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Then in 1961 – CFTO-TV Toronto and CJCH-TV Halifax on January 1, CFCF-TV January 20th and CJOH-TV Ottawa on March 12th. CFRN-TV Edmonton switched from a CBC affiliate to the private network on October 1st 1961 when the newly licenced CBXT came on the air.
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The studios officially opened on October 21. The transmitter...
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CTV Network begins broadcasting. The CBC issues proposals for satellite use in Canada. 1962 The Trans-Canada and Dominion networks are consolidated. 1963 The CBC hosts the three-week Commonwealth Broadcasting Conference. 1964 The FM network resumes in English, adding Vancouver by tape; local French FM continues in Montreal.
Jun 4, 2012 · On March 12, 1961 at 12 noon, a significant moment in Canadian broadcast history took place when CJOH TV began broadcasting on Channel 13. Until then, television owners in the Ottawa area...
The network also began broadcasting in colour on September 1, 1966. [32] By the mid-1970s, CTV had expanded its footprint across Canada, mostly by twinstick arrangements in smaller cities, and with CBC affiliates switching to CTV once the CBC opened its own stations or added rebroadcasters of nearby O&O stations.
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Founded by Ernie Bushnell, CJOH signed on for the first time on March 12, 1961. Initially, studio facilities were located at 29 Bayswater Avenue (WikiMiniAtlas45°24′24″N 75°43′13″W / 45.4067°N 75.7204°W / 45.4067; -75.7204) until that September when operations were shifted over several weeks to a $2 million (CA$) complex at 1500 Merivale. It acq...
Regular local programming
With the exception of networked shows Your Morning (along with its predecessor Canada AM) and Question Period, none of these programs are available in high definition. 1. Regional Contact, with Joel Haslam since 1988 and Kathie Donovan from 1998 to 2012, was the second last local program on CJOH besides standard newscasts. The show was a weekly program that previously aired at 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays, but has been moved to Sunday at the same time beginning in September 2011. Episodes produced...
Former local programming
1. Bang Bang You're Alive 2. Compass 3. Vue (where Peter Jenningsmade his debut) 4. Platform 5. Dear Charlotte 6. Wok with Yan (produced for CBC Television) 7. Wayne Rostad Show 8. Country Way 9. Celebrity Cooks with Bruno Gerussi (produced for CBC Television, later moved to Global) 10. Joys of Collecting 11. Uncle Chichimus(originally for CBC Television in 1950s; moved to CJOH in 1960s) 12. Saturday Date (1961–1969) was a music and dance show targeted at teenagers, with local performances as...
CJOH-DT presently broadcasts 20½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 3½ hours each weekday and 1½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in lieu of a local morning newscast (which instead airs on sister station CHRO), CJOH displays local news headlines on a news ticker during its broadcast of CTV's semi-national morning program Your ...
Spectrum reallocation
As part of the CRTC/FCC spectrum reallocation, CJOH-DT was assigned channel 7 as its new frequency, but instead requested channel 16 (which should have gone to Deseronto) for its new frequency. This was given CRTC approval in March 2020. BellMedia was scheduled to carry out the move to channel 16 around July 3, 2020marking the end of all VHF TV broadcasting in Ottawa.
Former rebroadcasters
A long list of CTV rebroadcasters nationwide were to shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of a political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid fee-for-carriage requirements for cable televisionoperators. On June 27, 2016, it was announced that Bell Media filed a proposal with the CRTC to shut down 40 of its television transmitters (all rebroadcasters of other stations), due to maintenance costs, high cable and satellite viewership, and no generation of revenue. Among the victim...
CJOH-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications FoundationThe studios officially opened on October 21. The transmitter and 600 foot tower were located near Hazeldean, about 11 miles from Ottawa. Stuart Griffiths as general manager was credited with the foresight in establishing CJOH-TV as a production-oriented entity.
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On March 12, 1961 at 12 noon, a significant moment in Canadian broadcast history took place when CJOH TV began broadcasting on Channel 13. Until then, television owners in the Ottawa...
