Media of Greater Sudbury
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This is a list of media outlets in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Television
The city is served by only one conventional broadcast station which originates programming locally. All of the city's other television signals are rebroadcasters of stations from other markets.
CICI-TV, which launched in 1953 with the call sign CKSO, was the first television station in Canada not directly owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was also one of the first television stations in Canada to broadcast in colour, as well as the first television station in Canada to hire a woman, Judy Jacobson, as a weather presenter.
As in most Canadian cities, digital television transmission has not commenced in Greater Sudbury as of 2007. However, all of the city's television signals have their DTV channel assignments already in place, and the deadline for digital conversion in Canada has been set for 2011.
| OTA channel | DTV channel | Cable channel | Call sign | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8 | 4 | CICI | CTV | flagship of CTV Northern Ontario |
| 9 | 35 | 8 | CBLT-6 | CBC | formerly CKNC, rebroadcasts CBLT Toronto |
| 11 | 65 | 3 | CFGC | Global | rebroadcasts CIII Toronto |
| 13 | 47 | 12 | CBLFT-2 | SRC | rebroadcasts CBOFT Ottawa |
| 19 | 50 | 2 | CICO-19 | TVOntario | |
| 25 | 20 | 7 | CHLF | TFO | |
| 41 | 39 | 6 | CHCH-4 | CH | rebroadcasts CHCH Hamilton |
[edit] Cable television
The cable television provider in the city is Persona. The city's community channel on Persona Cable is branded as Persona News 10. Persona also produces a separate channel for real estate and advertising listings, branded as Home & Market Television, on cable channel 13.
American network affiliates available on Persona Cable in Sudbury come from Detroit (WDIV/NBC, WXYZ/ABC, WTVS/PBS), Cadillac (WWTV/CBS) and Rochester, New York (WUHF/FOX).
Sudbury is one of the few cities in Ontario whose cable provider offers an affiliate of the Quebec television network TQS, which has only voluntary carriage rights outside of Quebec.
[edit] Radio
| Frequency | Call sign | Branding | Format | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM 790 | CIGM | 790 CIGM | country/news/sports | Rogers Communications | |
| FM 90.1 | CBBS | CBC Radio Two | classical/jazz | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| FM 90.9 | CBBX | Espace musique | classical/jazz | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French |
| FM 91.7 | CICS | KICX Country | country | Larche Communications | new licence in 2007, not yet on air |
| FM 92.7 | CJRQ | Q92 | classic rock | Rogers Communications | |
| FM 95.5 | CJTK | K95.5 | Christian music | Eternacom | |
| FM 96.7 | CKLU | CKLU | campus radio | Laurentian University | |
| FM 98.1 | CBON | La Première Chaîne | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French |
| FM 98.9 | CHYC | CHYC | hot adult contemporary | Haliburton Broadcasting Group | French |
| FM 99.9 | CBCS | CBC Radio One | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| FM 101.7 | CKJC | tourist information | CHIM Radio Network | ||
| FM 103.9 | CHNO | Big Daddy 103.9 | adult hits | Newcap Broadcasting | |
| FM 105.3 | CJMX | EZ Rock | adult contemporary | Rogers Communications |
Defunct Sudbury radio stations
[edit] Early radio in Sudbury
CKSO radio signed on as Sudbury's first radio station in 1935, but prior to CKSO's sign-on in the 1930s there was a radio station named CFCR under the name of licensee "Laurentide Air Service, Ltd.", operating on the frequency of 410 metres as of 1924. As of date, there's unknown historical information on this radio station, when it began broadcasting or ceased broadcasting, however, according to the Canadian Communications Foundation page, it's believed the station began broadcasting in 1923 up until around 1925. [1] [2] See also: Early Canadian Radio Station lists
[edit] Out-of-market radio
The out-of-market CKNR from Elliot Lake, CJJM from Espanola and CFRM from Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands can be heard in the western parts of the city.
CBCS, CBON and CJTK have repeaters in Espanola and on Manitoulin Island. Most of the city's commercial radio stations, however, are able to serve this region directly from their Sudbury transmitters.
[edit] New services
On July 17, 2006 the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a radio programming undertaking to serve the Sudbury market. [1] Six broadcasting companies submitted their applications and the public hearing was held in March 2007. [2]
On July 12, 2007, the application by Larche Communications was approved by the CRTC, and all of the other five applications were denied. [3]
In November, 2007, CHIM-FM added a low-powered travel information radio station at 101.7 FM in Sudbury with the call letters CKJC and is listed on CHIM-FM's website.
On February 7, 2008, CFRM-FM of Little Current applied to add a new FM transmitter at Sudbury to allow residents who own property on Manitoulin Island to stay connected by providing them with important information relating to local weather, marine and road reports and events specific to Manitoulin. [4] That application was denied by the CRTC on April 29, 2008. [5]
[edit] Print
The newspaper with the highest circualtion is Northern Life which publishes twice a week.
Sudbury's daily newspaper is the Sudbury Star, owned by Quebecor's Osprey Media division.
A francophone community paper, Le Voyageur, published weekly. A light, entertaining community newspaper called South Side Story has become quite popular as well. Local communities within the city are also served by smaller weekly papers such as The Valley Vision and the Walden Observer.
There are also student newspapers at the city's postsecondary institutions: Lambda and L'Orignal déchaîné at Laurentian, The Shield at Cambrian College and L'Étudiant at Collège Boréal. The online conservative webzine Enter Stage Right began as a weekly column in Lambda.
The magazine Northern Ontario Business is published monthly.
Sudbury is also, along with Thunder Bay, one of the major centres of Finnish-Canadian settlement. An important historical Finnish newspaper, Vapaus, was published from 1917 to 1974.
One of the longest-running Franco-Ontarian newspapers, L'Ami du Peuple, was published in Sudbury weekly from 1942 to 1968.
Sudbury News Now (Defunct) - In early 2005, a Sudbury online internet newspaper was launched, as "sudburynewsnow.com" delivering local information, such as news, weather and sports. It also included breaking news updates, but was discontinued less than a year later.
