CJMT-DT
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| City of license | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Branding | OMNI.2 |
| Slogan | Diversity Television |
| Channels | Digital: 51 (UHF) Virtual: 69.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | OMNI Television |
| Owner | Rogers Media (Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd.) |
| First air date | September 16, 2002 |
| Call letters' meaning | CJ Multicultural Television |
| Sister station(s) | TV: CFMT, CITY Radio: CFTR, CHFI, CJCL, CKIS |
| Former callsigns | CJMT-TV (2002-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog:44 (2002-2011) Digital:69 (200?-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 18.1 kW |
| Height | 501.4 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′56″N 79°22′54″W / 43.64889°N 79.38167°W |
| Website | OMNI.2 |
CJMT-DT is a Canadian television station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto, Ontario. As one of the Omni Television stations owned by Rogers Media, it uses the on-air brand OMNI.2, and is a sister station to CFMT (OMNI.1).
The J in its call sign has no particular meaning, except that it was an available call sign that maintained the MT (Multicultural Television) from CFMT (CJMT was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station out of Chicoutimi, Quebec).
CJMT was launched on September 16, 2002 on channel 44, but was later moved to channel 69. The station was licensed as part of the same process that approved CKXT (launched as Toronto One, later Sun TV). Like its sister station, OMNI.2 also broadcasts in London and Ottawa.
In October 2007, Rogers announced that the Omni stations would move from 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West to 33 Dundas Street East.[1] The move took place on October 19, 2009. CFMT and CJMT share the facility with Citytv Toronto, which moved to the building the previous month.
Since Canada's transition to digital TV in September 2011, CJMT is now available in Toronto on channel 51, but the CRTC recently approved an application for it to move to channel 40[2], as that frequency was vacated after the shutdown of CKXT-DT.
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[edit] Programming
OMNI.2 airs programming in the South Asian languages (e.g., Urdu, Hindi), as well as in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Somali, and Afghan. In addition, the station airs other syndicated shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays, and the crime dramas Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Cold Case. Metropia, an original series, is also shown on the station, with repeats screened on OMNI.1 as well. During the 2007 season, OMNI.2 also began airing NFL games, usually the alternate to whatever airs on Rogers Sportsnet and CKVU-DT. These games have since moved to CITY-DT as of the 2008 season.
[edit] Newscasts
OMNI.2 currently carries several local newscasts aimed at specific ethnic demographics:
- Omni News: Mandarin Edition - weeknights at 5:00 p.m.
- Anchors/Reporters: Grant Guo
- Omni News: South Asian Edition - weeknights at 8:00 p.m. (produced in English)
- Anchor: Angie Seth
- Sports Anchor: Khush Panthaky
- Entertainment Reporter: Monica Dogra
- Omni News: Cantonese Edition - weeknights at 9:00 p.m.
- Anchor: Kenneth Li
- Business Anchor: Jason Leung
- Sports Anchor: Alex Chum
- Entertainment Anchor: Conny Lo, Emily Siu
- Reporters: Anita Chow, Hilda Chow, Helena Wong, Paul Wan, Kenneth Li
The Mandarin and South Asian weekday newscasts were launched at the same time as CJMT itself, while the Cantonese newscast was moved from CFMT. The South Asian edition was previously broadcast once a week, and was known as South Asian Newsweek.
[edit] Transmitters
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates |
| CJMT-DT-1 | London | 20 (UHF) Virtual: 20.1 (PSIP) |
14 kW | 197.6 m | 42°57′16″N 81°21′17″W / 42.95444°N 81.35472°W |
| CJMT-DT-2 | Ottawa | 20 (UHF) Virtual: 14.1 (PSIP) |
15 kW | 202.3 m | 45°13′2″N 75°33′49″W / 45.21722°N 75.56361°W |
[edit] Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011,[3] CJMT-TV continued digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition and post transition channel number, 44. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display CJMT-DT's virtual channel as 69.1.
[edit] References
- ^ "Development Fact Sheet". Downtown Yonge BIA. http://www.downtownyonge.com/Development_fact_sheet. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-27.htm
- ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html
[edit] External links
- Omni.2
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CJMT-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJMT-TV
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CJMT
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