# CKWS-DT > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CKWS-DT > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CKWS-DT.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKWS-DT > Source revision: 1350890047 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Television station in Kingston, Ontario}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = CKWS-DT | city = | logo = Global Kingston (2022).svg | logo_size = 200px | image = 2021-07 Corus Entertainment Kingston.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Global Kingston's studios on Queen Street in downtown Kingston. | branding = Global Kingston; ''CKWS News on Global Kingston'' | digital = 11 ([VHF](/source/VHF)) | virtual = 11 | translators = ''see {{section link||Transmitters}}'' | affiliations = '''11.1:''' [Global](/source/Global_Television_Network) | airdate = {{start date|1954|12|18}} | location = [Kingston, Ontario](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario) | country = Canada | callsign_meaning = ''[The Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/The_Kingston_Whig-Standard)'' | former_callsigns = CKWS-TV (1954–2013) | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 11 (VHF, 1954–2013) | owner = [Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment) | licensee = 591987 [B.C.](/source/British_Columbia) Ltd.[https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht032d.pdf Ownership Chart 32D – CORUS – Radio & TV] | sister_stations = [CHEX-DT](/source/CHEX-DT), [CIII-DT](/source/CIII-DT), [CFMK-FM](/source/CFMK-FM), [CKWS-FM](/source/CKWS-FM) | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[CBC](/source/CBC_Television) (1954–2015)|[CTV](/source/CTV_Television_Network) (2015–2018)}} | erp = 9.4 [kW](/source/Watt) | haat = {{convert|312.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | coordinates = {{coord|44|9|59|N|76|25|28|W|type:landmark}} | licensing_authority = [CRTC](/source/CRTC) | website = {{URL|http://globalnews.ca/kingston/|Global Kingston}} }} '''CKWS-DT''' (channel 11) is a [television station](/source/television_station) in [Kingston, Ontario](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario), Canada, [owned and operated](/source/owned_and_operated) by the [Global Television Network](/source/Global_Television_Network), a division of [Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment). The station maintains studios on Queen Street in downtown Kingston, and its transmitter is located near [Highway 95](/source/Ontario_Highway_95) on [Wolfe Island](/source/Wolfe_Island_(Ontario)), south of the city. ==History== thumb|left|1987 logo of CKWS-TV CKWS signed-on December 18, 1954, as an affiliate of the [CBC](/source/CBC_Television) network. It was originally a joint venture between [Roy Thomson](/source/Roy_Thomson) and the Davies family, owners of ''[The Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/The_Kingston_Whig-Standard)'' (the source of its callsign). The station has been sold three times: to the Kanatec Corporation, bought by [Power Corporation](/source/Power_Corporation_of_Canada) in 1977 and to Corus in 1999. Children across the country were exposed to CKWS programming in the late 1970s and 1980s by the ''[Harrigan](/source/Harrigan_(TV_series))'' series – a particularly innocent and low budget show about a [leprechaun](/source/leprechaun), starring Barry Dale.[http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/19219/harrigan/details/ Harrigan (Series, 1969–1985)], TVarchive.ca [Shelagh Rogers](/source/Shelagh_Rogers) of [CBC Radio](/source/CBC_Radio) fame started out presenting the weather for the station's newscasts. During its days as a private CBC affiliate, it aired the minimum amount of CBC programming (40 hours per week). On May 20, 2015, Corus and [Bell Media](/source/Bell_Media) announced an agreement whereby Corus' CBC affiliates, including CKWS, would leave the public network and instead "affiliate" with CTV. The switch took effect on August 31, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1540015/corus-entertainment-s-eastern-ontario-television-channels-enter-into-a-program-supply-agreement-with-bell-media-to-broadcast-ctv-programming|title=Corus Entertainment's Eastern Ontario Television Channels Enter into a Program Supply Agreement with Bell Media to Broadcast CTV Programming|publisher=[Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment)|date=May 20, 2015|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528073532/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1540015/corus-entertainment-s-eastern-ontario-television-channels-enter-into-a-program-supply-agreement-with-bell-media-to-broadcast-ctv-programming|url-status=dead}} Most TV service providers serving the region also carry CBC [owned-and-operated station](/source/owned-and-operated_station) [CBOT](/source/CBOT-DT) [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), and any that did not have to add a CBC affiliate such as CBOT to their basic services to comply with [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission) (CRTC) regulations.{{cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-97-555/FullText.html#s-17.|title=Broadcast Distribution Regulations (ss. 17(d) and 17(f))|work=Justice Laws Website|publisher=[Department of Justice (Canada)](/source/Department_of_Justice_(Canada))|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=July 12, 2014}} Legally, the partnership was described as a "program supply agreement", and not as an "affiliation" (a term with specific legal implications under CRTC rules), as Corus maintained editorial control over the stations' programming and the ability to sell local advertising, and did not delegate responsibility for CTV programs aired by the station to Bell Media. Affiliations also require the consent of the CRTC.{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-403|date=August 27, 2015|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2015/2015-403.htm|publisher=CRTC|access-date=September 3, 2015}} The switch was approved by the CRTC on August 27, 2015, when it dismissed objections by [Rogers Media](/source/Rogers_Media) (who argued that the change was an "affiliation" and thus required CRTC consent to implement, and was not in the public interest because it created duplicate sources of CTV programming), and by a resident who complained that as he only received television over the air, he would lose his ability to receive CBC Television as a result of the disaffiliation.{{cite news|title=CBC drops local TV affiliates in Oshawa, Peterborough and Kingston|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2015/08/28/cbc-drops-local-tv-affiliates-in-oshawa-peterborough-and-kingston.html|access-date=August 28, 2015|work=Toronto Star|date=August 28, 2015}} On August 14, 2018, it was announced that CKWS' agreement with CTV would expire on August 27; the station subsequently became a Global owned-and-operated station, rebranding itself as Global Kingston.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4143739/move-over-dr-phil-ckws-tv-will-be-a-fully-global-station-starting-this-fall/|title=CKWS will be a fully global station this fall|access-date=April 13, 2018|work=Global News|publisher=[Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment)}} == News programming == Until 2024, CKWS produced 28 hours per week of local news programming, with {{frac|4|1|2}} hours each weekday, and one hour on Saturdays and Sundays.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ckwstv.com/whats-on/|title=What's On NOW|website=CKWS TV|access-date=October 18, 2016}} Prior to 2018, the station did not air any news programs on Sundays. In September 2016, CKWS began to align its news programming with [Global News](/source/Global_News) rather than [CTV News](/source/CTV_News); it added airings of ''[Global National](/source/Global_National)'' in September 2016, and introduced a local morning show, ''The Morning Show'' (which was patterned after the ''[Global News Morning](/source/Global_News_Morning)'' format used in other markets, and shared its branding with the [program of the same name](/source/The_Morning_Show_(Canadian_TV_program)) aired by Global flagship station [CIII-DT](/source/CIII-DT) in Toronto), on October 17, 2016, replacing CTV's national morning show ''[Your Morning](/source/Your_Morning)''. At the same time, the station's noon newscast was shortened to half an hour, the ''[CTV National News](/source/CTV_National_News)'' was dropped, and the station rebranded its newscasts from ''Newswatch'' to ''CKWS News''.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ckwstv.com/2016/10/11/big-changes-coming-including-a-new-live-morning-show-and-ckws-rebranding/|title=Big changes ahead including a new live morning show and CKWS rebranding|last=Newswatch|first=CKWS|website=CKWS Kingston|access-date=October 18, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Faguy|first1=Steve|title=Global expands network after CBC abandons affiliates|date=September 2016 |url=http://blog.fagstein.com/2016/09/01/global-expands-network/|access-date=September 6, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2916134/global-national-the-morning-show-expanding-into-new-areas/|title='Global National,' 'The Morning Show' expanding into new areas|website=Global News|publisher=Corus|access-date=September 6, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ckwstv.com/2016/10/11/big-changes-coming-including-a-new-live-morning-show-and-ckws-rebranding/|title=Big changes ahead including a new live morning show and CKWS rebranding|work=CKWS Newswatch|publisher=Corus Entertainment|access-date=October 17, 2016}} Due to cuts by Corus Entertainment, most of CKWS's staff were laid off in July 2024, including much of the news department. Both CKWS and [CHEX](/source/CHEX-DT)'s newscasts were suspended for a period, before returning in a regionalized format using contributions from local reporters. Corus stated that it had "reimagined our broadcast schedule in Kingston, [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough%2C_Ontario), and [Kelowna](/source/Kelowna) with a focus on supper hour and late-night news programming".{{cite news |title=Corus cuts radio, TV jobs in Kingston as part of cost savings |url=https://www.thewhig.com/news/corus-cuts-radio-tv-jobs-in-kingston-as-part-of-cost-savings |access-date=July 18, 2024 |work=Kingston Whig-Standard |date=July 18, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Tosello |first=Sofia |date=2024-08-30 |title=Corus Entertainment cuts local on-air broadcasting in Kingston |url=https://www.queensjournal.ca/queens-owned-radio-station-stands-alone-as-corus-entertainment-cuts-local-media-in-kingston/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Queen's Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Somber celebration as Global News layoffs close out Kingston, Ont. station CKWS {{!}} Unifor |url=https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/somber-celebration-global-news-layoffs-close-out-kingston-ont-station-ckws |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.unifor.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hodgins |first=Bill |date=2024-07-22 |title=Global newscasts expected to return in Peterborough next week after job cuts at Corus Entertainment |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/global-newscasts-expected-to-return-in-peterborough-next-week-after-job-cuts-at-corus-entertainment/article_c03e7b81-a66f-5dc1-86c7-9b5237340341.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Peterborough Examiner |language=en}} thumb|Logo of CKWS used until October 2016 ===Notable former on-air staff=== * [Bill Luxton](/source/Bill_Luxton_(actor)) – first program director and news anchor * [Wayne Rostad](/source/Wayne_Rostad) – host * [Bill Welychka](/source/Bill_Welychka) – anchor; also producer ==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of CKWS-DT{{Cite web |title=Digital TV Market Listing for CKWS-DT |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=9564000#station |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=RabbitEars}} ! scope = "col" | [Channel](/source/Digital_subchannel) ! scope = "col" | [Res.](/source/Display_resolution) ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 11.1 | rowspan=2|[1080i](/source/1080i) || CKWS-DT || [Global](/source/Global_Television_Network) |- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;" ! scope = "row" | [2.1](/source/CIII-DT) | CIII-DT || Global Toronto ([CIII-DT](/source/CIII-DT)) |} {{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}} ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== In January 2013, CKWS applied to the CRTC to convert its main Kingston transmitter to digital.{{Cite web |title=2013-0065-7.zip |url=https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201300657 |website=services.crtc.gc.ca}} The station had not announced plans to convert its transmitters in [Prescott](/source/Prescott%2C_Ontario) and [Smiths Falls](/source/Smiths_Falls) to digital,[http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130329/CURR04/703299982 "Watertown Daily Times | CKWS out of Kingston, Ontario switching to digital"]. ''watertowndailytimes.com'' {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404014632/https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130329/CURR04/703299982|date=April 4, 2013}} but did convert its [Brighton](/source/Brighton%2C_Ontario) translator CKWS-TV-1 to digital channel 30 on August 31, 2011, as its former analog UHF channel 66 is now out-of-band. The Brighton digital signal was not initially broadcast in HD as it went on-air before CKWS converted its cable TV feed (and, later, its main signal) to high-definition digital TV.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ckwstv.com/index.cfm?page=pages&ID=83|title=Kingston News | Weather & Traffic - Latest Sports | Breaking News}} The main CKWS transmitter at Wolfe Island/Kingston [flash cut](/source/flash_cut) to digital on July 5, 2013, on its existing frequency, VHF channel 11.{{Cite web |title=CKWS TV is going digital over the airwaves |url=http://www.ckwstv.com/news/ckwsdigital.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711191707/http://www.ckwstv.com/news/ckwsdigital.aspx |archive-date=11 July 2013 |website=ckwstv.com}} The station was not obligated to convert this transmitter, as Kingston was not one of the 31 markets in which the CRTC imposed a mandatory [analog shutdown](/source/Digital_television_in_Canada) on August 31, 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com200/2010/s100614.htm |title=Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., to the Banff World Television Festival, Banff, Alberta |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720214658/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com200/2010/s100614.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }} ===Transmitters=== {| class="wikitable" ! Station ! [City of licence](/source/City_of_licence) ! [Channel](/source/channel_(broadcasting)) ! [ERP](/source/effective_radiated_power) ! [HAAT](/source/HAAT) ! Transmitter coordinates |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''CKWS-DT-2''' | [Prescott](/source/Prescott%2C_Ontario) | '''[Digital](/source/digital_terrestrial_television):''' 28 (UHF)
'''[Virtual](/source/Virtual_channel):''' 26 | 0.13 kW | {{convert|118.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | {{coord|44|49|55|N|75|31|16|W|type:landmark|name=CKWS-TV-2}} |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |} ====Former transmitters==== {| class="wikitable" ! Station ! [City of licence](/source/City_of_licence) ! [Channel](/source/channel_(broadcasting)) ! [ERP](/source/effective_radiated_power) ! [HAAT](/source/HAAT) ! Transmitter coordinates |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''CKWS-TV-3''' | [Smiths Falls](/source/Smiths_Falls) | 36 ([UHF](/source/UHF)) | 10 kW | {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | {{coord|45|0|42|N|76|3|16|W|type:landmark|name=CKWS-TV-3}} |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''CKWS-DT-1''' | [Brighton](/source/Brighton%2C_Ontario) | '''[Digital](/source/digital_terrestrial_television):''' 23 ([UHF](/source/UHF))
'''[Virtual](/source/Virtual_channel):''' 30 | 0.938 [kW](/source/kW) | {{convert|158.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | {{coord|44|2|40|N|77|47|35|W|type:landmark|name=CKWS-DT-1}} |} Although CKWS' Smiths Falls repeater overlapped its signal with that of CBC owned-and-operated station CBOT/Ottawa while CKWS was a CBC affiliate, CKWS-TV-3 usually served the [Brockville](/source/Brockville) area, along with the station's Prescott rebroadcaster.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/tvn/pdf-maps/TN-0015_TVE_ON.pdf |title=CBC: Broadcast coverage map of CBC Television stations in Southern and Eastern Ontario |access-date=September 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429112847/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/tvn/pdf-maps/TN-0015_TVE_ON.pdf |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }} In 2018, Corus applied to the CRTC to shutdown several of its transmitters, including CKWS-TV-3.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.fagstein.com/2018/11/13/corus-asks-crtc-to-shut-down-44-global-tv-transmitters/|title = Corus asks CRTC to shut down 44 Global TV transmitters | Fagstein| date=November 13, 2018 }} As a result of a CRTC decision{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-391.htm|title = Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-391| date=December 4, 2020 }} in December 2020, CKWS-DT-1 shuttered its transmitter in Brighton on August 31, 2022. CKWS-DT-1 is now available via a subchannel of CHEX-DT out of Peterborough. CKWS-DT-1 briefly broadcast on UHF 23 (virtual channel 30) before ultimately being shuttered as it was required to vacate UHF 30 as a result of the DTV repack. ==See also== *[CKWS-FM](/source/CKWS-FM) ''(formerly CKWS AM)'' *[CFMK-FM](/source/CFMK-FM) ''(formerly CKWS-FM)'' ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://globalnews.ca/kingston/ Global Kingston] *[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/ontario/ontario-eastern/CKWS-DT CKWS-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [Canadian Communications Foundation](/source/Canadian_Communications_Foundation) *[http://www.fybush.com/sites/2008/site-080905.html Fybush tower site descriptions – September 5, 2008 – Kingston, Ontario] *{{RecnetCanada|CKWS}} {{Ontario TV}} {{Watertown TV}} {{Global TV}} {{Corus Entertainment}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ckws-Dt}} Category:1954 establishments in Ontario Category:Corus Entertainment KWS-DT Category:Mass media in Kingston, Ontario Category:Television channels and stations established in 1954 KWS-DT --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CKWS-DT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKWS-DT) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKWS-DT?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.