CKX-TV
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| CKX-TV | |
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| Brandon / Portage La Prairie | |
| City of license | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Branding | CKX Television |
| Channels | 5 (VHF) analog, 49 (UHF) (not yet on air) digital |
| Affiliations | CBC / A-Channel |
| Owner | CHUM Limited (held in trust for CTVglobemedia) |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | www.ckxtv.com |
CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Owned by CHUM Limited, it was the first privately owned television station in Manitoba. It shares its call letters with CKX-FM, owned and operated by Standard Radio.
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[edit] History
The station was founded by John Craig and went on the air on January 28, 1955, a day which marked Craig Media's start in television broadcasting.
As a private affiliate of the CBC, the station airs most CBC network programming – CBWT is available on digital cable channel 62 in Brandon – but also airs some A-Channel programming.
In February 1959, CKX requested MTS to apply to the CBC to extend ther television signals to four additional Manitoba communities — Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas, and Flin Flon.[1]
For nearly half a century, the station remained under the ownership of the family-owned Craig Media. In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell the A-Channel stations to CHUM. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1.
CHUM rebranded the original A-Channel stations as Citytv on August 2, 2005, and at the same time the existing NewNet stations picked up the A-Channel brand. It is possible that CKX may also do so, however it is currently a CBC affiliate, which would likely force the station to disaffiliate from the CBC (and a repeater of Winnipeg's CBWT would need to be installed in Brandon to provide CBC programming). The company has not made any announcement regarding what it will do with CKX.
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia announced they were to make a friendly takeover bid to buy CHUM Limited. [2] Inital plans were to sell only ACCESS and the A-Channel system, although through its CRTC application, CKX-TV along with several specialty services were listed to be sold.
Effective January 15th, 2007 master control for CKX-TV will be moved from Portage La Prairie to Brandon. [1]
[edit] News
CKX broadcasts a one hour local program The Noon Show from 12 noon to 1 p.m. daily while it also broadcasts a one hour evening newscast "CKX News at 6" from 6 to 7 p.m. every weekday. CKX used to air a late-night half-hour newscast from 11 to 11:30 p.m. until the 1990s.
[edit] Current CKX personalities
- Lewellyn Laycock News anchor
- Shannon Martin The Noon Show News anchor
- Dan Omand Sports anchor
- Tyler Crayston Sports anchor
- Josh Crabb News reporter
- Jodee Zamrykut News reporter
- Heather Steele News reporter
- Karen Chrest The Noon Show host
[edit] Former CKX personalities
- Brent Fitzpatrick, evening news anchor.
- Ron Thompson former CKX-TV and CHMI-TV meteorologist.
[edit] References
- ^ "Four TV Stations Promised North", Winnipeg Tribune, Canadian Press, February 28, 1959, pp. 7.
- ^ Bell Globemedia makes $1.7B bid for CHUM. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2006-07-12). Retrieved on July 12, 2006.
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| Local television stations
CKND 2 (Global) - CKYB 4 (CTV) - CKX 5 (CBC) - CH5248 30 (Community) - CBWFT 32 (SRC) |
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| Local cable television channels
NAC TV 12 (Community, Neepawa) - WCGtv (Community, Brandon) - Sportsnet West |
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| Television stations from other markets available on cable television
Winnipeg, MB: CBWT 6 (CBC)1 - CHMI 13 (Citytv)1 |
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| CHUM Limited (pending sale to CTVglobemedia) |
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