CITO-TV

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CITO-TV

City of license	Timmins, Ontario
Branding	CTV Northern Ontario
Slogan	News for the North
Channels	Analog: 3 (VHF) Digital: allocated 54 (UHF)
Translators	see below
Affiliations	CTV
Owner	Bell Media
First air date	April 1, 1971
Call letters' meaning	CI Timmins, Ontario
Former callsigns	CKSO-TV-2 (1971-1980)
Transmitter power	100 kW
Height	147.6 m
Transmitter coordinates	48°32′49″N 80°57′9″W
Website	CTV Timmins

CITO (also commonly known as CTV Northern Ontario) is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Timmins, Ontario. It is an O&O of CTV. CITO also broadcasts on channel 10 in Kapuskasing, channel 11 in Kirkland Lake, channel 4 in Hearst and channel 9 in Chapleau.

History

CITO was established in 1971 as CKSO-TV-2, originally rebroadcasting CKSO in Sudbury. Unlike CKSO and CKNY in North Bay, which were established in the 1950s as CBC affiliates and then reaffiliated with CTV in 1971 when J. Conrad Lavigne established new CBC stations in those markets, in Timmins Lavigne's existing station CFCL retained its CBC affiliation and CTV service was provided by a rebroadcast transmitter of CKSO.

Until 1980, CKSO-2 and CFCL aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the Timmins market's relatively small size. In 1980, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the merger of Cambrian Broadcasting and Lavigne's Mid-Canada Communications into the MCTV twinstick. The station's callsign changed to CITO-TV at that time and it began operating as a standalone station.

In 1990, the stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting. Baton subsequently became the sole corporate owner of CTV, and sold CFCL to the CBC in 2002.

Transmitters

Station	City of licence	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter Coordinates
CITO-TV-1	Kapuskasing	10 (VHF)	17.5 kW	102.5 m	49°23′28″N 82°21′27″W
CITO-TV-2	Kearns	11 (VHF)	325 kW	211.2 m	48°8′8″N 79°33′19″W
CITO-TV-3	Hearst	4 (VHF)	7.11 kW	165 m	49°38′50″N 83°30′50″W
CITO-TV-4	Chapleau	9 (VHF)	1.55 kW	131.4 m	47°51′15″N 83°25′8″W

These and many other CTV rebroadcasters nationwide were to shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of a political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid retransmission consent requirements for cable television operators. A subsequent change in ownership assigned full control of CTVglobemedia to Bell Media; as of 2011, these transmitters remain in normal licensed broadcast operation.

External links

• CTV Timmins
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CITO-TV History
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CITO-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CITO