Editing CKAC (section)

===All-sports era===
The format switch to all-sports was announced on March 1, 2007, and took effect on April 2, 2007. Sister station CHMP-FM became the co-flagship of the Corus Québec network. The long-time tradition of airing news bulletins on the 45th minute of the hour, a practice that was begun in 1972, was ended. Music programming also disappeared from the station's schedule for the first time ever, except for late-night ''[[Souvenirs Garantis]]'' oldies programming. Before April 2, 2007, the station had a [[news/talk]] format with [[sports talk]] in the evenings and some music (mostly [[oldies]]) during weekends.

CKAC was the radio [[flagship]] of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] ([[NHL]] [[ice hockey|hockey]]), the [[Montreal Alouettes]] ([[CFL]] [[Canadian football|football]]), the [[Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal Impact]] ([[North American Soccer League (2011)|NASL]] soccer) and the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] (MLB baseball). The station broadcast all Canadiens and Alouettes games, and all Impact games except for regular season road games;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/soccer/201003/30/01-4265722-limpact-conclut-une-nouvelle-entente-avec-ckac.php |title= L'Impact conclut une nouvelle entente avec CKAC |date=March 30, 2010 |work=cyberpresse.ca}}</ref> the number of Blue Jays games aired is limited to only a few per year.<ref>CKAC aired eight games in 2010 [http://www.ckac.com/baseball/nouvelles/le-baseball-majeur-de-retour-a-ckac-sports-2020471.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314165330/http://www.ckac.com/baseball/nouvelles/le-baseball-majeur-de-retour-a-ckac-sports-2020471.html |date=March 14, 2010 }} and fifteen games in 2011 [http://www.ckac.com/baseball/nouvelles/encore-plus-de-matchs-des-blue-jays-a-ckac-sports-64038.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120722000456/http://www.ckac.com/baseball/nouvelles/encore-plus-de-matchs-des-blue-jays-a-ckac-sports-64038.html |date=July 22, 2012 }}.</ref>

On April 30, 2010, it was announced that [[Cogeco]] will acquire all radio stations owned by Corus in Quebec for $80&nbsp;million, pending CRTC approval.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/canadas-corus-entertainment-sells-all-its-stations-in-quebec-including-mont |title=Canada's Corus Entertainment sells all its stations in Quebec, including Montreal |date=April 30, 2010 |work=Radio-Info.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605111318/http://www.radio-info.com/news/canadas-corus-entertainment-sells-all-its-stations-in-quebec-including-mont |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref> However, Cogeco must either apply with the CRTC for an exemption from the common ownership policy, or sell off some of these (or Cogeco's own stations) to a third party as they will be over the maximum allowable number of stations in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke. Corus is selling off their Quebec radio stations, as they are less profitable than Corus's stations in other parts of Canada.<ref>[[St. Petersburg Times]], "Canada Report" column, May 9, 2010.</ref>

On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus' radio stations in Quebec, including CKAC, to Cogeco. The same decision, however, also denied Cogeco's request to convert [[Sherbrooke]] station CKOY-FM 104.5 to a repeater of CKAC.<ref>
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-942.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-942: "Transfer of effective control of various commercial radio programming undertakings from Corus Entertainment Inc. to Cogeco inc.", issued December 17, 2010].</ref> (That station would later be re-called [[CJTS-FM]] before closing down in 2011).