CJMT-TV
Encyclopedia
CJMT-DT is a Canadian
television
station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto
, Ontario
. As one of the Omni Television
stations owned by Rogers Media
, it uses the on-air brand OMNI.2, and is a sister station to CFMT
(OMNI.1).
The J in its call sign has no particular meaning, except that it was an available call sign that maintained the MT (Multicultural Television) from CFMT (CJMT was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station out of Chicoutimi
, Quebec
).
CJMT was launched on September 16, 2002 on channel 44, but was later moved to channel 69. The station was licensed as part of the same process that approved CKXT (launched as Toronto One, later Sun TV). Like its sister station, OMNI.2 also broadcasts in London
and Ottawa
.
In October 2007, Rogers announced that the Omni stations would move from 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West to 33 Dundas Street East. The move took place on October 19, 2009. CFMT and CJMT share the facility with Citytv Toronto
, which moved to the building the previous month.
Since Canada's transition to digital TV in September 2011, CJMT is now available in Toronto on channel 51.
n languages (e.g., Urdu, Hindi
), as well as in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
, Korean
, Somali
, and Afghan. In addition, the station airs other syndicated shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond
, The King of Queens
, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
, and the crime dramas Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Cold Case. Metropia, an original series, is also shown on the station, with repeats screened on OMNI.1 as well. During the 2007 season
, OMNI.2 also began airing NFL
games, usually the alternate to whatever airs on Rogers Sportsnet
and CKVU-DT. These games have since moved to CITY-DT as of the 2008 season.
The Mandarin and South Asian weekday newscasts were launched at the same time as CJMT itself, while the Cantonese newscast was moved from CFMT. The South Asian edition was previously broadcast once a week, and was known as South Asian Newsweek.
, which took place on August 31, 2011, CJMT-TV continued digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition and post transition channel number, 44. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers display CJMT-DT's virtual channel
as 69.1.
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...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
station, which broadcasts multicultural programming in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
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....
. As one of the 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...
stations owned by Rogers Media
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...
, it uses the on-air brand OMNI.2, and is a sister station to CFMT
CFMT-TV
CFMT-DT, channel 47, is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with rebroadcasters in Ottawa and London. The station broadcasts multicultural programming targeting European and Latin American communities throughout Southern Ontario. Part of the Omni Television group of stations...
(OMNI.1).
The J in its call sign has no particular meaning, except that it was an available call sign that maintained the MT (Multicultural Television) from CFMT (CJMT was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station out of Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi, Quebec
Chicoutimi is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city....
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
).
CJMT was launched on September 16, 2002 on channel 44, but was later moved to channel 69. The station was licensed as part of the same process that approved CKXT (launched as Toronto One, later Sun TV). Like its sister station, OMNI.2 also broadcasts in London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
and Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
.
In October 2007, Rogers announced that the Omni stations would move from 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West to 33 Dundas Street East. The move took place on October 19, 2009. CFMT and CJMT share the facility with Citytv Toronto
CITY-TV
CITY-DT, Channel 57 , is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by Rogers Media...
, which moved to the building the previous month.
Since Canada's transition to digital TV in September 2011, CJMT is now available in Toronto on channel 51.
Programming
OMNI.2 airs programming in the South AsiaSouth Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
n languages (e.g., Urdu, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
), as well as in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, Somali
Somali language
The Somali language is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies beginning before 1900....
, and Afghan. In addition, the station airs other syndicated shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, 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...
, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays was a syndicated game show loosely based on the board game of the same name. It premiered on September 22, 2008 and aired first-run episodes through May 22, 2009 . The host was Christopher Knight Trivial Pursuit: America Plays was a syndicated game show loosely based...
, and the crime dramas Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Cold Case. Metropia, an original series, is also shown on the station, with repeats screened on OMNI.1 as well. During the 2007 season
2007 NFL season
The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30....
, OMNI.2 also began airing NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
games, usually the alternate to whatever airs on Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet
Sportsnet was launched on October 9, 1998 as CTV Sportsnet. The name was chosen to match the regional "Fox Sports Net" operations across the United States...
and CKVU-DT. These games have since moved to CITY-DT as of the 2008 season.
Newscasts
OMNI.2 currently carries several local newscasts aimed at specific ethnic demographics:- 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 - weeknights at 5:00 p.m.- Anchors/Reporters: Wei Lee, Grant Guo
- Omni News: South Asian Edition - weeknights at 8:00 p.m. (produced in English)
- Anchor: Angie Seth
- Sports Anchor: Khush Panthaky
- Entertainment Reporter: Monica Dogra
- Omni News: Cantonese Edition - weeknights at 9:00 p.m.
- Anchor: Stanley SoStanley SoStanley So is a Cantonese-speaking television journalist in Canada. He began his broadcasting career in Hong Kong, and currently serves as the co-anchor and senior editor of OMNI News: Cantonese Edition on Toronto, Ontario's OMNI.2....
- Business Anchor: Jason LeungJason LeungJason Leung or Leung Chun Sum, Jason is the business reporter/anchor for OMNI.2's OMNI News Cantonese Edition in Toronto, Ontario. For the most part, Leung is a news reader of business stories and business-related stories from other English language media and file stories shared amongst OMNI2 and...
- Sports Anchor: Alex Chum
- Entertainment Anchor: Conny Lo, Emily Siu
- Reporters: Anita Chow, Hilda Chow, Helena Wong, Paul Wan, Kenneth Li
- Anchor: Stanley So
The Mandarin and South Asian weekday newscasts were launched at the same time as CJMT itself, while the Cantonese newscast was moved from CFMT. The South Asian edition was previously broadcast once a week, and was known as South Asian Newsweek.
Transmitters
| Station | City of licence City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channel Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| CJMT-DT-1 | London London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... |
20 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) Virtual 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.... : 20.1 (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... ) |
14 kW | 197.6 m | 42°57′16"N 81°21′17"W |
| CJMT-DT-2 | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
20 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) Virtual 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.... : 14.1 (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... ) |
15 kW | 202.3 m | 45°13′2"N 75°33′49"W |
Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversionDigital 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, CJMT-TV continued digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition and post transition channel number, 44. 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 CJMT-DT'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 69.1.