116-650: CBET-DT (channel 9) is a CBC Television station in Windsor, Ontario , Canada. The station's studios are located on Riverside Drive West and Crawford Avenue (near the Detroit River ) in Downtown Windsor, and its transmitter is located near Concession Road 12 in Essex . Residents of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan , also receive CBET over-the-air as well as on cable . By 1953, CBC Television's distribution throughout Canada
232-579: A Top 40 powerhouse in the Detroit market in the mid-1960s), the station looked more American than Canadian. There was some local programming and personalities during this era, including Toby David as Captain Jolly , Art Cervi as Bozo the Clown (who would later move to WJBK), and Bill Kennedy hosting Bill Kennedy's Showtime (which would soon relocate to WKBD-TV (channel 50) under that name, renamed Bill Kennedy at
348-466: A progressive talk format. The station's call sign temporarily changed to WWWW on July 24, 2006, as part of a station swap between Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media in the Ann Arbor and Canton, Ohio markets. On September 15, 2006, the call sign were changed back to WDTW. On January 21, 2010, WDTW's network, Air America Media , filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and ceased live programming
464-415: A soft adult contemporary format in 1976. AM 1310 simulcast for a short time until the decision was made in 1977 to revive the "Keener 13" brand name on its original frequency with an adult-oriented Top 40 and Oldies mix and a new call sign, WWKR. (The WKNR call sign was unavailable after having been installed on the former WKFR, now WBFN ). The legendary "Keener 13" record survey, the "Keener Music Guide,"
580-407: A CBC owned-and-operated station on September 1, 1975, and changed its call letters to CBET. The station's schedule did not change much early on; it still featured the same formula of CBC and CTV programs, along with British and American television shows (mostly reruns and movies) with Detroit rights. CBET also carried some special programming aimed at American viewers, such as the annual Weekend With
696-666: A CTV affiliate, which was an unrealistic prospect, given the large number of American imports on CTV's schedule. Maclean Hunter also owned CFCO in Chatham (also in the Windsor–Detroit market), and neither company could agree whether to sell CFCO or the CKLW stations. Baton was undeterred in its quest and reapplied again, and with a new partner—the CBC, which had wanted an owned-and-operated station in southwestern Ontario for some time. Baton and CBC formed
812-542: A controlling interest in Western Ontario Broadcasting. This move, done through General Tire's broadcasting subsidiary General Teleradio, made the CKLW stations perhaps the only stations in Canada to be owned by an American company. In 1959, General Teleradio was renamed RKO General . In 1963, RKO bought out Western Ontario Broadcasting's other shareholders and gained full ownership of the CKLW stations. CKLW-AM-FM-TV
928-558: A different Canadian hockey venue. Other than hockey, CBC Sports properties included Toronto Raptors basketball, Toronto FC soccer, and various other amateur and professional events. The telecast of the Olympics including the Summer and Winter Olympic Games on Canadian television on CBC's broadcast started in 1956. It has the rights to broadcast the Olympic Games until 2024. It was also
1044-428: A different time than the network, or were not broadcast on the station at all. Most private affiliates generally opted out of CBC's afternoon schedule and Thursday night arts programming. Private affiliates carried the 10 p.m. broadcast of The National as a core part of the CBC schedule, but generally omitted the 11 p.m. repeat (which is no longer broadcast). Most private affiliates produce their own local newscasts for
1160-530: A duration of at least 35 minutes. Some of the private affiliates later began adding CBC's overnight programming to their schedules since the network began broadcasting 24 hours a day in October 2006. Following the disaffiliation of the last privately owned CBC affiliate CKSA-DT in Lloydminster on August 31, 2016, no more private stations operate as CBC affiliates, as many such stations have been purchased either by
1276-814: A holding company, known as St. Clair River Broadcasting Ltd., which was 75 percent owned by Baton; the CBC held the remaining 25 percent. This time, the CRTC approved the application, and in 1970 the CBC/Baton alliance took control of CKLW-TV. St. Clair River was granted a five-year licence by the CRTC to operate the station, after which Baton would sell full ownership to the CBC. Meanwhile, Baton took sole control of CKLW-AM-FM, operating them until they were sold to CUC Broadcasting in 1984 and to CHUM Limited in 1993. The radio outlets are now owned by Bell Media Radio , successor-in-interest to Baton, after Bell acquired CHUM in 2007. When CBC/Baton took over, more Canadian-produced programming
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#17329139777481392-517: A jab at CKLW's location in Windsor, Ontario , and Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission -mandated "Canadian content" regulations imposed at the start of 1971. Sister station WKNR-FM 100.3, which had previously simulcast the AM programming, switched to a more adventurous progressive rock format starting in 1969. But by 1971, WKNR-FM flipped to an easy listening "Stereo Island" format, switching its call sign to WNIC . The Keener 13 era
1508-542: A leave of absence for a year, as she was adopting a baby girl. On September 2, 2013, CBET expanded its early evening newscast to 90 minutes from 5:30 to 7 p.m., while it discontinued its 11 p.m. newscast in turn; besides differing from the early evening newscast slot of most CBC Television stations (5:30 to 7 p.m. on CBET, as opposed to 5 to 6:30 p.m. elsewhere), this differed from most CBC O&Os in other markets where stations carry both an early and late evening newscast; in lieu of its own 11 p.m. newscast, CBET simulcasts
1624-703: A mix of music that included a number of local acts featuring many of Detroit's Motown superstars. Scott Regen's "Motown Monday" features included live concerts from the Roostertail supper club, featuring Motown legends such as the Supremes and The Four Tops Dick Purtan honed the wry, sardonic sense of humor that made him a fixture on the Motor City airwaves for four decades, first on WKNR. The station's promotions, imaging, and jingles were noted for their wacky, offbeat sound and were imitated frequently by other stations across
1740-521: A programming agreement with the CBC, in which the station would continue to provide CBC programming in Thunder Bay for a period of five years. On March 16, 2012, Astral Media announced the sale of its assets to Bell Media , owners of CTV and CTV Two , for $ 3.38 billion with CFTK and CJDC included in the acquisition. Both stations subsequently became CTV Two stations. CBC television stations in Nunavut ,
1856-519: A promoter specializing in Spanish-language musicians, for $ 100,000. After the sale, WDTW reconstructed its broadcast facilities, a process that had an estimated cost of around $ 1 million. In April 2016, the station officially re-launched as La Mega Detroit 1310 . Zamora entered into arrangements with TSJ Media (which operates La Mega stations in other markets) to assist in WDTW's operations. The station
1972-463: A retransmitter of its nearest O&O station to ensure that CBC service is continued. However, due to an agreement between CHBC and CFJC-TV in Kamloops , CFJC also disaffiliated from the CBC on February 27, 2006, but no retransmitters were installed in the licence area. Former private CBC affiliates CKPG-TV Prince George and CHAT-TV Medicine Hat disaffiliated on August 31, 2008, and joined E!, but
2088-440: A simulcast of its sister news network Ici RDI after regular programming ends for the night until the next programming day begins. While historically there has been room for regional differences in the schedule, as there is today (see "Stations", below), for CBC-owned stations, funding has decreased to the point that most of these stations no longer broadcast any significant local programming beyond local newscasts and an edition of
2204-413: A single local newscast on weekend evenings (comprising a supper hour broadcast on Saturdays and a late evening newscast on Sundays). Weekly newsmagazine The Fifth Estate is also a CBC mainstay, as are documentary series such as Doc Zone . One of the most popular shows on CBC Television is the weekly Saturday night broadcast of NHL hockey games, Hockey Night in Canada . It has been televised by
2320-524: A standard call letter naming convention, in that the first two letters are "CB" (an ITU prefix in the CA-CE block allocated not to Canada (whose block is CF-CK), but to Chile) and the last letter is "T". Only the third letter varies from market to market; however, that letter is typically the same as the third letter of the CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2 stations in the same market. An exception to this rule are
2436-413: Is supported by public funding , commercial advertising revenue supplements the network (in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free.). CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment, and children's programming; in most cases, it feeds the same programming at the exact local times nationwide, except to
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#17329139777482552-404: Is available in free ad-supported and premium versions, with the latter including advertising-free video on-demand, access to CBC News Network, and access to premium content that is exclusive to subscribers. At launch, the CBC announced plans to add at least 50 Canadian films to Gem per-year, and announced a partnership with Telefilm Canada to stream a selection of featured Canadian films on
2668-564: Is carried on Spectrum's system in Port Clinton . Channel still on the air as a full-time repeater of another station. CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV , or simply CBC ) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the national public broadcaster . The network began operations on September 6, 1952, with its main studios at
2784-607: Is carried on Toledo-based Buckeye Broadband , which serves areas as far east as Sandusky . During a carriage dispute with the market's local NBC affiliate WNWO-TV , Buckeye temporarily moved CBET to WNWO's standard and high-definition channel allotments to ensure that viewers would still have access to coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics . Until January 2009, CBET maintained cable coverage as far south as Findlay, Ohio . This ended when Time Warner Cable (now Charter Spectrum ) dropped CBET as well as Columbus ' CBS affiliate, WBNS-TV , from its Northwestern Ohio systems. CBET still
2900-458: Is celebrated at Keener13.com , with an extensive history, an archive of air checks and a database of every WKNR Music Guide in addition to an online tribute webcast called WKNR Keener 13 dot com . On April 25, 1972, "Keener 13" ended its Top 40 format. The final song was " Turn! Turn! Turn! " by The Byrds . WKNR began playing the same easy listening format that was successful on 100.3 WNIC, simulcasting its FM sister station. WNIC-FM changed to
3016-697: Is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government. The CBC's sports programming, including Hockey Night in Canada and its coverage of the Olympic Games , has historically been quite popular in the Detroit area, sometimes even more popular than American network coverage of the same events. During the CBC's original run of Toronto Blue Jays telecasts (before Sportsnet 's 2004 takeover), Jays games were often subject to blackout on CBET in order to protect Detroit Tigers home games available on broadcast stations. During 2007 , CBC carried eight Jays games; CBET
3132-451: Is powered at 5,000 watts . It uses a directional antenna with a six- tower array . The transmitter is on Monroe Boulevard near Interstate 94 in Taylor. Programming is also heard on 85-watt FM translator W300DI at 107.9 MHz in Detroit. The station signed on the air on December 29, 1946 ; 77 years ago ( 1946-12-29 ) . The original call sign was WKMH. The owner
3248-531: Is reduced to a single episode weeknights at 7:30 p.m. on the CBC network). After CBET's expansion of its supper-hour newscast in September 2013, variances involve Rick Mercer Report at 5 p.m. (seen on other stations at 6:30 p.m.), and a simulcast of the 11 p.m. newscast from sister station CBLT-DT in Toronto instead of its own late news program. Despite all of the U.S. preemptions, however, some shows on
3364-475: The 1080i to 720p resolution format. In August 2012, after the CBC shut down all of their remaining analogue transmitters, CBC television (as well as CBC News Network ) began broadcasting all programming solely in the 16:9 aspect ratio and began letterboxing its widescreen feed for standard definition viewers just as Ici Radio-Canada Télé has done since September 2007. All CBC television stations, including those in major cities, are owned and operated by
3480-514: The CBC Kids lineup, including Arthur , Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood , and Molly of Denali (which could also be seen on PBS member station WTVS in Detroit), are not affected due to them being E/I compliant, and thus are not subject to preemption on CBET. CBET-DT presently broadcasts 5 hours, 50 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 1 hour, 10 minutes each weekday); in regards to
3596-898: The CBC News at Six name. On November 30, 2006, CBC announced plans to discontinue Canada Now in February 2007, in favour of hour-long early evening local newscasts on its stations. While CBCT-DT in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island , decided to name its new supper hour newscast Compass and CBUT-DT in Vancouver kept the Canada Now title, CBET retained the CBC News at Six brand rather than returning to its original Newsday title. Susan Pedler would continue as lead anchor, with Jim Lagogians on sports and Tara Weber reporting on weather. CBET later renamed its newscast to CBC News: Windsor at Six , following
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3712-600: The CBC North stations in Yellowknife , Whitehorse and Iqaluit , whose call signs begin with "CF" due to their historic association with the CBC's Frontier Coverage Package prior to the advent of microwave and satellite broadcasting. Some stations that broadcast from smaller cities were private affiliates of the CBC, that is, stations which are owned by commercial broadcasters but predominantly incorporated CBC programming within their schedules. Such stations generally followed
3828-486: The Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé . CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers, and live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television
3944-463: The Newfoundland Time Zone , where programs air 30 minutes "late". On October 9, 2006, at 6:00 a.m., the network switched to a 24-hour schedule, becoming one of the last major English-language broadcasters to transition to such a schedule. Most CBC-owned stations previously signed off the air during the early morning hours (typically from 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.). Instead of
4060-603: The Northwest Territories and Yukon , branded as CBC North , tailor their programming mostly to the local native population, and broadcast in many native languages such as Inuktitut , Gwichʼin and Dene . From 1994 through July 2005, CBC Television's news programming was aired in the United States on Newsworld International . On September 11, 2001, several American broadcasters without their own news operations, including C-SPAN and Home Shopping Network , carried
4176-751: The Stanley Cup playoffs and finals, when CTV held the rights . Before the sale, and especially before Detroit's WKBD-TV went on the air in 1965, CKLW-TV was often likely to preempt games involving the Toronto Maple Leafs if the Montreal Canadiens hosted the Detroit Red Wings on Hockey Night in Canada . After its sale, CKLW-TV also produced a significant amount of local programming that ranged from music and variety to daytime talk , sports, agriculture, current affairs and documentaries. CKLW-TV
4292-421: The infomercials aired by most private stations, or a simulcast of CBC News Network in the style of BBC One 's nightly simulcast of BBC News Channel , the CBC uses the time to air repeats, including local news, primetime series, films and other programming from the CBC library. Its French counterpart, ICI Radio-Canada Télé , which continued to sign off every night for several years after that, now broadcasts
4408-473: The "Battle of the Giants," an attention-grabbing promotion that invited listeners to call in to vote for their favorite oldies. The station quickly gained momentum, and in an unprecedented "worst-to-first" move, three months later "Keener" was a solid across-the-board number one in the ratings. This happened despite a weak signal which missed most of the east side of the Detroit metro area, especially at night, although
4524-490: The 1968 Broadcasting Act , the Canadian Radio-television Commission (the forerunner to today's Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)) decreed that broadcast stations licensed within Canada must be at least 80 percent owned by Canadians. With this ordinance in effect, RKO General was forced to put the CKLW stations up for sale. Western Ontario Broadcasting's licence to operate
4640-482: The 2006 format change, Canada Now was last locally anchored by Susan Pedler with Tony Doucette from a state-of-the-art news set inside the CBET newsroom. On January 9, 2006, under the CBC's local programming expansion initiative, CBET's newscasts were renamed as CBC News at Six , with the national half-hour remaining as Canada Now . Most CBC owned-and-operated stations also began offering expanded local newscasts under
4756-778: The CBC announced it would not add new retransmitters to these areas. Incidentally, CFJC, CKPG and CHAT are all owned by an independent media company, Jim Pattison Group . With the closure of E! and other changes in the media landscape, several former CBC affiliates subsequently joined CTV, Citytv or Global, or closed altogether. According to filings to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) by Thunder Bay Electronics (owner of CBC's Thunder Bay affiliate CKPR-DT ) and Bell Media (owner of CBC affiliates CFTK-TV in Terrace and CJDC-TV in Dawson Creek),
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4872-456: The CBC has sometimes struggled to maintain ratings comparable to those it achieved before 1995, although it has seen somewhat of a ratings resurgence in recent years. In the 2007–08 season, popular series such as Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Border helped the network achieve its strongest ratings performance in over half a decade. In 2002, CBC Television and CBC News Network became
4988-658: The CBC increased the amount of Canadian-produced programming on its schedule. However, the few American shows left on CBC Television had disappeared from CBET some years before. These shows were replaced with older CBC programs or shows from other Commonwealth countries , such as the popular British television drama Coronation Street (a national CBC program) and the Australian drama, Neighbours (exclusive to CBET at first, but which later began to be distributed nationally). The station had also moved its transmitter tower from Downtown Windsor to near McGregor in 2002, by dismantling
5104-704: The CBC informed them that it would not extend its association with any of its private affiliates beyond August 31, 2011. Incidentally, that was also the date for analogue to digital transition in Canada. Given recent practice and the CBC's decision not to convert any retransmitters to digital, even in markets with populations in the hundreds in thousands, it was not expected that the CBC would open new transmitters to replace its affiliates, and indeed pared back its existing transmitter network to just its digital transmitters in July 2012. However, in March 2011, CKPR announced that it had come to
5220-469: The CBC itself or by Canwest Global or CHUM Limited , respectively becoming E! (a small system owned by Canwest, but separate from its fully national Global Television Network ) or A-Channel (later A, now CTV Two ) stations. One private CBC affiliate, CHBC-TV in Kelowna , joined E! (then known as CH) on February 27, 2006. When a private CBC affiliate reaffiliated with another network, the CBC normally added
5336-671: The CBC itself, with their master control facilities all located at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. CBC owned-and-operated (O&O) stations operate as a mostly seamless national service with few deviations from the main network schedule, although there are some regional differences from time to time. For on-air identification, most CBC stations use the CBC brand rather than their call letters, not identifying themselves specifically until sign-on or sign-off (though some, like Toronto's CBLT , do not ID themselves at all except through PSIP ). All CBC O&O stations have
5452-531: The CBC originally planned on requesting that analogue operations for CBET and some of its other stations be extended by one year, taking those stations digital in 2012, the corporation later revised its plan, and converted all of its originating stations to digital in August 2011. Over-the-air, CBET can be received in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio , with a really strong and reliable rooftop and/or indoor antenna. The station
5568-401: The CBC schedule, airing a minimum 40 hours per week of network programming. However, they often chose to opt out of some CBC programming in order to air locally produced programs, syndicated series or programs purchased from other broadcasters, such as CTV Two , which do not have a broadcast outlet in the same market. In these cases, the CBC programming being displaced may have been broadcast at
5684-483: The CBC's coverage of the terror attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. In the days after September 11, C-SPAN carried CBC's nightly newscast, The National , anchored by Peter Mansbridge . C-SPAN has also carried CBC's coverage of major events affecting Canadians. Among them: Several PBS stations also air some CBC programs, especially The Red Green Show , although no CBC programming currently airs on
5800-401: The CBC's removal of Wheel and Jeopardy! in the fall of 2012, some evening programming variations remain, with Rick Mercer Report at 5 p.m., various programming (specials, documentaries, and repeats of other shows) at 5:30 p.m., and the one-hour 6 p.m. local newscast, with the remainder of the schedule in pattern with the other CBC stations (including Coronation Street , which
5916-615: The CCA announced that TSN would obtain exclusive rights to curling broadcasts in Canada as of the 2008–09 season, shutting the CBC out of the championship weekend for the first time in 40-plus years. CBC Sports suffered another major blow when it was announced that after the 2007 season, the CFL regular season games and the Grey Cup would be moving to TSN, ending the CBC's tenure with the CFL. It has been stated that
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#17329139777486032-402: The CFL was not happy with the CBC's lacklustre production during the CBC's 2005 union lock-out, which forced the network to use CBC management to work the behind-the-scenes telecast and use stadium public address announcers in place of their regular announcer crew. On June 23, 2007, the network aired the first game in a two-year deal to broadcast Toronto Blue Jays games; the contract ended at
6148-673: The Canada–United States border, and have a significant audience in those areas. WDTW (AM) WDTW (1310 kHz ) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Dearborn, Michigan , and serving the Detroit metropolitan area . Owned by Pedro Zamora, the station broadcasts a Spanish-language radio format branded as La Z 1310 . It features Regional Mexican , Spanish-language Contemporary Hits and Mexican Pop . The studios and offices are on Goddard Road in Taylor, Michigan . WDTW
6264-577: The Horn" and Dave "Sangoo" Prince, but the station was generally considered an also-ran in the Detroit market and a weak competitor to WJBK and WXYZ , which were Detroit's dominant Top 40 stations. At night, the station featured a jazz show hosted by Jim Rockwell (later of WABX ). In addition, WKMH was briefly Detroit's CBS Radio network affiliate in 1960, after WJR dropped its ties to CBS to add more local programming. Despite, or some might say because of, this unusual move, WKMH continued to flounder. In 1962
6380-611: The Movies by the start of 1972; CKLW would retain the Showtime title). Another popular show on CKLW-TV during the 1960s was Swingin' Time , a local teenage dance party show similar to American Bandstand , hosted by WKNR (now WDTW ) radio personality Robin Seymour (and also, for a time, CKLW radio's Tom Shannon). The show featured recording artists, both nationally and locally popular, lip-synching to their latest releases while teenagers showcased
6496-478: The NHL to Rogers Communications , under a 12-year deal beginning in the 2014–15 NHL season . The CBC concurrently announced a sub-licensing agreement with Rogers, under which it would supply Sportsnet -produced Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts to CBC Television at no charge; all advertising during the broadcasts would be sold by Rogers, but the CBC would be provided with advertising time for its own programs. Officially,
6612-571: The North American PSIP virtual channeling standard. In fall 2007, the CBC upgraded its Toronto facilities, becoming the second fully HD news broadcaster in Canada. The National and all its news programs originating from the same news studio in Toronto (including CBC News: Sunday Night ) are now available in HD. On September 1, 2011, as part of the analogue television shutoff and digital conversion , all CBC over-the-air HD broadcasts switched from
6728-432: The Prairie (2007–12), and dramas such as The Tudors (2007–10), Heartland (since 2007) and Intelligence (2006–07). In recent years, British series such as Coronation Street and Doctor Who have been given greater prominence. As noted above, it now carries very little American programming apart from some syndicated daytime shows. In 2006, the CBC announced radical changes to its primetime line-up, including
6844-647: The Stars telethon for United Cerebral Palsy in the early 1980s. CTV content on CBET would remain at some capacity through the 1980s, despite the fact that after the CBC took full control of channel 9 in 1975, Kitchener -based CTV affiliate CKCO-TV signed on a repeater transmitter in Sarnia on channel 42, with a signal that reached Windsor at least marginally. The station also sometimes purchased rights to sports programming, such as Maple Leafs games from CHCH-TV in Hamilton in
6960-551: The Windsor operation. Only three reporters remained at CBET, who produced stories for the early evening newscast on Toronto sister station CBLT. First came 5:30 Live , which was followed by CBC Evening News with Bill Cameron (which earlier was known as CBC at 6 on CBLT). With an editorial and tech staff of about 32, CBC reinstated local news in pilot project form. New operating methods and new technologies were introduced. This meant videojournalists (cross-skilling) multi-skilling, and
7076-493: The Windsor segment broadcast from the CBET studios presented by Blake Roberts. Carole MacNeil would move to Toronto to anchor the Toronto segment there; she would later co-anchor with Evan Solomon on the CBC network's Sunday morning news program, CBC News: Sunday , and its nighttime complement, CBC News: Sunday Night . As a result of the dinnertime news change, CBC's local news operations faced some layoffs—especially CBET, which terminated ten of its 29 news staffers. Prior to
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#17329139777487192-498: The air at 2:50 p.m. on September 16, 1954, as CKLW-TV. Channel 9, which was the first television station in Windsor, originally operated as a CBC affiliate , though it also maintained a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network (which was shared with Detroit's WJBK , channel 2) until that network's demise in 1956. In 1956, American industrial and communications firm General Tire and Rubber purchased
7308-684: The border. Outside of network programming, most of channel 9's schedule consisted of the standard fare of independent stations in the United States—old movies , cartoons , children's programs and off-network syndicated programming. Its lineup was similar to the programming on RKO's two American independent stations, WOR-TV in New York City (now MyNetworkTV O&O WWOR-TV in Secaucus, New Jersey ) and KHJ-TV in Los Angeles (now KCAL-TV ). Much like its radio counterparts (especially CKLW-AM, which became
7424-688: The broadcasts are carried by a CRTC -licensed part-time network operated by Rogers and affiliated with all CBC Television stations. This was required to formally assign responsibility for the broadcasts to Rogers; on-air, the telecasts otherwise use CBC branding and continuity. As a result of funding reductions from the federal government and decreased revenues, in April 2014, the CBC announced it would no longer bid for professional sport broadcasting rights. Among CBC Television's best-known primetime series are comedy series Rick Mercer Report (2004–18), This Hour Has 22 Minutes (since 1993) and Little Mosque on
7540-548: The comedy Sophie from 2008 to 2009. Only The Border and Sophie were renewed for a second season in the fall of 2008. The new series Being Erica (2009–10) and the short-lived Wild Roses (2009) began airing in January 2009. Beginning in 2005, the CBC has contributed production funds for the BBC Wales revival of Doctor Who , for which it received a special credit at the end of each episode. This arrangement continued until
7656-508: The country, including sister station WKFR in Battle Creek, Michigan , which was known as "Keener 14." Bob Green would later describe the Keener sound as being like "a 24-hour cartoon." Keener 13's appeal to adult listeners as well as teens was cemented with the station's news commitment. "Contact News" aired at :15 and :45 past the hour every hour. WKNR's newscasts were straightforward and lacked
7772-492: The doubleheader on Hockey Night in Canada . The show also simultaneously broadcasts rolling coverage from CBC News Network from noon to 1 p.m. local time in most time zones (also from 6 to 7 a.m. in regions where a local CBC Radio One morning show is not simulcast instead). In addition to the mentioned late local newscasts, CBC stations in most markets fill early evenings with local news programs , generally from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., while most stations also air
7888-460: The early 1980s, after CHCH picked up the mid-week rights from CFTO in 1977. CBET was known as "CBET 9" when it first adopted the new call letters, and later branded as "TV 9 Windsor". In 1985, a major budget reduction decimated all locally produced programs by the CBC except for news, even though CBET was one of the few profitable CBC stations in Canada. The 90-minute evening news program Newsday remained as well as late and weekend news programs, but
8004-432: The end of fourth season, broadcast in 2008. The CBC similarly contributed to the first season of the spin-off series, Torchwood . More recently, the network has also begun picking up Canadian rights to some Australian series, including the drama series Janet King and Love Child , and the comedy-drama series Please Like Me . In 2015, CBC Television premiered Dan and Eugene Levy 's sitcom Schitt's Creek ;
8120-456: The end of the 2008 season, and was not renewed. In August 2007, it was also announced that the CBC would broadcast National Basketball Association games involving the Toronto Raptors , starting with the 2007–08 NBA season , through at least 2009–10; the CBC would carry 10 games for the 2007–08 and 20 games for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. In November 2013, the CBC lost its rights to
8236-445: The exclusive carrier of Canadian Curling Association events during the 2004–05 season. Due to disappointing results and fan outrage over many draws being carried on CBC Country Canada (now called Cottage Life ), the association tried to cancel its multiyear deal with the CBC signed in 2004. After the CBC threatened legal action, both sides eventually came to an agreement under which early-round rights reverted to TSN . On June 15, 2006,
8352-406: The first broadcasters in Canada that are required to provide closed captioning for all of their programming. On those networks, only outside commercials need not be captioned, though most of them are aired with captions. All shows, bumpers, billboards, promos and other internal programming must be captioned. The requirement stems from a human rights complaint filed by deaf lawyer Henry Vlug, which
8468-480: The flash or sensationalism of CKLW's "blood-and-guts" 20/20 News but were highly regarded. The station released a "Year in Review" album each year which was made available to area schools. WKNR's dominance was challenged when CKLW 800 AM got a makeover courtesy of consultants Bill Drake and Paul Drew in April 1967. With 50,000 watts behind it and a lightning-fast pace based on Drake's "Boss Radio" model, The Big 8 became
8584-451: The following new series to premiere that fall: Many were surprised by these changes to the CBC schedule, which were apparently intended to attract a younger audience to the network; some suggested they might alienate the core CBC viewership. Another note of criticism was made when the network decided to move The National in some time zones to simulcast the American version of The One over
8700-638: The full network schedule. For a number of years CBC co-produced a news programme, Hemispheres , with Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC ; the program was hosted from Sydney and Vancouver and included reports from both networks' foreign correspondents. It was broadcast in both Canada and Australia and across Asia and the Pacific on the Australia Network . CBC Television stations can be received over-the-air or through cable in many American communities along
8816-435: The game allotted to CBC, as games are no longer split regionally. As Windsor is part of the Detroit market, CBET is required to preempt American shows on the CBC network schedule of which exclusive rights are claimed by American stations in the market. Most American programming that was part of the CBC schedule throughout Canada (except for children's programs that met E/I regulations) could not be broadcast by CBET and, thus,
8932-515: The latest dances on the show's huge dance floor. Due to the show's connection to Detroit's popular rock-and-roll AM radio stations, Swingin' Time was used by many artists, especially local acts such as The Supremes , Martha Reeves and the Vandellas , the MC5 , and Mitch Ryder , to reach a substantially larger teen audience than they could have achieved through solely working the record hop circuit. Through
9048-562: The lead of most of its sister stations across Canada by inserting the city's name into the newscast title. In September 2009, most CBC stations began to carry a 90-minute block of local news from 5 to 6:30 p.m. each weeknight; however, CBET opted to keep its hour-long newscast at 6 p.m. In addition to the main 6 p.m. newscast, CBET introduced a 10-minute late night newscast CBC News: Windsor Late Night on October 26, 2009, which aired at 10:55 p.m. each weeknight following The National . On July 3, 2012, Pedler announced that she would take
9164-416: The minimum block of CBC programming. During this period, the CBC carried a number of American originated shows that were also broadcast on the Detroit stations; these programs, however, were blacked out on CKLW-TV because Windsor was, then as now, considered part of the Detroit market. The blackout of American network shows allowed RKO General an opportunity to reach the more lucrative American audience across
9280-519: The music, variety, daytime talk and the popular Reach for the Top were all cancelled. In 1990, CBC closed down CBET's news department, resulting in protests from Windsor area residents. A large rally of about 5,000+ citizens marched down Riverside Drive West to the station in protest. A "Save Our Station" committee was formed and politicians on every level lobbied both CBC and the Canadian government to preserve
9396-448: The network since 1952. During the NHL lock-out and subsequent cancellation of the 2004–05 hockey season, the CBC instead aired various recent and classic films, branded as Movie Night in Canada , on Saturday nights. Many cultural groups criticized this and suggested the CBC air games from minor hockey leagues; the CBC responded that most such broadcast rights were already held by other groups, but it did base each Movie Night broadcast from
9512-638: The newscast from CBLT instead. Asha Tomlinson , who previously worked the breaking news desk at CBC News Network , became anchor of the expanded newscast; she replaced Amanda Ferguson (who became anchor during Pedler's maternity leave) as anchor. CBET shut down its analogue signal at 11:58 p.m. on August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts , and flash-cut its digital signal into operation on VHF channel 9 three minutes later at 12:01 a.m. on September 1. While
9628-564: The number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the lowest local newscast output among CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations. On October 2, 2000, local news programming on CBET and other CBC owned-and-operated stations was reduced to a half-hour each weeknight, and late newscasts were cancelled. With the introduction of Canada Now (which began at CBET before it went national), CBC's new hybrid hour-long dinnertime newscast at 6 p.m. made its debut. National news segments originated from Vancouver and were anchored by Ian Hanomansing , with
9744-498: The number one Top 40 station in the region. Some of Keener's top DJs, including Dick Purtan and Scott Regen, eventually moved over to CKLW. However, WKNR did not go down without a fight, continuing to battle the Big 8 for five more years despite dropping ratings. During this time, the station attempted to distinguish itself from CKLW by playing less bubblegum pop and more album rock cuts. It promoted itself as "Rock and Roll The American Way,"
9860-414: The program, and excluded the analysis and documentary segment. This second airing was later replaced with other programming, and as of the 2012-13 television season, was replaced on CBC's major market stations by a half-hour late newscast. There is also a short news update, at most, on late Saturday evenings. During hockey season, this update is usually found during the first intermission of the second game of
9976-492: The regular season and the playoffs (such as a Western Conference quarter-final series in 2006 against the Edmonton Oilers , many of which were originally designated to air regionally on Edmonton's CBC station CBXT ). As 2014–15 season , with Rogers Communications taking over the production of HNIC and broadcasting other games on its services, Red Wings games only air on CBET during Hockey Night if they are involved in
10092-592: The same night. Reruns of Air America's programming continued to air until January 25 at 9 PM Eastern Time . After that, WDTW had to find other programs. On December 11, 2012, Clear Channel announced it would donate WDTW to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC), as part of the Ownership Diversity Initiative between Clear Channel and the MMTC. The MMTC did not announce any specific plans for
10208-632: The series began to achieve critical acclaim after it was acquired by the streaming service Netflix , and swept all seven comedy awards at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards —becoming the first comedy or drama to sweep all seven major awards in their respective genre at the ceremony. CBC Gem is CBC Television's over-the-top streaming platform; it launched in 2018, replacing the existing CBC TV app. The service carries live and on-demand programming from CBC Television, CBC News, and CBC Sports, as well as short- and long-form original programming and acquisitions (including films and television series). The service
10324-620: The service ad-free for all users. Children's programming, often marketed as " CBC Kids " and "The Outlet", occupies most of the morning hours on weekdays and much of weekend mornings. On March 5, 2005, CBC Television launched a high definition simulcast of its Toronto ( CBLT-DT ) and Montreal ( CBMT-DT ) stations. Since that time, the network has also launched HD simulcasts in Vancouver ( CBUT-DT ), Ottawa ( CBOT-DT ), Edmonton ( CBXT-DT ), Calgary ( CBRT-DT ), Halifax ( CBHT-DT ), Windsor, ( CBET-DT ), Winnipeg ( CBWT-DT ), and St. John's ( CBNT-DT ). All HD channels map to their analogue positions via
10440-507: The shows with Canadian-produced programming. CBET handled these anomalies (as well as its one-hour 6 p.m. local newscast, which as noted below differs from most CBC stations) by airing repeats of Rick Mercer Report or 22 Minutes at 4:30 p.m., various documentaries from the CBC library at 5 p.m. (different from the ones aired across the network at 1 p.m.), and Coronation Street from 7 to 8 p.m. (whereas Corrie airs from 6:30 to 7:30 on most other stations). Following
10556-594: The station could be heard market-wide on its more powerful FM simulcast on 100.3 MHz. WKNR became the preeminent Top 40 radio station in the Motor City. Competitors WJBK and WXYZ were hurt in the ratings by their new competitor, and both stations eventually were driven out of Top 40 and into MOR formats. It has been reported that the legendary Henry Ford II himself was an avid Keener fan. Keener featured popular personalities like Dick Purtan , Bob Green, Gary Stevens (later of New York's legendary WMCA ), J. Michael Wilson, Scott Regen, Ted Clark and Jim Jeffries . It played
10672-459: The station shed its CBS affiliation (which WJR regained) and became "Flagship Radio," an early adult contemporary format featuring a mix of softer current pop hits and MOR album cuts, but this format, too, was not popular. Despite the power of WJBK and WXYZ and the 50,000-watt signal of CKLW, consultant Mike Joseph (best known for developing the Hot Hits format in the late 1970s) was convinced there
10788-477: The station. On December 14, 2012, it was revealed that the MMTC donation applied only to the license of the station, as Clear Channel announced that WDTW would cease broadcasting at midnight on December 31, 2012. The station's antennas and transmitter facilities near the intersection of I-94 and Telegraph Road in Taylor were dismantled shortly afterward. In 2014, the MMTC chose to resell WDTW to Pedro Zamora, who owns several Spanish-language radio stations and
10904-510: The stations was renewed for only one year, and in 1969, General Tire decided to get out altogether rather than accept a 20 percent share. Two Canadian broadcasting firms, Maclean Hunter (which owned CTV station CFCN-TV in Calgary ), and Baton Broadcasting (owners of Toronto 's CTV flagship station CFTO-TV ), made a joint offer to purchase the stations, but were turned down by the CRTC. Both Maclean Hunter and Baton wanted to convert CKLW-TV into
11020-416: The summer regional documentary series Absolutely Canadian . Until 1998, the network carried a variety of American programs in addition to its core Canadian programming, directly competing with private Canadian broadcasters such as CTV and Global . Since then, it has restricted itself to Canadian programs, a handful of British programs, and a few American films and off-network repeats. Since this change,
11136-440: The summer. This later became a moot point, as The One was taken off the air after two weeks after extremely low American and Canadian ratings, and the newscast resumed its regular schedule. In 2006, daytime programming was also revamped. While there were still repeats of CBC and foreign series, new talk shows such as The Gill Deacon Show (2006–07) and the regional franchise Living (2007–09) were aired. The Gill Deacon Show
11252-429: The time, stretching to 80 to 100 songs at times. WKNR's shorter playlist ensured the station played more hits and fewer "stiffs" and that listeners would hear one of the top hits whenever they tuned in. WKNR also played the hits 24 hours a day, as opposed to the other hit stations in Detroit which were loaded with non-music full-service features (especially on weekends). WKNR officially launched on October 31, 1963, with
11368-416: The top 600 feet (180 m) and erecting it up as a new structure. The bottom 400 feet (120 m) still remained for the analogue signal on channel 9, while the new tower houses the digital signals for CBET (post-transition digital channel 9) and CICO-TV-32 ( TVOntario ), and for unrealized digital facilities for CBEFT (post-transition digital channel 35, or virtual channel 54.1). On September 8, 2014, it
11484-411: The use of non-linear editing technology (AVID newscutters and air-play for news item playback). The Windsor Council was also formed. This group made up of managers and union reps oversaw the progress of the "experiment" and dealt with issues that arose on an almost weekly basis. The new methods of the operation paved way for some of the new language in the collective agreements reached in 1996–97. Windsor
11600-549: Was Robin Seymour , a pioneering rock and roll disk jockey . Seymour's "Bobbin' with Robin" show featured a music mix that foreshadowed the birth of the Top 40 radio format in playing R&B and early rock and roll artists like The Crows alongside mainstream pop stars like Patti Page . Seymour remained with the station as it became WKNR and later became the host of Swingin' Time , a popular local teenage dance show on CKLW-TV . WKMH garnered some notice through early 1960s Top 40 shows hosted by personalities such as Lee Alan "On
11716-425: Was Fred A. Knorr, who served as president and General Manager. It was originally a daytime-only station broadcasting on 1540 kHz. It added an FM station, WKMH-FM 100.3 (now WNIC ) in the same month. WKMH AM moved to its current frequency and began round-the-clock operations in 1948. WKMH-AM-FM specialized in local news, information, sports, and mainly middle of the road (MOR) music. WKMH's most popular personality
11832-539: Was able to air all CBC Jays games that season. However, blackouts returned during the 2008 season . Jays telecasts on CBC was discontinued beginning with the 2009 season , with Sportsnet and TSN having exclusive carriage within Canada. Conversely, CBC's National Hockey League coverage is not subject to local blackout. During Hockey Night in Canada , CBET often aired games involving the Detroit Red Wings in lieu of Ontario's designated game when available, during both
11948-485: Was added to channel 9's schedule, including programs from CTV, such as People in Conflict , Here Come the '70s , The Pig and Whistle and The Starlost . The CTV programming was mainly seen in place of CBC's American programming as a result of border protection rules prohibiting the broadcast of American programs carried on the CBC network. Channel 9 also carried CTV's mid-week NHL hockey telecasts, as well as games from
12064-426: Was also announced that Martha Stewart's daytime show would be added to the CBC daytime line-up, with the nighttime Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! following in September 2008 (with a few edits to limit the amount of U.S. advertising). In January 2008, CBC Television launched the drama series The Border (2008–10), MVP (2008) and jPod (2008), the reality series The Week The Women Went (2008–09) and
12180-532: Was also brought back, but was published on a monthly rather than weekly basis. The second version of "Keener 13" did not have the success of the original, and by 1980, AM 1310 was back to simulcasting WNIC-FM. Since late 1986, AM 1310 has tried several other different formats, none of which have attained lasting success, and has been in and out of simulcasting WNIC 100.3 between formats. Other formats heard on 1310 since 1986 include: In 2005, 1310 became WDTW, owned by Clear Channel Communications . The station featured
12296-628: Was also listed in some TV Guide editions in northern Ohio. Prior to July 31, 2012, CBET was the only CBC-owned station not to have any repeaters; transmitters in Sarnia and Chatham instead relayed CBLN-TV , which was CBC's London -based Southwestern Ontario repeater network, rebroadcasting Toronto's CBLT, but with variations in advertising and some programming. CBET is carried on cable providers in Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan, as far away as Flint and East Lansing . In Northwest Ohio, CBET
12412-450: Was announced that the CBC would be selling its Riverside Drive studio complex to Clayland Developments Ltd. of London, Ontario for $ 1,425,000. The CBC will continue its operations at the complex, leasing 13,000 square feet of the 32,000 square-foot complex from Clayland on a ten-year lease. While employees would relocate out of areas not leased by the CBC, the transition is not expected to be noticed by viewers and listeners. The 1954 building
12528-653: Was cancelled after just seven months, and replaced with another talk show, Steven and Chris from 2008 to 2015 ( Steven and Chris is also shown on the Live Well Network in the United States); Living was cancelled in August 2009. On January 9, 2007, the CBC began airing a highly publicized new series called Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007–12), a comedy about a Muslim family living in rural Saskatchewan . The series garnered strong ratings as well as international media attention, for most of its five-year run. It
12644-463: Was growing. The Windsor market, however, was already being served by the Detroit stations across the border. That same year, Western Ontario Broadcasting Company, Ltd., parent company of CKLW radio ( 800 AM and 93.9 FM, now CIDR-FM ), applied for a television license for Windsor. The city's Chamber of Commerce approved the deal, feeling that the market was lacking in a television station that was distinctly Canadian in nature. The station first signed on
12760-605: Was not only in the spotlight in the CBC, but was also of interest to many other broadcasters and union leaders across the country. Two local half-hour news programs were produced when CBET presented the Windsor Evening News , anchored by Carole MacNeil , at 5:30 p.m. and the Windsor Late News at 11 p.m. (CBET would continue to show the Toronto-based CBC Evening News at 6 p.m.) In the mid-1990s,
12876-457: Was now fully integrated with RKO General's American broadcast interests, located in New York City , Memphis , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Boston , Washington, D.C. , and Hartford, Connecticut , among other cities. CKLW-TV transmitted its programming in black and white until 1968 when it upgraded its transmitter and began broadcasting in colour . Under RKO's ownership, CKLW-TV aired only
12992-549: Was operated out of TSJ's facilities in Columbus, Ohio , while WDTW completed the build-out of its studio in Taylor, Michigan , and hired full-time staff members. TSJ's owner Josh Guttman stated that he also planned for WDTW to pursue Spanish-language broadcast rights to local professional sports teams, as TSJ had successfully done in Ohio. On July 21, 2017, WDTW activated a low-powered FM translator on 107.9 MHz in Detroit, W300DI. That year,
13108-497: Was replaced by other programming. As of the 2011–12 season, these programs were Wheel of Fortune (which aired on the national CBC schedule at 4:30 p.m.) and Jeopardy! (7:30 p.m.). These preemptions are due to Detroit rightsholder WDIV-TV (channel 4), which airs both programs during the 7 p.m. hour. This ended at the start of the 2012-13 season, as the CBC decided not to renew its rights to Wheel and Jeopardy! when its contract to run both shows expired, and replaced
13224-444: Was room for a fourth Top 40 station in Detroit and that 1310 AM could easily climb ahead of the competition. With WKMH owner Nellie Knorr, he developed the formula that ultimately became a success. Joseph instituted a shorter playlist of only 31 records plus one "key song" of the week and a liberal sprinkling of oldies. Most Top 40 stations of that era played many more current records. WJBK, WXYZ and CKLW all had very long playlists at
13340-454: Was settled in 2002. The CBC's flagship newscast, The National , airs Sunday through Fridays at 10:00 p.m. local time (except in Newfoundland , where it airs at 10:30 p.m.) and Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. EST. Until October 2006, CBC owned-and-operated stations aired a second broadcast of the program at 11:00 p.m.; This later broadcast included only the main news portion of
13456-636: Was the first CBC station (and, prior to 2009, maybe the only station) to produce a 90-minute local, national and international newscast during the supper hour. During the 1972 football season, CKLW-TV aired the weekly Alex Karras Football Show , hosted by former Detroit Lion Alex Karras . The Baton/CBC partnership in CKLW-TV ended in May 1975 when, per the original 1970 arrangement, the CBC purchased Baton's 75 percent ownership stake in St. Clair River Broadcasting. Channel 9 became
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