Sylvia Côté Appointed Senior Director, Operations and Administration, for Bell Media’s Six Montréal Radio Stations

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MONTRÉAL (February 26, 2014) – Martin Spalding, Vice-President, Radio Operations and Local Sales, Québec, Bell Media, announced today the appointment of Sylvia Côté as Senior Director of Operations and Administration, Radio 6 Montréal, which includes NRJ 94.3, 107,3 Rouge fm, Virgin Radio 96, CHOM 97 7, CJAD 800, and TSN Radio 690 Montréal.

In her new position, Côté will ensure Radio 6 stations meet all strategic and budgetary objectives, by creating optimal organizational conditions that encourage synergies between the programming, sales, communications, production, engineering, finance, and administrative departments.

“Sylvia Côté has a wealth of media experience, a comprehensive understanding of radio, and remarkable leadership skills that will contribute greatly to the success of our operations,” said Martin Spalding.

With more than 25 years of experience in the media industry, Sylvia Côté made her mark as a skilled and effective manager. She served as Astral’s Vice-President of Programming at Ztélé from 2001 to 2005, and as General Manager at Astral Radio from 2005 to 2007. Most recently she was General Manager at TVA Productions and General Manager/Executive Producer at TC Media.

Sylvia Côté will assume her new position on March 10, 2014.

About Bell Media

With passion and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, Bell Media creates content and builds brands that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire audiences through the platforms of their choice. Bell Media is Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. Bell Media owns 30 local television stations led by CTV, Canada’s #1 television network; 35 specialty channels, including TSN and RDS, Canada’s most-watched specialty channels in English and French; four pay TV services, including The Movie Network and Super Écran; and is managing shareholder of premium pay-per-view service Viewers Choice Canada. Bell Media is also Canada’s largest radio broadcaster, with 107 licensed radio stations in 55 markets across Canada. Bell Media owns Astral Out-of-Home, one of Canada’s most dynamic and innovative out-of-home advertising companies with a network of more than 9,500 advertising faces in Québec, Ontario, and British Columbia. Bell Media also operates more than 200 websites, delivers TV Everywhere with its innovative GO video streaming services, including CTV GO, TMN GO, and Bravo GO, and owns Dome Productions Inc., a multi-platform production company. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. For more on Bell Media, please visit www.bellmedia.ca.


For more information:

Olivier Racette, Bell Media, 514.939.5001, ext. 3193, or olivier.racette@bellmedia.ca