Information about Chch Tv
- "ChCh" redirects here. For the Oxford college, see Christ Church, Oxford. For the former "Scrambled UHF" pay-television service, see ON-TV.
| CHCH-TV | |
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| Hamilton, Ontario | |
| Branding | CHCH News (local programming only) |
| Slogan | The most dependable name in local news |
| Channels | Analog: 11 (VHF) over the air; 12 (VHF) via cable Digital: 18 (UHF; assignment only) |
| Affiliations | E! |
| Owner | CanWest Global Communications (CanWest MediaWorks Inc.) |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Call letters meaning | C Hamilton's CHannel |
| Former callsigns | None |
| Former affiliations | CBC (1954-1961) Independent (1961-2001) CH (2001-2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 325 kW (analog) |
| Website | www.chchnews.ca |
History
CBC affiliation
CHCH-TV was founded by Ken Soble. Sobel was a leader of Hamilton's urban renewal movement, and owner of CHML radio. Soble was regarded as a pioneer in all of his endeavours. [1]CHCH began broadcasting in 1954 as a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) affiliate from the CHCH Television Tower, a transmitter located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek. At the time, all private stations were required to be CBC affiliates. In 1961, CHCH disaffiliated from the CBC and became an independent station, the first independent television station in Canada. The move to become an independent station was twofold. First, Toronto's CBLT already provided full network service to the same area the CHCH signal could be received and secondly, the station's managers wanted to produce a larger amount of local programming, instead of being forced to carry CBC programming.
Superstation CHCH
CHCH was the first independent English-language television station in Canada to have no network affiliation, as the other private stations that were not affiliated with the CBC had formed the CTV network in 1961. CHCH became a nationwide superstation on January 1 1982, when Cancom began carrying the station and three others to cable television operators in remote regions of the country that had access only to the CBC.The station also produced a number of important Canadian syndicated series, including The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Me & Max, Party Game and Smith & Smith, and was the original TV home of The Red Green Show. Hamilton native Martin Short also had his television debut on the station. CHCH also produced local broadcasts such as Tiny Talent Time.
For a time, CHCH also broadcast local mid-week telecasts of the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs.
ONtv
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In 1990, Western International Communications (WIC) purchased CHCH. Although CHCH had been available on cable in many Ontario markets for years, in 1997 CHCH's broadcast signal coverage was expanded throughout Ontario, in an effort to compete with the reach of Global (CIII) and Baton Broadcast System. In turn, WIC renamed the station ONtv, as in "Ontario Television", in line with the naming pattern of many of its other stations (such as BCTV, ITV, and RDTV).
Local news shifted focus from the station's core market, the Hamilton area, toward Ontario as a whole, in an attempt to challenge what was then a regional news service provided by Global. However, with Hamilton now being largely an afterthought, and other local stations (in Toronto and elsewhere) already strong in the ratings, the shift was unsuccessful, and CHCH's ratings actually dropped. During the ONtv years, the station also aired WIC's nightly Canada Tonight newscast.
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CHCH-TV's first logo as a "CH Network" station
Despite the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's current TV station ownership restrictions (one station per owner per language per market), CanWest was permitted to maintain CHCH's coverage of other markets throughout most of Ontario. However, it cannot broadcast to Thunder Bay, Peterborough, or Kingston due to opposition by local stations. Some cablesystems outside of Ontario also continue to carry CHCH as a form of "superstation". The station has been known to be picked up over-the-air in Buffalo, and in the Erie/Warren, PA area, and has long been carried by Western New York cable operators as well.
On June 7, 2004, at 8:00 p.m., CHCH-TV celebrated exactly 50 years on the air. At this precise time, CH aired a documentary profiling the station history, entitled The First 50 Years: A Half Century of CH and hosted by CH's Matt Hayes.
E!
On September 7 2007, following the relaunch of the national CH service as E!, local news programming was renamed "CHCH News".Hosts
Notable hosts associated with the station have included Brian Linehan, Connie Smith, Jennifer Mossop, Annette Hamm and Jane Hawtin.Past slogans
- 1970s - 1987: Join Us
- 1987 - 1995: Together, We're The Ones
- 1998 - 1999: There's Always Something ONtv
- 1999 - 2000: ONtv: Where You Are
- 2001 - 2007: Closer To You
Current slogans
- 2007 - Present: CHCH News - The most dependable name in local news (CHCH)
- 2007 - Present: Everything Entertainment (E!)
Logo gallery
<gallery perrow="5">Image:CHCH-TVlogo.png|CHCH logo as "CH Hamilton" (2001-2005) Image:CHTV2.svg|CHCH logo as "CH" (2005-2007) Image:CHCH-Hamilton-alt.jpg|CHCH's alternate logo </gallery>
References
See also
External links
- Official CHCH News website
- E!
- From YouTube: The 1996 launch video for OnTV, featuring some of CHCH's history
- From YouTube: The sign-on sequence for CHCH, circa 2002
E! Canada television stations
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Television stations: CHCH Hamilton • CFJC Kamloops • CHBC Kelowna • CHCA Red Deer • CHEK Victoria • CJNT Montreal See also: |
CanWest Global Communications Corp. | |
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| Corporate Directors | David Asper • Gail Asper • Leonard Asper • Lloyd Barber • Derek Burney • Ronald Daniels • David Drybrough • Paul Godfrey • Frank King • Lisa Pankratz |
| Newspapers | Calgary Herald • Dose • Edmonton Journal • Montreal Gazette • National Post • Ottawa Citizen • Regina Leader-Post • Saskatoon StarPhoenix • The Province (Vancouver) • Vancouver Sun • Victoria Times-Colonist • Windsor Star |
| Television Assets | E!: CHBC • CHCA • CHCH • CHEK • CJNT Global: CFRE • CFSK • CHAN • CICT • CIHF • CIII • CISA • CITV • CKMI • CKND CoolTV • DejaView • Fox Sports World Canada • Lonestar • mentv1 • Mystery TV1 • TVtropolis • X-Treme Sports |
| MediaWorks New Zealand | C4 • More FM • The Edge FM • TV3 |
| Other assets outside of Canada | Network Ten (Australia) • Original 106 (UK) |
| 1 Co-owned with Quebecor, with CanWest having management responsibilities. | |
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CanWest Global Communications
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City of Hamilton
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Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve
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CanWest Global Communications
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Founded (1974)
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba
Key people Leonard Asper - President & CEO
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Founded (1974)
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba
Key people Leonard Asper - President & CEO
Industry Communications Services
Products Publishing
Broadcasting
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E!
Type Broadcast television system
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Availability Semi-national - Ontario, B.C., Alberta, Montreal (Quebec); available in several U.S.
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