CKX-TV
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| Brandon / Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | |
| City of license | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Branding | CKX Television |
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) |
| Translators | 11 CKX-TV-1 Foxwarren 9 CKX-TV-2 Melita 11 CKX-TV-3 McCreary |
| Affiliations | CBC, A-Channel (some programs) |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia CTV Limited |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | www.ckxtv.com |
CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, affiliated with CBC Television. Owned and operated by CTV Limited, a division of CTVglobemedia, it was the first privately owned television station in Manitoba. It shares its call letters with its former sister station, CKX-FM, owned and operated by Astral Media.
As a private affiliate of the CBC the station airs most CBC network programming, although CBWT is available on digital cable channel 62 in Brandon, but also airs some A-Channel programming.
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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.
In February 1959, CKX asked Manitoba Telecom Services (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 Craig Media. In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its broadcasting assets to CHUM Limited. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1.
CHUM relaunched the original Craig Media A-Channel stations as new affilites of Citytv on August 2, 2005, at the same time when the existing NewNet stations picked up the A-Channel name. It generally left CKX's programming alone, though the A-Channel logo is occasionally seen during primetime programming.
On January 15, 2007, master control for CKX-TV was moved back from Portage La Prairie to Brandon. [1]
Ownership changed hands once again when on June 22, 2007, CHUM Limited was sold to CTVglobemedia, Originally CTVglobemedia wanted to retain CHUM's Citytv system and sell CKX-TV along with CHUM's A-Channel stations and several speciality channels to Rogers Communications, however this was denied by the CRTC as CTV was forced to sell CHUM's Citytv stations to another buyer. As such CTV retained CKX along with CHUM's A-Channel stations and all of CHUM's speciality channels and sold CHUM's Citytv stations to Rogers Communications. Richard Gray was named the head of news for CKX-TV and the A-Channel stations. Gray reports to the CTVgm corporate group, as opposed to CTV News. CKX-TV is CTV's first CBC affiliate since selling off their CBC stations to the CBC in 2002. [2]
[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. CKX news programming generally lags in the ratings behind CKYB.
[edit] Current CKX personalities
- Jodee Zamrykut News anchor
- Kayla Hounsell Noon Show Anchor
- Jesse Carlson Sports anchor
- Tyler Crayston Sports anchor
- Alison Hawkins News reporter
- Megan Batchelor News reporter
- Matt Packwood News reporter
- Karen Chrest The Noon Show host
[edit] Former CKX personalities
- Brent Fitzpatrick, evening news anchor.
- Leah Hextall, former sports anchor, now with CKY-TV
- Ron Thompson former CKX-TV and CHMI-TV meteorologist.
- Lewellyn Laycock, former evening news anchor.
- Jill Officer, former reporter
- Rayla Hamricut, former reporter
[edit] References
- ^ "Four TV Stations Promised North", Winnipeg Tribune, Canadian Press, February 28, 1959, pp. 7.
- ^ CTVglobemedia
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