Trademark holder of the R-Tek Corporation, for a period mid 1980s.
Selkirk Communications Limited was among Canada's largest broadcasting group owners which operated from 1959 until its sale in 1988. Evolving out of Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a local broadcaster in Vancouver, British Columbia, to own 14 radio stations (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Blairmore, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Elkford and Vernon), television stations (CFAC-TV in Calgary-Lethbridge, CHCH-TV in Hamilton and partial owner of CHEK-TV, CHAN-TV and CHBC-TV in BC), a half interest in CABLE-TELEVISION systems serving Winnipeg and Ottawa and a 7.5% interest in Canadian Satellite Communications Inc (CANCOM).
Selkirk's other holdings include interests in radio in the UK; cable television in the US; the marketing of broadcasting advertising in Canada and the US; and radio news services in Canada. Selkirk also owned Westwood One Canada, a distributor of syndicated radio programs in Canada and the US.
In 1986, the total assets of Selkirk were $227 million, with revenues of $172 million. Amid controversy SOUTHAM INC gained 47.3% of Selkirk's nonvoting shares and 20% of its voting shares in early 1988. Southam sold its interest to rival Maclean Hunter later that same year, and MH sold the western broadcast holdings to WIC Western International Communications Ltd in Dec 1988. The remaining portions of Selkirk were swallowed by MH and the company ceased to exist.
Corporate history
First Ontario company number: 150630
Incorporated: 23 June 1959
Dissolved: 1 January 1983 (amalgamated into the company of the same name below)
Second Ontario company number: 534931
Incorporated: 1 January 1983 (after an amalgamation of the above company, Quality Records Limited, 'Seltab Computer Services Limited', 'Tocom Canada Limited', 'Selkirk Management Services Limited', 'Castleton Investments Limited', 'All-Canada Radio & Television Limited' and 'Selkirk Holdings (Ontario) Limited')
Dissolved: 1 September 1988 (amalgamated into the company of the same name below)
Third Ontario company number: 793485
Incorporated: 1 September 1988 (after an amalgamation of the above company, 'Seltech Limited', and 'Communication AC Limitée')
Dissolved: 7 August 1995