{{short description|Canadian television system}} {{for multi|the New York City-area sports cable network|YES Network|the Israeli satellite TV provider|yes (Israel)|the Maldivian television channel|Yes TV (Maldives)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Yes TV | logo = YesTV Canada.svg | logo_size = 220px | country = Canada | key_people = Kevin Shepherd (CEO, Crossroads & YesTV) <br /> Melissa McEachern (chief operating officer & chief content officer) <br /> David Darby (General Manager) <br /> Robert Melnichuk (Director of Western Canada) | launch_date = September 30, 1998 | founder = David Mainse | former_names = Crossroads Television System (1998–2014) | headquarters = Crossroads Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada | owner = Crossroads Christian Communications | website = {{URL|yestv.com}} }} '''Yes TV''' (stylized as '''yes TV''') is an independently owned Canadian nonprofit<ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Corporation Information - 301399-5 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |url=https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=3013995&V_TOKEN=1592847051734 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215031957/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=3013995&V_TOKEN=1592847051734 |archive-date=Feb 15, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |website=Government of Canada}}</ref> and Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission-licensed religious broadcasting television system in Canada. It consists of three conventional over-the-air television stations (located in the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary, and Edmonton), two rebroadcast transmitters, and several partial affiliates. Formerly known as the Crossroads Television System (CTS), the Yes TV stations and repeaters air a line-up consisting predominantly of Christian faith-based programming, such as televangelists and Crossroads' flagship Christian talk show ''100 Huntley Street'', as well as religious programming from other faiths to meet "balance" expectations of Canadian broadcast policy. During the late-afternoon and evening hours, Yes TV broadcasts secular, family-oriented sitcoms, game shows, and reality series; the system's September 2014 re-launch as Yes TV emphasized its newly acquired Canadian rights to a number of major U.S. reality series, which at that point included ''American Idol'' and ''The Biggest Loser''.

Outside of the three owned and operated Yes TV stations, the system also syndicates acquired programming to other Canadian independent stations through a secondary affiliation network called IndieNet (stylized as indieNET). It is operated out of Crossroads' headquarters in Burlington, Ontario.

==History== The Crossroads Television System (CTS) originally consisted of a single television station, CITS-TV in Hamilton, Ontario (also serving Toronto), with rebroadcast transmitters in London and Ottawa. CITS, launched in 1998, was the second religious terrestrial television station launched in Canada, after CJIL-TV in Lethbridge, Alberta.

On June 8, 2007, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved CTS' application for new television stations to serve the Calgary and Edmonton markets. Respectively, these are CKCS-DT, which broadcasts on channel 32, and CKES-DT, which broadcasts on channel 45; both stations launched on October 8, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-06-08 |title=Archived - Religious television stations in Calgary and Edmonton |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-167.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930132133/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-167.htm |archive-date=Sep 30, 2022 |access-date= |website=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission}}</ref>

On August 12, 2014, CTS announced that it would relaunch as "Yes TV" on September 1, 2014. Describing the new brand as "embracing positivity and approaching the world with an affirmative position", the re-launch coincided with the announcement that it had picked up many new secular reality and game shows for the 2014–15 season, including ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (formerly aired by Citytv), ''American Idol'' (formerly aired by CTV and CTV 2), ''Judge Judy'', ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' (both formerly aired most-recently by CHCH-DT), ''The Biggest Loser'' (formerly aired by City), and ''The X Factor'' (UK).<ref name="cts-sayyes">{{cite web |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Say "Yes" to YES TV - YES TV Set to Launch This Fall |url=http://ctstv.com/news?release=58 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812190359/http://ctstv.com/news?release=58 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=August 13, 2014 |website=CTS Television |publisher=Crossroads Christian Communications}}</ref>

On September 13, 2016, Yes TV started airing a 3-hour block (now a 2½-hour block) of Buzzr programs from 1 to 3:30&nbsp;a.m. (formerly 1 to 4 a.m.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realscreen.com/2016/09/08/multicaster-buzzr-expands-internationally/|title= Multicaster Buzzr expands internationally|first=Jonathan|last=Paul|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=April 14, 2017|work=Real Screen|publisher=Brunico Communications}}</ref> When the block started, the schedule aired original black and white episodes of ''To Tell the Truth'', ''What's My Line?'' and ''I've Got a Secret'' followed by two episodes of ''Card Sharks'' on Tuesdays and Saturdays, ''Double Dare'' on Wednesday, ''Beat the Clock'' on Thursdays and ''Sale of the Century'' on Fridays. The schedule was updated on April 9, 2017, with two episodes of ''Match Game'', episodes of ''Super Password'' and ''Tattletales'' and concluding with an episode from either ''Card Sharks'', ''Double Dare'', ''Beat the Clock'' or ''Sale of the Century'' (all four aired on the same day as the previous schedule). The schedule was updated again on October 10, 2017; the current schedule as of now is an episode of ''Match Game'', an episode of ''Super Password'', an episode of ''Tattletales'', an episode of ''Blockbusters'' and an episode of ''Press Your Luck''. ''Body Language'' briefly replaced the ''Blockbusters'' spot on the schedule in December 2017. The Buzzr block was phased out in September 2018.

Sometime around August 2023, Yes TV announced that they would resume streaming live in the 2023-24 season. The live video feed is restricted to Canadian viewers.<ref>[https://yestv.com/streaming/ yes TV streaming landing page] retrieved April 6, 2024</ref>

==Stations and affiliates==

===Owned and operated=== {| class="wikitable" !City of license/market !Call sign !Channel<br />''TV (RF)'' |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |- | Hamilton, Ontario<br />(Greater Toronto Area) || '''CITS-DT''' || Hamilton: 36.1 (36)<br />CITS-DT-1/Ottawa: 15.1 (15)<br />CITS-DT-2/London: 19.1 (19) |- | Calgary, Alberta || '''CKCS-DT''' || 32.1 (32) |- | Edmonton, Alberta || '''CKES-DT''' || 45.1 (30) |}

===Secondary affiliates (indieNET)=== Alongside the CTS O/A YES TV stations, the system sublicenses some of its commercial programs to other independent broadcasters in Ontario, British Columbia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The arrangement was first referred to in advertising sales information as Net5, referring to the three Yes TV stations and two secondary affiliates: CHEK-DT and CJON-DT.<ref>{{cite web|title=Net5 Profile 2015|url=https://www.yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/Net5_Profile_2015_HalfSize_Printable.pdf|website=Yes TV|publisher=Crossroads Christian Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002331/https://www.yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/Net5_Profile_2015_HalfSize_Printable.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Starting with the 2016-2017 broadcast season, Net5 rebranded as indieNET following the addition of CHCH-DT and CHNU-DT.<ref>{{cite web|title=indieNET Coverage Map Fall 2016|url=http://yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/indieNET_CoverageMap_Fall_2016.pdf|website=Yes TV|publisher=Crossroads Christian Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110065859/http://yestv.com/saleskit/pdf/indieNET_CoverageMap_Fall_2016.pdf|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>

ZoomerMedia, owner of CHNU-DT, has since withdrawn from indieNET. The partnership continues with the remaining six stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=indieNET 2020 Upfront |url=https://www.indienet2020.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026184438/https://www.indienet2020.com/ |archive-date=Oct 26, 2020 |access-date=June 22, 2020 |website=indienet2020.com}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !City of license !Call sign !Channel<br />''TV (RF)'' !Owner |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |- | Hamilton, Ontario || '''CHCH-DT''' || 11.1 (15) || Channel Zero |- | Victoria, British Columbia || '''CHEK-DT''' || 6.1 (49) || CHEK Media Group |- | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador || '''CJON-DT''' || 21.1 (21) || Stirling Communications International |- |}

==Programming== {{further|List of programs broadcast by Yes TV}}

===Removal of ''Word TV''=== In December 2010, CTS removed ''Word TV'', a program hosted by televangelist Charles McVety, from their schedule, following a decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) over statements that he disparaged gay people while commenting on Toronto's gay pride parade (which he called a "sex parade") and Ontario's sex education curriculum for public schools (which he charged that children would go to school not to learn, but to become gay). The CBSC has ordered CTS to announce the ruling at least twice on the air, and to take steps that incidents like this do not happen again.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weisblott|first1=Marc|title=Television evangelist Charles McVety censured for claims of gay government agenda|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/television-evangelist-charles-mcvety-censured-claims-gay-government.html|website=Daily Brew|publisher=Yahoo News Canada|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204110214/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/television-evangelist-charles-mcvety-censured-claims-gay-government.html|archive-date=February 4, 2011|date=December 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Charles|title=Evangelical TV show pulled from the air|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/Evangelical+show+pulled+from/3956044/story.html|work=National Post|date=December 10, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20101214033857/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Evangelical+show+pulled+from/3956044/story.html|archive-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2011, CTS cancelled ''Word TV'', leading McVety to announce his intention to sue CTS for political persecution.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Minsky|first1=Amy|title=Pastor claims censorship after TV show cancelled due to anti-gay remarks|url=https://vancouversun.com/life/Pastor+claims+censorship+after+show+cancelled+anti+remarks/4199794/story.html|access-date=July 18, 2017|work=Vancouver Sun|agency=Postmedia News|date=January 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204193354/http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Pastor+claims+censorship+after+show+cancelled+anti+remarks/4199794/story.html|archive-date=February 4, 2011}}</ref> CTS responded in a press release that McVety was asked many times to cease his distorting and polarizing behaviour, and to comply with broadcasting guidelines, yet he refused to do so.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Innis|first1=Carolyn|title=CTS Refutes Comments made by Charles McVety and Word TV|url=http://www.ctstv.com/press.php?release=16|website=News/Press|publisher=CTS Television|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717012106/http://www.ctstv.com/press.php?release=16|archive-date=July 17, 2012|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Logos==

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==See also== * Joytv, a former television system with affiliates in the provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba carrying similarly styled multi-faith religious and secular programming * 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.yestv.com/}} * [https://www.indienet.tv IndieNet official website]

{{Canadian broadcast television}} {{Religious television in Canada}}

Category:Yes TV Category:Television channels and stations established in 1998 Category:Religious television networks in Canada Category:Companies based in Burlington, Ontario