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CHNM-TV
Vancouver, British Columbia
Brandingchannel m
Slogan"Diversity Lives Here"
ChannelsAnalog: 42 (UHF)
Digital: 22 (Not Yet Broadcasting)
TranslatorsCHNM-TV-1 ch.29 Victoria
AffiliationsIndependent
OwnerMultivan Broadcast L.P. (sale pending to Rogers)
FoundedJune 27, 2003
Call letters meaningCHaNnel
Multicultural
Websitewww.channelm.ca


CHNM-TV is an independent television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Identifying on-air as channel m, the station is aimed at promoting the province's multicultural diversity. It is owned by Multivan Broadcast, a consortium of local investors.[1] Rogers Communications is in the process of acquiring the station, pending regulatory approval.

History

Rogers had made several attempts to launch a multicultural station in Vancouver similar to its successful CFMT (later OMNI) operations in Toronto. Unsuccessful applications to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) were made in 1996[2] and again in 1999.[3]

Asked by the federal cabinet to pursue the matter further, in 2002 the commission asked for new applications for a Vancouver multicultural station and received two – from Rogers and the newly-formed Multivan consortium. The licence went to Multivan, with the CRTC citing its local ownership as one of the reasons for the decision.[4] The station went on-air June 27, 2003.

Following a failed 2007 bid for the multicultural licences in Calgary and Edmonton, which were won by Rogers, Multivan announced an agreement to sell channel m to Rogers in July of that year. With the latter company's pending acquisition of Citytv Vancouver and the resulting sale of religious station OMNI.10, the OMNI brand will in all likelihood move to CHNM. (All such sales are pending CRTC approval.)

Programming

The station produces daily newscasts in Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi and Korean, and weekly newscasts in Tagalog. It also entered into an agreement with Vancouver's CTV station, CIVT, enabling the two stations to share news resources.

Along with newscasts and interactive "call-in" shows, several independently-produced magazine and entertainment programs are created in-house as well. Currently these programs include "German Today", "Chai Time" (Live Punjabi), "Mandarin Magazine", and "World Beats" (English language world music video program).

News operations

  • Cantonese edition: Weekdays, 9 p.m. with Karen So ( 蘇嘉欣 )
  • Mandarin edition: Weekdays, 8 p.m. with Bowen Zhang
  • Punjabi edition: Weekdays, 10 p.m. with Jasdip Wahla ( ਜਸ੍ਡਿਪ੍ ਓਹ੍ਲ )
  • Korean edition: Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 p.m. with Mee Aee Chung ( 미애충 )
  • Tagalog edition: Sundays, 9:30 p.m. with Franco Teleg

Promotions

To capitalize on the station's slogan "Diversity Lives Here", CHNM has recently produced several station IDs and program promos using a diversity theme, including these spots:
  • Chinese lion dancers who emerge from their lion costume with their faces painted in orange and white, the colours of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, along with slogans supporting the team
  • An East Indian dancer who performs her routine to the Channel M jingle, then breaks into a Country and Western dance
  • A leather-clad Sikh motorcyclist who boards his bike to the Channel M jingle, arranged and performed in a style mixing ZZ Top-style blues rock with East Indian music

Technical information

The station broadcasts on UHF channel 42 from the CBC Tower on Mount Seymour. It is currently seen on cable 8 on the Lower Mainland, and cable 10 on Vancouver Island. The station's transmitter in Victoria, CHNM-TV-1 (UHF 29), signed on the air on March 26, 2006 with a peak ERP of 8800 watts at 265 meters HAAT.

Due to a strong over-the-air signal on VHF channel 8 from Global BC, some cable viewers in the Greater Vancouver area may receive poor cable reception of channel m; however, since the inception of CHNM-TV-1, the cable reception has greatly improved in the Greater Vancouver area.

The station's studio building is located in Vancouver's Chinatown at the intersection of Pender and Columbia Streets. Newscasts are produced from a street-level storefront studio.

Gallery


channel m News open titles, 2003-2005

Program Promo.

channel m ID

channel m's studio building


See also

Footnotes

1. ^ Specifically (per the station's CRTC ownership chart), these are Robert H. Lee, James Ho, Geoffrey Y. W. Lau, Joseph Segal and Douglas Holtby, each with 18.2% voting and 18% economic interests, and Art Reitmayer with a 9% voting / 10% economic interest.
2. ^ Decision CRTC 97-39, 31 January 1997 - VTV (now CTV) was licensed instead.
3. ^ Decision CRTC 2000-219, 6 July 2000 - The New VI (now A-Channel) and NOWTV (now OMNI.10) were licensed.
4. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-39, 14 February 2002

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