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Pierre Arcand was appointed President of Québec Radio for Corus Entertainment in July 2002.
Mr. Arcand has 21 years of radio experience. He began his career as an announcer and journalist in Montréal. In 1978, Arcand was appointed News Director of CKAC and the Télémédia network where he managed a staff of 40 journalists, reporters and correspondents. Mr. Arcand was promoted to President and General Manager of CKAC in 1984 and in 1985, he was appointed Vice President of the Télémédia AM Group.
Mr. Arcand became Senior Vice President of Télémédia in 1985, a position he held until 1988. He then became co-owner of CIQC and CFQR and Télémédia became Métromédia. In 1992, Métromédia acquired radio stations CKVL and CKOI; CIEL and CIME-FM were added in 1998.
Corus Entertainment purchased 29.9% of Métromédia on August 30, 2000 and on January 26, 2001, received CRTC approval to purchase the remaining 70.1%.
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