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CKY-DT
CKY-DT (channel 7) is a television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media. The station's studios are located on Graham Avenue (adjacent to the Canada Life Centre) in Downtown Winnipeg, with transmitter near Lord Selkirk Highway/Highway 75 in Ritchot.
Beginning in 1954, Winnipeg had one television station, government-owned CBWT (channel 3). In January 1960, the Canadian Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) held public hearings in Winnipeg in response to three applications which had been submitted to operate a commercial television station on channel 7. These applications were presented by R. S. Misener and Associates, a group associated with radio stations CKY–Winnipeg, CFAM–Altona and CKSB–St. Boniface; Perimeter Television Broadcasters Ltd., a group associated with Winnipeg radio station CJOB; and the Red River Television Association, a group associated with the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper and radio station CKRC.
The Misener application was subsequently approved by the BBG, and the TV station was founded as independent station CJAY-TV on November 12, 1960. It joined the CTV Television Network when it launched on October 1, 1961.
On June 1, 1973, after Moffat bought controlling interest in the station, its call sign was changed to CKY-TV to match Moffat's AM and FM stations, making it one of the only two Canadian television stations, the other being the now-defunct CKX-TV, with a three-letter call sign. (From 2007 to 2009, CKY-TV and CKX-TV were sister stations following CTVglobemedia's buyout of CHUM Limited.)
The CJAY call letters are now used on a Calgary rock station now owned by CTV's owner Bell Media. In 1992, Moffat sold CKY (AM) and CKY-FM (subsequently CITI-FM) to Rogers Media while maintaining ownership of the television station.
In August 1992, general manager Vaughn Tozer hired Jim Wicks, a Canadian-American broadcaster, to be the main news anchor and managing editor. Tozer and Wicks reorganized the newsroom and the on-air team to help accomplish their goal. Within three ratings periods, the newscast had climbed from third place to first place, replacing CBWT's 24 Hours as the highest-rated newscast in Winnipeg. At one point, the newscast was advertised on billboards throughout the city as "Wicks at 6". The on-air chemistry between Wicks and sports director Steve Vogelsang added to the popularity of the program.
Although the personalities have since changed on several occasions, the station's newscast has remained Manitoba's highest-rated newscast. As of today, CKY-TV is the oldest private television station in Manitoba since CKX-TV's demise.
In 2001, Moffat Broadcasting was purchased by Shaw Cablesystems, which was not interested in CKY-TV or its co-owned cable channel, WTN. CKY-TV was purchased by Bell Globemedia, while WTN was purchased by Corus Entertainment, moving to Toronto, and becoming the W Network. Now a CTV owned-and-operated station, promos on CKY-TV became similar to the other CTV owned-and-operated stations. However, Shaw returned to the television station business five years later, acquiring CJBN-TV, a now defunct Global Television Network affiliate, in nearby Kenora, Ontario.
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CKY-DT
CKY-DT (channel 7) is a television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media. The station's studios are located on Graham Avenue (adjacent to the Canada Life Centre) in Downtown Winnipeg, with transmitter near Lord Selkirk Highway/Highway 75 in Ritchot.
Beginning in 1954, Winnipeg had one television station, government-owned CBWT (channel 3). In January 1960, the Canadian Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) held public hearings in Winnipeg in response to three applications which had been submitted to operate a commercial television station on channel 7. These applications were presented by R. S. Misener and Associates, a group associated with radio stations CKY–Winnipeg, CFAM–Altona and CKSB–St. Boniface; Perimeter Television Broadcasters Ltd., a group associated with Winnipeg radio station CJOB; and the Red River Television Association, a group associated with the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper and radio station CKRC.
The Misener application was subsequently approved by the BBG, and the TV station was founded as independent station CJAY-TV on November 12, 1960. It joined the CTV Television Network when it launched on October 1, 1961.
On June 1, 1973, after Moffat bought controlling interest in the station, its call sign was changed to CKY-TV to match Moffat's AM and FM stations, making it one of the only two Canadian television stations, the other being the now-defunct CKX-TV, with a three-letter call sign. (From 2007 to 2009, CKY-TV and CKX-TV were sister stations following CTVglobemedia's buyout of CHUM Limited.)
The CJAY call letters are now used on a Calgary rock station now owned by CTV's owner Bell Media. In 1992, Moffat sold CKY (AM) and CKY-FM (subsequently CITI-FM) to Rogers Media while maintaining ownership of the television station.
In August 1992, general manager Vaughn Tozer hired Jim Wicks, a Canadian-American broadcaster, to be the main news anchor and managing editor. Tozer and Wicks reorganized the newsroom and the on-air team to help accomplish their goal. Within three ratings periods, the newscast had climbed from third place to first place, replacing CBWT's 24 Hours as the highest-rated newscast in Winnipeg. At one point, the newscast was advertised on billboards throughout the city as "Wicks at 6". The on-air chemistry between Wicks and sports director Steve Vogelsang added to the popularity of the program.
Although the personalities have since changed on several occasions, the station's newscast has remained Manitoba's highest-rated newscast. As of today, CKY-TV is the oldest private television station in Manitoba since CKX-TV's demise.
In 2001, Moffat Broadcasting was purchased by Shaw Cablesystems, which was not interested in CKY-TV or its co-owned cable channel, WTN. CKY-TV was purchased by Bell Globemedia, while WTN was purchased by Corus Entertainment, moving to Toronto, and becoming the W Network. Now a CTV owned-and-operated station, promos on CKY-TV became similar to the other CTV owned-and-operated stations. However, Shaw returned to the television station business five years later, acquiring CJBN-TV, a now defunct Global Television Network affiliate, in nearby Kenora, Ontario.