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- This article is about the television station. For other uses, see CKY.
| CKY (CTV) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||
| Channel 7 / Cable 5 | Digital Channel 46 (not yet on air)||
| Owner | Bell Globemedia | |
| Founded | 1960 | |
| Signal Radius | 316 kW (total) | |
| Former Callsigns | CJAY (1960-1973) | |
| CTV Network | ||
| CICC (Yorkton) | CKY (Winnipeg) | CJBN (Kenora) |
CKY was also the call letters of two Winnipeg radio stations. CKY (AM) was founded in 1923 by Manitoba Government Telephones. In 1948 the station was purchased by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which changed its call letters to CBW. In 1949 the CKY call letters were reassigned to a new AM station in Winnipeg, owned by Moffat Broadcasting Ltd which also founded CJAY television in 1960 and CKY-FM in 1962.
CKY was founded as independent station CJAY on November 12, 1960, joining CTV upon the network's launch on October 1, 1961. When CJAY launched, its broadcast day ran from 5:30 p.m. until around midnight daily. Its local newscasts were originally broadcast from 7:15 to 7:30, and 10:30 to 10:55 weeknights. The early newscast was part of a longer program known as "Panorama 7", which ran from 5:30 to 7:30 and consisted of cartoons and other childrens' features, a weather report, and news.
On June 1, 1973, the television station was renamed CKY in order to make its call letters consistent with those of Moffat's AM and FM stations making it one of the only two Canadian TV stations with three-letter call signs. In 1992 Moffat sold CKY-AM and CKY-FM (subsequently CITI) to Rogers Communications while maintaining ownership of the television station.
In 2001, when Moffat Broadcasting was purchased by Shaw Cablesystems, and because it was not interested in CKY or its sister cable station, WTN, CKY was purchased by Bell Globemedia, while WTN was purchased by Corus Entertainment, moved to Toronto, and became W Network. Now a CTV O&O station, promos on CKY became similar to the other CTV O&O stations.
It airs the main CTV schedule at the same time as CFTO in Toronto, Ontario, with three exceptions. Live with Regis and Kelly appears nowhere on the schedule (which airs on other CTV stations outside of Saskatchewan and Manitoba) despite the fact that the show would be available to air after Canada AM at 9:00 a.m. CT, eTalk Daily airs at 10:30 p.m., while Wheel of Fortune (which was replaced on the CTV schedule outside of Saskatchewan and Manitoba with eTalk Daily) and Jeopardy! air between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m..
On May 15, 2006, the station's studios moved to a new facility near Winnipeg's MTS Centre. This move was mostly caused by recent retail developments in the area, which includes the Polo Park Shopping Centre, and the likelihood that CKY's studios were bought off by developers who would use the space for additional retail opportunities. The recent demolition of Winnipeg Arena and the possible development of a new football stadium to replace Canad Inns Stadium would have likely placed the broadcasting facility in an awkward position of being surrounded by retail developments, making their property more valuable. Another likely reason for the move is that CKY has more space than it needs. With WTN, CITI-FM, and CKY-AM moving to new studios in recent years, plus local programming on CKY-TV based in-studio reduced to three programs (CTV News, Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo, and Manitoba Moments), a new, although smaller, facility suited CTV's needs. In recent years, CKY has allowed studio space to be rented for third-party productions, including the locally produced film Blue State. CKY's new studios will use state-of-the-art technology, and virtually nothing will be moved from the old studios to the new facility. The existing news set will be moved to CFQC, the CTV affiliate in Saskatoon, and some technical equipment will be sent to CTV's Quebec City bureau.
As of October 3, 2005, the newscasts on CKY were branded as CTV News.
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