The “new adventure” announced Thursday by the station WKND, 99.5 FM was confirmed Monday morning. Starting August 26, the channel will broadcast the content of the digital radio station Qub Radio. And it is Mario Dumont who will start the day by hosting the morning show.
The announcement was made at WKND’s offices, in the presence of Nicolas Leclerc, vice-president of the station, general manager Benoît Simard and hosts Mario Dumont and Benoît Dutrizac.
According to Nicolas Leclerc, who remains the owner of the channel, it was WKND that contacted the Qub team “several weeks ago” to broadcast part of the digital radio content. He presented the 99.5 Montréal project as an alternative to 98.5 FM, owned by Cogeco, which he said enjoyed a monopoly in the commercial talk radio market.
Qub’s content, which will be broadcast on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., will be resolutely opinion-oriented. Mario Dumont will lead the way from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. He will be joined by journalist Alexandre Dubé. Isabelle Maréchal will be on the air from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by Benoît Dutrizac (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Sophie Durocher (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.).
The homecoming show will be hosted by Richard Martineau. He will be accompanied by columnist Mathieu Bock-Côté. The full teams of hosts will be revealed in the coming days.
Four newscasts will be broadcast daily. The usual music programming will be broadcast in the evenings and on weekends.
Further details will follow.