Media in Timmins
Media of Timmins, Ontario includes:
Radio
With the launch of CFCL in 1952, Timmins became home to the first French-language radio station in Ontario. (The first French-language radio station in Canada outside of Quebec, CKSB, was launched in 1946 in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.)
Currently, many of the city's radio stations simulcast stations from Sudbury for at least part of their broadcast day.
| Frequency | Call sign | Branding | Format | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM 92.1 | CJQQ-FM | 92.1 Rock | active rock | Rogers Media | |
| FM 93.1 | CHMT-FM | Moose FM | adult contemporary | Vista Broadcast Group | |
| FM 96.1 | CBCJ-FM | CBC Radio One | news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| FM 97.1 | CBON-FM-25 | Ici Radio-Canada Première | news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French |
| FM 99.3 | CKGB-FM | Kiss 99.3 | hot adult contemporary | Rogers Media | |
| FM 104.1 | CHYK-FM | Le Loup 104.1 | hot adult contemporary | Le5 Communications | French |
| FM 105.5 | CJTK-FM-5 | KFM | Christian radio | Eternacom | Rebroadcaster of CJTK-FM Sudbury. |
| FM 106.7 | CJWT-FM | Wawatay | First Nations community radio | Wawatay Native Communications Society |
On September 27, 2018, the CRTC issued call applications to operate new operate a new commercial FM radio station to serve Timmins, Ontario. Vista Broadcast Group, the owner of CHMT-FM Timmins submitted an application to operate a new FM station in Timmins.[1]
A frequency of 101.3 MHz was proposed by Vista Broadcast Group, but their application was denied.
Defunct radio stations
- CKTT-FM 94.3 (a tourist information station that was launched by 1311831 Ontario Limited in the early 2000s; [2] it is unknown when the station left the air)
- CHIM-FM 102.3
TV
Timmins is home to one television station which is locally licensed, CITO-TV. However, that station effectively acts as a satellite of Sudbury's CICI-TV as part of the CTV Northern Ontario system — the station's only direct local production is a brief local news insert which airs as part of regional newscasts produced at the Sudbury station. The city formerly also had its own CBC Television affiliate, CFCL-TV. However, that station was acquired directly by the CBC in 2002, and became a straight analogue rebroadcaster of CBLT-DT from Toronto; the repeater would close down on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts.
Timmins is not designated as a mandatory market for digital television conversion.
| OTA channel | OTA virtual channel (PSIP) | EastLink Cable | Call sign | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (VHF) | – | 4 | CITO-TV | CTV | De facto rebroadcaster of CICI-TV (Sudbury) |
| 11 (VHF) | – | 6 | CHCH-TV-7 | Independent | Rebroadcaster of CHCH-DT (Hamilton) |
| 13 (VHF) | 13.1 | 5 | CIII-DT-13 | Global | Rebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto) |
| Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-379– | – | 10 | – | EastLink TV | Community channel for EastLink Cable subscribers; formerly Persona News 3 |
Cable
The cable television provider in the city is EastLink (formerly Persona Cable). The city's community channel is branded as EastLink TV. EastLink also produces a separate channel for real estate and advertising listings, branded as ClaimPost Realty.
Timmins is one of the few cities in Ontario whose cable provider carries an affiliate of the Quebec television network V (in this case, Montreal flagship CFJP-DT), which has only voluntary carriage rights outside of Quebec. In addition, Eastlink also carries Gatineau TVA affiliate CHOT-DT, instead of Montreal's CFTM-DT, which most cable systems outside of Quebec and Ottawa Valley carry; due to the region's large Franco-Ontarian community, Northern Cable, EastLink's predecessor in much of Northeastern Ontario, already carried CHOT long before TVA carriage became mandatory nationwide.
- L'Express de Timmins [3]
- Les Nouvelles [4]
- Timmins Daily Press,[5] owned by Osprey Media (Sun Media/Quebecor)
- The Timmins Times [6]
Defunct
- Porcupine Advance (March 28, 1912–1950)[7]
References
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-379, Call for comments on market capacity and the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve Timmins, Ontario, CRTC, September 27, 2018
- ^ ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 2001-51, New low-power tourist information service, CRTC, February 9, 2001
- ^ L'Express de Timmins
- ^ Les Nouvelles Archived 2010-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
- ^ Timmins Times, Timmins, ON
- ^ http://www.republicofmining.com/2012/01/07/lots-to-celebrate-in-timmins-1912-by-karen-bachmann-timmins-daily-press-january-7-2012/