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CKX-TV was a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, formerly affiliated with CBC Television. Owned and operated 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 and operated by Astral Media (formerly Standard Radio). 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.〔(CTV Inc. places CKX-TV Brandon Up for Sale ), CTVglobemedia press release via Canada NewsWire, February 19, 2009〕 In July 2009, it was announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation would buy the station for a dollar.〔http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2009/16/c6860.html〕 However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, resulting in the station's closing a day later.〔(BREAKING NEWS - Bluepoint walks away from CKX-TV - Brandon Sun )〕 ==History== The station was founded by John Craig and went on the air on January 28, 1955, a day which marked Craig Media's start in television broadcasting. In February 1959, CKX asked Manitoba Telephone System (MTS) to apply to the CBC to extend their television signals to four additional Manitoba communities — Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas, and Flin Flon. For nearly half a century, the station remained under the ownership of Craig Media. In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its broadcasting assets to CHUM Limited. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1. CHUM relaunched the original Craig Media A-Channel stations as new affiliates of Citytv on August 2, 2005, at the same time as the existing NewNet stations picked up the "A Channel" name. It generally left CKX's programming alone, though the A-Channel logo was occasionally seen during primetime programming. On January 15, 2007, master control for CKX-TV was moved back from Portage la Prairie to Brandon.〔()〕 Ownership changed hands once again on June 22, 2007, as CHUM Limited was sold to CTVglobemedia. Originally, CTVglobemedia wanted to retain CHUM's Citytv system and sell CKX-TV, CHUM's A-Channel stations, and several speciality channels to Rogers Communications. However, this was denied by the CRTC, and CTV was forced to sell the Citytv stations to Rogers instead. Richard Gray was named the head of news for CKX-TV and the A Channel stations. Gray reports directly to the CTVgm corporate group, as opposed to CTV News, to preserve independent news presentation and management. CKX-TV was CTV's first CBC affiliate since selling their CBC stations in Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan to the CBC in 2002. 〔(CTVglobemedia )〕 In early 2009, CBC decided it would not renew CKX's affiliation agreement past its expiration date of August 31, 2009. When CTV offered to sell the station directly to the CBC for a dollar, they refused, saying they could not afford the station's ongoing operational costs, and costs associated with the upcoming digital transition. Because of this, CTV put the station up for sale, saying it would shut it down on August 31 if no buyer was found.〔 On April 30, 2009, Shaw Communications announced it would purchase CKX, along with two of CTV's A stations (CHWI in Windsor, Ontario and CKNX in Wingham, Ontario) from CTVgm for a dollar each.〔(CTV Accepts Shaw Offer to Buy Local Stations ), CTVglobemedia press release via TradeMarkets, April 30, 2009〕 However, it was reported on June 30 that Shaw had backed out of the deal.〔Grant Robertson, ("Shaw cancels deal for 3 CTV stations" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', June 30, 2009.〕 Instead, on July 16, CTV announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation, a new company owned by media veteran Bruce Claassen, would buy CKX for a dollar. The deal was planned to close by December 31, 2009, pending CRTC approval.〔〔(CBC News: "CTV sells Brandon TV station for $1", 7/16/2009. )〕 Bluepoint intended to keep at least some CBC programming,〔Matt Semansky, "(Claassen’s company enters TV market with Brandon station )", ''Marketing'', 2009-07-17, accessed 2009-08-26〕 though CKX was still a full CBC affiliate after August 31. However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, blaming their decision on the fact that they couldn't get satellite coverage. As a result, CTV shut the station down the next day, after its 6 PM newscast, bringing the station to show a black screen for several hours; the last image televised on CKX-TV before going to black was the corporate logo and copyright notice for CTVglobemedia.〔(Brandon TV station goes dark after deal falls through ), ''Marketing'', 2009-10-02, accessed 2009-10-02〕 The station's website, ckxtv.com, also switched to a slate, thanking viewers and directing them to (localtvmatters.ca ) and redirecting to the Bravo Canada website, to learn about CTV's position that local television was being endangered.〔(Ku Satellites, "Brandon's CKX-TV closed", 10/3/2009. )〕 The station was the second major TV station in Canada to have gone dark since 1977 (when CFVO-TV in Hull, Quebec left the air; all other defunct stations in Canada became repeaters of other stations almost seamlessly), the other being CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta, closing about one month before CKX. The station's license is still active after the station's closure, although CHCA's license was revoked in December 2009, and CFVO-TV's license was transferred to Radio-Quebec (now Télé-Québec) as that station later became CIVO-TV. By the time the CBC closed down its network of rebroadcasters on July 31, 2012,〔(Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan )〕〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, July 17, 2012. )〕 the network never reestablished an aerial presence in Brandon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CKX-TV was a television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, formerly affiliated with CBC Television. Owned and operated 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 and operated by Astral Media (formerly Standard Radio).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.(CTV Inc. places CKX-TV Brandon Up for Sale ), CTVglobemedia press release via Canada NewsWire, February 19, 2009 In July 2009, it was announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation would buy the station for a dollar.http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2009/16/c6860.html However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, resulting in the station's closing a day later.(BREAKING NEWS - Bluepoint walks away from CKX-TV - Brandon Sun )==History==The station was founded by John Craig and went on the air on January 28, 1955, a day which marked Craig Media's start in television broadcasting.In February 1959, CKX asked Manitoba Telephone System (MTS) to apply to the CBC to extend their television signals to four additional Manitoba communities — Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas, and Flin Flon.For nearly half a century, the station remained under the ownership of Craig Media.In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its broadcasting assets to CHUM Limited. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1.CHUM relaunched the original Craig Media A-Channel stations as new affiliates of Citytv on August 2, 2005, at the same time as the existing NewNet stations picked up the "A Channel" name. It generally left CKX's programming alone, though the A-Channel logo was occasionally seen during primetime programming.On January 15, 2007, master control for CKX-TV was moved back from Portage la Prairie to Brandon.()Ownership changed hands once again on June 22, 2007, as CHUM Limited was sold to CTVglobemedia. Originally, CTVglobemedia wanted to retain CHUM's Citytv system and sell CKX-TV, CHUM's A-Channel stations, and several speciality channels to Rogers Communications. However, this was denied by the CRTC, and CTV was forced to sell the Citytv stations to Rogers instead. Richard Gray was named the head of news for CKX-TV and the A Channel stations. Gray reports directly to the CTVgm corporate group, as opposed to CTV News, to preserve independent news presentation and management. CKX-TV was CTV's first CBC affiliate since selling their CBC stations in Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan to the CBC in 2002.(CTVglobemedia )In early 2009, CBC decided it would not renew CKX's affiliation agreement past its expiration date of August 31, 2009. When CTV offered to sell the station directly to the CBC for a dollar, they refused, saying they could not afford the station's ongoing operational costs, and costs associated with the upcoming digital transition. Because of this, CTV put the station up for sale, saying it would shut it down on August 31 if no buyer was found.On April 30, 2009, Shaw Communications announced it would purchase CKX, along with two of CTV's A stations (CHWI in Windsor, Ontario and CKNX in Wingham, Ontario) from CTVgm for a dollar each.(CTV Accepts Shaw Offer to Buy Local Stations ), CTVglobemedia press release via TradeMarkets, April 30, 2009 However, it was reported on June 30 that Shaw had backed out of the deal.Grant Robertson, ("Shaw cancels deal for 3 CTV stations" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', June 30, 2009. Instead, on July 16, CTV announced that Bluepoint Investment Corporation, a new company owned by media veteran Bruce Claassen, would buy CKX for a dollar. The deal was planned to close by December 31, 2009, pending CRTC approval.(CBC News: "CTV sells Brandon TV station for $1", 7/16/2009. ) Bluepoint intended to keep at least some CBC programming,Matt Semansky, "(Claassen’s company enters TV market with Brandon station )", ''Marketing'', 2009-07-17, accessed 2009-08-26 though CKX was still a full CBC affiliate after August 31.However, Bluepoint pulled out of the sale on October 1, blaming their decision on the fact that they couldn't get satellite coverage. As a result, CTV shut the station down the next day, after its 6 PM newscast, bringing the station to show a black screen for several hours; the last image televised on CKX-TV before going to black was the corporate logo and copyright notice for CTVglobemedia.(Brandon TV station goes dark after deal falls through ), ''Marketing'', 2009-10-02, accessed 2009-10-02 The station's website, ckxtv.com, also switched to a slate, thanking viewers and directing them to (localtvmatters.ca ) and redirecting to the Bravo Canada website, to learn about CTV's position that local television was being endangered.(Ku Satellites, "Brandon's CKX-TV closed", 10/3/2009. )The station was the second major TV station in Canada to have gone dark since 1977 (when CFVO-TV in Hull, Quebec left the air; all other defunct stations in Canada became repeaters of other stations almost seamlessly), the other being CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta, closing about one month before CKX. The station's license is still active after the station's closure, although CHCA's license was revoked in December 2009, and CFVO-TV's license was transferred to Radio-Quebec (now Télé-Québec) as that station later became CIVO-TV.By the time the CBC closed down its network of rebroadcasters on July 31, 2012,(Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan )(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, July 17, 2012. ) the network never reestablished an aerial presence in Brandon.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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