CKX-TV

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CKX-TV
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HAAT406.9 m (1,335 ft)
Transmitter coordinates49°40′6″N 100°0′41″W / 49.66833°N 100.01139°W / 49.66833; -100.01139
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CKX-TV (channel 5) was a

Standard Radio
).

CKX-TV shared studios with CKX-FM and

Oakland, Manitoba (it is now occupied by CKY-DT
rebroadcaster CKYB-TV).

As a private affiliate of the CBC, the station aired most CBC network programming, but also aired some programs from

CBWT
, on Westman Cable channel 6, taking up CKX's former slot.

In February 2009, CTV announced that CKX was up for sale as CBC would not continue its affiliation agreement.[1] In July 2009, it was announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation would buy the station for a dollar.[2] However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, resulting in the station's closing a day later.[3]

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 Telephone System (MTS) to apply to the CBC to extend their television signals to four additional Manitoba communities; Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas and Flin Flon.[4]

For nearly half a century, the station remained under the ownership of Craig Media.

During the early 1980s when the CRTC had called for applications for a new television station serving southern Manitoba, CKX-TV had raised fears that extending CKND-TVs signal into the Westman area would split the revenue from national advertisers which could cause CKX-TV to operate in the red.[5]

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

NewNet
stations picked up the "A Channel" name. It generally left CKX's programming alone, though the A-Channel logo was occasionally seen during primetime programming.

On January 15, 2007, master control for CKX-TV was moved back from Portage la Prairie to Brandon.[6]

Ownership changed hands once again on June 22, 2007, as CHUM Limited was sold to CTVglobemedia. Originally, CTVglobemedia wanted to retain CHUM's Citytv system and sell CKX-TV, CHUM's A-Channel stations, and several speciality channels to Rogers Communications. However, this was denied by the CRTC, and CTV was forced to sell the Citytv stations to Rogers instead. Richard Gray was named the head of news for CKX-TV and the A Channel stations. Gray reports directly to the CTVgm corporate group, as opposed to CTV News, to preserve independent news presentation and management. CKX-TV was CTV's first CBC affiliate since selling their CBC stations in Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan to the CBC in 2002.[7]

In early 2009, CBC decided it would not renew CKX's affiliation agreement past its expiration date of August 31, 2009. When CTV offered to sell the station directly to the CBC for a dollar, they refused, saying they could not afford the station's ongoing operational costs, and costs associated with the upcoming digital transition. Because of this, CTV put the station up for sale, saying it would shut it down on August 31 if no buyer was found.[1]

On April 30, 2009,

CRTC approval.[2][10] Bluepoint intended to keep at least some CBC programming,[11]
though CKX was still a full CBC affiliate after August 31.

This CTVglobemedia slide was the last message to air on CKX-TV before going off the air on October 2, 2009. A black screen aired on CKX until the transmitters were shut off.[12]
Graphic after CKX's 6 PM newscast on CKX and announcing the closure of CKX-TV, on ckxtv.com, on October 2, 2009.

However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, citing inability to get satellite coverage. As a result, CTV shut the station down the next day, after its 6 PM newscast, bringing the station to show a screen thanking viewers for several hours. The last image televised on CKX-TV before going to black was the corporate logo and copyright notice for CTVglobemedia.

Bravo Canada website, to learn about CTV's position that local television was being endangered.[14]

The station was the second major TV station in Canada to have gone dark since 1977 (when

CKXT-TV
, which went dark on November 1, 2011.

By the time the CBC closed down its network of rebroadcasters on July 31, 2012,[15][16] the network never reestablished an aerial presence in Brandon.

Digital television

Before its closure in 2009, CKX had not begun broadcasting in digital on its allocated channel 49.

Had the station remained on the air, after the phaseout of analogue television in

PSIP, television receivers would have displayed CKX-DT's virtual channel as 5. Following the station's closedown, the allocations for its analog and digital frequencies became open for future stations.[17]

News

CKX aired a one-hour local noon program, The Noon Show, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. daily while it also aired a live 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 cuts were made to the station in the 1990s and 2000.

Despite its local orientation, CKX news programming generally lagged in the ratings behind Winnipeg-based CTV station

CKY-TV
, which has a rebroadcaster in Brandon but limited news coverage of the region.

Notable former on-air staff

Transmitters

These were CKX's rebroadcasters at the time of its closure.

References

  1. ^ a b "CTV Inc. Places CKX-TV Brandon Up for Sale". CNW Group. February 19, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "CTV Secures Sale of CKX-TV Brandon". CNW Group. July 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "BREAKING NEWS - Bluepoint walks away from CKX-TV". Brandon Sun. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. ^ "Four TV Stations Promised North". Winnipeg Tribune, Canadian Press. February 28, 1959. p. 7.
  5. ^ McKinley, Patrick (June 18, 1981). "CKX scrambles CRTC reception with mid-stride plan change". Brandon Sun. p. 2.
  6. ^ "CNW Group". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2006.
  7. ^ "CTVglobemedia". Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  8. ^ CTV Accepts Shaw Offer to Buy Local Stations, CTVglobemedia press release via TradeMarkets, April 30, 2009
  9. ^ Grant Robertson, "Shaw cancels deal for 3 CTV stations". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 2009.
  10. ^ CBC News: "CTV sells Brandon TV station for $1", 7/16/2009.
  11. ^ Matt Semansky, "Claassen’s company enters TV market with Brandon station[permanent dead link]", Marketing, 2009-07-17, accessed August 26, 2009
  12. ^ CKX News Final Broadcast Fade to Black
  13. ^ Brandon TV station goes dark after deal falls through[permanent dead link], Marketing, 2009-10-02, accessed October 2, 2009
  14. ^ Ku Satellites, "Brandon's CKX-TV closed", 10/3/2009.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
  16. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, July 17, 2012.
  17. ^ Industry Canada: "DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan", December 2008

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