CHEX-TV

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See Chex for the brand of breakfast cereal

CHEX, an affiliate of the CBC network, began broadcasting on March 26, 1955, in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The first program to be broadcast was an NHL ice hockey game. The station broadcasts over-the-air on channel 12.

It was founded by a media partnership that already published the Peterborough Examiner newspaper and owned radio station CHEX. The partnership included politician Rupert Davies, who was also involved in a similar arrangement in Kingston that established CKWS-TV. Since April 13, 2000, it has been owned by Canadian media conglomerate Corus Entertainment.

The main broadcast tower is 1,000 feet (305 m) high, making the top 1,842 feet above sea level.

In 1992, CHEX started broadcasting much of the same programming on CHEX-TV-2, UHF channel 22 in Oshawa in the Durham Region. Despite having the same "base" call sign, CHEX-TV-2 is not a semi-satellite in the traditional sense; in fact its schedule and branding ("Channel 12 Durham") differs greatly from that of the Peterborough station, including some region-specific current affairs programming and other content. Oshawa, though larger than Peterborough, had not been granted a television station in the original 1950's assignments as it was too close to Toronto.

External links

• [CHEX TV]
• [Channel 12 Durham]