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CKCK-TV

CKCK-TV (also commonly known as CTV Regina) in Regina, Saskatchewan was the first privately owned television station in Western Canada.

History

CKCK signed on in 1954. It was originally owned by the Sifton family's Armadale Co., which also owned the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK Radio.

Originally a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation affiliate, it switched to the private CTV network in 1969, when CHAB/CHRE in Moose Jaw was purchased by the CBC, and turned into a semi-satellite of CBKT.

In 1977, it was sold to Harvard Developments, owned by Regina's Hill family. In 1985, a 90 percent stake would be sold (the remaining 10 percent would soon follow) to Baton Broadcasting, bringing it under common ownership with Saskatchewan's other CTV affiliates, CFQC Saskatoon, CICC/CKOS Yorkton, and CIPA/CKBI Prince Albert. Today, it operates as a CTV owned-and-operated station, part of CTVglobemedia. Local programming today is limited primarily to the station's popular newscasts.

In the 1980s, CKCK identified itself as "CKTV", but its official call letters remained CKCK-TV. During this period, though, the station did acquire the CKTV calls for its Fort Qu'appelle retransmitter. That station is now CKCK-TV7, and "CKTV" is currently the official call sign for a Radio-Canada affiliate in Saguenay, Quebec.

Nevertheless, while the station identifies itself only as CTV, many people in southern Saskatchewan still know it as CKTV or CK.

Transmitters

Station	City of licence	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter Coordinates
CKCK-TV-1	Colgate	12 (VHF)	84.8 kW	162.2 m
CKCK-TV-2	Willow Bunch	6 (VHF)	52.7 kW	263.4 m
CKCK-TV-7	Fort Qu'Appelle	7 (VHF)	0.241 kW	26.2 m
CKMC-TV	Swift Current	12 (VHF)	100 kW	167.3 m
CKMC-TV-1	Golden Prairie	10 (VHF)	229 kW	168.8 m
CKMJ-TV	Moose Jaw	7 (VHF)	98 kW	234.1 m

Local programs

No Longer In Production

Eye on Saskatchewan
The Johnny Sandison Show
Sports Journal
TelePulse
NEWService
Live at Nine
AM Magazine
The Rankin File hosted by Bruce Rankin
Hot Rock Videos hosted by Doug Russell
The Provincial (province-wide newscast produced under the Saskatchewan Television Network)
This Week
Enterprise