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CFPL-DT
CFPL-DT (channel 10) is a television station in London, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV 2 system. It is owned and operated by Bell Media alongside Kitchener-based CTV station CKCO-DT, channel 13 (although the two stations maintain separate operations). CFPL-DT's studios and local transmitter are located on Communications Road on the southwestern side of London, and its Wingham-area rebroadcast transmitter is located on Tower Road in South Bruce. History CFPL was founded by Walter J. Blackburn, who also owned London's major newspaper, the ''London Free Press'', as well as radio station CFPL on both the AM and FM bands. The television station first came on the air on November 28, 1953, with four hours of programming per day. That night, there was a major fire in London, on which CFPL's news program was able to report almost immediately during its first news hour. The station's transmitter was originally located atop the CFPL Television Tower, which was completed that year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFPL-TV 1969
CFPL-DT (channel 10) is a television station in London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximat ..., Canada, part of the CTV 2 system. It is Owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by Bell Media alongside Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener-based CTV Television Network, CTV station CKCO-DT, channel 13 (although the two stations maintain separate operations). CFPL-DT's studios and local transmitter are located on Communications Road on the southwestern side of London, and its Wingham, Ontario, Wingham-area rebroadcast transmitter is located on Tower Road in South Bruce, Ontario, South Bruce. History CFPL was founded by Walter J. Blackburn, who also owned London's major newspaper, the ''London Free Press'', as well as radio station CFPL on both the CFPL (AM), AM and CF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CKCO-DT
CKCO-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Part of the CTV Television Network, it is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside London-based CTV 2 station CFPL-DT, although the two stations maintain separate operations. CKCO-DT's studios are located at 864 King Street West in Kitchener (across from the Grand River Hospital and Ion rapid transit light rail station adjacent to the Waterloo border), and its transmitter is located at Baden Tower between Snyders Road East and Highway 7 in Baden, just west of the Kitchener city limits. History The station first signed on the air at 6 p.m. on March 1, 1954. Its signal transmitted from the Baden Tower (a transmitter on Baden Hill), near Baden, just west of Kitchener. The transmitter has become one of the most identifiable landmarks in the area. Originally, like all privately owned television stations in Canada from 1953 to 1959, CKCO was an affiliate of the CBC; it became an affiliate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV 2
CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated television stations (O&Os) in Ontario, one in British Columbia and two regional cable television channels, one in Atlantic Canada and the other in Alberta (the latter formerly being the provincial educational channel in that province under the name Access Alberta). The CTV 2 system began in 1995 as NewNet, which was originated from the station CKVR-TV, owned by CHUM Limited, who disaffiliated from the CBC and modeled its format aimed at younger viewers after its Citytv station, CITY-TV in Toronto. The NewNet system expanded with the acquisition of four Baton Broadcasting stations in Southern Ontario, followed by the launch of CIVI-TV in Vancouver Island. NewNet was rebranded to A-Channel in 2005 after acquiring the assets of Craig Media. In 2007, CHUM Limited was acquired by CTVglobemedia; to comply with Canadian Radio-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CJBK
CJBK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting in London, Ontario, Canada, on the assigned frequency of 1290 kHz. The station, owned by Bell Media, has an antenna system input power of 10,000 watts, as a Class B station. CJBK's studios are located at 1 Communications Road along with sister stations CJBX-FM, CIQM-FM and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located near White Oak Road and Manning Drive south of London. The station airs a News/Talk/Sports format. It broadcasts the Western Ontario Mustangs college football team, serving as its flagship station. As of 2016, it also broadcasts Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings games. History CJBK went on the air January 25, 1967 as CJOE. JOE in the call letters stood for Joe McManus, the founder of the station (under the banner of Middlesex Broadcasters, Ltd.). The station originally featured a Beautiful Music format. Eventually CJOE began to supplement the easy listening music with soft rock and then Top 40 mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV News
CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name ''CTV News'' is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os), which are closely tied to the national news division. Local newscasts on CTV 2 are also branded as ''CTV News'', although in most cases they are managed separately from the newscasts on the main CTV network. National programs CTV's national news division produces the following programs: * '' CTV National News'', the nightly newscast anchored by Omar Sachedina (weekdays) and Sandie Rinaldo (weekends); * '' W5'', a weekly newsmagazine series; * ''Question Period'', a weekly news and interview series;. CTV News also operates the national 24-hour news channel CTV News Channel and the 24-hour national business news channel BNN Bloomberg, both of which are available across Canada on cable and satellite. The news division produced the weekday morning news and entertainment pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFPL-FM
CFPL-FM, branded as ''FM96'', is a Canadian radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London, Ontario. It transmits at a power of 179,000 watts on the assigned frequency of 95.9 MHz. CFPL-FM plays an alternative-leaning active rock format. CFPL-FM's studios are located in downtown with other Corus London stations while its transmitter is located in Southwest London on the CFPL-DT tower that is also utilized by sister station CFHK-FM. History Canada's third-oldest FM station, originally signed on in 1948 at 93.5 MHz as a simulcast station of CFPL (AM). The FM station started airing separate programming in 1949, the same year it started broadcasting at 95.9 MHz at 4,440 watts. The "FPL" call sign letters stand for its original owner, ''The'' ''London Free Press'' newspaper. In 1961, CFPL-FM boosted its signal strength to 179,000 watts. During the 1960s and early 1970s, CFPL-FM broadcast classical music as an affiliate of the CBC FM network. In 1972, the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CJBX-FM
CJBX-FM is a radio station in London, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format. Its studios are located at 1 Communications Road, along with CIQM-FM, CJBK and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located on Cromarty Dr near Hwy 401 and Westchester Bourne east of London. History CJBX signed on the air on March 3, 1980 and has been a country station for its entire history. Except for a brief time in the early 90s when it was known as ''Country 92.7'', it had always been known as ''BX93''. On May 28, 2019, the station rebranded as ''Pure Country ''Pure Country'' is a 1992 American drama musical western film directed by Christopher Cain and starring George Strait in his acting debut, with Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser and Kyle Chandler. The film, while profitable with box office rece ... 93'', as part of a nationwide rebranding. References External links * * * Jbx Radio stations established in 1980 Jbx JBX 1980 establishments in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Free Press
''The London Free Press'' is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario. History ''The London Free Press'' began as the ''Canadian Free Press'', founded by William Sutherland. It first began printing as a weekly newspaper on January 2, 1849. In 1852, it was purchased for $500 by Josiah Blackburn (and Stephen Blackburn), who renamed it ''The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser''. In 1855 Blackburn turned the weekly newspaper into a daily. From 1863 to 1936 ''The London Free Press'' competed for readership with the ''London Advertiser'', which was a daily evening newspaper. The ''Free Press'' has usually been a morning paper, but for many years, it also published an evening paper. Both morning and evening editions were published from the 1950s through to 1981, when the evening edition was permanently retired. The Blackburn family was also involved in other forms of media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIQM-FM
CIQM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in London, Ontario, Canada, branded as ''97.5 Virgin Radio''. The station airs a CHR/Top 40 format. CIQM is owned by Bell Media. CIQM's studios are located at 1 Communications Road along with CJBX-FM, CJBK, and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located near Byron in West London. CIQM operates on a frequency once occupied by CKO from 1977 to 1989. History CIQM originally operated as ''Q103'' at 103.1 FM (now the home of CFHK-FM in St. Thomas) from its sign-on in 1986 until moving to the 97.5 frequency vacated by CKO in 1993. For many years, the station was known as ''Q97.5'', even after taking on the "EZ Rock" trademark; in 2006, the "Q" was dropped and the station became known as simply ''97.5, London's EZ Rock''. On September 6, 2010, CIQM underwent several changes, including a tweak in branding (as ''The New Sound of EZ Rock''), a new logo and new on-air staff. The station moved from its 24-year-old adult contemporary fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingham, Ontario
Wingham (2016 census population 2,934) is a community located in the municipality of North Huron, Ontario, Canada, which is located in Huron County. Wingham became part of North Huron in 2001 when the Ontario government imposed amalgamation on the former township of East Wawanosh, the village of Blyth, and the town of Wingham. Wingham is located at the intersection of County Roads 4 and 86. Most of Wingham is located between County Road 86 to the south and the Maitland River to the north. History The original survey for Wingham was conducted in 1854, with 1,000 acres dedicated to the community north of what is now Highway 86 and Highway 4. The initial townsite was oriented around the Maitland River, with the assumption that its water power and transportation opportunities would make it the focal point for development. Indeed, when a basic settlement formed, it was around an early saw and shingle mill. The form of the settlement soon changed, however, when the proposed Canada Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
