in 1960, while still a student at osgoode hall law school, he bought all the shares in local radio station chfi, which pioneered the use of fm at a time when only 5% of the toronto households had fm receivers. by 1965, he was in the cable tv business. rogers communications was established in 1967 and has grown into one of canada's largest media conglomerates. his father, edward s. rogers sr. (1900–1939), is regarded as the founder of the company, although the radio station that he founded, cfrb, is now owned by another canadian company and competitor, bell media.