CJCH-DT
CTV television station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
CJCH-DT (channel 5) is a television station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media. The station maintains studios on Robie and Russell streets in Halifax, and its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive on the city's west side.
CJCH-DT is the flagship of the CTV Atlantic regional system, producing all of the system's programming except for some commercials and local news inserts on the other stations.
History
CJCH-TV first went on the air on January 1, 1961, as an independent station, and it became one of the original CTV stations when the network began operations on October 1, 1961. CHUM Limited sold CJCH-TV along with ATV and the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) to Baton Broadcasting (CTV) on February 26, 1997 (with CRTC approval given on August 28, 1997), but kept CJCH radio. CTVglobemedia's acquisition of CHUM Limited on June 22, 2007, brought CJCH-TV and CJCH radio back under common ownership.
Notable former on-air staff
Gord Martineau – brief stay before heading to Citytv flagship station CITY-DT in Toronto
Steve Murphy – weeknight anchor (retired November 30, 2021)
Technical information
Subchannel
Analog-to-digital conversion
The station ceased broadcasting in analog on August 31, 2011, and began broadcasting in digital on the same date.
Repeaters
On February 11, 2016, Bell Media applied for its regular license renewals, which included applications to delete a long list of transmitters, including CJCH-TV-2 and CJCH-TV-8. Bell Media's rationale for deleting these analog repeaters is below:
"We are electing to delete these analog transmitters from the main licence with which they are associated. These analog transmitters generate no incremental revenue, attract little to no viewership given the growth of BDU or DTH subscriptions and are costly to maintain, repair or replace.
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