Maison Radio-Canada

The Maison de Radio -Canada is a skyscraper in Montreal. It is located on Boulevard René- Lévesque northeast of the city center and is the broadcast center of the French-speaking part of the government Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC / Radio -Canada.

Description

The CBC was founded in 1936 / Radio -Canada broadcast on the Montreal site, first by former Ford Hotel. Over the years the radio and television program was expanded continuously, so that the building gradually proved to be too small. In the 1960s, a run-down neighborhood was completely demolished near the Molson Brewery. On the now open terrain a 105 meter tall skyscraper with 24 floors, was built to plans by the Swedish designer, Tore Bjornstad.

The Maison de Radio -Canada serves mainly as an administrative building of the broadcasting company. The broadcast studio and control centers are also located underground in several adjacent low-rise, in part. From here, the following programs are used:

• Radio: Première Chaîne, Espace musique, CBME -FM CBM - FM, CBF - FM, CBFX -FM
• TV: Télévision de Radio -Canada, Réseau de l'information, CBMT -DT, DT - CBFT

Since 2008, there are plans to increase the annex of the Maison de Radio -Canada, the better to take advantage of the terrain. An investment project worth 1.6 billion CAD ​​envisages the construction of 2,000 apartments, offices, commercial spaces and public spaces.

The road, at the Maison de Radio -Canada is originally called, Rue Dorchester. It was in 1987 renamed in honor of Quebec Premier René Lévesque, who had worked before the start of his political career as a reporter and presenter for CBC / Radio -Canada.