CIVI-TV
Encyclopedia
CIVI-DT, also known as CTV Two Vancouver Island, is a television station
based in Victoria
, British Columbia
, Canada
. Currently owned by Bell Media, the station serves the Vancouver Island
area, and operates as part of the CTV Two system. It is seen on cable channel 12 on most cable systems in southwestern BC.
. Similarly, Craig Media only had stations in the Canadian Prairies
. Both companies looked to expand their national presence, and both submitted a bid when the CRTC issued a call for applications for a new TV licence in Victoria. CHUM was awarded the licence in 2000, and CIVI was launched on October 4, 2001 as CHUM's first original station to be part of the NewNet system.
Known on the air as The New VI, the station started off with much pomp and circumstance. It boasted a large lineup of personalities, including former British Columbia New Democratic Party cabinet minister Moe Sihota
. The station's news anchors walked around the studio instead of sitting behind a desk, mimicking the format used at sister station Citytv Toronto
and other NewNet outlets. However, the station struggled to compete against CHEK-TV
, a station which had essentially held a monopoly over the television industry on Vancouver Island for more than four decades. Gradually, personalities from the original roster were replaced by new faces, and some were let go without replacements.
The station received a boost in 2004, when longtime CHEK-TV anchor Hudson Mack joined the station as its new chief anchor and news director. Changes were introduced to the station's newscasts such as introducing a desk, and they appear to have been effective: though still ranking behind CHEK-TV, the ratings gap between the two has been narrowed.
Since Mack's arrival, the station has been honoured with a number of industry awards. In 2006 it received three Edward R. Murrow Awards from Radio-Television News Directors Association International, for Best Newscast, Best Investigative Reporting and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting. It was the second straight year the station won Murrows for its newscast and investigative reporting. In 2005 the station won eight industry awards, including two Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTNDA International, for Best Newscast and Best Investigative Reporting; and top news honours from the BC Association of Broadcasters.
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia
(formerly Bell Globemedia) announced plans to purchase CHUM Limited, with the intention of divesting the A-Channel stations. On that same day it was also announced that the A-Channel Morning
show would be discontinued, although this decision was supposedly unrelated to the takeover by CTVglobemedia and the morning show has returned to the schedule of CIVI as of fall 2007.
Rogers Communications
announced a deal to buy A-Channel on April 9, 2007; however, given the conditions of approval for the sale of CHUM on June 8, 2007, Rogers acquired Citytv
instead, and CTV kept A-Channel. CTVglobemedia became the official owner of CIVI effective June 22, 2007.
on that same date although the station's employees had been using that name couple of months prior to the relaunch, and the station began producing its morning show (under the name A Morning) on September 8, 2008, but was later cancelled as of March 4, 2009 due to economic issues. CIVI's morning show has since been replaced with a simulcast of the morning show on CTVglobemedia
's radio station in Victoria, CFAX 1070.
on that same date.
Weather
Sports team
Reporters
Ever since the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
, which took place on August 31, 2011, CIVI-TV has been broadcasting in digital on channel number 23 at an ERP of 1.5 kW. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers display CIVI-TV's virtual channel
as 53.1.
Its HD signal can now be seen on the Bell TV satellite provider via channel 1154 as of September 21, 2011.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
based in Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Currently owned by Bell Media, the station serves the Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
area, and operates as part of the CTV Two system. It is seen on cable channel 12 on most cable systems in southwestern BC.
History
At the end of the 1990s, CHUM Limited only owned over-the-air television stations in OntarioOntario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Similarly, Craig Media only had stations in the Canadian Prairies
Canadian Prairies
The Canadian Prairies is a region of Canada, specifically in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions, natural or political. Notably, the Prairie provinces or simply the Prairies comprise the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as they are largely covered...
. Both companies looked to expand their national presence, and both submitted a bid when the CRTC issued a call for applications for a new TV licence in Victoria. CHUM was awarded the licence in 2000, and CIVI was launched on October 4, 2001 as CHUM's first original station to be part of the NewNet system.
Known on the air as The New VI, the station started off with much pomp and circumstance. It boasted a large lineup of personalities, including former British Columbia New Democratic Party cabinet minister Moe Sihota
Moe Sihota
Munmohan Singh "Moe" Sihota is a former Canadian broadcaster and politician.He was born in Duncan, British Columbia and attended St. George's Boys School, Vancouver, on scholarship...
. The station's news anchors walked around the studio instead of sitting behind a desk, mimicking the format used at sister station Citytv Toronto
CITY-TV
CITY-DT, Channel 57 , is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by Rogers Media...
and other NewNet outlets. However, the station struggled to compete against CHEK-TV
CHEK-TV
CHEK-DT, channel 6.1, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia and broadcasting to all of southwestern BC...
, a station which had essentially held a monopoly over the television industry on Vancouver Island for more than four decades. Gradually, personalities from the original roster were replaced by new faces, and some were let go without replacements.
The station received a boost in 2004, when longtime CHEK-TV anchor Hudson Mack joined the station as its new chief anchor and news director. Changes were introduced to the station's newscasts such as introducing a desk, and they appear to have been effective: though still ranking behind CHEK-TV, the ratings gap between the two has been narrowed.
Since Mack's arrival, the station has been honoured with a number of industry awards. In 2006 it received three Edward R. Murrow Awards from Radio-Television News Directors Association International, for Best Newscast, Best Investigative Reporting and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting. It was the second straight year the station won Murrows for its newscast and investigative reporting. In 2005 the station won eight industry awards, including two Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTNDA International, for Best Newscast and Best Investigative Reporting; and top news honours from the BC Association of Broadcasters.
As A-Channel Victoria
The station was renamed A-Channel on August 2, 2005, along with the rest of the NewNet system. The station would likely have been named A-Channel at its launch had Craig Media won the licence in 2000.CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
(formerly Bell Globemedia) announced plans to purchase CHUM Limited, with the intention of divesting the A-Channel stations. On that same day it was also announced that the A-Channel Morning
A-Channel Morning
A Morning was a morning television show that aired on Canada's CHRO-TV in Ottawa and formerly aired on the other stations in the A system .Due to severe financial issues, as of March 4, 2009, only one edition of A Morning aired, namely the...
show would be discontinued, although this decision was supposedly unrelated to the takeover by CTVglobemedia and the morning show has returned to the schedule of CIVI as of fall 2007.
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
announced a deal to buy A-Channel on April 9, 2007; however, given the conditions of approval for the sale of CHUM on June 8, 2007, Rogers acquired Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
instead, and CTV kept A-Channel. CTVglobemedia became the official owner of CIVI effective June 22, 2007.
As A Vancouver Island
The station was renamed A on August 11, 2008 along with the rest of the A-Channel system as well as Atlantic Canada's ASN. As a result, CIVI's newscasts were rebranded as A NewsA News (TV series)
A News was the name of local newscasts on the A television system in Canada. A News programming was produced in markets which were not directly served by a local CTV News service....
on that same date although the station's employees had been using that name couple of months prior to the relaunch, and the station began producing its morning show (under the name A Morning) on September 8, 2008, but was later cancelled as of March 4, 2009 due to economic issues. CIVI's morning show has since been replaced with a simulcast of the morning show on CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
's radio station in Victoria, CFAX 1070.
CTV Two Vancouver Island
As part of Bell Media's rebranding of A television stations announced on May 30, 2011, CIVI became CTV Two on August 29, 2011. As a result, CIVI's newscasts were rebranded CTV NewsCTV News
CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations , which are closely tied to the national news division...
on that same date.
News operation
Currently, CIVI produces a total of 13½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 2½ hours on weekdays and a half-hour on Saturdays and Sundays); unlike most CTV Two owned-and-operated stations, the station does not carry an 11:30 p.m. newscast on weekend evenings, though it does carry a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays and Sunday evenings.Newscast titles
- VILand News (2001–2004)
- VI News (2004-2005)
- A-Channel News (2005–2008)
- A NewsA News (TV series)A News was the name of local newscasts on the A television system in Canada. A News programming was produced in markets which were not directly served by a local CTV News service....
(2008–2011) - Vancouver Island Report (2005–present; 6:30 p.m. newscast)
- CTV NewsCTV NewsCTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations , which are closely tied to the national news division...
(2011–present)
On-air staff
Anchors- Cheryl Bloxham - weeknights at 11 p.m.
- Andrew Johnson - weekends at 6 p.m.
- Hudson Mack - weeknights at 5, 6, and 6:30 (Vancouver Island Report); also news director
Weather
- Astrid Braunschmidt - weather anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30 (Vancouver Island Report) and 11 p.m.
Sports team
- Mira Laurence - sports anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30 (Vancouver Island Report)
- Jordan Cunningham - sports anchor; weeknights at 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Stephen AndrewStephen AndrewStephen Andrew is a Canadian journalist born in Watford, England and is best known for his work as a television news reporter and anchor. Andrew also works as a radio talk show host.-News career:...
- general assignment and legislative reporter; also fill-in anchor - Steve Colterman - Nanaimo videographer
- Erin Glazier - general assignment reporter; also videographer and fill-in sports anchor
- Chandler Grieve - Nanaimo videographer
- Louise Hartland - general assignment reporter
- Andrew Johnson - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
- Gord Kurbis - Comox Valley videographer
- Adam Sawatsky - entertainment reporter
- Bruce Williams - community relations manager
Former on-air staff
- Laura Acton - community relations manager
- Jonathan Bartlett - mid-island bureau chief/reporter/videojournalist
- Meribeth BurtonMeribeth BurtonMeribeth Burton is a Canadian journalist, best known for her work as a television news anchor and reporter. She was a Senior Reporter and back-up anchor at CIVI-TV in Victoria, British Columbia...
- general assignment reporter - April Butler-Parry - reporter
- Klaudia Ceglarz - weekend anchor (now at CHBC-TVCHBC-TVCHBC-TV is a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada owned by Shaw Media. It transmits on channel 2, and cable channel 4, and broadcasts on 18 relay stations....
) - Maggie Cox (now host of Real Estate 101 on KVOS and active realtor in West Vancouver)
- Diane Dakers - entertainment reporter
- Susan Edgell - evening anchor (now at CFJC-TVCFJC-TVCFJC-TV is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, that is owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. It is an affiliate of Rogers Media's Citytv system....
) - Tara Fedun - reporter (now with CBC TelevisionCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
) - Cheekwan Ho - videographer
- Shachi Kurl (now with B.C. Director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business)
- Tasha Larson: anchor
- Tony Latimer - weathercaster
- Alex Lee - entertainment reporter (now with CHHR-FMCHHR-FMCHHR-FM is a Canadian radio station. Licenced to Vancouver, British Columbia and operating at 104.3 FM, the station serves the Metro Vancouver area. CHHR broadcasts with an ERP of 10000 watts with an HAAT of 600m. The station has an adult album alternative format...
) - Bill Macfarlane - reporter
- Trina Maus - reporter
- Howard Markson - reporter
- Moira McLean - legislative reporter
- Briony Penn - environment reporter
- Jason Pires - sports anchor (now at sister station CIVT-TVCIVT-TVCIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
) - Marvin Piuti - weekend weathercaster
- Pia Shandel - political commentator (now at SHAW TV 4 in Vancouver)
- Brent Shearer (now with at sister station CIVT-TVCIVT-TVCIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
) - Kathryn Shimbashi - financial reporter
- Moe Sihota - political commentator, now the President of the B.C. NDP
- Drew Snider - traffic reporter, now at TransLink
- Mary Ruth Snyder - videographer
- Norman Spector - political commentator
- Richard Tomborello - videographer
- Erick Thompson - general assignment reporter/substitute anchor
- David Wiwchar - Alberni / West Coast videographer (now with CJAV-FMCJAV-FMCJAV-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Port Alberni, British Columbia at 93.3 FM and owned by the Jim Pattison Group's Island Radio division.-History:...
in Port Alberni)
Digital television and high definition
| Broadcasting in Digital | Yes |
| Programs HD | Yes |
| News HD | No |
| PSIP functioning properly | Yes |
Ever since the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
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...
, which took place on August 31, 2011, CIVI-TV has been broadcasting in digital on channel number 23 at an ERP of 1.5 kW. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers display CIVI-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 53.1.
Its HD signal can now be seen on the Bell TV satellite provider via channel 1154 as of September 21, 2011.