CKCK-DT

CKCK-DT

City of license	Regina, Saskatchewan
Branding	CTV Regina
Slogan	Your World at Home
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 2.1 (PSIP)
Translators	see below
Affiliations	CTV
Owner	Bell Media
First air date	July 28, 1954
Call letters' meaning	CKCK (originally assigned to radio station in 1922)
Former callsigns	CKCK-TV (1954-2011)
Former channel number(s)	2 (Analog, 1954-2011)
Former affiliations	CBC (1954-1969) CBS (1954-?)
Transmitter power	23 kW
Height	187.2 m
Transmitter coordinates	50°26′59″N 104°30′4″W
Website	CTV Regina

CKCK-DT, VHF channel 8 (PSIP 2.1), is a CTV owned and operated television station based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Originally signing on in 1954, CKCK was the first privately owned television station in Western Canada.

History

CKCK-TV's original logo, from the 1950s with mascots "Audy" (audio), and "Vidy" (video).

CKCK signed on in 1954. It was originally owned by the Sifton family, which also owned the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK Radio. It was originally a CBC Television affiliate. Shortly after signing on, it took a secondary affiliation with the American CBS network.

It joined CTV in 1969 when CHAB-TV in Moose Jaw and its Regina semi-satellite, CHRE-TV, were purchased by the CBC. As a result of this deal, CHRE was recalled CBKRT and became the main station; it is now CBKT.

In the 1972-73 season, CKCK-TV used this logo and promotional campaign which incorporates a traditional theater mask.

In the 1973-74 television season, CKCK-TV marked its 20th year with this logo and promotional campaign.

In the 1973-74 television season, CKCK-TV used this logo and promotional campaign.

CKCK-TV's logo in the 1980s, as "CKTV".

In 1977, it was sold to Harvard Developments, owned by Regina's Hill family. In 1985, a 90 percent stake would be sold (the remaining 10 percent would soon follow) to Baton Broadcasting, bringing it under common ownership with Saskatchewan's other CTV affiliates, CFQC Saskatoon, CICC/CKOS Yorkton, and CIPA/CKBI Prince Albert. Today, it operates as a CTV owned-and-operated station, part of CTVglobemedia. Local programming today is limited primarily to the station's popular newscasts.

CKCK-TV's logo as a BBS affiliate (1992-1997)

From the 1970s through the late 1980s, CKCK identified itself as "CKTV", but its official call letters remained CKCK-TV. During this period, though, the station did acquire the CKTV calls for its Fort Qu'appelle retransmitter. That station is now CKCK-TV7, and "CKTV" is currently the official call sign for a Radio-Canada affiliate in Saguenay, Quebec.

Nevertheless, while the station identifies itself only as CTV, many people in southern Saskatchewan still know it as CKTV or CK.

CKCK-TV's logo as a CTV affiliate (1997-2001)

In December 2008, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to operate an HD signal of CKCK-TV which would be delivered as a "satellite-to-cable" feed. The move would allow CKCK to operate a HD signal which could substituted in place of American HD signals on local cable services, without actually operating an over-the-air DTV transmitter. The CRTC has yet to rule on this application.

Digital television

CKCK-DT began transmitting over-the-air in Regina on channel 8 at 12:05 AM on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Using PSIP Virtual channel 2.1 is displayed. Its HD signal is now offered on Bell TV via channel 1106 as of September 12, 2011.

Transmitters

Station	City of licence	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter Coordinates
CKCK-TV-1	Colgate	12 (VHF)	84.8 kW	162.2 m	49°26′21″N 103°47′55″W
CKCK-TV-2	Willow Bunch	6 (VHF)	52.7 kW	263.4 m	49°21′3″N 105°38′7″W
CKCK-TV-7*	Fort Qu'Appelle	7 (VHF)	0.241 kW	26.2 m	50°47′0″N 103°47′5″W
CKMC-TV	Swift Current	12 (VHF)	100 kW	167.3 m	50°18′31″N 107°52′38″W
CKMC-TV-1	Golden Prairie	10 (VHF)	229 kW	168.8 m	50°12′20″N 109°35′46″W
CKMJ-TV	Moose Jaw	7 (VHF)	98 kW	234.1 m	50°38′44″N 105°46′8″W

^* The Fort Qu'Appelle transmitter was among a long list of CTV rebroadcasters nationwide to have 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 CTV Globemedia to Bell Canada Enterprises; as of 2011, these transmitters remain in normal licensed broadcast operation.

News operation

Currently, CKCK-DT broadcasts a total of 14½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 2½ hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

On October 31, 2011, CKCK debuted a three-hour morning newscast under the title CTV Morning Live, which airs on weekdays from 6-9 a.m.; other morning newscasts under the Morning Live banner will be or have already been launched on CTV owned-and-operated stations across western and central Canada as part of a benefits package that was included as a condition of the sale of the CTV network to Bell Canada.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Tele-Pulse (1960s–early 1970s)
• Channel 2 News Service (early 1970s–early 1980s)
• CKTV News Service (1980s)
• CKCK-TV News Service (late 1980s–1992)
• CKCK-TV News (1992–2002)
• CTV News (2002–present)

Station slogans

• "Turned On Television" (1968–1970)
• "The New View of the Now 2" (1970–1972)
• "Happiness Is CKCK-TV" (1972–1974)
• "Regina Television... Something Special" (1974–1975)
• "Channel 2, Your Family Station" (1975–1976)
• "Closer 2 Your World" (1976–1977)
• "Our World Begins With You" (1977–early 1980s)
• "Putting On the Hits" (early 1980s)
• "Regina, You're Lookin' Good" (mid 1980s)
• "Bringing the World to You" (mid 1980s–1988)
• "The One to Watch" (1988–1990)
• "Tuned In to You" (1990–2004)
• "Yours Truly, Channel 2" (2004, used for CKCK's 50th Anniversary)
• "Your World at Home" (2007–present)

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News team

Anchors

• Danelle Boivin - weekdays at noon and weeknights at 6 p.m.
• Jonathan Glasgow - weekday mornings CTV Morning Live
• Dan McIntosh - weeknights at 6 p.m.
• Shallima Maharaj - weekday mornings CTV Morning Live
• Bob Maloney - CTV Yorkton anchor
• The weeknight 11:30 p.m. anchor position is currently vacant.

Weather team

• JC Garden - weather anchor; weeknights at 6 and 11:30 p.m., also video journalist
• Angel Blair - lead weather anchor (on maternity leave)
• Carey Smith - weather anchor; weekday mornings CTV Morning Live

Sports team

• Lee Jones - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11:30 p.m.
• Lindsay Dunn - sports and traffic anchor; weekday mornings CTV Morning Live (starting October 31); also Regina.CTV.ca anchor

Reporters

• Zachary Bellegarde - video journalist
• Nelson Bird - general assignment reporter and Aboriginal affairs specialist
• Kelsey Chadwick - video journalist
• Ken Gousseau - video journalist
• Chris Hodges - video journalist
• Dale Hunter - video journalist
• Wayne Mantyka - general assignment reporter

Local programs

Current programs

• Wheatland Cafe
• Indigenous Circle

No longer in production

• Eye on Saskatchewan
• The Johnny Sandison Show
• Sports Journal
• TelePulse
• NEWService
• Live at Nine
• AM Magazine
• The Rankin File hosted by Bruce Rankin
• Hot Rock Videos hosted by Doug Russell
• The Provincial (province-wide newscast produced under the Saskatchewan Television Network)
• This Week
• Enterprise

External links

• CTV Regina
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CKCK-TV History
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKCK-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CKCK
• CTVglobemedia application to CRTC for direct-feed HD versions of selected stations, including CKCK Regina