CHCH-DT

"CHCH" redirects here. For the New Zealand city abbreviated "ChCh", see Christchurch. For other uses, see CHCH (disambiguation).
CHCH-DT
Channels
BrandingCHCH
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 7, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-06-07)
Former call signs
CHCH-TV (1954–2011)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analogue: 11 (VHF, 1954–2011)
  • Digital: 18 (UHF, 2008–2011), 11 (VHF, 2011–2013)
  • CBC (1954–1961)
  • Independent (1961–2001)
  • CH / E! (2001–2009)
Call sign meaning
Canada, Hamilton[1]
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP456.5 kW
HAAT337 m (1,106 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°18′12″N 79°57′43″W / 43.30333°N 79.96194°W / 43.30333; -79.96194
Translator(s)see § Transmitters
Links
WebsiteCHCH

CHCH-DT (channel 11) is an independent television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located near the corner of Jackson and Caroline streets in downtown Hamilton for nearly 65 years. The station has additional offices at the Marriott on the Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Its old transmitter was located on First Road West in the former city of Stoney Creek; it was demolished in March 2024[2] and replaced with a new transmitter located on Highway 5 near Millgrove Side Road in Dundas, Ontario, which started transmitting in November 2023.

CHCH signed on the air on June 7, 1954, as a CBC affiliate which was founded by Ken Soble. Beginning in 1961, it became an independent station which transformed into a national superstation on January 1, 1982. In 1990, the station was acquired by Western International Communications.[3]

After several years as an independent station, CHCH was acquired by Canwest in 2000 and became the flagship station for the CH programming service as sister to the flagship CIII-TV of the Global Television Network. In 2007, the CH stations were rebranded to E! after an American cable network of the same name. When Canwest had financial problems, CHCH as well as Montreal's CJNT-TV was acquired by independent broadcaster Channel Zero in 2009. It changed its format to an all-news and all-movies station. In 2010, the station again began to air U.S. prime time programming.[4]

  1. ^ "CHCH-DT | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "CHCH Stoney Creek Mountain tower comes down after 62 years". www.chch.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Cross, Alan (December 13, 2015). "Looking Back at My Time at CHCH-TV". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "June 7, 1954: CHCH goes on the air". The Hamilton Spectator. September 23, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2022.