41-427: CFQC may refer to: CFQC-DT , a television station (channel 8) licensed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada CKBL-FM , a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, which held the call sign CFQC from 1923 to 2007 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with
82-787: A 90 percent stake in the station (the remaining 10 percent would soon follow), bringing it under common ownership with CTV's other Saskatchewan affiliates— CFQC in Saskatoon , CICC in Yorkton , and CIPA in Prince Albert . In 1987, these stations and Baton's two privately owned CBC affiliates in Saskatchewan, CKOS in Yorkton and CKBI in Prince Albert, began branding as the "Saskatchewan Television Network," which linked up with Baton's Ontario stations as
123-513: A companion program to the national Canada AM morning show titled Saskatchewan AM , which combined local news with children's programming such as reruns of Rocket Robin Hood . From 1954 until 1991, CFQC-TV shared some on-air personnel such as newsreaders with CFQC-AM, as well as studio facilities. This ended when CFQC-AM was sold. The radio station continued to share the CFQC call letters after it moved to
164-467: A long list of transmitters, including CKCK-TV-1, CKCK-TV-2, CKCK-TV-7 and CKMC-TV-1. Bell Media's rationale for deleting these analog repeaters is below: "We are electing to delete these analog transmitters from the main licence with which they are associated. These analog transmitters generate no incremental revenue, attract little to no viewership given the growth of BDU or DTH subscriptions and are costly to maintain, repair or replace. In addition, none of
205-631: A new CBC station, citing budget cuts, among other reasons. Eventually, however, Regina's CBKRT (now CBKT ) won permission to set up a rebroadcaster in Saskatoon. CFQC-TV, meanwhile, started airing CTV programs on tape delay in 1969, becoming a full-time CTV affiliate on October 17, 1971, when CBKST signed on as a rebroadcaster of CBKRT. The Murphy family bowed out of broadcasting in 1972 and sold CFQC-AM-TV to Baton Broadcasting, owners of CTV's flagship station, CFTO-TV in Toronto . There were some concerns that
246-644: A rebroadcaster in Moose Jaw . In return, Moose Jaw's original station, CHAB-TV , switched to CTV and opened a semi-satellite in Regina, CHRE-TV. The station swapped affiliations with CHAB/CHRE and joined CTV when the latter stations were purchased by the CBC. As a result of this deal, CHRE changed its call letters to CBKRT and became the main station; it is now CBKT . In 1977, CKCK was sold to Harvard Developments , owned by Regina's Hill family. In 1985, Baton Broadcasting acquired
287-582: A result, CFQC's program regularly includes reports from Prince Albert. From at least the late 1980's until 1994 (when it became part of BBS and branded its newscasts as "CFQC-TV News"), CFQC was one of only two television stations in Canada known to have adopted the "NewsCentre" branding (a Canadian variation on the popular American "NewsCenter" branding) for its local newscasts, the other being CBC owned and operated affiliate CBUT in Vancouver , which used it briefly in
328-568: A stint with CFQC from 2007 to 2009, became a co-anchor for the late-night edition of SportsCentre on TSN , and is now a media host for the CFL 's Calgary Stampeders and the NHL 's Calgary Flames . Jim McCrory worked for CFQC in various capacities from 1963 to his retirement in 2001; McCrory died in January 2012. One of the longest-serving alumni of the station was Greg Barnsley, who joined CFQC when it first went on
369-549: Is a television station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , Canada, part of the CTV Television Network . Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media , the station has studios on 1st Avenue North and 23rd Street East in the Central Business District neighbourhood of Saskatoon, and its transmitter is located near Highway 41 and Burgheim Road, northeast of the city. Master control facilities are located at
410-420: Is aired in pattern with that of Winnipeg sister station CKY-DT , with prime time programming running from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. simultaneously with East Coast stations, and CTV's 7 p.m. ET programming bumped to 10 p.m. However, as Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time and remains on Central Standard Time year-round, programming is delayed by an hour in comparison to CKY when DST
451-625: Is delayed by an hour in comparison to CKY when DST is in effect. As with all other CTV stations in Saskatchewan, it broadcasts the annual Telemiracle telethon (which alternates between Saskatoon and Regina on a yearly cycle) in March, supporting the Kinsmen and Kinettes of Saskatchewan. As of September 15, 2023, CFQC-DT broadcasts 10 hours of news programming presented from CFQC's Saskatoon studios each week (two hours each weekday). An additional 24 hours of provincial news programming per week from CTV Regina
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#1733086348204492-414: Is in effect. In March, the station also broadcasts the annual Telemiracle telethon (which alternates between Regina and Saskatoon on a yearly cycle), supporting the Kinsmen and Kinettes of Saskatchewan. The event is simulcast by all CTV stations in Saskatchewan. CKCK-DT presently broadcasts 25 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours each weekday). CKCK-TV's original newscast
533-782: Is now CKCK-TV-7; " CKTV " is currently used the call sign for a Radio-Canada owned-and-operated station in Saguenay, Quebec . Nevertheless, while the station identifies itself only as CTV, many people in southern Saskatchewan still call the station "CKTV" or "CK". In December 2008, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to operate an HD feed of CKCK-TV, which would be delivered as a "satellite-to-cable" feed. The move would allow CKCK to operate an HD signal which could be substituted in place of American HD signals on local cable services, without actually operating an over-the-air digital television transmitter. As with its Saskatoon sister station, CKCK's programming
574-557: Is simulcast on CFQC. Alumni of CFQC's news department include Keith Morrison , who went on to become the weekend anchor of the CTV National News before joining NBC , and Don Wittman , who became a sports commentator for the CBC. Dawna Friesen , after a stint at CFQC, furthered her career in U.S. broadcast journalism before becoming anchor of the Global network's national newscast Global National in 2010. Natasha Staniszewski had
615-429: The 2015 Canadian federal election . Waugh and Barnsley "flipped the switch" that officially transferred CFQC to digital broadcasts in 2011. With the retirement of Craig Wilson in early 2019, Jeff Rogstad is currently the longest serving on-air personality active at the station. CFQC's newscasts are also broadcast by CIPA-TV in Prince Albert, since that station does not broadcast a local 6 or 11:30 p.m. newscast. As
656-505: The CTV Morning Live banner were launched on other CTV owned-and-operated stations across western and central Canada as part of a benefits package that was included as a condition of the sale of the CTV network to Bell Canada. On July 28, 2014, CKCK began producing newscasts in high definition , and introduced a new studio as part of the migration. An additional hour of local news coverage
697-467: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) would not approve of one person owning two CTV stations, especially if that person was Baton, by far the largest and richest station owner. At the time, CTV was a cooperative based on the concept of "one owner, one vote." However, a provision in the cooperative's bylaws provided that if one owner ever bought a second station,
738-455: The 1970s and '80s) "QC8, Saskatoon Television." Although now known as "CTV Saskatoon", per the current branding standards for CTV affiliates, many longtime viewers in central and northern Saskatchewan still refer to the station as "QC" or "QC8". The QC8 branding continued to be used even after the station began to air on channel 9 for those who subscribed to cable television. A number of local programs were produced at CFQC's Saskatoon studios over
779-565: The Baton Broadcast System in 1994. Following Baton's acquisition of CTV in 1997, CKCK became a CTV owned-and-operated station. Local programming today is limited primarily to the station's popular newscasts. From the 1970s through the late 1980s, CKCK branded itself as "CKTV", but its official call letters remained CKCK-TV. During this period, though, the station did acquire the CKTV calls for its Fort Qu'Appelle retransmitter. That station
820-448: The CFQC studios. These changes were a result of cutbacks enacted by CTV's parent company, Bell Media, on June 14, 2023. Previously, on Oct. 21, 2017, CFQC had ended broadcast of a stand-alone weekly farm magazine program, Farmgate, in favour of incorporating the segments into its regular newscasts. Up to that point, Farmgate had been the most-watched agricultural program in Saskatchewan and ran for almost three decades. CFQC's noon newscast
861-692: The CRTC. CKCK-TV CKCK-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada, part of the CTV Television Network . Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media , the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Eastgate Drive and Highway 1 , just east of Regina proper. Master control facilities are located at the studios of CFCN-DT in Calgary , shared with eight other CTV owned-and-operated stations in British Columbia , Alberta and Saskatchewan. CKCK first signed on
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#1733086348204902-740: The FM dial in 1995 (though for promotional purposes it was rebranded Hot93). In 2007, CFQC-FM officially changed call letters to CKBL-FM, leaving the TV station the only user of the original call letters dating back to 1923. As with its Regina sister station, CFQC's programming is aired in pattern with that of Winnipeg sister station CKY-DT , with prime time programming running from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. simultaneously with east coast stations, and CTV's 7 p.m. ET programming bumped to 10 p.m. However, as Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time and remains on Central Standard Time year-round, programming
943-564: The United States), and to reduce the level of educational content on CTV Two Alberta. With the shutdown of CJFB-TV several years ago, Bell also asked for the change to the condition of license for its repeater in Swift Current, CKMC-TV that prevents it from soliciting advertising in that community, and that CJFB-TV may substitute commercials on it (which is irrelevant since the station is no longer in operation). On July 30, 2019, Bell Media
984-511: The acquired station's shares would be redistributed among the other seven owners so that each owner would still have only one vote out of eight. The CRTC approved the deal in late 1972, and the Murphy family earned a handsome return on patriarch Pappy Murphy's original investment when he founded CFQC radio in 1923. In 1986, Baton purchased CKCK-TV in Regina and CBC/CTV twinsticks in Yorkton and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan . Eventually, CFQC-TV became
1025-471: The air in the 1950s and remained as a general-duties host and weather forecaster until his retirement in the mid-1990s. Newscaster Rob MacDonald was the longest-serving on-air personality, being part of CFQC from March 15, 1976, until his retirement on January 20, 2017. Sportscaster Kevin Waugh worked at the station for close to 40 years, prior to his election as a Member of Parliament for Saskatoon—Grasswood in
1066-593: The air on July 28, 1954, as the first privately owned television station in Western Canada . It was originally owned by the Sifton family, which also owned the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK radio . It was originally a CBC Television affiliate. Shortly after signing on, it took a secondary affiliation with American broadcast network CBS . In 1962, as part of a deal that allowed CTV to come to Saskatchewan, CKCK opened
1107-554: The cancellation of CKCK's noon newscast. The changes also brought the station's provincial weekend 6 and 11:30 p.m. newscasts to an end. In 1993, CKCK-TV began producing a half hour weekly broadcast dedicated to Indigenous affairs titled Indigenous Circle . The show aired on all CTV stations in Saskatchewan on Sundays, and would feature a range of Indigenous-related news content, interview segments, special documentaries and musical performances. The final traditional episode of Indigenous Circle aired on February 18, 2018, although
1148-538: The centre of Baton's Saskatchewan operations. In 1987, Baton's six Saskatchewan stations began branding as the Saskatchewan Television Network, which joined with Baton's Ontario stations in 1994 as the Baton Broadcast System . Baton bought controlling interest in CTV in 1997, making CFQC-TV a CTV owned-and-operated station. In the past, it identified itself as "CFQC", "TV8" and (during much of
1189-529: The highlighted transmitters offer any programming that differs from the main channels. The Commission has determined that broadcasters may elect to shut down transmitters but will lose certain regulatory privileges (distribution on the basic service, the ability to request simultaneous substitution) as noted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015–24, Over-the-air transmission of television signals and local programming. We are fully aware of
1230-491: The loss of these regulatory privileges as a result of any transmitter shutdown." The licence for those transmitters expired in August 2017, and were subsequently shut down. At the same time, Bell Media applied to convert the licenses of CTV Two Atlantic (formerly ASN) and CTV Two Alberta (formerly ACCESS) from satellite-to-cable undertakings into television stations without transmitters (similar to cable-only network affiliates in
1271-412: The mid- to late-1980's. Effective September 15, 2023, CFQC no longer broadcasts local morning, 5 p.m., 11:30 p.m., or weekend evening newscasts from its studios. These local shows were replaced with province-wide news programming originating from CTV Regina, which includes news stories and other content from the Saskatoon newsroom. The noon and 6 p.m. newscasts continued to be presented and broadcast from
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1312-893: The name lives on within a segment of the station's regular newscasts, airing on Tuesdays following the cancellation of CKCK's local weekend newscasts. Certain stories on CTV National News also use the Indigenous Circle moniker. On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts , CKCK flash cut its digital signal into operation on VHF channel 8 at 12:05 a.m. Digital television receivers display CKCK-DT's virtual channel as 2.1. The station's high definition feed began to be carried on Bell Satellite TV channel 1106 on September 12, 2011. On February 11, 2016, Bell Media applied for its regular license renewals, which included applications to delete
1353-498: The same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFQC&oldid=842893218 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CFQC-DT CFQC-DT (channel 8)
1394-484: The station moved to the FM dial where it became CFQC-FM or "Hot 93". In November 2007, the station changed its call letters to CKBL-FM and it adopted the branding "The Bull". On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts , CFQC shut down analog signal and flash cut its digital signal into operation on VHF channel 8 at approximately 12:05 a.m. CT. The ceremonial switchover
1435-501: The station's first newscast. CFQC reported the next day that 40,000 viewers had tuned in, with the station's signal reported to have been received as far away as 40 miles (64 km) south of Regina . Initially a CBC affiliate, as early as 1967, the Murphys wanted to switch to CTV. However, these plans were put on hold in November 1967 when the federal government denied an application for
1476-446: The studios of CFCN-DT in Calgary , shared with eight other CTV owned-and-operated stations in British Columbia , Alberta and Saskatchewan. CFQC-TV first signed on the air on December 5, 1954; it was originally owned by the Murphy family along with CFQC radio (AM 600, now CKBL-FM at 92.9). The first program broadcast (other than test patterns ) was a film of the 42nd Grey Cup game, followed by assorted entertainment programs and
1517-473: The years. Children's television host Helen Lumby hosted a kindergarten -focused show at CFQC in her early career, before moving on to create Size Small . In the 1970s and 1980s, the station aired a number of public affairs programs, often with titles playing on the "Q" element of the station identity, such as Big Q Country (political discussion) and Q-Line (a phone-in program where viewers could ask questions of civic leaders, among others). CFQC also produced
1558-450: Was added in 2017 in the 5 p.m. time slot. CKCK's newscasts are also broadcast by CICC-TV in Yorkton, since that station does not broadcast a local 6 or 11:30 p.m. newscast. As a result, CKCK's program regularly includes reports from Yorkton. As of September 2023, CTV Morning Live , CTV News at 5 and CTV News at 11:30 are broadcast from Regina on all CTV stations in Saskatchewan. Bell Media cuts on February 8, 2024, resulted in
1599-471: Was anchored by Jim McLeod, signing on 1954. McLeod anchored for many years, staying on the air long enough to debut the station's first colour newscast in 1973. On September 22, 1997, the station launched a noon newscast a short time before the Baton Broadcast System rebranded to CTV across Canada. On October 31, 2011, CKCK debuted a three-hour morning newscast under the title CTV Morning Live , which airs on weekdays 6–9 a.m.; other morning newscasts under
1640-512: Was cancelled on February 8, 2024, as part of nationwide programming cuts by Bell Media. The CFQC call letters were originally assigned to an AM radio station that began broadcasting in Saskatoon in 1923 under the ownership of the Murphy family. From 1953 to 1991, the television and radio stations were under common ownership (first the Murphys, then Baton), for a time sharing broadcast facilities and on-air personnel. Baton exited radio in 1991, and CFQC radio moved into its own studio facility. In 1995,
1681-466: Was conducted by longtime sports anchor Kevin Waugh and now-retired veteran CFQC broadcaster Greg Barnsley, who had been involved with the station when it first signed on the air. On July 30, 2019, Bell Media was granted permission to close down the analog transmitters for CFQC-TV-1 and CFQC-TV-2 as part of Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-268. Both transmitters were shut down by February 26, 2021. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of