CJCH-DT

CJCH-DT

Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Branding	CTV Atlantic CTV News Atlantic (newscasts)
Channels	Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 5.1 (PSIP)
Translators	see below
Affiliations	CTV
Owner	Bell Media
First air date	January 1, 1961
Call letters' meaning	C J Chronicle Herald (newspaper)
Sister station(s)	CJCH-FM, CIOO-FM
Former callsigns	CJCH-TV (1961-2011)
Former channel number(s)	5 (1961-2011)
Former affiliations	Independent (1961) Global (1974-1988; Secondary)
Transmitter power	400 kW
Height	211.5 m
Transmitter coordinates	44°39′3″N 63°39′26″W / 44.65083°N 63.65722°W
Website	CTV Atlantic

CJCH-DT is the CTV owned-and-operated television station, serving the Canadian Maritimes region, that is licensed to Halifax, Nova Scotia. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 48 (or virtual channel 5.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter located on Washmill Lake Drive in Halifax.

Owned by Bell Media, it is the flagship of the CTV Atlantic regional system, producing all of the system's programming except for some commercials and local news inserts on the other stations. Its studios are located on Robie and Russell Streets in Halifax. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available in high definition on channel 052 (Classic) or 552 (Advanced). This station can also be seen on Eastlink TV channel 9 and Bell Aliant channel 6. There is a high definition feed offered on EastLink TV digital channel 603 and Bell Aliant TV channel 402.

History

CJCH-TV first went on the air on January 1, 1961 as an independent station, and it became one of the original CTV stations when the network began operations on October 1, 1961. CHUM Limited sold CJCH-TV along with ATV and the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) to CTV in 1997, but kept the radio station. CTVglobemedia's acquisition of CHUM Limited on June 22, 2007 has brought CJCH-TV and CJCH-FM back under common ownership.

Notable on-air staff

• Steve Murphy – weeknights anchor

Former

• Gord Martineau - brief stay before heading to Toronto

Digital television and high definition

As of May 12, 2011, the HD signal of CJCH is available on Eastlink. It became available on Bell TV via channel 1011 as of September 12, 2011 and Bell Aliant TV in Early 2012.

The station ceased broadcasting on analog on August 31, 2011 and began broadcasting in digital on the same date.

Transmitters

Station	City of licence	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter Coordinates
CJCH-TV-1	Canning	10 (VHF)	18.1 kW	270 m	45°12′12″N 64°24′3″W / 45.20333°N 64.40083°W
CJCH-TV-2	Truro	12 (VHF)	0.008 kW	NA	45°24′37″N 63°14′58″W / 45.41028°N 63.24944°W
CJCH-TV-3	Valley	12 (VHF)	0.008 kW	NA	45°24′37″N 63°14′58″W / 45.41028°N 63.24944°W
CJCH-TV-4^*	Bridgetown	13 (VHF)	0.008 kW	NA	44°52′35″N 65°18′23″W / 44.87639°N 65.30639°W
CJCH-TV-5	Sheet Harbour	2 (VHF)	1.5 kW	70.7 m	44°55′29″N 62°29′52″W / 44.92472°N 62.49778°W
CJCH-TV-6	Caledonia	6 (VHF)	100 kW	192.9 m	44°20′26″N 65°6′31″W / 44.34056°N 65.10861°W
CJCH-TV-7	Yarmouth	40 (UHF)	33 kW	167.3 m	43°54′56″N 66°5′16″W / 43.91556°N 66.08778°W
CJCH-TV-8	Marinette	23 (UHF)	0.01 kW	NA	44°58′10″N 62°39′51″W / 44.96944°N 62.66417°W

^* The Bridgetown transmitter was among a long list of CTV rebroadcasters nationwide to shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of a political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid fee-for-carriage requirements for cable television operators.^[1] A subsequent change in ownership assigned full control of CTVglobemedia to Bell Canada Enterprises; as of 2011, these transmitters remain in normal licensed broadcast operation.^[2]

References

1. CTV list of transmitters to be shut down
2. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110727.htm

External links

• CTV Atlantic
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CJCH-TV History
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJCH-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CJCH

Coordinates: 44°39′31.1″N 63°36′0.8″W / 44.658639°N 63.600222°W