CKX-TV

CKX-TV
Channels
Branding
  • CKX Television (general)
  • CKX News (newscast)
Programming
AffiliationsCBC
Ownership
Owner
CKY-TV
History
First air date
January 28, 1955 (1955-01-28)
Last air date
  • October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02)
  • (54 years, 247 days)
Call sign meaning
taken from its former sister radio station, CKY-FM
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP100 kW
HAAT406.9 m (1,335 ft)
Transmitter coordinates49°40′6″N 100°0′41″W / 49.66833°N 100.01139°W / 49.66833; -100.01139
Translator(s)see § Transmitters

CKX-TV (channel 5) was a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, which served as a private affiliate of CBC Television. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it was the first privately owned television station in Manitoba. It shared its call letters with its former sister station, CKX-FM, owned by Astral Media (formerly Standard Radio).

CKX-TV shared studios with CKX-FM and CKXA-FM (then known as "101.1 The Farm") on Victoria Avenue in Brandon; CKX-TV's transmitter was located in Oakland, Manitoba (it is now occupied by CKY-DT rebroadcaster CKYB-TV).

As a private affiliate of the CBC, the station aired most CBC network programming, but also aired some programs from A. Currently, CBC programming is available through CBC's Winnipeg station CBWT, on Westman Cable channel 6, taking up CKX's former slot.

In February 2009, CTV announced that CKX was up for sale as CBC would not continue its affiliation agreement.[1] In July 2009, it was announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation would buy the station for a dollar.[2] However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, resulting in the station's closing a day later.[3]

  1. ^ "CTV Inc. Places CKX-TV Brandon Up for Sale". CNW Group. February 19, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "CTV Secures Sale of CKX-TV Brandon". CNW Group. July 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "BREAKING NEWS - Bluepoint walks away from CKX-TV". Brandon Sun. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.