CHBX-TV
This article needs to be updated.(January 2022) |
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HAAT | 182.9 m (600 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 46°35′42″N 84°21′3″W / 46.59500°N 84.35083°W |
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Website | CTV Northern Ontario |
CHBX-TV (
CHBX-TV is part of the
, running the same programming as that station at all times (except for certain commercials and regional news inserts during its newscasts).The station's signal also reaches the eastern portion of the
History
The station began broadcasting on November 5, 1977, as CKCY-TV. It was owned by Huron Broadcasting along with CBC affiliate CJIC-TV, and was a sister station of an AM radio outlet with the same call letters. Prior to the sign-on of CKCY, CTV programming was available in Sault Ste. Marie on cable from Sudbury's CKSO-TV (now CICI).
It adopted the current CHBX call sign in 1985, when the radio station was sold to
Baton became the sole corporate owner of CTV in 1997, and sold CJIC to the CBC in 2002.
Transmitters
CHBX also broadcasts on CHBX-TV-1 channel 7 in
On February 11, 2016, Bell Media applied for its regular license renewals, which included applications to delete a long list of transmitters, including CHBX-TV-1. Bell Media's rationale for deleting these analog repeaters is below:
"We are electing to delete these analog transmitters from the main licence with which they are associated. These analog transmitters generate no incremental revenue, attract little to no viewership given the growth of BDU or DTH subscriptions and are costly to maintain, repair or replace. In addition, none of the highlighted transmitters offer any programming that differs from the main channels. The Commission has determined that broadcasters may elect to shut down transmitters but will lose certain regulatory privileges (distribution on the basic service, the ability to request simultaneous substitution) as noted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015–24, Over-the-air transmission of television signals and local programming. We are fully aware of the loss of these regulatory privileges as a result of any transmitter shutdown."
At the same time, Bell Media applied to convert the licenses of CTV 2 Atlantic (formerly ASN) and CTV 2 Alberta (formerly ACCESS) from satellite-to-cable undertakings into television stations without transmitters (similar to cable-only network affiliates in the United States), and to reduce the level of educational content on CTV2 Alberta.[4][5]
References
- ^ (CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (October 22, 1990). "ARCHIVED – Decision CRTC 90-1074". www.crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ CTV list of transmitters to be shut down Archived December 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CRTC renews licences of most English-language television services: New licence terms to bolster funding for original Canadian programs". Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201600122&_ga=1.139397107.1388147273.1466830064 [bare URL]
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External links
- CTV Northern Ontario
- CHBX-TV at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHBX-TV in the REC Canadian station database