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Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

is the fourth-largest border city media market

Media market

A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...

in Canada, after Toronto, 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,...

and Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. It is also the only one of those four markets to exist within the shadow of a larger American media market – whereas Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are all the dominant media markets in their regions and are adjacent to significantly smaller American markets, Windsor is located directly across the border from Detroit, the 11th largest television market and ninth largest radio market in the United States. Thus, it is considered part of the Detroit television and radio market for purposes of territorial programming rights, and can also receive radio and television signals from Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

and even Cleveland.

Since Windsor is considered part of one large American media market

Media market

(Detroit) and close to two others (Cleveland and Toledo), the city's media outlets (radio and television stations, and newspaper) have a special status designated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, exempting them from many of the Canadian content

Canadian content

Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...

("CanCon") requirements that most other broadcasters in Canada are legally required to follow. These CanCon requirements, mandating that a minimum of 35% of the broadcast material of a station must be of Canadian artists, actors, or shows in/about Canada, have been blamed in part for the decline of the popular Windsor radio station, CKLW

CKLW

CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station broadcasting on 800 kHz and located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and serving Windsor and Detroit. Additionally, its signal can be heard as far west as Belding, Michigan; as far east as Batavia, New York; as far south as Edgewood, Kentucky; and as far...

, a 50,000 watt AM radio station that in the late 1960s, prior to the advent of CanCon, had been the number one radio station not only in Detroit and Windsor, but also in the Toledo and Cleveland markets.

Windsor has also been exempt from 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...

rules. Although Blackburn Radio

Blackburn Radio

Blackburn Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting group, which owns several radio stations in Southwestern Ontario. Headquartered in London, Ontario, the company is owned by 2061302 Ontario Limited, which is majority owned by Cogent Investments....

has a rebroadcaster of its Chatham

Chatham, Ontario

Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...

station in Windsor and is scheduled to launch a new station in 2009, all of its current commercial broadcast outlets are owned by a single company, Bell Media.

Radio

In addition to Windsor's own radio stations, virtually all radio stations in the Detroit

Media in Detroit

As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit...

market are also available in the city, as well as some from Toledo.

Frequency	Call sign	Branding	Format	Owner	Notes
540 AM	CBEF	Première Chaîne	news/talk Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...	Société Radio-Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The 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...	French
580 AM	CKWW	AM 580	oldies Oldies Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....	Bell Media Radio
800 AM	CKLW CKLW CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station broadcasting on 800 kHz and located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and serving Windsor and Detroit. Additionally, its signal can be heard as far west as Belding, Michigan; as far east as Batavia, New York; as far south as Edgewood, Kentucky; and as far...	AM 800	news/talk Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...	Bell Media Radio
88.7 FM	CIMX-FM CIMX-FM CIMX-FM — branded 89X — is a commercial active-leaning alternative rock radio station based in Windsor, Ontario. 89X serves both Essex County, Ontario and Metro Detroit; its 100,000-watt signal reaches most of southwestern Ontario, southeastern Michigan, the Toledo metro area and the western Lake...	89X	modern rock Modern rock Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...	Bell Media Radio
89.9 FM	CBE-FM CBE-FM CBE-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio 2 station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.The station broadcasts at 89.9 FM, and was launched in 1978. It is not rebroadcast on any other transmitters.-External links:** at Canadian Communications Foundation...	CBC Radio 2	public Public broadcasting Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be... music	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The 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...
93.9 FM	CIDR-FM CIDR-FM CIDR-FM is the callsign for a radio station, broadcasting at 93.9 FM in Windsor, Ontario. The station broadcasts a adult album alternative format using the brand name 93-9 The River. It is owned and operated by Bell Media. It is one of the few commercial adult album alternative stations in Canada...	The River 93.9	adult contemporary	Bell Media Radio
95.9 FM	CJWF-FM CJWF-FM CJWF-FM, branded as Country 95-9, is a Windsor, Ontario radio station. The station broadcasts a country music format at 95.9 FM.The radio station can be heard in the northern Detroit suburbs as far north as Lapeer County into Michigan....	Country 95-9	country Country music Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...	Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting group, which owns several radio stations in Southwestern Ontario. Headquartered in London, Ontario, the company is owned by 2061302 Ontario Limited, which is majority owned by Cogent Investments....	formerly Windsor's FM 95-9 prior to the rebranding on September 7, 2010
96.7 FM	CHYR-FM CHYR-FM CHYR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which airs at 96.7 FM in Leamington, Ontario. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format branded as Mix 96.7.-History:...	Mix 96.7	Hot AC	Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting group, which owns several radio stations in Southwestern Ontario. Headquartered in London, Ontario, the company is owned by 2061302 Ontario Limited, which is majority owned by Cogent Investments....
97.5 FM	CBEW-FM	CBC Radio One CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...	news/talk Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The 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...
99.1 FM	CJAM-FM CJAM-FM CJAM-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 99.1 FM in Windsor, Ontario. It is the campus radio station of the city's University of Windsor....	CJAM 99.1	campus radio Campus radio Campus radio is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively by students, or may include programmers from the wider community in which the radio station is based...	University of Windsor University of Windsor The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...	formerly on 91.5 FM prior to October 7, 2009
100.7 FM	CKUE-FM-1 CKUE-FM CKUE-FM is the callsign for a radio station located in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, with a booster station in Windsor, and an office in Leamington. Dubbing itself "Canada's Rock Station", the station features an active rock format.-History:...	The Rock	active rock Active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...	Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio Blackburn Radio is a Canadian radio broadcasting group, which owns several radio stations in Southwestern Ontario. Headquartered in London, Ontario, the company is owned by 2061302 Ontario Limited, which is majority owned by Cogent Investments....	rebroadcaster of a station from Chatham-Kent
103.9 FM	CJBC-FM-2 CJBC-FM CJBC-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 90.3 FM in Toronto, Ontario. A French language station, it airs the programming of Radio-Canada's Espace musique network.The station launched in 1992...	Espace musique Espace musique Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...	public Public broadcasting Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be... music	Société Radio-Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The 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...	French
105.5 FM	CBEF-2-FM‏	Première Chaîne	news/talk Talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...	Société Radio-Canada Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The 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...	French; LP Low-power broadcasting Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same... rebroadcaster of CBEF 540.

Television

Because television stations operating in Windsor would be required to purchase program rights at Detroit market rates, which are higher than any market in Canada, Windsor is not directly served by Canada's major commercial networks. The city is served only by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The 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...

's English and French networks and the provincially owned public broadcaster

Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...

TVOntario

TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...

, all of which air almost entirely Canadian-produced programming, and by the smaller CTV Two system.

Both CTV and Global put only marginal signals into Windsor itself – CTV's nearest transmitter (CKCO-TV-3 on UHF 42) is located near Oil Springs

Oil Springs, Ontario

Oil Springs is a village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, located along Former Provincial Highway 21 south of Oil City. The village, an enclave within Enniskillen Township, is home to the Oil Museum of Canada....

, while Global's transmitter (CIII-DT-22 on UHF 22) is between Leamington

Leamington, Ontario

Leamington is a municipality in Essex County, southern Ontario, Canada, and has a population of 31,113. It includes Point Pelee, the southernmost point of mainland Canada. It has a large H. J. Heinz Company factory and is known as the "Tomato Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the...

and Wheatley, near Point Pelee (though it's city of license is Stevenson, northeast of Wheatley) – although both are available on cable. CIII-DT-22 is highly directional, aimed towards Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city of...

to the northeast, and Leamington and Kingsville to the west, with a strong null towards Windsor and Detroit (however, it is still receivable with a strong rooftop antenna), presumably to protect broadcast rights of the Detroit television stations.

Even the CTV Two station, CHWI

CHWI-TV

CHWI-DT is a Canadian television station owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Two system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario, but operates out of Windsor. CHWI also has offices in Chatham....

, is officially licensed to Wheatley

Wheatley, Ontario

Wheatley is a community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, within the municipality of Chatham-Kent. It lies about east of Leamington. Nearby parks include Two Creeks Conservation Area, which has 15 km of hiking and bicycling paths, Kopegaron Woods Conservation Area, Hillman Marsh Conservation...

rather than Windsor – and while the station's studios and operations are based in Windsor, CHWI only has a low-power UHF repeater in downtown Windsor itself, which broadcasts from a directional antenna specifically designed to minimize the station's reception area in Michigan.

OTA channel	DTV channel (Until August 31, 2011)	DTV channel (After August 31, 2011)	Call sign	Network	Notes
9	35	9¹	CBET CBET CBET, channel 9, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's owned-and-operated television station in Windsor, Ontario. The station's signal also covers the Detroit, Michigan area across the international border in the United States, and is counted as a Detroit station for the purposes of...	CBC CBC Television CBC 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...
16	66	16	CHWI-TV CHWI-TV CHWI-DT is a Canadian television station owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Two system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario, but operates out of Windsor. CHWI also has offices in Chatham....	CTV Two	Main CHWI-TV signal, Stevenson, Ontario
32	25	32	CICO-TV-32 TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...	TVOntario TVOntario TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...	Repeater of CICA-TV, Toronto
54	69	35^1,²	CBEFT CBEFT CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:...	Radio-Canada Télévision de Radio-Canada Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...	Repeater of CBLFT CBLFT CBLFT-DT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions.-History:... , Toronto
26	65	26³	CHWI-TV-60 CHWI-TV CHWI-DT is a Canadian television station owned by Bell Media. It is part of the CTV Two system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario, but operates out of Windsor. CHWI also has offices in Chatham....	CTV Two	Windsor repeater of CHWI-TV
22	6	22⁴	CIII-DT-22 CIII-TV CIII-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...	Global Global Television Network Global 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...	Repeater of CIII-TV CIII-TV CIII-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... , Toronto

¹The digital conversion of CBET and CBEFT will take place by August 31, 2011. The CBC had previously planned a 1-year delay (to August 31, 2012), per special request by the CBC to the CRTC, which was later abandoned.
²A recent proposal by the CBC is to "downgrade" CBEFT from a full-power semi-satellite of CBLFT
CBLFT
CBLFT-DT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions.-History:...

Toronto, to a low-powered repeater, broadcasting in analog on 35.
³Original post-transition allocation for CHWI-TV-60 was UHF 25, though this was changed to UHF 26.
⁴CIII-TV-22 flash-cut to digital operations as CIII-DT-22 on August 8, 2011.

Only CIII-DT-22 is broadcasting in digital, with TVOntario planning on flash-cutting CICO-TV-32 to digital as CICO-DT-32 on August 18, 2011. CBET-TV, CHWI-TV, and CHWI-TV-26 have plans to flash-cut on the CRTC-imposed deadline of August 31, 2011.
See also TV stations in the Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland markets.

Out-of-market Stations

In addition to the Detroit stations, Windsor and most of Essex County, Ontario

Essex County, Ontario

Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...

also receive television stations from Toledo (WTOL

WTOL

WTOL is the CBS- affiliated television station licensed in Toledo, Ohio. The station broadcasts on channel 11 and can be seen quite clearly throughout Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan , and southwest Ontario...

, WTVG

WTVG

This is about the TV station in Toledo, Ohio for the former WTVG-TV in Newark, New Jersey see WFUT-DT.WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in...

, WNWO, WGTE-TV

WGTE-TV

WGTE is a Public Broadcasting Service member public televisiontelevision station serving the Toledo, Ohio area. It broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 29 and is carried on Buckeye Cablesystem channel 9 in addition to other cable systems in Ohio and Michigan...

, and WUPW

WUPW

WUPW is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Toledo. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter in Oregon. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, the station has studios at Four SeaGate on North Summit Street in Downtown...

), and the southern part of the county receives some of Cleveland's television stations (WKYC-TV

WKYC-TV

WKYC, virtual channel 3 , is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company. Its studio is located on the shores of Lake Erie, while its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio....

, WEWS-TV

WEWS-TV

WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...

, WJW-TV, WOIO

WOIO

WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...

, and WUAB-TV). Only WTOL, WTVG, and WNWO were carried on cable

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

services, having been dropped in 2009 during the DTV transition. In the past, however, WKYC, WEWS, and WJW were all carried on Trillium Cable (and later, Shaw Cable, its successor) in Kingsville

Kingsville, Ontario

The Town of Kingsville is located in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, and is Canada's southernmost municipality with town status. According to the 2006 census, the population of Kingsville is 20,908.-Geography:...

and Leamington

Leamington, Ontario

, and nearby parts of Southern Essex County until 2000, when Cogeco

Cogeco

Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...

displaced Shaw as the cable provider for the region, and merged the Leamington and Windsor cable services back into one county-wide system.

Along with WKYC, WEWS, and WJW, WOIO and WUAB were frequently also listed in the TV Guides for Windsor and area, though all Toledo and Cleveland locals have since been "dropped" from the listings, with only WTOL, WTVG, and WUAB remaining listed. It should also be noted that no Cleveland stations (in either analog or digital) push past Cottam, Ontario

Cottam, Ontario

Cottam is a small unincorporated community within the town of Kingsville, Ontario in Canada. The community's population is around 300, and has a branch of the Essex County Library and a United Church.- Neighborhoods :...

outside of tropospheric skip

Tropospheric propagation

Tropospheric propagation describes electromagnetic propagation in relation to the troposphere.The service area from a television or frequency modulated radio transmitter extends to just beyond the optical horizon, at which point signals start to rapidly reduce in strength...

events, let alone reaching downtown Windsor, over the air (mainly due to adjacent channel interference from the Detroit channels), and Toledo stations barely make it over the air to downtown Windsor. Simultaneous substitution

Simultaneous substitution

Simultaneous substitution is a practice mandated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requiring Canadian cable, direct broadcast satellite and multichannel multipoint distribution service television distribution companies to substitute the signal of a foreign or...

rules are generally in effect for cable and satellite audiences.

While not listed in TV guides, the northern edge of Essex County and most of Windsor are within reception range of Flint

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

's WCMZ-TV on UHF 28 (thanks to its transmitter's relatively close location in southern Genessee County, Michigan), and the October 16, 2009 issue of The Windsor Star had stated readers in the Belle River area were able to add Flint's WJRT-TV

WJRT-TV

WJRT-TV, channel 12, is the ABC-affiliated station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market, owned by SJL Broadcasting. Its studios are located in Flint, Michigan, with offices and a second newsroom for the Tri-Cities located in Saginaw...

(ABC 12) to their lineups, albeit with very weak signal strength. In place of WCMZ-TV, the southern edge of Essex County, including Leamington, receives WUAB-TV from Cleveland, also on UHF 28.

FSN Detroit is not carried under CRTC policy, but CBET will carry any Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

game aired on Hockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada is the branding used for CBC Sports' presentations of the National Hockey League...

, even if it is not televised nationally. Also, some Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

and Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

games air on broadcast TV stations. 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 ....

games on CBC were once blacked out in Windsor, but was later lifted (the CBC no longer carries Blue Jays games on the network).

Prior to the 2009 US analog television shutdown and digital conversion

DTV transition in the United States

The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...

, in certain weather conditions, WILX-TV

WILX-TV

WILX-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Michigan. Licensed to the nearby town of Onondaga, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 4 in Lansing, and Comcast channel 10 in East Lansing and Jackson. It can...

from Lansing, Michigan

Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...

could also be seen, albeit weakly, in Windsor (along with CFPL-TV

CFPL-TV

CFPL-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...

from London, both on VHF 10 and WLMB-TV and CBLN both on UHF 40). By theory, Lansing's WLNS-TV

WLNS-TV

WLNS-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central Michigan licensed to Lansing. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 from a transmitter on Van Atta Road in Meridian. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 and Broadstripe channel 13...

could also be receivable to a degree, as its coverage area reaches the Detroit River. However, both analog channels were adjacent to CBET and WXYZ, respectively, which may hindered reception. Since the switchover, WILX's digital signal (VHF 10) remained adjacent to CBET (VHF 9), though WLNS's digital signal moved from VHF 6 to UHF channel 36; however, reception of WLNS may become an issue again when UHF channel 35 is activated for digital broadcasts, first for CBET (if it happens before the CBC's digital switchover in 2012

Digital television in Canada

Digital television in Canada is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States. Because Canada and the U.S...

), then for CBEFT (after the switchover).

The city also gets marginal analog signals from CKCO-TV-3

CKCO-TV

CKCO-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:...

in Oil Springs, and CHCH-TV

CHCH-TV

CHCH-DT, channel 11, is a television station originating in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with transmitters located throughout Ontario. CHCH currently operates as an independent station, having previously served as a CBC Television affiliate, and more recently as the flagship station of the...

and CFMT-TV

CFMT-TV

CFMT-DT, channel 47, is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with rebroadcasters in Ottawa and London. The station broadcasts multicultural programming targeting European and Latin American communities throughout Southern Ontario. Part of the Omni Television group of stations...

, both from London-area transmitters.

Print

Windsor and its surrounding area is served by the Windsor Star
Windsor Star
The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor, Ontario , and is owned by the Postmedia Network Inc. Since 1923, the publication's main office is located at 167 Ferry Street in the downtown area...

, a daily newspaper operated by Canwest. Alternatively, WAMM (Windsor Arts & Music Monthly)
WAMM (Windsor Arts & Music Monthly)
WAMM is a free independent monthly a tabloid-sized magazine, printed on newsprint. It in Windsor, Ontario that features in-depth coverage of music, visual arts, theatre, literature and film across all genres with special focus on local artists. Content is based on the events and news of the month,...

, a free independent publication, provides a voice to the underground arts, music and culture scene. Biz X Magazine, the only international border city publication, serves both Windsor and Detroit.

The Lance
The Lance
The Lance is the student newspaper at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.-External links:* University of Windsor* University of Windsor* The University of Windsor's Lance for a time would publish an April 1 parody issue....

is the free weekly newspaper from the University of Windsor, providing news, arts, and sports coverage. The Lance is the official student newspaper for the University of Windsor.

The Scoop is also an independent paper that provides information on local activism and events for free.

Film

The 2000 film Borderline Normal, featuring Robin Dunne

Robin Dunne

Robin Dunne is a Canadian actor who is mainly known for having had numerous leading roles in sequels throughout his career, and lately for his role as Doctor Will Zimmerman in the cult Science fiction Television series, Sanctuary....

, Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt on the NBC detective series Remington Steele.-Background:...

, Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, and as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych...

and Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed...

, is set in Windsor. Many exterior locations, such as Ouellette Avenue, Dieppe Park and the Ambassador Bridge were featured.

Several scenes in Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...

's 2002 film Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 documentary film written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Michael Moore suggests are the causes for the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of violence with guns...

were also filmed in Windsor. Moore later returned to Windsor to film scenes for his 2007 film Sicko
Sicko
Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S...

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Windsor was the setting of the television series Across the River to Motor City
Across the River to Motor City
Across The River To Motor City is a Canadian television drama series, that aired on Citytv stations. It debuted November 22, 2007. The series is about an insurance investigator named Ben Ford who works the border in both Detroit and Windsor...

, a crime drama whose plot incorporated many aspects of Windsor's cross-border relationship with Detroit.

A number of scenes featuring Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford is an American film actor and producer. He is famous for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in...

in the 1990 film Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
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were filmed in Windsor's Coventry Gardens

Coventry Gardens

Coventry Gardens is a park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Riverside Drive, in the Pillette Village. It contains the Charles Brooks Peace Fountain on the Detroit River which is mainly used in summer....

. The house in the film is located on Riverside Dr. just east of the Hiram Walker Distillery. The scenes of the Renaissance Center

Renaissance Center

Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...

in the film were shot from Windsor.

It is featured in the backdrop of Tony Scott

Tony Scott

Anthony D. L. "Tony" Scott is an English film director. His films include Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Déjà Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable...

's 1993 film True Romance
True Romance
True Romance is a 1993 American romance crime film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast consisting of Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin...

. Windsor can clearly be seen in the background during the Christian Slater

Christian Slater

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/Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

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trailer scene along the Detroit River

Detroit River

The Detroit River is a strait in the Great Lakes system. The name comes from the French Rivière du Détroit, which translates literally as "River of the Strait". The Detroit River has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The river...

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The 2007 film Baby Blues was shot throughout Windsor.

The studio segments of the 2009 NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

and Global

Global Television Network

Global 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...

comedy series Howie Do It
Howie Do It
Howie Do It is a Canadian/American comedy television series, co-commissioned by Global and NBC, that stars Howie Mandel. The series features practical jokes in the vein of earlier shows like Just for Laughs, Punk'd or Candid Camera – the supposed twist being that the cameras are in the open,...

was taped at Caesars Windsor

Caesars Windsor

Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario is one of four casinos in the Detroit–Windsor area. Owned by the government of the province of Ontario , it is operated by Caesars Entertainment. Both the original Casino Windsor and the new expansion were designed by WZMH Architects...

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