CHMI-DT

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CHMI-DT

Winnipeg, Manitoba
City of license	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Branding	Citytv Winnipeg
Slogan	Everywhere!
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP)
Affiliations	Citytv
Owner	Rogers Media (Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd.)
First air date	October 17, 1986
Call letters' meaning	C H Manitoba Independent
Former callsigns	CHMI-TV (1986-2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (VHF, 1986-2011)
Former affiliations	independent (1986-1999) A-Channel (1999-2005)
Transmitter power	8.3 kW
Height	324.3 m
Transmitter coordinates	49°52′26″N 97°44′27″W / 49.87389°N 97.74083°W / 49.87389; -97.74083
Website	Citytv Winnipeg

CHMI-DT is a television station licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, with most of its operations in Winnipeg. It is part of the Citytv system, and the only Rogers TV station not part of any duopoly ever since CIIT-TV (formerly Omni, now Joytv) was sold to S-VOX in 2008.

History

The CHMI Studio as Citytv in August 2005.

The original Manitoba Television Network, or MTN, logo was used from 1986-1995.

The second MTN logo was used from 1995-1999.

While this logo was being used on its Alberta counterparts years before, CHMI adopted the A-Channel branding in 1999, officially uniting the non-CBC Craig Media stations under one unified brand. It was dropped in 2005 when CHUM bought Craig Media.

The station was licensed by the CRTC on May 8, 1986 and went on the air on October 17, 1986^[1] where it was originally branded as the Manitoba Television Network or MTN. The station was originally licensed to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba but focused primarily on Winnipeg. Originally, MTN was not allowed to sell advertising in Winnipeg.

MTN was well-known for its Prairie Pulse News (later retitled MTN Pulse News, and then MTN News), MTN Kids Club, and Prime Ticket Movies, the last of which would carry over to the A-Channel system. Its slogan was "Very independent".

In the fall of 1999, Craig Media moved the station to the refurbished former Canadian National Railway Power House at The Forks in Winnipeg and rebranded the station as A-Channel, joining CKEM-TV in Edmonton, Alberta and CKAL-TV in Calgary, Alberta. Technical operations for the station remained in Portage la Prairie.

In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its broadcasting assets to CHUM Limited. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1.

On February 3, 2005, CHUM announced that the A-Channel stations, including CHMI, would be relaunched as Citytv by that fall; the changes took effect on August 2.

On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia announced its takeover of CHUM Limited, pending regulatory approval. CTV originally intended to retain CHMI and the other four Citytv stations, while divesting the A-Channel stations.^[2] On the same day as the takeover was announced, the local CityNews program was discontinued. As of January 2007, technical operations for the station have been moved to fellow Citytv station CKAL-TV in Calgary.

On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM, but made the deal conditional on CTV divesting itself of Citytv (including CHMI) rather than A-Channel because of the fact they have CKY-TV in the same city as CHMI.^[3] On June 11, Rogers Communications announced that it would buy the Citytv stations for $375 million. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on September 28, and Rogers took control effective October 31.

News team

Breakfast Television

• Jeremy John - co-host
• Pay Chen - co-host
• Jenna Khan - weather specialist
• Kim Kaschor - news anchor
• Kaleigh Hamilton - reporter
• Drew Kozub - Live Eye reporter

Former on-air staff

• Kevin "Bundy" Dunn - host of Bundy's Late Night Revue and puppeteer of Buckley on MTN Kids Club
• Adam Rickner - puppeteer of Beave on Bundy's Late Night Revue and MTN Kids Club

Retransmitters

• CHMI-2
• CHMI-3 (Dauphin) channel 6

Digital television and high definition

Following the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011,^[4] CHMI-TV began digital broadcasts on channel number, 13. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CHMI-TV's virtual channel as 13.1.

References

1. ^ "Glitches mar MTN debut; viewers give warm welcome". Winnipeg Free Press. October 18, 1986. 
2. ^ [1], [2], [3]
3. ^ Record of CBC interventions and CTV replies re CHUM acquisition on CRTC website; these commitments are in document marked "Second Reply"
4. ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html

External links

• Citytv Winnipeg
• BTWinnipeg
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CHMI-TV History
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CHMI