CKPR-DT
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| City of license | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Branding | Thunder Bay Television |
| Channels | Digital: 2 (VHF) Virtual: 2.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | 16 CBLK-TV Nipigon |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Dougall Media (Thunder Bay Electronics Ltd) |
| First air date | October 4, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | CK Port ARthur |
| Sister station(s) | CHFD-DT |
| Former callsigns | CFPA-TV (1954-1957) CFCJ-TV (1957-1962) CHFD-TV (1962-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 2 (Analog, 1954-2011) |
| Transmitter power | CKPR-DT: 1.2 kW CBLK-TV: 4.3 kW |
| Height | CKPR-DT: 366.2 m CBLK-TV: 263.9 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | CKPR-TV: 48°31′25″N 89°6′55″W / 48.52361°N 89.11528°W CBLK-TV: 48°58′18″N 88°18′24″W / 48.97167°N 88.30667°W |
| Website | Thunder Bay Television |
CKPR-DT is a Canadian English language television station. It is a private affiliate of CBC Television licensed to the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. CKPR-DT is a twinstick along with the Global affiliate CHFD-DT; both of which are owned by Thunder Bay Television, a division of Dougall Media.
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[edit] History
CKPR-DT began broadcasting on October 4, 1954 as CFPA-TV (the "PA" stood for Port Arthur). The station was then owned by Ralph H. Parker Ltd. Three years later on July 20, 1957, CFPA-TV changed its callsign letters to CFCJ-TV and then another ten years later in 1967, Thunder Bay Electronics bought CFCJ-TV and changed its callsign again to CKPR-TV.
In 1972, Thunder Bay Electronics launched the CTV affiliate CHFD-TV (which switched to Global in 2010) and thus CKPR-TV and CHFD-TV became one of the first private twinstick stations in Canada.
In March 2010, CKPR announced it was unable to come to an agreement with CBC to continue to operate as an affiliate.[1] CKPR filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) seeking to remove its condition of licence which mandates affiliation with CBC Television. The affiliation agreement would expire on August 31, 2011 and, according to the station would not be renewed by the CBC after that date. CKPR said that it was tentatively planning to disaffiliate as of September 1, 2010, but that it had yet to find a new programming source, and that it would be reserving the right to remain a CBC affiliate through the end of the 2010-2011 season, even if the relevant condition of licence was removed.[2]
CKPR did not disaffiliate and continued negotiations with CBC. In March 2011 CKPR announced they had come to a programming agreement.[3] Under this agreement CKPR will continue to provide CBC programming in Thunder Bay for a period of five years.
[edit] Distribution
CKPR-DT broadcasts on channel 2 and cable 5 in Thunder Bay, and via a transmitter owned by the CBC in the Nipigon area (CBLK-TV, channel 16 with an ERP of 4.3 kW). It can also be seen on the Bell TV (channel 211) and Shaw Direct (channel 304) satellite services. The station is also available over the air and also to cable television viewers in Keweenaw County, Michigan and in parts of Cook County, Minnesota.
[edit] Programming
As one of CBC Television's private affiliates, CKPR-DT clears the majority of the CBC schedule, but does not air the full network schedule. When CHFD was primarily a CTV affiliate, Global programs that could not be cleared by CHFD-DT, such as Survivor, would occasionally air on CKPR-DT instead.[4] In the past, some CTV programming not cleared by CHFD may have also aired on CKPR.
In many cases (as of fall 2008, up to five times per day) CBC network shows broadcast during daytime or late-night are preempted by paid programming. For example, with the Kids' CBC block having expanded to five hours on August 31, 2009, CKPR is not airing the final hour of the expanded block, just like Corus-owned CBC affiliates in Peterborough, Oshawa and Kingston, opting for an hour of paid programming instead. Also, as of February 2010, CKPR has also pre-empted a half-hour of Kids' CBC at 7 am for a local morning newscast. Furthermore, in September of 2011, as more programming toward adults, CKPR began pre-empting the 9-11 am and the Saturday 11:30 am block of Kids' CBC and a few months later in 2012, CKPR also began to pre-empt the 7:30 am portion of Kids' CBC for more local and paid programming, finally the 9-11 am block of Kids' CBC returned in February 2012 but continues to decline the 7:30-8, 11 am-12 pm and the Saturday 11:30 am-12 pm blocks of Kids' CBC. CKPR also signs off most nights after the network late-night movie, even though CBC now provides a full, 24-hour schedule.
[edit] Digital television and high definition
CHFD-DT flash cut to digital in early August 2011 alongside sister sister station CKPR.
Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CKPR-DT's virtual channel as 2.1.[5]
In January 2011, Dougall Media applied with the CRTC to broadcast its digital signal instead on channel 2, following the digital conversion date.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/83646/CKPR-TV-seeks-licence-adjustment
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-128, 4 March 2010
- ^ http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/136400/CKPR-Television,-CBC-ink-programming-deal
- ^ CKPR Schedule at zap2it.com
- ^ Industry Canada: "DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan", December 2008
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-23
[edit] External links
- Thunder Bay Television
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CKPR-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKPR-TV
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CKPR
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