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Here is presented the history of the Hougen Group, and of the people and companies
that helped form it. It began as a small family-owned store and has grown to
include a cable TV station, a radio station, and a multimedia company, along
with car and truck dealerships, and other retail establishments. Here's some
background information.
As a businessman his whole adult life, director of the Canada Chamber of Commerce
was a natural fit for Rolf Hougen. He had worked in his father's department store, and
under Rolf's direction, Hougen's Ltd has become the largest retail organization in the Yukon.
With over 75,000 square feet of retail space in Whitehorse, the company has approximately
150 full and part-time employees.
He is the founder of the first radio station north of 60, and the first cable TV company to
broadcast local news, sports and entertainment. He is the visionary behind CANCON,
Canadian Satellite Communications Limited, which launched the first commercial satellite
in the world.
After serving many years as a director of the 170,000-member Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Rolf Hougen was elected Second
Vice-Chairman in 1987, First Vice-Chairman in 1988, and Chairman in 1989.
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