Canterbury Television
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Canterbury Television is an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury
, New Zealand.
The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produces and screens more than twenty hours of locally based programming every week. It also screens overseas programming from Deutsche Welle
, Bloomberg Television
, CCTV-9
, Voice of America
and Al Jazeera
. It broadcasts from the Sugarloaf transmitter on the Port Hills
.
After the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and collapse of the CTV Building
, CTV was unable to produce or broadcast any services. On 18 April 2011 CTV resumed service at a new base location at the Mainland Press building in the Christchurch suburb of Harewood
.
Hayley Westenra
performed on CTV. The appearance led to her being signed by Universal Music Group
New Zealand.
In 2006, CTV was the chief sponsor of the Canterbury United
soccer team.
Today in Canterbury, a nightly news programme, started in March 2008.
In late 2008 CTV gained popularity with the New Zealand professional wrestling
promotion Impact Pro Wrestling airing IPW Ignition weekly. The first episode premiered on the 5 October 2008.
In March 2009, CTV started screening Graham Kerr
's Kitchen and Nick Stellino
's Cucina Amore, half-hour cooking programmes from the 1990s.
In September 2010, the CTV Building had received superficial damage in the 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake
, but was "given a clean bill of health" by structural engineers, according to the owners. Reports of the building's construction date vary: Chip Le Grand
of The Australian
said 1960; a 1 March 2011 NZPA
report said 1991 or shortly before; and a 4 March 2011 New Zealand Herald
editorial said 1972.
On 18 April 2011, CTV was back on air at 5.30 pm for the first time since February's earthquake. The station began with a two-hour broadcast of news and then another hour of interviews with people involved in the earthquake recovery. Shows from the previous day would screen on Māori Television
after each CTV broadcast.
located at 249 Madras Street, on the Cashel Street corner (43.532751°N 172.6424°W), collapsed in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and CTV lost transmission. CTV's main studios were destroyed and the building's lift cavity, the main part of the structure left upright, caught fire. On 23 February, police decided that the damage was not survivable, and rescue efforts at the building were suspended. Initially more than 100 people were believed to have died in the building. Fire-fighting and recovery operations resumed that evening.
Of the 166 confirmed dead by 12 March 2011, 94 were recovered from the CTV building. Many of the dead and missing were faculty and students at the King's Education school for English language, located on the third floor of the CTV building. King's drew students from Asia and elsewhere. The school was attempting to provide as much information as possible to families.
The Port Hills transmitters are understood to be undamaged; CTV is planning to return to air at new facilities on 2 May 2011. CTV's sister channel VTV (Visitors Television) has also ceased broadcasting because of the quake.
CTV's website was still functioning immediately after the earthquake, but was later replaced with this statement:
Canterbury, New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council - called Environment Canterbury - and the University of Canterbury.-...
, New Zealand.
The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produces and screens more than twenty hours of locally based programming every week. It also screens overseas programming from Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
, Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...
, CCTV-9
CCTV-9
CCTV-9 is the documentary channel of the television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. This channel has a local Mandarin Chinese edition called CCTV-9, and an international English language edition called CCTV-9 Documentary. The English edition is carried by more satellites than the...
, Voice of America
Voice of America
Voice of America is the official external broadcast institution of the United States federal government. It is one of five civilian U.S. international broadcasters working under the umbrella of the Broadcasting Board of Governors . VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio...
and Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
. It broadcasts from the Sugarloaf transmitter on the Port Hills
Port Hills
The Port Hills form the northern rim of the ancient Lyttelton volcano, separating the port of Lyttelton from the city of Christchurch in Canterbury, New Zealand...
.
After the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and collapse of the CTV Building
CTV Building
The CTV Building was the headquarters of Canterbury Television and other companies. Located in the Christchurch Central City on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets, it became one of the symbols of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake...
, CTV was unable to produce or broadcast any services. On 18 April 2011 CTV resumed service at a new base location at the Mainland Press building in the Christchurch suburb of Harewood
Harewood, New Zealand
Harewood is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is north-west of the city centre. It had a population of 3,234 in the 2006 census, an increase of 477 since 2001.-Transport:SH1 passes through Harewood, and separates the land use...
.
History
In 1999, yet to be signed New Zealand sopranoSoprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
Hayley Westenra
Hayley Westenra
Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand soprano, classical crossover artist, songwriter and UNICEF Ambassador. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached No. 1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide...
performed on CTV. The appearance led to her being signed by Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
New Zealand.
In 2006, CTV was the chief sponsor of the Canterbury United
Canterbury United
Canterbury United FC is an association football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The club plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson...
soccer team.
Today in Canterbury, a nightly news programme, started in March 2008.
In late 2008 CTV gained popularity with the New Zealand professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
promotion Impact Pro Wrestling airing IPW Ignition weekly. The first episode premiered on the 5 October 2008.
In March 2009, CTV started screening Graham Kerr
Graham Kerr
Graham Kerr is a cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet.- Biography :...
's Kitchen and Nick Stellino
Nick Stellino
Nick Stellino is an Italian-American television chef and author. He hosts the cooking programs "Cucina Amore" and "Nick Stellino's Family Kitchen" on public television station KCTS in Seattle, Washington.-Biography:...
's Cucina Amore, half-hour cooking programmes from the 1990s.
In September 2010, the CTV Building had received superficial damage in the 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on local time ....
, but was "given a clean bill of health" by structural engineers, according to the owners. Reports of the building's construction date vary: Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand is an Australian sports journalist.He lives in Melbourne, Australia and writes for nationwide newspaper The Australian, primarily on sports articles. His writing was included in an anthology of sports newspaper writing, The best Australian sports writing, 2002...
of The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
said 1960; a 1 March 2011 NZPA
New Zealand Press Association
The New Zealand Press Association was a news agency that existed from 1879 to 2011 and provided national and international news to the media of New Zealand. The largest news agency in the country, it was founded as the United Press Association in 1879, and became the New Zealand Press Association...
report said 1991 or shortly before; and a 4 March 2011 New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
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editorial said 1972.
On 18 April 2011, CTV was back on air at 5.30 pm for the first time since February's earthquake. The station began with a two-hour broadcast of news and then another hour of interviews with people involved in the earthquake recovery. Shows from the previous day would screen on Māori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
after each CTV broadcast.
2011 Christchurch earthquake
The six-storey CTV BuildingCTV Building
The CTV Building was the headquarters of Canterbury Television and other companies. Located in the Christchurch Central City on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets, it became one of the symbols of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake...
located at 249 Madras Street, on the Cashel Street corner (43.532751°N 172.6424°W), collapsed in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and CTV lost transmission. CTV's main studios were destroyed and the building's lift cavity, the main part of the structure left upright, caught fire. On 23 February, police decided that the damage was not survivable, and rescue efforts at the building were suspended. Initially more than 100 people were believed to have died in the building. Fire-fighting and recovery operations resumed that evening.
Of the 166 confirmed dead by 12 March 2011, 94 were recovered from the CTV building. Many of the dead and missing were faculty and students at the King's Education school for English language, located on the third floor of the CTV building. King's drew students from Asia and elsewhere. The school was attempting to provide as much information as possible to families.
The Port Hills transmitters are understood to be undamaged; CTV is planning to return to air at new facilities on 2 May 2011. CTV's sister channel VTV (Visitors Television) has also ceased broadcasting because of the quake.
CTV's website was still functioning immediately after the earthquake, but was later replaced with this statement:
Past presenters
- George Balani – co-host of 'Gifford & Balani'
- Matty Beaumont – co-host of 'POWA Live' and 'The Auto Hour' (Died in the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake)
- Samuel Gibb – host of 'Today in Canterbury' (Died in the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake)
- Phil GiffordPhil GiffordPhil Gifford is a New Zealand sportswriter and broadcaster. He has his own rugby radio show Front Row on Radio Sport from 8 to 10am on Saturdays. He writes a weekly column in the country's highest circulation weekend paper, the Sunday Star Times, and is a contributing editor to North & South magazine...
– Co-host of 'Gifford and Balani' - Jo GilesJo GilesJoanne "Jo" May Giles was a New Zealand television presenter and former representative sportswoman. She represented the country in pistol shooting at the 1997 Oceanian Championships in Adelaide, and the 2000 World Cup in Sydney...
– host of 'Shopping with Jo' and 'In Depth' (Died in the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake) - Janice Gray – host of 'The D.O.G. Show'
- Simon Green – co-host of 'The Hub'
- Chris Lynch – host of Cry Music TV (now a producer for TVNZ's Close Up show)
- Jim HopkinsJim HopkinsJim Hopkins is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.-Biography:Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback...
– host of 'The Knackered Chef,' 'Jim Hopkins Tonight' and 'A Smattering of Ominions' - Ali Jones – host of 'At Home With the Joneses'
- Bronwen King – host of 'Healthy Eating'
- Grant Mangin – host of 'Flicks' and 'Good Living'
- Donna Manning – co-host of 'Good Living' (Died in the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake)
- Michelle Mollard – host of 'Thunder at the Glen'
- Kerry Pierson – host of 'Good Living'
- Andrew Sepie – host of 'Classic Hits Retro'
- Pete Smith – host of 'Pete Smith Hosts'
- Peter Townsend – host of 'Canterbury Business Week'
- Sue WellsSue WellsSue Wells is a media personality and city councillor in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was first elected onto the Shirley-Papanui community board in 1995. In 1998 and 2001, she was a councillor in the Heathcote ward...
– host of 'Susan Sells' - Vanessa Wells – host of 'Good Living'
- Rob Wilkinson – host of 'CTV Racenight' and 'CTV Sportsnight'
Presenters as of July 2011
- Emily Cooper – journalist 'CTV News'
- Rob Cope-Williams – host of 'Rob's Country'
- Pete Smith – host of 'Pete Smith Hosts'
- Sue Wells – host of 'Susan Sells'
- Natalie Slade – host of 'Onwards and Upwards'
- Jo Kane – host of 'One on One'
- Kineta Knight – host of 'City Life'
External links
- CTV, Canterbury Television
- The Story of CTV on the Close Up show http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/story-ctv-5-49-video-4039315
- Impact Pro Wrestling – IPW: New Zealand Pro Wrestling's Leading Promotion
- 3News, "One of the saddest scenes – Canterbury TV – Video", 23 February 2011
- "The Story of CTV" www.stuff.co.nz, 28 February 2011