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On June 30, 2009, [[Channel Zero Inc.|Channel Zero]] announced that it would purchase CHCH and [[CJNT-TV|CJNT]] in [[Montreal]] from Canwest in exchange for $12 in cash and the assumption of various station liabilities.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/30/c3204.html Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest] ''[[CNW Group]]'' (2009-06-30)</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uBbCJIJ1HE Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest (Video News Coverage) ] (2009-06-30)</ref> The CRTC approved the sale on August 28, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-536.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-536]</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-537.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-537]</ref> Channel Zero took control of the station's programming at 12:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on the morning of August 31, beginning its tenure with a film from the 1980s<!-- appears to be ''[[Deadline (film)|Deadline]]'', to be confirmed -->. CHCH disaffiliated itself from E! (which shut down at the end of that day), and adopted a new programming format consisting of local newscasts throughout the day on weekdays and movies at night (as well as all day on weekends, outside of limited newscasts, infomercials and other select programs during the morning and evening hours), and reverted to branding itself as "CHCH". The first film broadcast in primetime that night was ''[[Rocky]]'', signifying the new ownership's come-from-behind spirit. CHCH would add, in sparse amounts, additional programming during the 2009-10 season, including ''Let's Get It On'', a [[mixed martial arts]] programme; [[Ed the Sock]]'s ''[[This Movie Sucks!]]'', a movie show featuring the former [[MuchMusic]] character alongside co-host [[Liana Kerzner]] and comedian [[Ron Sparks (comedian)|Ron Sparks]]; and [[infomercial]]s. |
On June 30, 2009, [[Channel Zero Inc.|Channel Zero]] announced that it would purchase CHCH and [[CJNT-TV|CJNT]] in [[Montreal]] from Canwest in exchange for $12 in cash and the assumption of various station liabilities.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/30/c3204.html Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest] ''[[CNW Group]]'' (2009-06-30)</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uBbCJIJ1HE Channel Zero Inc. agrees to purchase CHCH-TV Hamilton and CJNT-TV Montreal from Canwest (Video News Coverage) ] (2009-06-30)</ref> The CRTC approved the sale on August 28, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-536.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-536]</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-537.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-537]</ref> Channel Zero took control of the station's programming at 12:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on the morning of August 31, beginning its tenure with a film from the 1980s<!-- appears to be ''[[Deadline (film)|Deadline]]'', to be confirmed -->. CHCH disaffiliated itself from E! (which shut down at the end of that day), and adopted a new programming format consisting of local newscasts throughout the day on weekdays and movies at night (as well as all day on weekends, outside of limited newscasts, infomercials and other select programs during the morning and evening hours), and reverted to branding itself as "CHCH". The first film broadcast in primetime that night was ''[[Rocky]]'', signifying the new ownership's come-from-behind spirit. CHCH would add, in sparse amounts, additional programming during the 2009-10 season, including ''Let's Get It On'', a [[mixed martial arts]] programme; [[Ed the Sock]]'s ''[[This Movie Sucks!]]'', a movie show featuring the former [[MuchMusic]] character alongside co-host [[Liana Kerzner]] and comedian [[Ron Sparks (comedian)|Ron Sparks]]; and [[infomercial]]s. |
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In September 2010, CHCH, for the first time since its purchase by Channel Zero, began airing American network television series; many of the programs that were added, including ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', ''[[48 Hours Mystery]]'', ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]'', ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', and ''[[60 Minutes]]'' had been seen in the Toronto-Hamilton market on [[CKXT-DT|CKXT-TV]] (channel 52; that station's owner, [[Quebecor]], was in the process of replacing it with the all-news cable channel [[Sun News Network]]).<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib6a55e024fd8d087caed238a236d8333 Channel Zero loads up on U.S. network series], THR, 2010-06-14</ref> CHCH also debuted additional original local programs ''Sportsline'' (hosted by Mark Hebscher and Clint "Bubba" O'Neil), and launched a second series with Ed the Sock, the entertainment newsmagazine spoof ''[[I Hate Hollywood]]''.<ref>[http://www.edthesock.com ed the sock]</ref> Coinciding with the schedule changes was the introduction of an updated version of CHCH's classic multi-coloured logo used from the 1960s to the 1980s.<ref>[http://chch.com/Fall2010%20PressRelease.pdf Source: CHCH Fall 2010 press release]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fftVYSiHMs CHCH 2010 Fall Preview - New shows, new logo and more]</ref> |
In September 2010, CHCH, for the first time since its purchase by Channel Zero, began airing American network television series; many of the programs that were added, including ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', ''[[48 Hours Mystery]]'', ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]'', ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', and ''[[60 Minutes]]'' had been seen in the Toronto-Hamilton market on [[CKXT-DT|CKXT-TV]] (channel 52; that station's owner, [[Quebecor]], was in the process of replacing it with the all-news cable channel [[Sun News Network]]).<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib6a55e024fd8d087caed238a236d8333 Channel Zero loads up on U.S. network series], THR, 2010-06-14</ref> CHCH also debuted additional original local programs ''Sportsline'' (hosted by Mark Hebscher and Clint "Bubba" O'Neil), and launched a second series with Ed the Sock, the entertainment newsmagazine spoof ''[[I Hate Hollywood]]''.<ref>[http://www.edthesock.com ed the sock]</ref> Coinciding with the schedule changes was the introduction of an updated version of CHCH's classic multi-coloured logo used from the 1960s to the 1980s.<ref>[http://chch.com/Fall2010%20PressRelease.pdf Source: CHCH Fall 2010 press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708140913/http://chch.com/Fall2010%20PressRelease.pdf |date=2011-07-08 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fftVYSiHMs CHCH 2010 Fall Preview - New shows, new logo and more]</ref> |
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[[File:CHCH 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|215px|CHCH and Channel Zero signs are up on the side of 163 Jackson St. West. E! and CHCH News logos had been placed up in 2007. The red E! logo was removed after Channel Zero took control of CHCH in 2009, and has replaced the previous E! era newscast logo the following year.]] |
[[File:CHCH 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|215px|CHCH and Channel Zero signs are up on the side of 163 Jackson St. West. E! and CHCH News logos had been placed up in 2007. The red E! logo was removed after Channel Zero took control of CHCH in 2009, and has replaced the previous E! era newscast logo the following year.]] |
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On April 10, 2011 [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] leader [[Elizabeth May]] participated in a panel interview on CHCH, which she was invited to attend, as were the leaders of the [[Bloc Québécois]], [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]], [[New Democratic Party]] and [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]], by Channel Zero, whose president was disappointed by May's exclusion from the [[Canadian federal election, 2011#Leaders' debates|2011 election leaders' debates]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CHCH-TV to Broadcast "Elizabeth May, For the Record" Live this Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 8 pm ET |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/08/c2709.html |accessdate=April 10, 2011 |publisher=CNW Group |date=April 8, 2011 |agency=CNW}}</ref> |
On April 10, 2011 [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] leader [[Elizabeth May]] participated in a panel interview on CHCH, which she was invited to attend, as were the leaders of the [[Bloc Québécois]], [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]], [[New Democratic Party]] and [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]], by Channel Zero, whose president was disappointed by May's exclusion from the [[Canadian federal election, 2011#Leaders' debates|2011 election leaders' debates]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CHCH-TV to Broadcast "Elizabeth May, For the Record" Live this Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 8 pm ET |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/08/c2709.html |accessdate=April 10, 2011 |publisher=CNW Group |date=April 8, 2011 |agency=CNW }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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On April 18, 2011, CKXT-TV converted from an independent station to a simulcast of the Sun News Network, leaving CHCH as the only independent station in the Toronto/Hamilton area (the station ceased operations approximately seven months later on November 1, 2011). On June 8, 2011 at Channel Zero's upfront presentation for advertisers for the 2011-12 television season, the company announced a programming distribution deal with [[20th Century Fox]], giving CHCH and CJNT access to show first-run exclusive broadcast movie premieres, most notably ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', which first aired in May 2012 on both stations, featuring the [[director's cut]] version of the film not shown in theatres. Other debut titles included ''[[Crazy Heart]]'', ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' and ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000467638 CHCH and Metro 14 Announce Fall Line-Up]</ref> |
On April 18, 2011, CKXT-TV converted from an independent station to a simulcast of the Sun News Network, leaving CHCH as the only independent station in the Toronto/Hamilton area (the station ceased operations approximately seven months later on November 1, 2011). On June 8, 2011 at Channel Zero's upfront presentation for advertisers for the 2011-12 television season, the company announced a programming distribution deal with [[20th Century Fox]], giving CHCH and CJNT access to show first-run exclusive broadcast movie premieres, most notably ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', which first aired in May 2012 on both stations, featuring the [[director's cut]] version of the film not shown in theatres. Other debut titles included ''[[Crazy Heart]]'', ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' and ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000467638 CHCH and Metro 14 Announce Fall Line-Up]</ref> |
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On December 11, 2015, CHCH cancelled that evening's 6:00 p.m. newscast amid fears the station was facing a shutdown.<ref>http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6180588-chch-tv-cancels-tonight-s-newscast-station-future-uncertain/</ref> Though the station remained on the air, CHCH's daytime rolling news format was discontinued at 4:00 p.m., with Channel Zero CEO Romen Podzyhun appearing on the air to announce that the station's local newscasts would remain off the air through the weekend, and would return on December 14. In addition, Channel Zero announced that Channel 11, L.P., the subsidiary that had produced CHCH's newscasts since 2009, had filed for [[bankruptcy]]. Podzyhun blamed this on a loss of federal subsidy and an inability to draw national advertising revenue to a locally oriented station, but stated that the station itself was not shutting down. CHCH's news output will be scaled back to what it determined to be its "core news programs", only producing 17.5 hours of newscasts a week (a morning show and 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts, with no weekend news), after having produced 80 weekly hours of news before the cutbacks; the local news is mainly being maintained to meet the station's licence requirements.<ref name=cbc-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Adam|title=CHCH News files for bankruptcy, cancels Friday and weekend newscasts|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/chch-news-files-for-bankruptcy-cancels-friday-and-weekend-newscasts-1.3361492|accessdate=December 11, 2015|work=[[CBC Hamilton]]|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name=chml-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Jen|title=CHCH TV scaling back local news amid bankruptcy filing|url=http://www.900chml.com/2015/12/11/chch-tv/|accessdate=December 11, 2015|work=[[CHML|AM900 CHML]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cp-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Friend|first1=David|title=Hamilton’s CHCH channel cuts back on local news in an effort to save costs|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/hamiltons-chch-channel-cuts-back-on-local-news-in-an-effort-to-save-costs/|accessdate=December 12, 2015|work=[[Canadian Business]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> A few programs from [[Bloomberg TV Canada|Bloomberg Television]] such as ''Studio 1.0, Good Fortunes'' and ''The Daily Brief'' were added to the station's schedule the following week.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.chch.com/schedule/|title = Schedule|date = |accessdate = December 16, 2015|website = chch.com|publisher = CHCH|last = |first = }}</ref> Coincidentally, CHCH's former program ''The Morning Market'' used resources from [[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] twenty years before CHCH shared common ownership with Bloomberg TV Canada. The news graphics that had been used for morning and daytime news programming were kept intact for Morning Live and daytime programming produced by Channel Zero and Bloomberg TV Canada such as ''The Pinkertons'' and ''The Daily Brief.'' |
On December 11, 2015, CHCH cancelled that evening's 6:00 p.m. newscast amid fears the station was facing a shutdown.<ref>http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6180588-chch-tv-cancels-tonight-s-newscast-station-future-uncertain/</ref> Though the station remained on the air, CHCH's daytime rolling news format was discontinued at 4:00 p.m., with Channel Zero CEO Romen Podzyhun appearing on the air to announce that the station's local newscasts would remain off the air through the weekend, and would return on December 14. In addition, Channel Zero announced that Channel 11, L.P., the subsidiary that had produced CHCH's newscasts since 2009, had filed for [[bankruptcy]]. Podzyhun blamed this on a loss of federal subsidy and an inability to draw national advertising revenue to a locally oriented station, but stated that the station itself was not shutting down. CHCH's news output will be scaled back to what it determined to be its "core news programs", only producing 17.5 hours of newscasts a week (a morning show and 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts, with no weekend news), after having produced 80 weekly hours of news before the cutbacks; the local news is mainly being maintained to meet the station's licence requirements.<ref name=cbc-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Adam|title=CHCH News files for bankruptcy, cancels Friday and weekend newscasts|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/chch-news-files-for-bankruptcy-cancels-friday-and-weekend-newscasts-1.3361492|accessdate=December 11, 2015|work=[[CBC Hamilton]]|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name=chml-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Watson|first1=Jen|title=CHCH TV scaling back local news amid bankruptcy filing|url=http://www.900chml.com/2015/12/11/chch-tv/|accessdate=December 11, 2015|work=[[CHML|AM900 CHML]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cp-chchcuts>{{cite news|last1=Friend|first1=David|title=Hamilton’s CHCH channel cuts back on local news in an effort to save costs|url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/hamiltons-chch-channel-cuts-back-on-local-news-in-an-effort-to-save-costs/|accessdate=December 12, 2015|work=[[Canadian Business]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> A few programs from [[Bloomberg TV Canada|Bloomberg Television]] such as ''Studio 1.0, Good Fortunes'' and ''The Daily Brief'' were added to the station's schedule the following week.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.chch.com/schedule/|title = Schedule|date = |accessdate = December 16, 2015|website = chch.com|publisher = CHCH|last = |first = }}</ref> Coincidentally, CHCH's former program ''The Morning Market'' used resources from [[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] twenty years before CHCH shared common ownership with Bloomberg TV Canada. The news graphics that had been used for morning and daytime news programming were kept intact for Morning Live and daytime programming produced by Channel Zero and Bloomberg TV Canada such as ''The Pinkertons'' and ''The Daily Brief.'' |
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In 2015, CHCH-DT teamed up with fellow independent [[CJON-DT]] and the three [[Yes TV]] stations (including nearby station [[CITS-DT]]) to share and syndicate YesTV's secular programming in arrangement referred to in advertising sales information as the Net5 alliance (referring to the three O&Os and two affiliates).<ref>[https://www.yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/Net5_Profile_2015_HalfSize_Printable.pdf NET5 Profile]</ref> Since Fall 2016, CHCH has replaced many airings of these programs with newly acquired daytime shows on weekdays, and movies on the weekends. Net5 was rebranded as indieNET following the addition of two other independent stations.<ref>http://yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/indieNET_CoverageMap_Fall_2016.pdf</ref> |
In 2015, CHCH-DT teamed up with fellow independent [[CJON-DT]] and the three [[Yes TV]] stations (including nearby station [[CITS-DT]]) to share and syndicate YesTV's secular programming in arrangement referred to in advertising sales information as the Net5 alliance (referring to the three O&Os and two affiliates).<ref>[https://www.yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/Net5_Profile_2015_HalfSize_Printable.pdf NET5 Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002331/https://www.yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/Net5_Profile_2015_HalfSize_Printable.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> Since Fall 2016, CHCH has replaced many airings of these programs with newly acquired daytime shows on weekdays, and movies on the weekends. Net5 was rebranded as indieNET following the addition of two other independent stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/indieNET_CoverageMap_Fall_2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110065859/http://yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/indieNET_CoverageMap_Fall_2016.pdf |archivedate=2017-01-10 |df= }}</ref> |
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In the spring of 2016, Channel Zero put the studios of CHCH-DT (from which the station has continuously operated, starting in 1954) on the market. The studios include the historic stone mansion "Pinehurst" (built in 1850 by local politician [[Tristram Bickle]] and owned by [[William Southam]] from 1892 until his death in 1932), as well as the large silver addition dubbed "Spaceship 11" for its futuristic appearance (built in 1983), for $CAD 7 million. The sale was to a private investor group named Television City, who will rent out half of "Spaceship 11" to CHCH-DT for two and a half years, while looking for other tenants (Pinehurst is protected by the [[Ontario Heritage Act]] and will not be altered). It is expected for the sale to close by the middle of November 2016.<ref>http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/6952247-paul-wilson-history-on-the-hill-rolls-on-goodbye-chch-hello-television-city/</ref> |
In the spring of 2016, Channel Zero put the studios of CHCH-DT (from which the station has continuously operated, starting in 1954) on the market. The studios include the historic stone mansion "Pinehurst" (built in 1850 by local politician [[Tristram Bickle]] and owned by [[William Southam]] from 1892 until his death in 1932), as well as the large silver addition dubbed "Spaceship 11" for its futuristic appearance (built in 1983), for $CAD 7 million. The sale was to a private investor group named Television City, who will rent out half of "Spaceship 11" to CHCH-DT for two and a half years, while looking for other tenants (Pinehurst is protected by the [[Ontario Heritage Act]] and will not be altered). It is expected for the sale to close by the middle of November 2016.<ref>http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/6952247-paul-wilson-history-on-the-hill-rolls-on-goodbye-chch-hello-television-city/</ref> |
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===Analogue-to-digital conversion=== |
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[[File:CHCH HD.PNG|right|200px|thumb|CHCH HD logo]] |
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The station launched its digital signal on [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 18 on April 18, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.canwest.com/media/viewNews.asp?NewsroomID=804| title=Canwest Broadcasting Launches Three New High Definition Transmitters In Major Canadian Markets| date=2008-04-10| work=Canwest Broadcasting| accessdate=2008-05-03}}</ref> CHCH shut down its analogue signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 11, on August 15, 2011, two weeks prior to the August 31 date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]]. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to its former analogue-era VHF channel 11.<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1307549780237/1307549955076 Digital Television - Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="YouTube video of transition">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoF7jVAgg2g</ref> The analogue signal was discontinued immediately preceding the switch. CHCH-DT is available on [[digital cable]] and [[Digital terrestrial television|over-the-air]] through digital tuners and converter boxes. Since September 12, 2011, CHCH's HD feed has been carried by satellite provider [[Bell TV]] on channel 1057. |
The station launched its digital signal on [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 18 on April 18, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.canwest.com/media/viewNews.asp?NewsroomID=804| title=Canwest Broadcasting Launches Three New High Definition Transmitters In Major Canadian Markets| date=2008-04-10| work=Canwest Broadcasting| accessdate=2008-05-03}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> CHCH shut down its analogue signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 11, on August 15, 2011, two weeks prior to the August 31 date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]]. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to its former analogue-era VHF channel 11.<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1307549780237/1307549955076 Digital Television - Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120000011/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1307549780237/1307549955076 |date=2013-11-20 }}</ref><ref name="YouTube video of transition">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoF7jVAgg2g</ref> The analogue signal was discontinued immediately preceding the switch. CHCH-DT is available on [[digital cable]] and [[Digital terrestrial television|over-the-air]] through digital tuners and converter boxes. Since September 12, 2011, CHCH's HD feed has been carried by satellite provider [[Bell TV]] on channel 1057. |
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On March 9, 2012, [[Channel Zero Inc.|Channel Zero]]-operated [[numbered company]] 2190015 Ontario Inc. was granted permission to move the station's broadcasts from VHF channel 11 to UHF channel 15 (which had recently been vacated by [[CKXT-DT|CKXT-DT-1]]), in response to poor reception of CHCH-DT along its fringes in the Greater Toronto Area, compared to its former analogue signal on VHF channel 11 and transitional digital signal on UHF channel 18. During the application process, the station also claimed that [[Mobile DTV]] services perform better in the UHF band, and this move would allow the station to plan for a potential Mobile DTV feed. [[Industry Canada]] stated that this application is technically feasible, though [[pirate broadcaster]] [[Star Ray TV]], had broadcast in analogue on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter in [[The Beaches]] neighbourhood of Toronto. (Star Ray would convert to digital following CHCH's reassignment to channel 15, broadcasting on UHF channel 22.) [[Tri-State Christian Television]]'s [[WNYB]] from [[Jamestown, New York]] also has a Buffalo-based translator, WBNF-CD, on UHF channel 15, which would require addressing by the CRTC due to the closer location of CHCH's transmitter to WBNF-CD.<ref>http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-142.htm</ref> |
On March 9, 2012, [[Channel Zero Inc.|Channel Zero]]-operated [[numbered company]] 2190015 Ontario Inc. was granted permission to move the station's broadcasts from VHF channel 11 to UHF channel 15 (which had recently been vacated by [[CKXT-DT|CKXT-DT-1]]), in response to poor reception of CHCH-DT along its fringes in the Greater Toronto Area, compared to its former analogue signal on VHF channel 11 and transitional digital signal on UHF channel 18. During the application process, the station also claimed that [[Mobile DTV]] services perform better in the UHF band, and this move would allow the station to plan for a potential Mobile DTV feed. [[Industry Canada]] stated that this application is technically feasible, though [[pirate broadcaster]] [[Star Ray TV]], had broadcast in analogue on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter in [[The Beaches]] neighbourhood of Toronto. (Star Ray would convert to digital following CHCH's reassignment to channel 15, broadcasting on UHF channel 22.) [[Tri-State Christian Television]]'s [[WNYB]] from [[Jamestown, New York]] also has a Buffalo-based translator, WBNF-CD, on UHF channel 15, which would require addressing by the CRTC due to the closer location of CHCH's transmitter to WBNF-CD.<ref>http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-142.htm</ref> |
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CHCH-DT,
The channel is available on cable, through Cogeco Cable and Rogers Cable. On satellite, the station is available on Shaw Direct and Bell TV. There is also a high definition feed on Cogeco digital, Rogers Cable, and Bell TV. CHCH also streams all of its local programming live on the Internet, with no provider or geographic restrictions.
History
CBC affiliation
The station signed on the air on June 7, 1954, operating as an affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Its studios at 163 Jackson Street West were previously used by CJSH-FM. After CJSH's shutdown, its studios were converted for CHCH.[1] It is the oldest privately owned television station in the Hamilton-Toronto area. At the time, all privately owned television stations in Canada were required to be CBC affiliates. CHCH-TV was founded by Ken Soble, a leader of Hamilton's urban renewal movement, and owner of radio station CHML (900 AM).[2]
Independent station
In
CHCH became the first (and for over a decade, the only) television station in Canada not be affiliated with any network, as the other private stations (which signed on the air in 1960 or early 1961) that were not affiliated with the CBC had formed the CTV network in October 1961.
Possible flagship of a third network
In the mid-1960s, CHCH was the lead station in United Program Purchase, a consortium of Canadian television stations which began purchasing some programming rights separately from the CTV and CBC networks.[3]
By 1966, UPP was attracting media coverage as the potential foundation for a third Canadian television network.
Despite the station's lack of success in becoming a full-fledged network, it did become one of Canada's most prominent
Superstation CHCH
CHCH became a national
ONtv era
In 1990, Western International Communications (WIC) purchased CHCH. Although the station had been available on cable television in many Ontario markets for years, CHCH's broadcast signal coverage was expanded throughout Ontario in 1997 with the launch of several rebroadcasters, in an effort to compete with the reach of Global's Ontario station CIII (channel 6), and with the Baton Broadcast System, a group of mostly CTV-affiliated stations that served most of the province.[6] In turn, WIC rebranded the station as "ONtv" ("Ontario Television"), in line with the branding conventions of many of the company's other stations (such as CHAN-TV in Vancouver (which was branded as "BCTV"), CITV-TV in Edmonton, Alberta (which was branded as "ITV") and CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta (which was branded as "RDTV")).
Local news programming shifted focus from the station's core market, the Hamilton area, toward Ontario as a whole, in an attempt to challenge what was then a regional news service provided by Global. However, with Hamilton now being largely an afterthought, and other local stations (in Toronto and elsewhere) already strong in the ratings, the shift was unsuccessful, and CHCH's ratings decreased. During the ONtv years, the station also aired WIC's nightly Canada Tonight newscast.
Canwest ownership
In 2000,
Despite the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) television station ownership restrictions (one station per owner, per language in each market), Canwest was permitted to maintain CHCH's coverage of other markets throughout most of Ontario. However, it could not broadcast to Thunder Bay, Peterborough or Kingston because of opposition from local television stations. Some cable providers outside of Ontario also continue to carry CHCH as a form of "superstation". Its over-the-air signal also easily covers Buffalo, New York and Erie, Pennsylvania across the Canada–United States border.
On June 7, 2004 at 8:00 p.m., CHCH-TV celebrated exactly 50 years on the air. At this time, the station aired a documentary profiling the station's history, entitled The First 50 Years: A Half Century of CH, which was hosted by Matt Hayes. It was announced that the CH brand would change starting in 2007; however, it remained in use until September 7, 2007 when Canwest rebranded CHCH's local programming from CH Hamilton to CHCH News following the relaunch of the national CH service as E! under a brand licensing agreement with the E! cable channel in the United States. CHCH's non-news schedule was rebranded on the same day as "E! Ontario".
Channel Zero ownership
On February 5, 2009, Canwest announced it would explore "strategic options", including the possible sale or closure, of CHCH and the company's other stations in the E! system, saying "a second conventional TV network is no longer key to the long-term success" of the company.[7] A grassroots group, fronted by Live @ 5:30 co-host Donna Skelly, surfaced with an intent to purchase CHCH from Canwest and return the station to its former local focus.[8][9]
In March 2009 paperwork filed with the CRTC for a one-year renewal of CHCH's licence revealed that the station was projected to lose nearly $30 million during the station's 2010 fiscal year which began on September 1, 2009 – with projected revenues of just $41 million against costs of $69 million. John Douglas, a spokesperson for Canwest, said that CHCH, and its other stations in the E! group, were money losers during the last decade, coupled with the Canadian broadcasters' dependency on American programming for profits.[10]
On June 30, 2009,
In September 2010, CHCH, for the first time since its purchase by Channel Zero, began airing American network television series; many of the programs that were added, including
On April 10, 2011
On April 18, 2011, CKXT-TV converted from an independent station to a simulcast of the Sun News Network, leaving CHCH as the only independent station in the Toronto/Hamilton area (the station ceased operations approximately seven months later on November 1, 2011). On June 8, 2011 at Channel Zero's upfront presentation for advertisers for the 2011-12 television season, the company announced a programming distribution deal with
During a broadcast of News Now AM on April 20, 2012,
In September 2012, CHCH acquired the rights to
2015 bankruptcy and aftermath
On December 11, 2015, CHCH cancelled that evening's 6:00 p.m. newscast amid fears the station was facing a shutdown.[26] Though the station remained on the air, CHCH's daytime rolling news format was discontinued at 4:00 p.m., with Channel Zero CEO Romen Podzyhun appearing on the air to announce that the station's local newscasts would remain off the air through the weekend, and would return on December 14. In addition, Channel Zero announced that Channel 11, L.P., the subsidiary that had produced CHCH's newscasts since 2009, had filed for bankruptcy. Podzyhun blamed this on a loss of federal subsidy and an inability to draw national advertising revenue to a locally oriented station, but stated that the station itself was not shutting down. CHCH's news output will be scaled back to what it determined to be its "core news programs", only producing 17.5 hours of newscasts a week (a morning show and 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts, with no weekend news), after having produced 80 weekly hours of news before the cutbacks; the local news is mainly being maintained to meet the station's licence requirements.[27][28][29] A few programs from Bloomberg Television such as Studio 1.0, Good Fortunes and The Daily Brief were added to the station's schedule the following week.[30] Coincidentally, CHCH's former program The Morning Market used resources from Bloomberg twenty years before CHCH shared common ownership with Bloomberg TV Canada. The news graphics that had been used for morning and daytime news programming were kept intact for Morning Live and daytime programming produced by Channel Zero and Bloomberg TV Canada such as The Pinkertons and The Daily Brief.
In 2015, CHCH-DT teamed up with fellow independent CJON-DT and the three Yes TV stations (including nearby station CITS-DT) to share and syndicate YesTV's secular programming in arrangement referred to in advertising sales information as the Net5 alliance (referring to the three O&Os and two affiliates).[31] Since Fall 2016, CHCH has replaced many airings of these programs with newly acquired daytime shows on weekdays, and movies on the weekends. Net5 was rebranded as indieNET following the addition of two other independent stations.[32]
In the spring of 2016, Channel Zero put the studios of CHCH-DT (from which the station has continuously operated, starting in 1954) on the market. The studios include the historic stone mansion "Pinehurst" (built in 1850 by local politician Tristram Bickle and owned by William Southam from 1892 until his death in 1932), as well as the large silver addition dubbed "Spaceship 11" for its futuristic appearance (built in 1983), for $CAD 7 million. The sale was to a private investor group named Television City, who will rent out half of "Spaceship 11" to CHCH-DT for two and a half years, while looking for other tenants (Pinehurst is protected by the Ontario Heritage Act and will not be altered). It is expected for the sale to close by the middle of November 2016.[33]
Programming
As an independent station, CHCH produced local programs such as the children's talent programme
The station also produced a number of important Canadian
For a time, CHCH broadcast local mid-week telecasts of NHL games from the
In its current incarnation, in addition to its locally produced newscasts which are geared primarily to the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario, CHCH also runs first-run domestic and American entertainment programs during primetime and the late evening hours, and feature films (in recent months, many of these are films that have lapsed into the public domain) during the overnight hours and for much of the day on weekends. Some of the same imported programs air on CHEK-DT in Victoria, British Columbia, a separately-owned independent station which had been CHCH's sister station during the WIC, CH and E! eras; upon the initial dissolution of the E! system, the two stations collectively purchased a virtually identical lineup of prime time programming, although their prime time schedules later began to diverge. CHEK currently airs entertainment programs from Yes TV, which already serves the Toronto-Hamilton market with CITS-DT.
Current Programs
First-run
- 20/20(since 2010)
- 48 Hours(since 2010)
- 60 Minutes (since 2010)
- Empire (Since September 2017)
- Fresh Off the Boat (Since October 2017)
- Justice With Judge Mablean (since 2015)
- Krown Countdown U
- Nightline (Since April 2017)
- OUA University Rush (since September 2017, previously aired on CHCH from 1993-2001)
- Right This Minute (Since September 12, 2016)
- Studio 1.0 (since 2015)
- To Tell the Truth (Since September 2017)
- The Watchlist (since 2013)
Re-runs
- The Americans(Since September 2017)
- Batman (Since September 2017)
- Bewitched (Since September 2017)
- The Bob Newhart Show (Since September 2017)
- CHCH at The Movies (since 2009)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (Since October 3, 2016)
- Good Fortunes (since 2015)
- I Dream of Jeannie (Since September 2017)
- The Incredible Dr. Pol
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Since September 2017)
- The Partridge Family (Since September 2017)
- Rock Icons (Since September 2017)
- Sleepy Hollow (Since September 2017)
- The Strain
- Top Million Dollar Agent (since 2015)
- The Pinkertons (since 2015)
- White Collar (Since September 5, 2016)
Upcoming programs
- Genius
- Krown Countdown U
Former programs
- Bloomberg Markets Canada (2015 - August 2017; formerly titled The Daily Brief)
- Bloomberg North (2016 - August 2017)
- This Movie Sucks!
- Sportsline (cancelled during December 2015 bankruptcy)
- Sportscope (cancelled 2008)[37]
- The Simpsons
- At Home[disambiguation needed] (cancelled 2008)[37]
- Wheel of Fortune (2012 - 2014; now on Yes TV)
- Jeopardy! (2012 - 2014; now on Yes TV)
- Comedy; now on CMT Canada
- Smallville
- Canada Tonight - National news program aired during WIC ownership.
- Chuck
- CHCH News Now (2009 - 2015)
- CHCH Noon News (1988 - 2015)[38]
- CHCH Niagara Express (cancelled 2008)[37]
- CHCH Straight Talk (cancelled 2008)[37]
- First Edition [39]
- Square Off
- Morning Live First Edition (2011 - 2015)
- Supernatural(2010-2015)
- The Morning Market - Morning financial news program; aired in the late 1990s[40]
- The Originals (2013-2015)
- Nashville (Fall 2015 - May 2016)
- I Hate Hollywood (since 2012)
- FABLife (Spring 2016 - September 10, 2016)
- Access Hollywood (2014 - September 2, 2016)
- Dateline Mystery (2015 - Spring 2016)
- Wynonna Earp (2016, moved to Space)
- Raising Hope (Reruns; 2015-2016)
- Killer Comebacks (Reruns; 2016)
- British Drama Night (2015-2016)
- Judge Judy (September 5, 2016 - September 15, 2017; Program previously aired when CHCH was affiliated with CH/E! and in the 1990s, now airs exclusively on YesTV)
- Strong (First-run, 2016)
- The X-Files (Reruns, 2016-2017 season)
- Rosewood (First-run)
- Cheers (Reruns, 2016-2017 season)
- Numb3rs(Reruns, 2016-2017 season)
- Happy Days (Reruns, 2016-2017 season)
- Last Man Standing(First-run)
- CSI: NY (Reruns, 2016-2017 season)
- House of Cards (September 2017 - November 2017; removed after sexual assault allegations towards star Kevin Spacey)
News operation
CHCH airs 24½ hours of local news each week. 22½ hours are broadcast on weekdays, which includes an hour-long 6pm newscast, a half-hour 11pm newscast, and three hours of Morning Live each weekday. An additional hour of Morning Live is aired at 9am, which is a repeat of the 8am hour. Weekend news consists of two half-hour evening newscasts which air at 6pm, and 11pm both Saturday and Sunday.[41]
Since 2008
In late 2008, Canwest placed CHCH's longest serving news anchors, Connie Smith (whose last day on the air occurred on November 28, 2008) and Dan McLean (who left on December 12) on forced retirement, blaming financial troubles and budget cuts. After their departures, Annette Hamm began handling anchoring duties on a shortened noon newscast, and co-hosting Morning Live with Bob Cowan, while Nick Dixon took over anchoring duties on the 6:00 p.m. newscast. Since being taken over by Channel Zero on August 31, 2009, Hamm and Cowan have co-hosted a restored hour-long newscast at noon. A few local non-news programming were also cancelled at this time including At Home, Sportscope, Niagara Express, and Straight Talk.
In January 2009, CHCH's Morning Live programme began to be simulcast on former Toronto sister station CIII-TV owing to the cancellation of its own morning newscast
On September 12, 2011, CHCH increased its local news programming by launching a 90-minute extension of Morning Live, titled Morning Live First Edition, airing weekdays from 4:00 to 5:30 a.m.; this made CHCH the first Canadian television station (and the first in the Buffalo-Niagara region; WGRZ would follow with a 4:30 a.m. newscast in 2012) to air a morning newscast that starts before 5:30 a.m. The programme expanded to two hours, extending it from 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. on September 10, 2012. As a result, the station moved the original Morning Live broadcast's start time by a half-hour and its end time by one hour, running it from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m.[42]
Before declaring bankruptcy in December 2015, CHCH-DT broadcast 77 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 15 hours on weekdays and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). It was the highest local newscast output among all broadcast television stations in Canada (surpassing Vancouver's
Its heavy weekday newscast total was largely due to a prominent daytime rolling news block on weekdays (airing from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., along with an hour-long newscast at 6:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m.). In addition, the station also produced a half-hour sports discussion programme called Sportsline, which aired each weeknight at 5:00 p.m.; and a half-hour political discussion programme Square Off, which immediately followed Sportsline at 5:30 p.m. The rolling news block was removed for an hour at 1 p.m. to air Justice with Judge Mablean.
On December 11, 2015, at 4:00 p.m., Channel Zero CEO and Chairman Romen Podzyhun announced, in a pre-recorded message, that Channel 11 L.P., the division responsible for providing news programming for CHCH and the employer of the relevant staff, was declaring bankruptcy, and news programming was suspended immediately. He added that a major restructuring and changes to news coverage would start the following Monday.
Restructuring of the news operation
Because of the bankruptcy, the entire staff of 165 was cut in the news organization. The new company that was formed in the restructuring offered jobs to 81, including 58 full-time and 23 part-time positions.[43] Chris Fuoco, Channel Zero vice-president, said that by 3 p.m. on December 15, 77 people had accepted the offer of employment with the new company.[44]
The restructuring was viewed by some as a
A
After several calls, emails and social media posts from viewers over the two months since the restructuring, CHCH announced on February 18, 2015 that Morning Live would return to a start time of 6am on February 22. The show will be live from 6am to 9am, with the 8am hour repeated from 9am to 10am.
On September 7, 2016, CHCH announced the return of local weekend news programming with two half hours of news at 6pm and 11pm starting October 29, 2016, citing advertiser and viewer demand.[48] The announcement came three months after the CRTC announced plans to launch a local news fund to subsidize local newscasts.[41]
Affected on-air employees
The CHCH web site stated that "Going forward, Morning Live will air between 7am to 9am, the 6 o'clock newcast will be anchored by Nick Dixon and Taz Boga, and Taz will return for a half hour at 11:00pm."
Square Off was revived into a podcast called Unplugged, and later No Fun Intended by former co-hosts Mark Hebscher and Liz West, with the same format.[50]
Notable on-air staff
Notable on-air staff
- Annette Hamm – Co-Host, Morning Live
- Taz Boga - Anchor, Evening News at 6 and 11
Former on-air staff
- Heather Hiscox – anchor and executive producer; now news anchor for CBC News Network
- Owen Sound, Ontario; retired June 2013
- Connie Smith - news anchor, reporter, producer, host (1976-2008), then co-creator, producer, writer, host at yes TV CITS-DT (2009-2012). Now freelance journalist, host, media consultant, college professor, Order of Ontario.
- Jennifer Mossop – news anchor and executive producer; later Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Stoney Creek, Ontario, and now a communications consultant
- CTV News Channel
- Nick Dixon – 6 p.m. News co-anchor; now reporter and anchor for CP24.
Transmitters
On August 28, 1996, CHCH received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approval to add new rebroadcast transmitters across most of Ontario.[51] The launch of the transmitters in 1997 coincided with the rebranding of the station as "ONtv".
Station | City of licence | Channel | Virtual | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates |
CHCH-DT-1 | Ottawa | 22 (UHF) | 11.1 (PSIP) | 25 kW | 216 m | 45°13′2″N 75°33′49″W / 45.21722°N 75.56361°W |
CHCH-DT-2 | London | 51 (UHF) (to move to 14 (UHF)) |
51.1 (PSIP) | 190 kW | 296.5 m | 42°50′27″N 81°51′29″W / 42.84083°N 81.85806°W |
CHCH-DT-3 | Muskoka
|
23 (UHF) | 67.1 (PSIP) | 63 kW | 306.7 m | 44°58′14″N 79°46′57″W / 44.97056°N 79.78250°W |
CHCH-TV-4 | Sudbury | 41 (UHF) | N/A | 35 kW | 171.9 m | 46°25′29″N 81°0′53″W / 46.42472°N 81.01472°W |
CHCH-TV-5 | Sault Ste. Marie | 38 (UHF) | N/A | 5 kW | 112.5 m | 46°35′50″N 84°16′53″W / 46.59722°N 84.28139°W |
CHCH-TV-6 | North Bay | 32 (UHF) | N/A | 5 kW | 116 m | 46°18′10″N 79°24′39″W / 46.30278°N 79.41083°W |
CHCH-TV-7 | Timmins | 11 (VHF) | N/A | 3.3 kW | 142.2 m | 48°28′12″N 81°17′49″W / 48.47000°N 81.29694°W |
During the
Digital television and high definition
Digital channel
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[52] |
---|---|---|---|---|
11.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
CHCH-DT | Main CHCH-DT programming |
Analogue-to-digital conversion
The station launched its digital signal on UHF channel 18 on April 18, 2008.[53] CHCH shut down its analogue signal, over VHF channel 11, on August 15, 2011, two weeks prior to the August 31 date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to its former analogue-era VHF channel 11.[54][55] The analogue signal was discontinued immediately preceding the switch. CHCH-DT is available on digital cable and over-the-air through digital tuners and converter boxes. Since September 12, 2011, CHCH's HD feed has been carried by satellite provider Bell TV on channel 1057.
On March 9, 2012,
On November 12, 2013, CHCH began transmitting a test signal on UHF channel 15, displaying colour bars and tone with text message reading "CHCH-DT RF15 Testing". On December 2, 2013, CHCH moved its digital signal to channel 15, allowing CHCH to broadcast with a considerably higher power of 132 kW compared to 6 kW on channel 11 and 60 kW from their former transitional digital frequency on channel 18. The station's virtual channel will continue to be mapped as 11.1.
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External links
Media related to CHCH at Wikimedia Commons
- CHCH-DT official website
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CHCH-DT History
- CHCH-TV in the REC Canadian station database
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