CJCO-TV
Encyclopedia
CJCO-DT, branded as OMNI Calgary, is a television station in Calgary
, Alberta
. The station is owned by Rogers Communications
, and broadcasts a multicultural programming format as part of Rogers' Omni Television
system. It broadcasts its digital signal on channel 38.
The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on June 8, 2007, and it launched on September 15, 2008. The station was originally assigned the call sign CHXC by Industry Canada
, but this was changed to CJCO in February 2008.
Although the station's primary focus is multicultural programming, like the other Omni stations across the country, the stations airs a large amount of syndicated American shows such as The Simpsons
and The King of Queens
.
Omni Alberta produces three nightly television newscasts aimed at the Cantonese
, Mandarin, and South Asian communities across the province. While there are news gathering teams in both Edmonton
and Calgary, the production of the newscasts themselves are done out of the Citytv/Omni studios in Downtown Edmonton
.
, digital television receivers will display CJCO-TV's virtual channel
as 38.1.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. The station is owned by 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...
, and broadcasts a multicultural programming format as part of Rogers' Omni Television
OMNI Television
Omni Television, corporately styled as OMNI Television, is a Canadian television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. It consists of the company's conventional television stations in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta which are licensed as multicultural stations...
system. It broadcasts its digital signal on channel 38.
The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on June 8, 2007, and it launched on September 15, 2008. The station was originally assigned the call sign CHXC by Industry Canada
Industry Canada
Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada....
, but this was changed to CJCO in February 2008.
Although the station's primary focus is multicultural programming, like the other Omni stations across the country, the stations airs a large amount of syndicated American shows such as The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
and The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
.
Newscasts
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....
, Mandarin, and South Asian communities across the province. While there are news gathering teams in both Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
and Calgary, the production of the newscasts themselves are done out of the Citytv/Omni studios in Downtown Edmonton
Downtown Edmonton
Downtown Edmonton is bounded by 109 Street to the west, 105 Avenue to the north, 97 Street to the east, 97 Avenue, 100 Avenue, and Rossdale Road to the south and Jasper Avenue to the southeast , though many people consider part or all of the surrounding neighborhoods to be part of downtown...
.
- Omni NewsOmni NewsOmni News is the name of national and local newscasts in various languages on the Omni Television system in Canada.-National:...
- Mandarin Edition (Weekdays 5:00pm)- Thomas Deng, Karen Wang, George Dong, Jie Yang
- Omni News - South Asian Edition (Weeknights 8:00pm)
- Sudha Krishnan, Kiranpreet Cheema, Rajeev Dhir
- Omni News - Cantonese Edition (Weeknights 9:00pm)
- Kit Koon, Jonathan Lau, Raymond Chow, Brian Wong
Digital television and high definition
CJCO-TV flash cut to digital on August 11, 2011. Through the use of PSIPProgram 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 will display CJCO-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 38.1.