CJOH-DT
| Pembroke–Wales–Ottawa, Ontario/ Gatineau, Quebec Canada | |
|---|---|
| City | Pembroke, Ontario |
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 7 (UHF) Virtual: 8 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English French |
| Affiliations | CTV Television Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bell Media Inc. |
| History | |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Facility ID | 1943760 |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| HAAT | 162.9 m (534 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 35.1T |
| Links | |
CJOH-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, serving both the National Capital Region as part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media. Both stations share studios with Bell's Ottawa radio properties at the Market Media Mall building on George Street in downtown Ottawa's ByWard Market, while CJOH-DT's transmitter is located on the Ryan Tower at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec, north of Gatineau.
History[edit]
Founded by Ernie Bushnell, CJOH signed on for the first time on March 12, 1961. Initially, studio facilities were located at 29 Bayswater Avenue (45.4067°N 75.7204°W) until that September when operations were shifted over several weeks to a $2 million (CA$) complex at 1500 Merivale.
It acquired former Cornwall-based CBC affiliate CJSS-TV as a rebroadcaster in 1963, making CJSS the first television station in Canada to cease operations. The channel 6 transmitter in Deseronto became operational in 1972 to serve the Kingston and Belleville markets. Standard Broadcasting owned the station from 1975 to 1987; that year, after a CRTC decision authorized Baton Broadcasting to launch a new independent station in Ottawa, Standard responded to the potential new competition by selling CJOH to Baton, who then surrendered the new independent license. Baton was renamed CTV Inc. in 1998 after gaining control of the CTV network the preceding year. CTV in turn would be purchased by Bell Canada and folded into BellGlobemedia, now Bell Media, in 2001.
On 1 August 1995, the station's longtime sports anchor Brian Smith was shot in the station's parking lot by Jeffrey Arenburg, a released mental patient with a history of threatening media personalities, who claimed the station was broadcasting messages inside his head. Smith died in hospital the following day. The incident led to renewed calls across Canada for strengthening of the Canadian government's gun control legislation and provided the impetus for Brian's Law (Ontario Bill 68) – an amendment of the Mental Health Act and Health Care Consent Act which introduced community treatment orders and new criteria for involuntary commitment to psychiatric facilities.
Programming[edit]
With the exception of networked shows Your Morning (along with its predecessor Canada AM), You Can't Do That On Television, and Question Period, none of CTV's other programs are seen or available in high definition.
News Operations[edit]
CJOH-DT presently broadcasts 20½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 3½ hours each weekday and 1½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in lieu of a local morning newscast (which instead airs on sister station CHRO), CJOH displays local news headlines on a news ticker during its broadcast of CTV's semi-national morning program Your Morning (previously Canada AM). Local newscasts (under the name CTV News) are aired weekdays at noon, 6PM and 11:30PM.
Staff[edit]
- Directors: Alan Littler, Alex Neekilappappy, Anthony Bianco, Austin Falls, Beverly Omere, Cody Taylor, Collin Rosales, Corrado Santacroce, Diana Agostino, Donald Iheonu, Elijah Odjokoh, Ethan Coyle, Evan Ledda, Fitsum Gebrekirstos, Fiona Yohanns, Gareth Farwe, Hailey Cordner, James Rzeznik, Jay Costea, Jhaleya Black, Johnny A. Serber, Junjie Xiong, Kezya Seko, Laurice Viscarra, Melissa Dinha, Michelle Agostino, Mischa Mallari, Neil Quirk, Oreo Nahid, Peter Grosdanof, Phillip Semanic, Praveen Srisegar, Robert South, Sameer Nadeem, Shaheem Hutchinson, Shayle Valentine, Sofia Drusian, Thomas Faween, Yannick Newell
