CHMI-DT
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| Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
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| City of license | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
| Branding | Citytv Winnipeg |
| Slogan | Everywhere! |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Citytv |
| Owner | Rogers Media (Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd.) |
| First air date | October 17, 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning | C H Manitoba Independent |
| Former callsigns | CHMI-TV (1986-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 13 (VHF, 1986-2011) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1986-1999) A-Channel (1999-2005) |
| Transmitter power | 8.3 kW |
| Height | 324.3 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°52′26″N 97°44′27″W / 49.87389°N 97.74083°W |
| Website | Citytv Winnipeg |
CHMI-DT is a television station licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, with most of its operations in Winnipeg. It is part of the Citytv system, and the only Rogers TV station not part of any duopoly ever since CIIT-TV (formerly Omni, now Joytv) was sold to S-VOX in 2008.
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[edit] History
The station was licensed by the CRTC on May 8, 1986 and went on the air on October 17, 1986[1] where it was originally branded as the Manitoba Television Network or MTN. The station was originally licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba but focused primarily on Winnipeg. Originally, MTN was not allowed to sell advertising in Winnipeg.
MTN was well-known for its Prairie Pulse News (later retitled MTN Pulse News, and then MTN News), MTN Kids Club, and Prime Ticket Movies, the last of which would carry over to the A-Channel system. Its slogan was "Very independent".
In the fall of 1999, Craig Media moved the station to the refurbished former Canadian National Railway Power House at The Forks in Winnipeg and rebranded the station as A-Channel, joining CKEM-TV in Edmonton, Alberta and CKAL-TV in Calgary, Alberta. Technical operations for the station remained in Portage la Prairie.
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 on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1. On February 3, 2005, CHUM announced that the A-Channel stations, including CHMI, would be relaunched as Citytv by that fall; the changes took effect on August 2.
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia announced its takeover of CHUM Limited, pending regulatory approval. CTV originally intended to retain CHMI and the other four Citytv stations, while divesting the A-Channel stations.[2] As of January 2007, technical operations for the station have been moved to fellow Citytv station CKAL-TV in Calgary.
On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM, but made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv (including CHMI) rather than A-Channel because of the fact they have CKY-TV in the same city as CHMI.[3] On June 11, Rogers Communications announced that it would buy the Citytv stations for $375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28, and Rogers took control effective October 31.
[edit] News operation
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This section requires expansion with: further information on CHMI's news department prior to the removal of evening newscasts. |
On July 12, 2006, the same day as CTVglobemedia's takeover of CHUM Limited was announced, the local CityNews programs on CHMI-TV were discontinued; since then, Breakfast Television has been the only locally-produced program on the station.
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- Prairie Pulse News (1986–1989)
- MTN Pulse News (1989–1997)
- MTN News (1997–1999)
- A-Channel News (1999–2005)
- CityNews (2005–2006)[4]
- Breakfast Television (morning newscast; 2005–present)[5]
[edit] Station slogans
- "Very Independent" (1990s–2004)
- "Connected to You" (2004–2005)
- "Everywhere!" (2005–present)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.[edit] News team[6]
Breakfast Television
- Jeremy John - co-host
- TBA - co-host
- Jenna Khan - weather specialist
- Kim Kaschor - news anchor
- Kaleigh Hamilton - reporter
- Drew Kozub - Live Eye reporter
[edit] Former on-air staff
- Kevin "Bundy" Dunn - host of Bundy's Late Night Revue and puppeteer of Buckley on MTN Kids Club
- Adam Rickner - puppeteer of Beave on Bundy's Late Night Revue and MTN Kids Club
[edit] Retransmitters
- CHMI-2
- CHMI-3 (Dauphin) channel 6
[edit] Digital television and high definition
Following the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011,[7] CHMI-TV began digital broadcasts on channel number, 13. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CHMI-TV's virtual channel as 13.1.
[edit] References
- ^ "Glitches mar MTN debut; viewers give warm welcome". Winnipeg Free Press. October 18, 1986.
- ^ [1], [2], [3]
- ^ Record of CBC interventions and CTV replies re CHUM acquisition on CRTC website; these commitments are in document marked "Second Reply"
- ^ City TV Winnipeg News intro
- ^ CityTV Winnipeg Breakfast Television Open
- ^ Personalities
- ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html
[edit] External links
- Citytv Winnipeg
- BTWinnipeg
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CHMI-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHMI-TV
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CHMI
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