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CHWI, A-Channel Windsor (formerly known as The New WI) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited. It is part of the A-Channel system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario but operates out of (and focuses on) Windsor, Ontario. CHWI also has offices in Chatham, Ontario.
On cable, CHWI can be seen on Cogeco Windsor channel 6. It is not seen on Comcast Detroit or Bright House Livonia.
History
CHWI is the second-youngest station in the A-Channel system, having signed on October 19, 1993. It was founded and owned by Baton Broadcasting and remained a BBS station until it was traded to CHUM in 1997, after which it was rebranded The New WI (part of CHUM's NewNet group of stations) in 1998.
During its tenure as an independent station, it also aired ABC Disney's One Saturday Morning schedule (along with, or from, CTV affiliate, CKCO-TV), along with syndicated Disney shows in the afternoons on weekdays, such as Bonkers and Goof Troop before the 5 PM News, similar to WXON-TV 20 and WKBD 50 across the river in Detroit. In 1997, it dropped the Saturday Morning/weekday afternoon cartoons, CTV/ABC programs, and BBS branding, in favour of the NewNet brand and programming, synchronizing itself with fellow NewNet station CFPL-TV in London. In August of 2005, the NewNet stations dropped the NewNet brand in favour of the A-Channel branding.
One peculiar part about CHWI-TV's history: Shortly after launch, it was broadcast on channel 16 ONLY (its Wheatley transmitter), and was basically impossible to view in Windsor, due to its weakened signal. It was 1995 when the station began transmissions to Windsor and Northern/Western Essex County on channel 60, fixing this situation.
Programming
CHWI's programming is almost identical to that of London, Ontario's CFPL, including popular American television series such as Primetime Live and Supernanny. The A-Channel Morning show has a contributor from Windsor, and the newscasts are broadcast from Windsor' however, only the news anchor is based at their Downtown Windsor studio. Sports and weather reports are based from a separate studio at CFPL in London. Prior to 1999, the CHWI newscasts were produced entirely out of studios at CFPL, and presently the weekend newscasts are simulcast with CFPL.
As with the other NewNet stations, CHWI was rebranded as A-Channel on August 2, 2005.