Citytv
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Citytv is a Canadian English language
television system
owned and operated by Rogers Communications
under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd.
division. The system currently consists of five owned and operated television stations located in Toronto
, Winnipeg
, Calgary
, Edmonton
and Vancouver
, as well as three affiliates owned by the Jim Pattison Group
located in smaller cities in Alberta
and B.C.
It is generally considered part of the second tier of Canadian English-language broadcast television services, alongside CTV Two. The Citytv brand has also been licensed to television stations outside of Canada
.
Citytv stations originally had an intensely-local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming. Moses Znaimer
, who developed the original format, once described the system's philosophy by saying, "It's not the show, it's the flow". Since the late 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based primetime schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics.
by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), was founded in Toronto in 1972 and began broadcasting for the first time on September 28 under the ownership of Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd; CHUM Limited acquired the station in 1981. Broadcasting on UHF
channel 79 through its first decade, the station moved to channel 57 in 1983, until moving to UHF 44 with the digital switchover. In 1987, the station moved its headquarters from the former Electric Circus night club at 99 Queen Street East to 299 Queen Street West, formerly known as the Ryerson Press Building (then known as the CHUM-City Building); one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. On September 8, 2009, Citytv moved to its current location at Yonge-Dundas Square at 33 Dundas Street East.
Citytv gained a second station in Vancouver when CHUM bought CKVU
from Canwest Global in 2001. The station became Citytv Vancouver on July 22, 2002. Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming was syndicated to KVOS
in nearby Bellingham, Washington
.
In 2004, CHUM bought Craig Media Inc.
, parent of the A-Channel
system in Manitoba
and Alberta
. The Craig-owned A-Channel stations were relaunched as Citytv on August 2, 2005; the same date when CHUM's NewNet (The New VR, The New WI, the New PL, etc) stations were rebranded under the A-Channel banner.
On July 12, 2006, Citytv parent CHUM Limited
announced plans to sell its broadcasting assets to CTV
parent CTVglobemedia
. CTVgm initially intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Access Alberta in order for the CRTC to approve the acquisition.
On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv canceled its supper hour, late night, and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of news department staff.
In October 2006, Citytv launched a daily national newscast, CityNews International. It is produced in Toronto for broadcast on the western Canadian stations, as well as on CHUM's Toronto news channel CP24. The Edmonton and Calgary stations also began broadcasting a daily 30-minute magazine show, Your City, instead of a full-fledged newscast. The Vancouver news operation, which had operated for 30 years under various owners and station identities, was not maintained aside from BT
.
In the same month, Citytv Toronto began broadcasting local news in high-definition
, becoming the first television station in Canada to do so.
On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv, because they already have CTV O&O stations serving the very same cities (CFTO-TV
Toronto, CIVT-TV
Vancouver, CFCN-TV
Calgary, CFRN-TV
Edmonton, and CKY-TV
Winnipeg) as it would have exceeded the CRTC's concentration of media ownership
limits. As a result, CTV announced on June 11, 2007, that it would retain the A-Channel stations, and sell off the Citytv stations to Rogers Communications
for $375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28 and was completed on October 31, 2007.
On December 6, 2010, CityNews Tonight Toronto anchor/Citytv continuity voice-over, Mark Dailey
passed away after a long battle with cancer.
At its peak, Citytv Toronto produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, such as Speakers' Corner, CityLine
and was the original home of FashionTelevision
, SexTV
, and MediaTelevision
. Many of these series were not strictly focused on Toronto – FT, for instance, consists largely of foreign runway
footage – and are easily syndicated to other CHUM outlets. The latter three shows are owned by CTVglobemedia
as a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divesting of the Citytv stations.
The station also attracted attention and controversy by airing Baby Blue Movies, or soft-core pornography
, on Friday nights after midnight. Although this programming strategy was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated on CITY
and CKVU
for short time in the early 2000s.
This, along with the 'hide away' place on the UHF dial formed the basis of fictional station "CIVIC TV" (Channel 83 Cable 12) in David Cronenberg
's Videodrome
, which is set in Toronto.
As well, CITY was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement a diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking out people of colour, people with disabilities, and other minority groups to work as on-air journalists. Znaimer originally described the policy as wanting the station to "look like Toronto".
Also, a show called Citytv New Year's Eve Bash, airs and is watched nationwide every New Year's Eve
on the network. Since its debut in 1983, celebrations have been taking place at Nathan Phillips Square
in Downtown Toronto
. The 2007 edition featured performance by the Grammy Award
-winning group the Plain White T's
which was broadcast on Citytv Toronto and OMNI.2
.
In 2008, Citytv dropped its Great Movies block and replaced it with either reruns, reality shows or infomercials.
, formerly known as CityPulse, had developed a large following, but ratings have since been steadily declining. Other stations around the world have tried to imitate its format to varying degrees of success. However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other markets, as evidenced by the recent cancellation of the other stations' traditional newscasts.
, Rogers Media
announced cost-cutting measures at the Citytv stations on January 19, 2010, which included massive layoffs and the cancellation of the following newscasts:
Citytv will continue to produce Breakfast Television
and CityLine
for all markets and CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight in Toronto only excluding weekends. In total, 60 Citytv employees (including long-time Toronto news anchor Anne Mroczkowski
) have been laid off across Canada.
football, but even this has been quite sporadic.
Craig Media (including the now-Citytv stations in Winnipeg and Alberta) owned the rights to Monday Night Football
in the early 2000s, and these rights moved to Citytv for MNFs final season on ABC in 2005, before being moved again to TSN
in 2006.
With the sale to Rogers, CKVU
carried 4:00 p.m. ET games during the 2007 season
(as did OMNI.2
in Toronto), under sublicence from Rogers Sportsnet
. For the 2008 season
, all Citytv stations now carry 4:00 games. Sportsnet carries a different game than the game broadcast by Citytv. CITY also airs selected Buffalo Bills
preseason games (including those held at the Rogers Centre).
The Citytv stations in Alberta (while still branded "A-Channel") carried some regional NHL games during their first few years. The most recent hockey broadcast was on October 30, 2008, when CKAL
broadcast a Calgary Flames
hockey game due to a scheduling conflict on Rogers Sportsnet West involving the 2008 World Series
.
Citytv Toronto had also broadcast some regular-season basketball
games during the inaugural season of the Toronto Raptors
. On March 2, 2008, Citytv Toronto aired its first known baseball game, a Toronto Blue Jays
spring training game, against the Cincinnati Reds
. Citytv and the Toronto Blue Jays are both owned by Rogers.
simulcast of its Toronto station CITY-TV. In October 2006, Citytv installed a new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada. On March 2, 2010 CKVU-TV in Vancouver launched its HD simulcast. CKEM-DT in Edmonton began testing on May 26, 2010 and began regular HD broadcasting on June 29, 2010. CITY-DT-3 in Ottawa began testing on June 12, 2010 and regular broadcasting on June 18, 2010. CKAL-DT began testing on August 31, 2010.
Citytv HD is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable as well as for free via DTT
using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new TVs) on the following channels:
as part of its $1.4 billion takeover offer of CHUM Limited
in 2007. It is not clear from the available evidence whether this was directly tied to the sale of CHUM as opposed to any pre-existing rights Rogers may have had. In any event, the application was withdrawn prior to the scheduled hearing.
In July 2008, Rogers filed a new application with the CRTC to launch a separate 24-hour news station to be known as "CityNews Toronto". That application was approved by the CRTC on December 10 of that year. The new channel was initially slated to hit the airwaves in late 2009, however it was delayed due to the reconstruction and economic terms.
On May 30, 2011 Rogers announced plans to launch CityNews Channel in the fall of that year, with plans to incorporate elements of other Rogers-owned news properties including 680 News
and Maclean's
, in addition to Citytv Toronto.
Individual stations are normally branded on-air as "Citytv"; the location may be added if disambiguation is necessary.
announced in July 2009 that its three television stations in western Canada, formerly affiliated with E!, would broadcast the entire Citytv program lineup starting on September 1, 2009. As these stations are not located in major urban centres, they do not carry Citytv branding; instead, they opted to keep the same names and logos used as affiliates of the E! system. Moreover, they do not produce their own versions of Breakfast Television nor CityNews like the Citytv O&Os do.
: the ATV
system of CTV affiliates, and cable-only channel ASN. Many Citytv programs were aired on either ATV or ASN during this period. Both ATV and ASN were acquired by Baton Broadcasting (now CTVglobemedia) in 1997; ASN continued to air much of the Citytv schedule until it became part of the A television system in 2008.
In the past, local rights to individual Citytv programs were sold to stations outside of the Toronto station's coverage area. In Vancouver, programs were split between KVOS
in Bellingham, Washington
, which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-owned CIVT
, during the 1990s and early 2000s when Citytv did not have a station in Vancouver. The WIC
stations in Alberta (including CITV
and CICT
) bought provincial rights to some Citytv programs prior to the launch of CKAL and CKEM in 1997.
, Colombia
(Citytv Bogotá
) and Barcelona
, Spain
(Citytv Barcelona
). The latter station's licence agreement expired in 2006, and the station was renamed TD8.
Additionally, Toronto's CITY-TV
is broadcast on a number of cable TV systems in the Caribbean. In Barbados
, Citytv is on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known as Multi-Choice TV
.
In March 2006, CHUM signed an agreement with WRUA
channel 34 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
to establish a Citytv franchise on that channel—a first in the United States. Rogers Media
discontinued the licensing for WRUA, and the station now serves as a translator for WECN
in Naranjito
.
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Elsewhere
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
television system
Television system
A television system is a Canadian term for a group of television stations which share common ownership, branding, and programming, but are not considered a full television network....
owned and operated by Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd.
Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
division. The system currently consists of five owned and operated television stations located in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
and Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, as well as three affiliates owned by the Jim Pattison Group
Jim Pattison Group
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison...
located in smaller cities in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
and B.C.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
It is generally considered part of the second tier of Canadian English-language broadcast television services, alongside CTV Two. The Citytv brand has also been licensed to television stations outside of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Citytv stations originally had an intensely-local format based on newscasts aimed at younger viewers, nightly movies, and music and cultural programming. Moses Znaimer
Moses Znaimer
Moses Znaimer, M.A., O.Ont is a co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.-Early life and career:...
, who developed the original format, once described the system's philosophy by saying, "It's not the show, it's the flow". Since the late 2000s, and particularly since its acquisition by Rogers, Citytv has moved towards a series-based primetime schedule much like its competitors, albeit one still focused on younger demographics.
History
The original Citytv station, granted callsign CITY-TVCITY-TV
CITY-DT, Channel 57 , is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by Rogers Media...
by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), was founded in Toronto in 1972 and began broadcasting for the first time on September 28 under the ownership of Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd; CHUM Limited acquired the station in 1981. Broadcasting on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 79 through its first decade, the station moved to channel 57 in 1983, until moving to UHF 44 with the digital switchover. In 1987, the station moved its headquarters from the former Electric Circus night club at 99 Queen Street East to 299 Queen Street West, formerly known as the Ryerson Press Building (then known as the CHUM-City Building); one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. On September 8, 2009, Citytv moved to its current location at Yonge-Dundas Square at 33 Dundas Street East.
Citytv gained a second station in Vancouver when CHUM bought CKVU
CKVU-TV
CKVU-DT is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media , it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada.-History:CKVU's history dates back to 1975, when Western Approaches Ltd...
from Canwest Global in 2001. The station became Citytv Vancouver on July 22, 2002. Prior to CHUM's acquisition of CKVU, some Citytv programming was syndicated to KVOS
KVOS-TV
KVOS-TV is television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington and is an affiliate of Me-TV. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on digital channel 35, though through PSIP the station remaps to its former analog channel 12...
in nearby Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
.
In 2004, CHUM bought Craig Media Inc.
Craig Media Inc.
Craig Wireless Systems, Ltd. is a Canadian company which offers MMDS. In Manitoba and British Columbia,-History:The company has its roots in Craig Media, which was founded in 1948 by John Craig in Brandon, Manitoba, and began its foray in television broadcasting in 1955 with the launch of...
, parent of the A-Channel
A-Channel (Craig Media)
A-Channel was a Canadian television system owned by Craig Media from 1997 to 2004 and CHUM Limited from 2004 to 2005. It consisted of Craig's television stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton, and was the company's unsuccessful attempt to build a national network.CHUM Limited, which acquired...
system in Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
and Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. The Craig-owned A-Channel stations were relaunched as Citytv on August 2, 2005; the same date when CHUM's NewNet (The New VR, The New WI, the New PL, etc) stations were rebranded under the A-Channel banner.
On July 12, 2006, Citytv parent CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
announced plans to sell its broadcasting assets to CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
parent CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
. CTVgm initially intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Access Alberta in order for the CRTC to approve the acquisition.
On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv canceled its supper hour, late night, and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of news department staff.
Breakfast Television
Breakfast Television is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program which airs on the Citytv stations . Each station produces its own local edition of Breakfast Television....
.
In the same month, Citytv Toronto began broadcasting local news in high-definition
High-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
, becoming the first television station in Canada to do so.
On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv, because they already have CTV O&O stations serving the very same cities (CFTO-TV
CFTO-TV
CFTO-DT, broadcast on channel 9 and cable 8, is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Currently branded as CTV Toronto, it is the flagship station of the CTV Television Network, and was one of the charter members of the network when it was launched in 1961. It...
Toronto, CIVT-TV
CIVT-TV
CIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
Vancouver, CFCN-TV
CFCN-TV
CFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....
Calgary, CFRN-TV
CFRN-TV
CFRN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....
Edmonton, and CKY-TV
CKY-TV
CKY-DT is a television station based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Television Network....
Winnipeg) as it would have exceeded the CRTC's concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership
Concentration of media ownership refers to a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media...
limits. As a result, CTV announced on June 11, 2007, that it would retain the A-Channel stations, and sell off the Citytv stations to Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
for $375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28 and was completed on October 31, 2007.
On December 6, 2010, CityNews Tonight Toronto anchor/Citytv continuity voice-over, Mark Dailey
Mark Dailey
Mark Edward Dailey was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer. He was the host of 11 p.m...
passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Programming
Citytv is well known for its unconventional approach to news and local programming. There is no news desk (anchors read the news standing up, or on stools), and cameras are sometimes hand-held. Citytv also pioneered the concept of videojournalism, where reporters often carry their own cameras and report and videotape their own stories. Citytv calls its videojournalists "videographers", but unlike many American television markets that try to conceal the fact that reporters are so-called "one-man bands", Citytv embraced the use of video journalism by highlighting the use of technology; Citytv videographers often carry a second home video camera to record images of them videotaping on the scene. The low-grade video is then incorporated into the final story to show viewers how the story was recorded.At its peak, Citytv Toronto produced more local programs than any other television station in Canada, such as Speakers' Corner, CityLine
CityLine
CityLine is a television program produced by Citytv and Citytv Toronto that offers advice and information from experts. Each show has a theme that changes daily. These include "Around the House," "Talk Tuesday," "Health and Parenting," "Home Day," and "Fashion Friday."Originally hosted by Dini...
and was the original home of FashionTelevision
FashionTelevision
FashionTelevision, also known as FT, is a Canadian-produced special interest show focusing on fashion. The show,created by Jay Levine in 1985 is hosted by Jeanne Beker...
, SexTV
SexTV
SexTV is a Canadian documentary television series which explores many issues about human sexuality. The show premiered in 1998 and spun off a television channel called SexTV: The Channel in 2001....
, and MediaTelevision
MediaTelevision
Media Television was a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired weekly on Citytv from 1991 to 2004. It was also syndicated internationally, airing in over 100 countries around the world at some point during its run....
. Many of these series were not strictly focused on Toronto – FT, for instance, consists largely of foreign runway
Runway (fashion)
Runway or catwalk describes a narrow, usually flat platform that runs into an auditorium, used by models to demonstrate clothing and accessories during a fashion show In fashion jargon, "what's on the catwalk" or similar phrasing can refer to whatever is new and popular in fashion.- Exclusive...
footage – and are easily syndicated to other CHUM outlets. The latter three shows are owned by CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
as a result of its takeover of CHUM and subsequent divesting of the Citytv stations.
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
, on Friday nights after midnight. Although this programming strategy was discontinued in the 1980s, it was reinstated on CITY
CITY-TV
CITY-DT, Channel 57 , is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by Rogers Media...
and CKVU
CKVU-TV
CKVU-DT is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media , it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada.-History:CKVU's history dates back to 1975, when Western Approaches Ltd...
for short time in the early 2000s.
This, along with the 'hide away' place on the UHF dial formed the basis of fictional station "CIVIC TV" (Channel 83 Cable 12) in David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the...
's Videodrome
Videodrome
Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and singer Deborah Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring...
, which is set in Toronto.
As well, CITY was one of the first television stations in Canada to implement a diversity policy in hiring its on-air staff, actively seeking out people of colour, people with disabilities, and other minority groups to work as on-air journalists. Znaimer originally described the policy as wanting the station to "look like Toronto".
Also, a show called Citytv New Year's Eve Bash, airs and is watched nationwide every New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
on the network. Since its debut in 1983, celebrations have been taking place at Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza that forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965, and, as with the City Hall, the square was...
in Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the central business district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don River to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west...
. The 2007 edition featured performance by the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-winning group the Plain White T's
Plain White T's
Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
which was broadcast on Citytv Toronto and OMNI.2
CJMT-TV
CJMT-DT is a Canadian television station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto, Ontario. As one of the Omni Television stations owned by Rogers Media, it uses the on-air brand OMNI.2, and is a sister station to CFMT ....
.
In 2008, Citytv dropped its Great Movies block and replaced it with either reruns, reality shows or infomercials.
News
Citytv Toronto's CityNewsCityNews
CityNews is the title of local television newscasts currently seen on CITY-TV Toronto, Canada. It premiered on September 12, 1977 under the name CityPulse, then spread to Citytv stations in other cities across Canada. Due to severe financial issues, as of January 19, 2010, the only station that...
, formerly known as CityPulse, had developed a large following, but ratings have since been steadily declining. Other stations around the world have tried to imitate its format to varying degrees of success. However, Citytv itself was unsuccessful in expanding its audience to other markets, as evidenced by the recent cancellation of the other stations' traditional newscasts.
Effects of the 2009–2010 economic crisis
Due to the ongoing structural problems facing the conventional television sector in Canada and the global economic crisisGlobal economic crisis
Global economic crisis may refer to:*Economic events of the late 2000s:** Financial crisis ** Late-2000s recession*A global recession*Earlier global economic events, such as:...
, Rogers Media
Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
announced cost-cutting measures at the Citytv stations on January 19, 2010, which included massive layoffs and the cancellation of the following newscasts:
- "CityNews at Noon" in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto
- Lunch Television in Vancouver
- Your City in Calgary and Edmonton which was an evening replacement for previous CityNews programming that was cancelled in 2006.
- The CityNews List in Vancouver, a comedic take on the news in Vancouver
- CityOnline, CityNews at Five and all weekend news programming in Toronto
- Citytv's national and international newscast, CityNews International
Citytv will continue to produce Breakfast Television
Breakfast Television
Breakfast Television is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program which airs on the Citytv stations . Each station produces its own local edition of Breakfast Television....
and CityLine
CityLine
CityLine is a television program produced by Citytv and Citytv Toronto that offers advice and information from experts. Each show has a theme that changes daily. These include "Around the House," "Talk Tuesday," "Health and Parenting," "Home Day," and "Fashion Friday."Originally hosted by Dini...
for all markets and CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight in Toronto only excluding weekends. In total, 60 Citytv employees (including long-time Toronto news anchor Anne Mroczkowski
Anne Mroczkowski
Anne Mroczkowski is a Canadian TV reporter and news anchor. She is currently co-anchor of Global News Hour, along with Leslie Roberts, a job she started on June 1, 2010....
) have been laid off across Canada.
Sports
Sports broadcasts on the Citytv stations have been sparse over the years. The predominant sports property in recent years has been National Football LeagueNational Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
football, but even this has been quite sporadic.
Craig Media (including the now-Citytv stations in Winnipeg and Alberta) owned the rights to Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
in the early 2000s, and these rights moved to Citytv for MNFs final season on ABC in 2005, before being moved again to TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
in 2006.
With the sale to Rogers, CKVU
CKVU-TV
CKVU-DT is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media , it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada.-History:CKVU's history dates back to 1975, when Western Approaches Ltd...
carried 4:00 p.m. ET games during the 2007 season
2007 NFL season
The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....
(as did OMNI.2
CJMT-TV
CJMT-DT is a Canadian television station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto, Ontario. As one of the Omni Television stations owned by Rogers Media, it uses the on-air brand OMNI.2, and is a sister station to CFMT ....
in Toronto), under sublicence from Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
Sportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States...
. For the 2008 season
2008 NFL season
The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the...
, all Citytv stations now carry 4:00 games. Sportsnet carries a different game than the game broadcast by Citytv. CITY also airs selected Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
preseason games (including those held at the Rogers Centre).
The Citytv stations in Alberta (while still branded "A-Channel") carried some regional NHL games during their first few years. The most recent hockey broadcast was on October 30, 2008, when CKAL
CKAL-TV
CKAL-DT is a television station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Citytv system as of August 2, 2005, and was previously branded as A-Channel. The station is owned by Rogers Media through its Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd. division...
broadcast a Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
hockey game due to a scheduling conflict on Rogers Sportsnet West involving the 2008 World Series
2008 World Series
The 2008 World Series was the 104th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as champions of the National League and the Tampa Bay Rays, as American League champions, competed to win four games out of a possible...
.
Citytv Toronto had also broadcast some regular-season basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
games during the inaugural season of the Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
. On March 2, 2008, Citytv Toronto aired its first known baseball game, a Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
spring training game, against the Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
. Citytv and the Toronto Blue Jays are both owned by Rogers.
Citytv HD
In 2003, CHUM Limited launched an HDHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
simulcast of its Toronto station CITY-TV. In October 2006, Citytv installed a new control room, becoming one of the first fully HD broadcasters in Canada. On March 2, 2010 CKVU-TV in Vancouver launched its HD simulcast. CKEM-DT in Edmonton began testing on May 26, 2010 and began regular HD broadcasting on June 29, 2010. CITY-DT-3 in Ottawa began testing on June 12, 2010 and regular broadcasting on June 18, 2010. CKAL-DT began testing on August 31, 2010.
Citytv HD is available nationally via satellite and on digital cable as well as for free via DTT
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
using a regular TV antenna and a digital tuner (included in most new TVs) on the following channels:
- Calgary: 49 (5.1)
- Edmonton: 17 (51.1)
- Toronto: 53 (57.1)
- Ottawa: 17 (65.1)
- Vancouver: 47 (10.1)
- Winnipeg: 13 (13.1)
CityNews Channel
Shortly after Rogers' takeover of the Citytv stations was complete, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published an application under which Rogers would have acquired 20% of CP24, which was sold to CTVglobemediaCTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
as part of its $1.4 billion takeover offer of CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
in 2007. It is not clear from the available evidence whether this was directly tied to the sale of CHUM as opposed to any pre-existing rights Rogers may have had. In any event, the application was withdrawn prior to the scheduled hearing.
In July 2008, Rogers filed a new application with the CRTC to launch a separate 24-hour news station to be known as "CityNews Toronto". That application was approved by the CRTC on December 10 of that year. The new channel was initially slated to hit the airwaves in late 2009, however it was delayed due to the reconstruction and economic terms.
On May 30, 2011 Rogers announced plans to launch CityNews Channel in the fall of that year, with plans to incorporate elements of other Rogers-owned news properties including 680 News
CFTR (AM)
CFTR, broadcasting under the brand 680News, is an all-news radio station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 680 kHz on the AM dial...
and Maclean's
Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
, in addition to Citytv Toronto.
Citytv stations
- CalgaryCalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
- CKAL-DT - EdmontonEdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
- CKEM-DT - TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- CITY-DT - VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
- CKVU-DT - WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
- CHMI-DT
Citytv affiliates
The Jim Pattison GroupJim Pattison Group
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman, President, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison...
announced in July 2009 that its three television stations in western Canada, formerly affiliated with E!, would broadcast the entire Citytv program lineup starting on September 1, 2009. As these stations are not located in major urban centres, they do not carry Citytv branding; instead, they opted to keep the same names and logos used as affiliates of the E! system. Moreover, they do not produce their own versions of Breakfast Television nor CityNews like the Citytv O&Os do.
- Kamloops, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
- CFJC-TVCFJC-TVCFJC-TV is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, that is owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. It is an affiliate of Rogers Media's Citytv system.... - Medicine Hat, AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
- CHAT-TVCHAT-TVCHAT-TV is a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta. It is owned by Jim Pattison Group, and operates on VHF channel 6 and cable channel 3. It is a privately owned affiliate of Rogers television system Citytv.... - Prince GeorgePrince George, British ColumbiaPrince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
, British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
- CKPG-TVCKPG-TVCKPG-TV is a television station in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Jim Pattison Group, and operates on VHF channel 2 and cable channel 3...
Past output deals
Prior to 1997, CHUM owned two television outlets in Atlantic CanadaAtlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
: the ATV
CTV Atlantic
CTV Atlantic is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media...
system of CTV affiliates, and cable-only channel ASN. Many Citytv programs were aired on either ATV or ASN during this period. Both ATV and ASN were acquired by Baton Broadcasting (now CTVglobemedia) in 1997; ASN continued to air much of the Citytv schedule until it became part of the A television system in 2008.
In the past, local rights to individual Citytv programs were sold to stations outside of the Toronto station's coverage area. In Vancouver, programs were split between KVOS
KVOS-TV
KVOS-TV is television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington and is an affiliate of Me-TV. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on digital channel 35, though through PSIP the station remaps to its former analog channel 12...
in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
, which is close to Vancouver, and CTV-owned CIVT
CIVT-TV
CIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
, during the 1990s and early 2000s when Citytv did not have a station in Vancouver. The WIC
Western International Communications
WIC Western International Communications Ltd.The apparent occurrence of "RAS syndrome" here was in fact part of the company's legal name. was a Canadian media company that operated from 1982 to 2000, with operations including broadcast and specialty television, radio, and satellite distribution via...
stations in Alberta (including CITV
CITV-TV
CITV-DT is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Known on air as Global Edmonton, the station is owned by Shaw Media, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network. It transmits on channel 13 and cable 8 in Edmonton, and is carried on the Bell TV and Shaw...
and CICT
CICT-TV
CICT-DT is a Canadian television station, licensed to and serving Calgary, Alberta. It is owned by Shaw Media, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network...
) bought provincial rights to some Citytv programs prior to the launch of CKAL and CKEM in 1997.
International
The Citytv brand has been licensed to local television stations in BogotáBogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
(Citytv Bogotá
Citytv Bogotá
Citytv Bogotá is a local television station in Colombia's capital city. It is owned by the Casa Editorial El Tiempo , which publishes the main national Colombian daily newspaper El Tiempo, as well as other magazines such as Portafolio, Cambio, Motor, and Carrusel. CEET licensed the Canadian...
) and Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(Citytv Barcelona
8TV (Catalonia)
8TV is a Catalan private tv station based in Barcelona, Spain. The channel is run by Grupo Godó and broadcasts from street-level studios on the Avenida Diagonal in the heart of Barcelona.-History:8TV began as a local tv channel in Barcelona in 2001...
). The latter station's licence agreement expired in 2006, and the station was renamed TD8.
Additionally, Toronto's CITY-TV
CITY-TV
CITY-DT, Channel 57 , is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by Rogers Media...
is broadcast on a number of cable TV systems in the Caribbean. In Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, Citytv is on channel 507 of the terrestrial subscription service known as Multi-Choice TV
Multi-Choice TV (Barbados)
The television service provider known as Multi-Choice TV or MCTV is a MMDS or DVB-C wireless microwave based broadcast subscription television provider in the country of Barbados. They offer a variety of packages which can be considered as comparatively priced to similar providers throughout the...
.
In March 2006, CHUM signed an agreement with WRUA
WECN
WECN is a a Spanish-language independent television station in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, serving eastern Puerto Rico on digital channel 18. Its programming is also seen on WRUA channel 33 in Fajardo.-History:...
channel 34 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo is a small city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Downtown Fajardo , which serves as the administrative center of the city...
to establish a Citytv franchise on that channel—a first in the United States. Rogers Media
Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
discontinued the licensing for WRUA, and the station now serves as a translator for WECN
WECN
WECN is a a Spanish-language independent television station in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, serving eastern Puerto Rico on digital channel 18. Its programming is also seen on WRUA channel 33 in Fajardo.-History:...
in Naranjito
Naranjito, Puerto Rico
Naranjito is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, south of Toa Alta; north of Barranquitas and Comerío; east of Corozal; and west of Bayamón. Naranjito is spread over 15 wards and Naranjito Pueblo...
.
Current presenters
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- Kevin FrankishKevin FrankishKevin Frankish is a Toronto-area media personality. He co-hosts Breakfast Television on Citytv.After getting a diploma in radio and television broadcasting at Canadore College, he started his career at CKNY in North Bay. He also had a nine year stint at The New VR in Barrie, Ontario...
- Dina PuglieseDina PuglieseDina Pugliese is an Canadian television personality, currently the co-host of Citytv Toronto's Breakfast Television. She joined the show in 2006, replacing Liza Fromer....
- Frank FerragineFrank FerragineFrank Ferragine is currently the morning weatherman on Citytv's morning show Breakfast Television, and is the station's flower expert using the nickname Frankie Flowers....
- Jennifer ValentyneJennifer ValentyneJennifer Elizabeth Valentyne is a Canadian television personality. She hosts the "Live Eye" segment and also fills in for Dina Pugliese as co-host on Breakfast Television, as well as filling in for Tracy Moore as host on CityLine which both air on Citytv Toronto.Jennifer has been with CITY-TV...
- Francis D'SouzaFrancis D'SouzaFrancis D'Souza is a Canadian news anchor for Citytv in Toronto, Canada. D'Souza was the co-anchor of the station's noon newscast, which was cancelled in January 2010...
- Gord MartineauGord MartineauGord Martineau is a Canadian television journalist.Martineau is the senior anchor of Citytv's CityNews newscast in Toronto. He has been with the station since its inception, except for a few weeks in 1980 when he moved to Global Television Network as a news co-anchor for CIII...
- Roger PetersenRoger PetersenRoger Petersen is a Canadian television news reporter. He served as anchor on CityNews and Breakfast Television on Citytv Toronto) from 1999 until 2004, when he moved to Vancouver's CKVU and became that station's lead male anchor with co-anchor Julie Nolin...
- Audra Brown
- Hugh BurrillHugh BurrillHugh Burrill is a Canadian television sports anchor and reporter.Hugh was born and raised in Chalk River, Ontario. His birthday is September 9...
- Kathryn HumphreysKathryn HumphreysKathryn Humphreys is a Canadian sports anchor for CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight. She was previously with CityNews Weekend which she joined in March 1997....
- Natasha RamsahaiNatasha RamsahaiNatasha Ramasahai is a Canadian meteorologist who currently works as the 6pm News meteorologist at CityNews in Toronto. Previously, she worked at CBLT's CBC News at Six from 2002 to 2007 and as the weekend meteorologist at CBC News Network until February 2011...
- Sangita Patel
- Adam Stiles
- Melanie Ng
- Cynthia MulliganCynthia MulliganCynthia Mulligan is a Canadian television presenter on Citytv's CityNews. Mulligan studied English at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario....
- Andrea Piunno
- Pam SeatlePam SeatlePam Seatle is a TV newscaster on Citytv in Toronto, Canada, on CityNews at 6 and CityNews Tonight . Her aunt is actor Dixie Seatle, who portrayed as Mona in the 1980s series Adderly. On January 19, 2010, Pam Seatle was released by Rogers Media Television. Pam Seatle was brought back to Citytv's...
- Avery HainesAvery HainesAvery Haines is a Canadian television journalist.-Career:Haines began her career as a reporter for CFRB in Toronto. In late 1999, she began to work as a fill-in anchor for CTV Newsnet....
- Tom HayesTom HayesTom Hayes is an Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Tipperary South constituency....
- Ana Vlachos
- Peter Kim
- Saphia Khambalia
- Shauna Hunt
- Galit Solomon
- Mary Kitchen
- Andrew KrystalAndrew KrystalAndrew Krystal is a Canadian radio talk show host. He has previously been heard on the Rogers Communications news talk network in the Canadian Maritimes, and sports talk radio station The Fan 590 in Toronto...
- Kevin Carrington
- Tammie Sutherland
- Tracy MooreTracy MooreTracy Moore is a Canadian television journalist and host of lifestyle magazine CityLine on Citytv since October 2008. She previously served as news anchor on Citytv Toronto's Breakfast Television from 2005 to 2008...
- Jenna Khan
- Pay ChenPay ChenPay Chen is a Canadian television host, currently based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she co-hosts Citytv Winnipeg's Breakfast Television.Chen grew up in Halifax and Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia. She moved to Toronto to attend Ryerson University, later working in writing and production roles for...
- Jeremy John
- Kaleigh Hamilton
- Megan Batchelor
- Tara SloneTara SloneTara Slone is a Canadian rock vocalist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in Nova Scotia, Slone began pursuing classical voice training at the age of 12 with the goal of becoming an opera singer. At the age of 18, she attended Concordia University to pursue a degree in music...
- Andrew SchultzAndrew SchultzAndrew Schultz is an Australian classical composer. Since 2002 he has lived in New South Wales on the coast south of Sydney. He studied at the Universities of Queensland and Pennsylvania and at King's College London and he has received awards, prizes and fellowships including a Fulbright Award ,...
- Jill BellandJill BellandJill Belland is a Canadian TV personality based in Calgary, Alberta. She serves as a host and producer at Citytv Calgary.-Early life:Belland was born in Edmonton and moved to Calgary at a young age.She studied classical piano and trained to be a singer....
- Mike Yawney
- Mike McCourtMike McCourtMike McCourt is a TV journalist working at Citytv outlet CKAL-TV in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.From 1987 to 1992, he co-hosted the local CBWT local news program 24Hours in Winnipeg.-External links:*...
- Bridget Ryan
- Ryan Jespersen
- Michelle McDougal
- Carla Turner
- Stacy Brotzel
- Kyle Donaldson
- Michel McDermett
- Riaz Medghji
- Dawn Chubai
- Russ Lacare
- Greg Harper
- Thor Diakow
Past presenters
Toronto- Dan AykroydDan AykroydDaniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
, original staff announcer, 1972-73; later regular repertory player on NBC's Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, 1975-79; film and TV star, director and producer based in Hollywood since 1980 - Dwight DrummondDwight DrummondDwight Drummond is a Canadian television journalist, currently working for CBC Television in Toronto, Ontario.-Career:Drummond moved to Canada in 1976 and was raised in Toronto's Jane and Finch neighbourhood...
, former CityNews Crime Specialist; now as co-anchor of CBCCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
Toronto 6pm newscast - Mark DaileyMark DaileyMark Edward Dailey was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer. He was the host of 11 p.m...
, on leave since September 2010; passed away from cancer on December 6th , 2010 - Richard MadanRichard MadanRichard Madan is a TV personality and currently a Parliamentary reporter with CTV News. Until January 2010, he was Political & Money Specialist on Citytv in Toronto...
, now Parliamentary reporter for CTV NewsCTV NewsCTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations , which are closely tied to the national news division...
in OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... - Farah NasserFarah NasserFarah Nasser is a Canadian journalist with CablePulse24 as of February 22, 2010. She previously anchored CityTv Toronto's 'CityNews' weekend editions at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. with Roger Petersen until she was laid off on January 19, 2010. CITY-TV announced cuts to several news programs and staff...
, laid off January 2010, now with CP24 as reporter/anchor - Lara Di Battista, laid off January 2010; now host of CBC Radio One 99.1 FM's Here and Now
- Marianne Dimain, laid off January 2010; now general assignment reporter with Global Toronto
- Merella FernandezMerella FernandezMerella Fernandez is a Canadian reporter and was an anchor for CityNews in Toronto.Born in Karachi on 22 November 1973 to Goan parents Eulogio and Maura, she is the youngest of six children...
, laid off January 2010 - Michael Serapio, laid off January 2010; now with CBLT
- Anne MroczkowskiAnne MroczkowskiAnne Mroczkowski is a Canadian TV reporter and news anchor. She is currently co-anchor of Global News Hour, along with Leslie Roberts, a job she started on June 1, 2010....
, laid off January 2010; co-anchor of Global Toronto News Hour with Leslie Roberts (June 2010) - Jim McKennyJim McKennyJames Claude "Howie" McKenny is a retired NHL defenceman and a sports reporter for the Citytv television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He played 604 games between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota North Stars. His nickname 'Howie' came from his resemblance to Howie Young...
, retired late 2009 - Ann RohmerAnn RohmerAnn Margaret Rohmer is a television personality on CP24 in Toronto, Canada.- Television career :In 1979, she hosted the syndicated program Show Biz. Hired by Global TV, she was a host on the award-winning magazine show That’s Life...
, former BT Toronto host, former CityNews Toronto Anchor and City OnLine host. Now on CP24 as a lead Anchor - Dr. Karl Kebasele, former CityNews Toronto Medical Specialist. Now on CP24 as Medical Specialist
- Muhammad Lila, (joined CBC and reports for CBC Toronto and fills in for Diana Swain)
- Bob HunterRobert Hunter (journalist)Robert Lorne Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. A member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969 with Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, and Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe...
. He was a founder of GreenpeaceGreenpeaceGreenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
and then later died after a prolonged battle with cancer on May 2, 2005 - Thalia AssurasThalia Assuras- External links :* , an October 1998 article from a UWO website...
, who later moved to ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
and then CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... - Bill CameronBill CameronWilliam "Bill" Cameron was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A Gemini Award winner, he was a news anchor, television producer, columnist and author...
, who later moved to the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and now deceased - Denise DonlonDenise DonlonDenise Anne Donlon, CM is a Canadian executive, television producer, television host, and programme director.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she joined MuchMusic in 1985 as a host and producer...
, later CEO of Sony Canada - Mary GarofaloMary GarofaloMary Garofalo is a Multi Award Winning anchor, and investigative correspondent.- Career :Anchor and Investigative Reporter Mary Garofalo, is a native of Toronto, she began her broadcast news career in radio, later moving on to television with City TV in Toronto as an anchor and reporter.Her first...
, who later moved to WNYW-TV in New York; now hosting 16x9: The Bigger Picture on GlobalGlobal Television NetworkGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division... - Avi LewisAvi LewisAvram David "Avi" Lewis is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, host of the Al Jazeera English show , and former host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation current-affairs program On the Map.-Family:...
, who later moved to CBC and is now with Al Jazeera English - Stephen LewisStephen LewisStephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
who provided a commentary for the program until his appointment as Canadian ambassador to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... - David OnleyDavid OnleyDavid Charles Onley, OOnt is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.Onley was a television journalist prior to his viceregal appointment. He worked primarily for Citytv as a science and technology reporter, and for the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and...
, science and technology specialist, CityNews; anchor, CP24; host, Homepage; became the Lieutenant Governor of OntarioLieutenant Governor of OntarioThe Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...
in September 2007. - Beatrice PolitiBeatrice PolitiBeatrice Politi BA is a Canadian television journalist and is currently working for Global Television Network.The Sudbury, Ontario native studied political science and mass media at York University and graduated with honours there. She then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism at Ryerson...
, former CityNews A-Channel, CP24 political specialist (Ottawa specialist), now with Global TorontoCIII-TVCIII-DT-41 is a television station owned by Shaw Communications that serves much of the population of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a flagship station of the Global Television Network...
. - Dini PettyDini PettyDini Petty is a Canadian television and radio host.At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter...
, later a talk show host (The Dini Petty ShowThe Dini Petty ShowThe Dini Petty Show was a Canadian daytime television talk show, which aired on stations affiliated with the Baton Broadcasting System from 1989 to 1999.Hosted by Dini Petty, the program mixed lifestyle features and interviews with celebrity guests....
) with CTV - Tonya RouseTonya RouseTonya Rouse is a former TV personality and a Fitness Specialist on Citytv in Toronto. She was also the host for the show Perfect Fit Thursdays @ 5:00 PM EST on CP24...
, former CityNews/CP24 fitness specialist and host of CP24's Perfect Fit. - Lance ChiltonLance ChiltonLance Chilton was a Canadian television journalist.He began his career at Citytv in Toronto in 1985, hosting City Magazine and Toronto Rocks and working as an entertainment reporter for CityPulse before joining MuchMusic as a reporter and anchor for FAX in 1990...
former CityNews/CP24 reporter. Later joined CKVR-TVCKVR-TVCKVR-DT, is a television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media, it serves as the flagship station of Bell Media's secondary television service, CTV Two, with facilities located at 33 Beacon Road in Barrie...
in Barrie as co-anchor. Has since left television and is now a real estate agent in Barrie, Ontario. - Alex PiersonAlex Pierson-Biography:She began working in television in 1996 at CHCH-TV in Hamilton, and later became an employee of CKAL-TV in Calgary. A few years later she returned and began working at CKVR-TV in Barrie, followed by her joining CITY-TV in Toronto....
former CityNews reporter. Moved to Global NewsGlobal NewsGlobal News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...
in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
until 2011, now co-anchor or morning show at Sun News Network - John Roberts (credited as J.D. Roberts), an entertainment reporter and weekend anchor now with CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
's American Morning News program weekdays - John Saunders, a sportscaster who later moved to ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
- Russ SalzbergRuss SalzbergRuss Salzberg is a sports presenter of WWOR-TV's My9 News , and WNYW-TV's FOX 5 News. He has also served as Sports Anchor at CITY-TV in Toronto, Canada. He joined My9 News in October 1988....
, a sportscaster who later moved to WWOR-TVWWOR-TVWWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...
in New York - Tracy Moore, former reporter, BT-Breakfast Television and CityNews; now hosting Citytv's CityLine
- Lorne HonickmanLorne HonickmanLorne Honickman is a lawyer and journalist in Toronto, Canada. He is currently legal analyst for and a regular panelist on The John Oakley Show on radio station CFMJ, where he also acts as guest host when the occasion arises. Previously he was a television presenter and a legal specialist on...
, former CityNews (before called CityPulse) Legal Specialist. Now on CP24 as Legal Specialist and host of Legal Briefs. - Omar SachedinaOmar SachedinaOmar Sachedina is a Canadian television journalist, currently a news anchor and reporter for the CTV Television Network.Sachedina was born and raised in Vancouver in an Ismaili Muslim household. His family immigrated from Uganda, tracing their roots to India. He speaks Kutchi, Gujarati and French...
, former CityNews reporter. Now on CTV as a national news reporter. - Melissa Grelo, former CityNews anchor/reporter. Now on CP24 as co-host of CP24 Breakfast and weekday anchor.
- Chris Potter, former meteorologist with CBC and for CityNews on weekends. Now on CP24 as weekday afternoon meteorologist
- Nalini Sharma, former CityNews weather/entertainment specialists at noon. Now on CP24 as a weekday morning weather specialist.
- Amber MacArthurAmber MacArthurAmber Dawn MacArthur is a Canadian television and netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN's App Central....
, former CityNews new media specialist. Now on CP24 as a new media specialist. - Zuraidah Alman, former CityNews reporter. Later joined Global Toronto and now on CFTO-TVCFTO-TVCFTO-DT, broadcast on channel 9 and cable 8, is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Currently branded as CTV Toronto, it is the flagship station of the CTV Television Network, and was one of the charter members of the network when it was launched in 1961. It...
as a reporter. - Peter SilvermanPeter SilvermanPeter Guy Silverman, O.Ont is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. His television journalism career began in 1974 as a reporter for Global Television Network's first years. In 1981, he moved to Citytv where he became a reporter for that station's CityPulse news program...
, former "CityNews 'Good Samaritan,'" forced to retire after Citytv sale to Rogers Communications. - Jojo ChintohJojo ChintohJojo Chintoh is a Canadian television journalist, who worked as a feature and documentary reporter for Citytv in Toronto until 2009/2010....
, n/a - Mika Midolo, former Toronto Transit Commission Specialist & CityNews Transit Specialist. Now at CP24 as Transit Specialist.
- Jee-Yun Lee former CityNews reporter, now on CP24 and CTV News as anchor/reporter.
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- Aisling Slattery, former anchor of Breakfast Television & CityNews at Noon
- Sandra Jansen, former host of Your City Calgary
- Rob Hislob, former host of Your City Edmonton.
- Julie NolinJulie NolinJulie Nolin is a Canadian journalist. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Lethbridge.Prior to working in television, she was a newspaper reporter, photographer and editor. Since 1996, she has filled various roles at stations in Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Swift Current, Calgary, Saskatoon...
, former anchor, CityNews at Six - Elaine Yong, former anchor, CityNews Weekend, now consumer reporter, CHAN-TVCHAN-TVCHAN-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting over-the-air on digital channel 22, and available via cable providers in the area on channel 11. Owned by Shaw Communications as a part of its Shaw Media division, it is the West Coast flagship station of the...
- Jennifer MartinJennifer MartinJennifer Martin is an American voice actress, who is best known for her deep sexy voice.She provides the voice of Ms. Sara Bellum, who is the Mayor of Townsville's assistant, in the Cartoon Network-Hanna Barbera animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, as well as in the movie and in all the...
, former anchor, CityNews at Six, now morning news anchor, CISN-FMCISN-FM-British Columbia:-Newfoundland and Labrador:-Awards:CISN-FM was the winner of the Canadian Country Music Association's Annual Country Station of the Year three times sinces the award's 2000 creation, having won in 2003, 2004 and, most recently, 2009.-External links:** at Canadian Communications... - Kristi Gordon, former meteorologist, CityNews at Six, CityNews Tonight, now weekend meteorologist, CHAN-TVCHAN-TVCHAN-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting over-the-air on digital channel 22, and available via cable providers in the area on channel 11. Owned by Shaw Communications as a part of its Shaw Media division, it is the West Coast flagship station of the...
- Jamie ThomasJamie ThomasJamie Thomas , is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.-Skateboarding career:...
, former sports anchor, CityNews at Six, now sports anchor, Rogers SportsnetRogers SportsnetSportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States... - Kris Laudien, former sports reporter, CityNews, now at CurlTV
- Christine Chorley, former sports reporter, CityNews
- Scott Fee, former reporter, CityNews, now 5pm anchor, CHEK-TVCHEK-TVCHEK-DT, channel 6.1, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia and broadcasting to all of southwestern BC...
- Sudha Krishnan former Legislative reporter, CityNews, now OMNI News: South Asian anchor, CJEO-TVCJEO-TVCJEO-DT, branded as Omni Alberta, is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta. The station is owned by Rogers Communications, and broadcasts a multicultural programming format as part of Rogers' Omni Television system...
- Ted Henley, former anchor, CityNews at Six, CityNews Tonight, now morning anchor, 660News Calgary's All News Radio, and freelance contributor to Your City
- Rob GibsonRob GibsonRob Gibson MSP is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party , he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Caithness, Sutherland and Ross in the 2011 election....
, former sports director, CityNews at Six - Tim ButcherTim ButcherTim Butcher is an English journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author.Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, he was educated at Rugby School, and Magdalen College, Oxford University....
, former sports reporter, CityNews Weekend - Derek Bidwell, former sports anchor, CityNews Tonight
- Leah Sarich, former anchor, CityNews, Your City
- Bryan Labby, former reporter, CityNews, Your City, now reporter, CBRTCBRTCBRT-DT is the television call sign for the CBC Television's television station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station broadcasts programming from the CBC Television network's national schedule alongside its own local news service....
- Christine Osunde, former reporter, CityNews, Your City
- Glen Kirby, former anchor, CityNews at Six
- Lisa Saunders, former anchor, CityNews at Six, CityNews Tonight
- Ashlea Kay, former anchor, CityNews Weekend, now producer, CP24
- Bill Fortier, former reporter, CityNews, now weekend 11:30pm anchor, CFRN-TVCFRN-TVCFRN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....
- Meera Bahadoosingh, former reporter, CityNews, now Prairie Correspondent, Global NationalGlobal NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
- Derek TaylorDerek TaylorDerek Taylor was an English journalist, writer and publicist, best known for his work as press officer for The Beatles...
, former sports anchor, CityNews - Bridget Brown, former morning anchor, now reporter for CKVR-TVCKVR-TVCKVR-DT, is a television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media, it serves as the flagship station of Bell Media's secondary television service, CTV Two, with facilities located at 33 Beacon Road in Barrie...
- Moira McLeanMoira McLeanMoira McLean is an Australian television presenter. She is a household name in Australia through her regular appearances on Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton on the TEN Network which ran from 1992 until December 2005. She presented advertorials that were usually pretaped...
, former Legislative reporter, CityNews - Dag Sharman, former senior reporter, CityNews, now sports anchor, CBUTCBUTCBUT-DT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC Television station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour....
- Leigh Morrow, former reporter, CityNews, now realtor
- Marke Driesschen, former weather specialist, CityNews, now weather specialist, CIVT-TVCIVT-TVCIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
- Ross HullRoss HullRoss Hull is a Canadian actor and television personality perhaps best known for his role as Gary, the leader of the Midnight Society, on the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?....
, former weather specialist, Citytv Calgary; later with A LondonCFPL-TVCFPL-DT is a television station based in London, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Part of the CTV Two television system, the station serves London, Sarnia and much of southwestern Ontario north of London, including Wingham since its former sister station, CKNX-TV which ceased operations and...
, now with CTV KitchenerCKCO-TVCKCO-DT is a television station broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network and has been branded CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005.-History:...