CKCK-TV

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CKCK (CTV)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Channel 2 / Cable 6
Owner	Bell Globemedia
Founded	1954
Joined CTV	1969
Signal Radius	100 kW
Callsign Meaning
Former Affiliation	CBC (1954-1969)
CTV
CIPA (Prince Albert)	CKCK (Regina)	CICC (Yorkton)

CKCK ID slide, circa 1960.

CKTV ID slide, early 1980s.

CKCK-TV (also commonly known as CTV Regina) in Regina, Saskatchewan was the first privately-owned television station in Western Canada.

CKCK signed on in 1954. It was originally owned by the Sifton family's Armadale Co., which also owned the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK Radio.

Originally a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation affiliate, it switched to the private CTV network in 1969, when CHAB/CHRE in Moose Jaw was purchased by the CBC.

In 1977, it was sold to Harvard Developments, owned by Regina's Hill family. In 1985, a 90 percent stake would be sold (the remaining 10 percent would soon follow) to Baton Broadcasting, bringing it under common ownership with Saskatchewan's other CTV affiliates, CFQC Saskatoon, CICC/CKOS Yorkton, and CIPA/CKBI Prince Albert. Today, it operates as a CTV owned-and-operated station, part of Bell Globemedia. Local programming today is limited primarily to the station's popular newscasts.

CKCK-TV logo, 1998-2005

In the 1980s, CKCK identified itself as "CKTV", but its official call letters remained CKCK-TV. During this period, though, the station did acquire the CKTV calls for its Fort Qu'appelle retransmitter. That station is now CKCK-TV7, and "CKTV" is currently the official call sign for a Radio-Canada affiliate in Saguenay, Quebec.

Nevertheless, while the station identifies itself only as CTV, many people in southern Saskatchewan still know it as CKTV or CK.

Local programs

• Eye on Saskatchewan
• The Johnny Sandison Show
• Sports Journal
• TelePulse
• NEWService
• Live at Nine
• AM Magazine

Slogans

• Turned On Television (1968)
• The New View of the Now 2 (1970)
• Happiness Is CKCK-TV (1972)
• Regina Television... Something Special (1974)
• Channel 2, Your Family Station (1975)
• Closer 2 Your World (1976)
• Our World Begins With You
• Putting On the Hits
• Regina You're Lookin' Good
• Bringing the World to You
• The One to Watch (1988)
• Tuned In to You (1990)
• Yours Truly, Channel 2 (2004, used for CKCK's 50th Anniversary)

External links

• [CTV Yorkton]
• [CTV Saskatchewan News]