CKX-TV
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| CKX-TV | |
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| Image:CKXCurrentLogo.png | |
| Brandon / Portage La Prairie | |
| City of license | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Branding | CKX Television |
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 49 (UHF) (not yet on air) |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | www.ckxtv.com |
CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, affiliated with CBC Television. Owned by 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 (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 the family-owned Craig Media. In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its broadcasting assets to CHUM. 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 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.
On January 15, 2007, master control for CKX-TV was moved back from Portage La Prairie to Brandon. [2]
Ownership changed hands once again when on June 22, 2007, CHUM Limited was sold to CTVglobemedia, Originally Rogers wanted to buy CKX, along with the A-Channel stations and several CHUM's speciality channels, but they later only bought the Citytv stations. 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.
[edit] Current CKX personalities
- Lewellyn Laycock News anchor
- Jodee Zamrykut The Noon Show News anchor
- Jesse Carlson Sports anchor
- Tyler Crayston Sports anchor
- Josh Crabb 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Four TV Stations Promised North", Winnipeg Tribune, Canadian Press, February 28, 1959, pp. 7.
- ^ [1]
[edit] External links
Broadcast television in Manitoba | |
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| Winnipeg | |
| Brandon | |
| Other | |
CBC television stations in Canada | |
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| CBC O&Os | |
| Privately-owned CBC affiliates | CFTK Terrace • CHAT Medicine Hat1 • CHEX Peterborough • CHEX-2 Oshawa • CJDC Dawson Creek • CKPG Prince George1 • CKPR Thunder Bay • CKSA Lloydminster • CKWS Kingston • CKX Brandon |
| Defunct stations | |
| See also | |
A-Channel stations in Canada | |
|---|---|
| Owned and operated stations | CIVI Victoria • CHWI Wheatley • CFPL London • CKNX Wingham • CKVR Barrie • CHRO Pembroke |
| Secondary carriers | ACCESS • CKX Brandon • Atlantic Satellite Network |
| See also: | List of A-Channel stations • A-Channel (original) • CTVglobemedia template • CTVglobemedia • CTV stations |
