CIVT-TV

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CIVT-TV
Vancouver, British Columbia
Branding	CTV British Columbia
Slogan	Your Home. Your News.
Channels	32 (UHF) analog, 33 (HDTV, UHF) digital
Affiliations	CTV
Owner	CTV Television Inc. (Bell Globemedia)
Founded	September 22, 1997
Call letters meaning	C I Vancouver Television
Former callsigns	none
Former affiliations	Independent (1997-2001)
Transmitter Power	2 MW Video, 200 KW Audio (analog)
Website	CTV British Columbia

CIVT-TV (also known as CTV British Columbia, CTV Vancouver or CTV 9) is a Canadian television station in Vancouver, British Columbia which broadcasts on channel 32 (cable channel 9 in most areas). Owned by Bell Globemedia, it is part of the CTV Television Network.

Contents 1 Station details 2 History 2.1 Station Presentation 2.1.1 As Vancouver Television 2.1.2 As CTV 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekdays 3.2 Weekends 4 News Staff 4.1 Senior News Management 4.2 General Reporters 4.3 Sports 4.4 Weather 4.5 Consumer Reporter 4.6 Anchors 4.7 News Photography 4.7.1 General Assignment 4.7.2 Chopper 9 4.8 SNG/MW Operations

[edit] Station details

The station's studios are located at the former site of the Vancouver Public Library, at the corner of Robson Street and Burrard Street. The station broadcasts a 2 MW terrestrial signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter on Mount Seymour, making it the only CTV network station to broadcast on UHF only.

It is the only CTV station in British Columbia, as well as in the Pacific Standard Time zone. However, the station's UHF terrestrial signal only reaches Vancouver and Victoria, as well as neighbouring Whatcom County, Washington. Accordingly the station relies exclusively on cable and satellite distribution to reach the rest of British Columbia, making it something of a "weak link" in the CTV network. The station has no plans to set up any additional transmitters.

Although the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission technically requires Canadian TV stations to identify themselves over the air by their call letters, this rule is rarely enforced, and most Canadian TV stations identify themselves by their brand name rather than their call letters. On-air, CIVT identifies itself simply as "CTV". Where a channel reference is warranted, it uses "Channel 9" - its primary cable channel number on most cable systems in southwestern British Columbia.

For historical reasons, CIVT is the only CTV-owned station not to air The Oprah Winfrey Show, and it is one of two not to air Jeopardy! (the other is CFCF). The local rights to both programs had long belonged to CHAN (BCTV) and did not revert to CTV when that station disaffiliated, although CHAN later transferred its rights to Jeopardy! to CHEK which later transferred it to CHNM and later to CIVI. CIVT presently airs The Tyra Banks Show and Access Hollywood, respectively, in their place.

The studios also house CTV News Vancouver bureau, and the studios is likely to be the broadcast headquarters for CTV's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver.

[edit] History

CIVT first went on the air as Vancouver Television or VTV on September 22, 1997. It started out as an independent station owned by Baton Broadcasting, but quickly began broadcasting parts of CTV's national schedule (outside of the 40 hours per week supplied under a long-term contract to BCTV and CHEK), covering up the CTV bug at the lower-right corner of the screen with its own logo. When Baton became majority owner of CTV in 1998, it soon became an open secret that CIVT would become Vancouver's CTV station at the first opportunity.

VTV's news operation started out similar to that of CITY-TV in Toronto, with a morning television show (VTV Breakfast) and evening newscasts (Vancouver Live) where the anchors stood up and moved throughout the studio. A noon newscast only lasted for several months after the launch. Around 1999, VTV began moving towards a more conventional news operation, and renamed its newscasts to simply VTV News. On September 1, 2001, as part of a major network shuffle in southwestern B.C.'s television market, CIVT became a full CTV network station, and adopted the name BC CTV. This caused some confusion among viewers with BCTV, the leading newscast in the region which has since changed its name to Global BC. Given CTV's desire to steal market share from BCTV, there was some speculation that the confusion was deliberate.

On July 1, 2002, CIVT stopped using the BC CTV ID on-air, and began to identify itself only as CTV, following the lead of several other CTV-owned stations (such as CKCK and CFQC). The name CTV 9 is often used to refer to CIVT informally, but is hardly ever used on-air.

In March 2004, CIVT became the first station in Western Canada to operate a full-time news helicopter, nicknamed "Chopper 9".

In 2005, digital signal CIVT-DT, sometimes known as CTV HD West, became operational.

On July 12, 2006, it was announced Bell Globemedia would acquire CHUM Limited (owners of CKVU and CIVI). Given CKVU's favourable VHF channel placement (channel 10), CTV may elect to switch CKVU's OTA channel with that of CIVT or switch the CTV affiliation to CKVU, although a decision is unlikely until after the purchase closes.

[edit] Station Presentation

[edit] As Vancouver Television

Vancouver Televison ID

Vancouver Live Open from 1998.

VTV News Open from 2001.

[edit] As CTV

BC CTV News Open from 2001-2002.

CTV News Open from 2004-present.

[edit] Newscasts

CIVT's newscasts, known as "CTV News", are shown at the following times:

[edit] Weekdays

• Morning updates during Canada AM with Heron Hanuman
• 5pm - 6pm: CTV News at 5 with Coleen Christie
• 6pm - 7pm: CTV News at 6 with Bill Good and Pamela Martin (both formerly of CHAN)
• 11:30pm - 12:05 am: CTV News at 11:30 with Mi-Jung Lee

[edit] Weekends

• 6pm - 7pm: CTV News at 6 with Keri Adams
• 11:30pm - 12:05 am: CTV News at 11:30 with Keri Adams

[edit] News Staff

[edit] Senior News Management

• Margo Harper, News Director
• Ethan Faber, Assignment Editor
• Joan Marshall, Senior Producer
• Charles Wright, Senior Director

[edit] General Reporters

• Mike Killeen - CTV News 2010 Olympic Reporter
• Keri Adams
• Kate Corcoran
• St. John (/ˈsɪndʒɪn/) Alexander
• Jim Beatty - Victoria bureau
• John Fenton
• Janet Dirks
• Jina You
• Julia Foy - Fraser Valley bureau
• David Kincaid - Chopper9 Reporter
• Lisa Rossington
• Michele Brunoro - Fraser Valley bureau
• Michelle Simick
• Rob Brown
• Renu Bakshi
• Dave Lefebvre
• Dag Sharman

[edit] Sports

• Kathy Kovacs
• Perry Solkowski
• Craig Neilson

[edit] Weather

• Tamara Taggart
• Tamara Stanners
• Marke Driesschen

[edit] Consumer Reporter

• Chris Olsen

[edit] Anchors

• Bill Good
• Pamela Martin
• Mi-Jung Lee
• Keri Adams
• Heron Hanuman
• Coleen Christie

[edit] News Photography

• David Alexander - Field Operations Supervisor

[edit] General Assignment

• Chris Brinton - Victoria Bureau
• Wade Carpenter
• Sean Chang
• Shawn Foss - Fraser Valley Bureau
• Susie Golemba
• Ted Huang
• Steve Hughes
• Wayne Hancheruk
• Roman Komm
• Shelly Moore
• Steve Murray
• Gary Rutherford
• Jazz Sanghera

[edit] Chopper 9

• Gary Barndt
• Pete Cline
• Murray Titus

[edit] SNG/MW Operations

• Scott Connorton - Fraser Valley Bureau
• Toby Rompf
• Gary Tapp