CHWI-TV

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CHWI-TV
Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario
City of license	Wheatley, Ontario
Branding	A-Channel Windsor
Channels	16 (UHF) analog, 66 (UHF) (not yet on air) digital
Translators	Windsor: CHWI-TV-60 60 (analog UHF) CHWI-TV-65 65 (digital UHF (not on air yet))
Affiliations	A-Channel
Owner	CHUM Limited
Founded	October 19, 1993
Call letters meaning	CHatham WIndsor
Former affiliations	Independent/BBS (1993-1997) NewNet (1997-2005)
Website	www.achannel.ca

CHWI, A-Channel Windsor (formerly known as The New WI) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited. It is part of the A-Channel system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario but operates out of (and focuses on) Windsor, Ontario. CHWI also has offices in Chatham, Ontario.

On cable, CHWI can be seen on Cogeco Windsor channel 6. It is not seen on Comcast Detroit or Bright House Livonia.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

CHWI is the second-youngest station in the A-Channel system, having signed on October 19, 1993. It was founded and owned by Baton Broadcasting and remained a BBS station until it was traded to CHUM in 1997, after which it was rebranded The New WI (part of CHUM's NewNet group of stations) in 1998.

During its tenure as an independent station, it also aired ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning schedule (along with, or from, CTV affiliate, CKCO-TV), along with syndicated Disney shows in the afternoons on weekdays (The Disney Afternoon), such as Bonkers and Goof Troop before the 5 PM News, similar to WXON-TV 20 and WKBD 50 across the river in Detroit. In 1997, it dropped the Saturday Morning/weekday afternoon cartoons, CTV/ABC programs, and BBS branding, in favour of the NewNet brand and programming, synchronizing itself with fellow NewNet station CFPL-TV in London. In August of 2005, the NewNet stations dropped the NewNet brand in favour of the A-Channel branding.

One peculiar part about CHWI-TV's history: Shortly after launch, it was broadcast on channel 16 ONLY (its Wheatley transmitter), and was basically impossible to view in Windsor, due to its weakened signal. It was 1995 when the station began transmissions to Windsor and Northern/Western Essex County on channel 60, fixing this situation.

Until 2003, the station broadcast its news from a separate studio at CFPL. Sports and weather are still done from there, while the news is done from Windsor. From 1993 to 1999, the Windsor newsroom was at the corner of Riverside Drive East and Goyeau Street. The station's old banners ("The New WI") are still shown, faded and upside down over the abandoned and very-visible rooms. The newsroom now sits at the corner of University and Ouellette Avenue, in the same building as the Palace Cinema.

[edit] Programming

CHWI's programming is almost identical to that of London, Ontario's CFPL, including popular American television series such as Primetime Live and Supernanny. The A-Channel Morning show has a contributor from Windsor, however, only the news anchor is based at their Downtown Windsor studio. Sports and weather reports are based from a separate studio at CFPL in London. Prior to 2003, the CHWI newscasts were produced entirely out of studios at CFPL, and presently the weekend newscasts are simulcast with CFPL.

As with the other NewNet stations, CHWI was rebranded as A-Channel on August 2, 2005.

Recently, CTV owner CTVglobemedia has decided to purchase A-Channel owner CHUM Ltd. for $C1.7 Billion, with plans to divest itself of the A-Channel and Access Alberta stations^[1].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• A-Channel Windsor
• Michiguide.com's listing for CHWI 16

CHUM Limited (pending sale to CTVglobemedia)

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Broadcast television in the Detroit / Windsor market (Nielsen DMA #11)

American stations WJBK 2 (Fox) - WDIV 4 (NBC, NBC WX+ on DT2) - WXYZ 7 (ABC) - WDWO 18 / W27CJ 27 (TCT / COR) - WMYD 20 (MNTV) - WUDT 23 (UNI) - WLPC 26 (FN) - WFUM 28 (PBS) - WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (ION) - W33BY 33 / W68CH 68 (IND) - WADL 38 (IND/JTV, WORD on DT2) - WKBD 50 (The CW) - WTVS 56 (PBS, Kids on DT2, Create! on DT3) - WWJ 62 (CBS) - W66BV 66 (TBN) - W67AJ 67 / WLNS 6 (CBS)

Canadian stations CBET 9 (CBC) - CHWI 16 / 60 (A-Channel) - CIII 22 / 29 (Global) - CICO 32 / 59 (TVO) - CBLN 34 / 64 (CBC) - CFTV 34 (IND) - CKCO 42 (CTV) - CBLFT 48 / 68 (SRC) - CBEFT 54 (SRC)

Local Cable Television Channels US: Michigan Channel (PBS, U of M) - WOLV (U of M Student TV) - FSN Detroit Canada: Leafs TV - Sportsnet Ontario - TV Cogeco (Windsor, Leamington) - TV Cogeco (Chatham, Sarnia)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Toledo: WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC) - WNWO 24 (NBC) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - WLMB 40 (Ind) Mid-Michigan: WNEM 5 (CBS / MNTV) - WJRT 12 (ABC) - WEYI 25 (NBC) - WSMH 66 (Fox) Lansing: WILX 10 (NBC) - WKAR 23 (PBS) - WSYM 47 (Fox) - WLAJ 53 (ABC) Cleveland: WKYC 3 (NBC) - WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WOIO 19 (CBS) - WUAB 43 (MNTV / The Tube) London: CFPL 10 (A-Channel)