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First air date | September 19, 2003 |
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Former call signs | CKXT-TV (2003–2011) |
Call sign meaning | CKX (call sign of the first television station owned by CKXT's original owners, Craig Media) Toronto |
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| ERP | 3 kW |
| HAAT | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.64250°N 79.38722°W |
CKXT-DT (channel 52) was a broadcast television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which broadcast to much of southern and eastern Ontario. It was owned by Quebecor Media through its Groupe TVA unit. Although beginning as a general interest independent station carrying a typical schedule of entertainment and information programming, by the time of the station's closure on November 1, 2011, the station had been converted into an over-the-air simulcast of Quebecor's cable news channel, Sun News Network.[2] The station transmitted on channel 52 in Toronto.
CKXT began broadcasting on September 19, 2003, owned and operated by Craig Media as a general-interest independent station branded Toronto 1. Following the station's sale to Quebecor, it was renamed Sun TV on August 29, 2005. It then began to simulcast Sun News upon that channel's launch on April 18, 2011.
Although Sun News was licensed as a Category C (optional carriage) digital specialty channel, CKXT, as a broadcast station, had mandatory cable carriage in its over-the-air service area. Hence the simulcast meant that Sun News programming was available to analog cable subscribers throughout southern and eastern Ontario. However, the station retained its own broadcast licence separate from the specialty channel. The station's Ottawa transmitter was closed on August 31, 2011, while the remaining transmitters in Toronto, Hamilton, and London were closed on November 1, 2011.[1]
- ^ a b Krashinsky, Susan (August 18, 2011). "Sun News gives up over-the-air licence". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ Sun News Network (March 31, 2011). "Twitter message: "Wondering where you can watch Sun News? If you currently receive Sun TV, we will be broadcasting on that channel! More info to come #sunnews"". Retrieved April 4, 2011.