CICC-TV

CICC-TV, VHF analogue channel 10, branded on-air as CTV Yorkton, is a CTV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc., it operates as a semi-satellite of CKCK-DT in Regina. CICC-TV's studios are located on Broadway Street East and 6 Avenue North in Yorkton, and its transmitter is located adjacent to Highway 52, west of the city. The station operates rebroadcast transmitters in Norquay, Hudson Bay, Carlyle Lake, Wynyard and Humboldt.

CICC-TV
(semi-satellite of CKCK-DT,
Regina, Saskatchewan)
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Canada
ChannelsAnalog: 10 (VHF)
Digital: allocated 23 (UHF)
BrandingCTV Yorkton (general)
CTV News Regina (newscasts)
Programming
AffiliationsCTV
Ownership
OwnerBell Media Inc.
History
First air date
September 6, 1971 (1971-09-06)
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP56 kW
HAAT135.3 m (444 ft)
Transmitter coordinates51°12′33″N 102°44′1″W
Translator(s)See below
Links
WebsiteCTV Regina
CICC's former logo (1998-2001)

On cable, CICC-TV is available on Access Communications channel 4 and Sasktel Max channel 6.

History

CICC signed on for the first time on Labour Day 1971, owned by Yorkton Television along with CKOS-TV. In 1984, it became sister station to Prince Albert's CBC affiliate, CKBI-TV. Baton Broadcasting acquired it in 1986 as part of its merger with Yorkton Television. When Baton bought controlling interest in CTV in 1996, CICC became the network's second-smallest O&O.

In 2002, CTV parent company Bell Media sold CICC's former CBC Television-affiliated twinstick sister station, CKOS-TV, to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which then made CKOS-TV a rebroadcaster of CBKT-DT in Regina.


Notable former on-air staff

Former Transmitters
Station City of licence Channel ERP HAAT Transmitter Coordinates
CICC-TV-2 Norquay 7 (VHF) 69 kW 107.6 m 52°3′0″N 102°3′20″W
CICC-TV-3* Hudson Bay 11 (VHF) 0.68 kW 55.8 m 52°51′15″N 102°29′28″W
CIEW-TV Carlyle Lake 7 (VHF) 170 kW 334.7 m 49°48′37″N 102°41′16″W
CIWH-TV Wynyard 12 (VHF) 140 kW 170.7 m 51°42′30″N 104°17′58″W

* CICC-TV-3 was among a long list of CTV rebroadcasters nationwide to have shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of a political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid fee-for-carriage requirements for cable television operators.[2] A subsequent change in ownership assigned full control of CTVglobemedia to Bell Canada; as of 2011, these transmitters remain in normal licensed broadcast operation.[3] Another transmitter that rebroadcast CICC-TV, CIWH-TV-1 channel 32 of Humboldt, was also on that list; that transmitter closed in late 2010.[4]

On February 11, 2016, Bell Media applied for its regular license renewals, which included applications to delete a long list of transmitters, including all of CICC's rebroadcasters. Bell Media's rationale for deleting these analog repeaters is below:[5][6]

"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. In addition, none of the highlighted transmitters offer any programming that differs from the main channels. The Commission has determined that broadcasters may elect to shut down transmitters but will lose certain regulatory privileges (distribution on the basic service, the ability to request simultaneous substitution) as noted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-24, Over-the-air transmission of television signals and local programming. We are fully aware of the loss of these regulatory privileges as a result of any transmitter shutdown."

References
  1. "Maloney wins mayoral race by landslide". Yorkton This Week. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  2. CTV list of transmitters to be shut down Archived 2011-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-06-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2011-231, April 6, 2011.
  5. https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201600122&_ga=1.139397107.1388147273.1466830064
  6. http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-225.htm
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