CKND-DT

CKND-DT

City of license	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Branding	Global Winnipeg
Channels	Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 9.1 (PSIP)
Translators	2 CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa
Affiliations	Global
Owner	Shaw Media (Shaw Television Limited Partnership)
First air date	September 1, 1975
Call letters' meaning	anagram of KCND
Former callsigns	CKND-TV (1975-2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 9 (VHF, 1975-2011)
Former affiliations	independent (1975-1997)
Transmitter power	CKND-DT: 25.1 kW CKND-TV-2: 100 kW
Height	CKND-DT: 131.2 m CKND-TV-2: 396.2 m
Transmitter coordinates	CKND-TV: 49°46′13″N 97°30′29″W CKND-TV-2: 50°17′0″N 100°6′39″W
Website	Global Winnipeg

CKND-DT (commonly known as Global Winnipeg) is a television station that broadcasts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Manitoba outlet for the Global Television Network. All its studios and offices are on the 30th floor of 201 Portage in downtown Winnipeg.

History

The station's history can be traced back to 1959, where the establishment of its predecessor, KCND-TV, was announced on February 20. It went on the air in Pembina, North Dakota on channel 12 in November 1960. However, the station depended almost entirely on advertising from Winnipeg.

In February 1973, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it had received two applications to start a new television station in Winnipeg. One application had been submitted by Western Manitoba Broadcasters Ltd., the parent company of CKX-TV in Brandon, Man. The other application had been received from Continental Communications Ltd. of Vancouver, represented by Ray Peters, the president of Vancouver CTV affiliate CHAN-TV.

Subsequently, Peter Liba, who was then the executive assistant to Manitoba Liberal Party leader Izzy Asper, spotted the advertisement from the CRTC soliciting competing applications for the new Winnipeg television licence. Liba suggested that he and Asper make a bid. Asper flew to Texas and back many times over the next few months to convince KCND's owner, Gordon McLendon, to sell the station's assets. He finally convinced McLendon that a new Winnipeg station would likely hurt KCND, since Winnipeg advertisers would probably no longer be allowed to deduct their American advertising costs from their taxes for much longer.

McLendon sold the station's facilities and equipment to Canwest Broadcasting, established by Asper and partners Paul Morton and Seymour Epstein, for $780,000, contingent on Canwest securing a broadcasting licence. At the CRTC's public hearings in Winnipeg in May 1974, Canwest noted that the acquisition of KCND would give their new Winnipeg station a $2 million advertising base and would save $1.5 million in capital and start-up costs compared to the alternative of launching a completely new station.

At the same hearing, competing applications were presented by Communications Winnipeg Co-Op, which proposed a member-supported non-commercial station, and Western Manitoba Broadcasters Ltd. which, like Canwest, proposed an independent commercial station. (Continental Communications had withdrawn its application prior to the public hearings.) John Boler, the owner of Valley City-Fargo, N.D. CBS affiliate KXJB-TV and future owner of KVRR/KNRR, also used the occasion to announce his intention to launch a new Pembina-based station on channel 12.

In September 1974, the CRTC awarded the Winnipeg Channel 9 licence to Canwest, which formally took possession and assumed day-to-day management of KCND-TV effective March 31, 1975. (Due to foreign ownership restrictions, the McLendon Corporation remained the official licensee of KCND until it surrendered the station's broadcasting licence to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission later that same year.) The same month, Canwest confirmed that the new station would operate from a former supermarket at 603 St. Mary's Road in Winnipeg and use an antenna mounted on the CBWT tower at Starbuck, Man. to avoid having to dismantle KCND's tower during the transition. In May 1975, Canwest announced that KCND's 17 Winnipeg-based employees had all accepted offers of employment at the new station, but that there was little interest among the station's 22 Pembina-based employees.

The CKND ribbon logo was used for about 20 years from 1975-1994.

During Labour Day weekend, on August 31, 1975, CKND signed on channel 9 (broadcast) and channel 12 (cable), both shown prominently in the station's logo. Both CKND and KCND simulcasted the Jerry Lewis Telethon until 5:30 p.m. on September 1, 1975, after which KCND permanently left the air.

The former KCND tower was later moved to Minnedosa, a small town 46 km north of Brandon, to serve western Manitoba. Together, the two transmitters reach 91% of Manitoba's population. CKND's first program that night was Introducing CKND at 9 PM, followed by the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon at 9:30 PM. Its first regularly scheduled program following the telethon was The Hollywood Squares at 5:30PM.

In 1981, KCND became the call letters for KCND-FM, the first Prairie Public Radio (now North Dakota Public Radio) station in Bismarck, North Dakota. The same year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for a new station to serve Pembina, N.D. on channel 12. The station's launch, however, would remain delayed until 1986.

The last logo used by CKND before adopting the Global brand.

The first logo used while as Global Winnipeg.

On January 1, 1986, channel 12 returned in Pembina, North Dakota, as KNRR, a satellite of independent station KVRR channel 15 in Fargo. Canadian cable operators were prohibited from distributing the signal, however, by an October 1986 CRTC decision in response to broadcaster concerns about the "potentially damaging effect of this station by providing Canadian advertisers with access to large amounts of commercial airtime at rates substantially lower than those they would be obliged to pay Canadian television licensees in order to reach the same potential audience." As the satellite station was never profitable due to its location, as well as its difficulties in being able to reach the Winnipeg audience, KNRR went off the air from June to October 2009 as the station did not upgrade to a digital signal.

Along with the other Canwest-owned stations, CKND was rebranded as Global in the fall of 1997. CKND's studios also produce Fox Soccer Report, which airs throughout the world on Fox Sports World Canada, Fox Soccer Channel, and Fox Sports Middle East. On September 1, 2008, CKND moved its operations downtown to Canwest Place. On August 28, 2011, CKND ceased broadcasting over the air in analog.

News operation

On November 14, 2009, the station introduced a weekend evening 10 p.m. newscast. In December 2009, longtime anchor Eva Kovacs announced that she will be leaving after nearly twelve years with Global, to work for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority in 2010. Her last day was December 18, 2009 and Shannon Martin was named as her replacement. Her departure came only a few months after lead Weather Anchor, Andrea Slobodian and Reporter, Meera Bahadoosingh, left for Shaw TV Calgary and Winnipeg, and Nightwatch Reporter/Anchor, Trina Maus left for CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario.

On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new local morning show would begin broadcasting on Global Winnipeg in mid-September 2011, although this has been delayed, with no current launch date at this time. The morning newscasts would run from 6:00 am to 9:00 am Central Time.

The spring and summer of 2011 brought a few high profile departures to the station; first Weekend anchor and reporter Nicole Dube left to become the Manitoba Correspondent for Sun News Network. Next Dube's replacement; Lindsay Warner left the station to become the late night anchor at CTV Winnipeg, Lead Weather Anchor, Craig Larkins left for CTV Edmonton in July, and in late August it was announced that Senior Anchor, Shannon Martin would also be leaving to pursue her career in Ontario. Her last broadcast was September 2, 2011. That same month it was announced that Kate Gajdosik would be the new Weather/Community Anchor, joining the station from CTV Vancouver. She will make her debut September 12, 2011.

On September 7, 2011, it was announced that Shaw Media would be continuing its expansion of political programming, Global News will be launching provincial half-hour political programs in several markets. Similar in format to Global Toronto’s Focus Ontario and Global Montreal’s Focus Montreal, these new political programs launched on Global Regina, Global Saskatoon and Global Winnipeg on October 15, 2011.

In late 2011, Global Winnipeg became the first television station in Manitoba to broadcast its local news in high definition.

In January 2012, CKND announced that it would launch The Morning News. The program will launch on February 6, 2012 and air weekdays from 6-9 a.m. At the same time, CKND also announced the acquirement of a news helicopter, becoming the first television station in Winnipeg to operate a helicopter for breaking news and traffic reporting.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• CKND Firstnews (1970s–1993)
• CKND News (1993-1995)
• CKND Newsline (1995–1997)
• Global News (1997–2006)
• Evening News/News Final (2006–present), Prime News (2007-present)
• Morning News (2012-Present)

Station slogans

• "Good Lookin'" (1980s; primary slogan)
• "10 Years Together" (1985)
• "Exciting!" (1986-1988)
• "Turn to Us! (1988-1990)
• "Making It Happen" (1990–1991)
• "Your Home Station" (1992-1993)
• "CKND Wpg TV" (1994-1997)
• "Global's Got It!" (1997–2006)
• "News You Talk About" (2006–2008)

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News team

Anchors

• Peter Chura - Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.); also supervising producer
• Eva Kovacs - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
• Lauren McNabb - Host of Focus Manitoba
• Brenna Rose - Evening News and Prime News (weekends at 6 and 10 p.m.)
• Heather Steele - Prime News and News Final (weeknights at 10 and 11 p.m.)
• Derek Taylor - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)

Weather

• Kate Gajdosik - Evening News, Prime News and News Final (weeknights at 6, 10 and 11 p.m.)
• Mike Koncan - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)

Traffic

• Mike Koncan - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
• Fiona Odlum - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)- live from the Global News Chopper

Sports team

• Joe Pascucci - sports director; Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.)
• Russ Hobson - sports anchor; Prime News and News Final (weeknights at 10 and 11 p.m.)
• Mitch Rosset - sports anchor; Evening News and Prime News (weekends at 6 and 10 p.m.)

Reporters

• Tamara Forlanski
• Crystal Goomansingh - Global National Manitoba correspondent
• Kaleigh Hamilton
• Lauren McNabb - Senior Reporter, also Host of Focus Manitoba
• Lorraine Nickel
• Brenna Rose

Former on-air staff

• Stephanie Armstrong - meteorologist (currently with CBXT-DT)(now Stephanie Barsby)
• Mike Brown - reporter
• Barry Burns - news anchor
• Lisa Best - entertainment reporter
• Michelle Bailey - reporter/anchor (currently with City of Wpg. Corporate Communications)
• Meera Bahadoosingh - reporter - Now a Police Officer with the Winnipeg Police Service
• David Bastl - sports anchor (now with NHL Network)
• Tyler Calver - sports anchor (formerly with CHEK-DT, now with CHEX-TV)
• Travis Dhanraj - reporter (now with Red Carpet Diary)
• Nicole Dube - weekend anchor (now with Sun News Network)
• Linda Fabian - reporter
• Jim Farrell - news anchor
• Kristin Firth - news anchor
• Nelly Gonzalez - reporter (now with CBC Winnipeg)
• Nicole Harris - news anchor
• Lisa Hrytsak - reporter
• Stan Kubicek - weather person and station announcer
• Jeff Keele - Reporter (now Political Watch Reporter with CKY-DT)
• Craig Larkins - Weather Anchor - Now with CFRN-DT
• Jon Lovlin - news anchor (now CKND news director)
• Don Marks - news anchor
• Shannon Martin - News Anchor
• Curtis Moore - weather person
• Gus Nanton - news anchor (host of "CKND Newscap")
• Derrick Oliver - news anchor
• Adrienne Pan - news anchor
• Kris Reyes - weekend anchor (now with CIII-DT in Toronto)
• Jeremy St. Louis - weather person
• Paula Scott - reporter
• Andrea Slobodian - weather/community anchor (now with Sun News Network)
• Linden Soles - news anchor
• Marjorie Stevens - news anchor (known originally as Marjorie Salki)
• Kate Stutsman - weather/community anchor (currently with CHCH-DT in Hamilton, Ontario)
• Diana Swain - news anchor (currently Feature Reporter with CBC News: The National)
• Brian Swain - news anchor (deceased)
• Connie Tamoto - reporter
• Lindsay Warner (now at CKY-DT)

Digital television and high definition

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
9.1	CKND-DT HD feed
9.2	CKND-DT SD feed

The same program content is duplicated on both subchannels.

Broadcasting in Digital	Yes
Programs in HD	Yes
News in HD	Yes
PSIP functioning properly	No

On December 16, 2010, CKND-TV commenced digital broadcasting on channel 40 from Canwest Place.

Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CKND-TV's virtual channel as 9.1.

External links

• Global Winnipeg
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CKND-TV History
• CKND Digital Channel Application Channel 40 Post Transitional

• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKND-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CKND