the four Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula stations. Another subsidiary, Trafalgar Broadcasting Ltd., owns and operates CJYE and CJMR.
In January 2026 two Whiteoaks stations, CJMR and CJYE transitioned to an online radio-only presence, marketed as "digital first", and ceased broadcasting on their respective AM frequencies.
CityCall SignFrequencyBandBranding/FormatFormatAcquired
MississaugaCJMRNAinternetCJMRmultilingual1974
OakvilleCJYENAinternetJoy RadioChristian2001
HamiltonCKLH-FM102.9FMLegend 102.9adult hits2024
St. CatharinesCHRE-FM105.7FMDream 105.7adult contemporary2024
St. CatharinesCHTZ-FM97.7FM97.7 HTZ-FMactive rock2024
St. CatharinesCKTB610AM610 CKTBtalk radio2024

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