- CITO-TV
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Cito Gaston "Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CITO-TV
station_
station_slogan = News for the North.
station_branding =CTV Northern Ontario
analog = 3 (VHF )
digital = not yet on air
other_chs = CITO-TV-1 10Kapuskasing
CITO-TV-2 11 Kearns/Kirkland Lake
CITO-TV-3 4 Hearst
CITO-TV-4 9 Chapleau
affiliations = CTV
founded =April 1 ,1971
location =Timmins ,Ontario
callsign_meaning = C I Timmins Ontario
former_affiliations = none
owner =CTVglobemedia
homepage = [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/1065552962668_60956580 CTV Northern Ontario]CITO (also commonly known as
CTV Northern Ontario ) is a Canadian television station, broadcasting inTimmins ,Ontario . It is an O&O of CTV.CITO was established in 1971 as CKSO-TV-2, originally rebroadcasting CKSO in Sudbury. Unlike CKSO and CKNY in North Bay, which were established in the 1950s as CBC affiliates and then reaffiliated with CTV in 1971 when
J. Conrad Lavigne established new CBC stations in those markets, in Timmins Lavigne's existing station CFCL retained its CBC affiliation and CTV service was provided by a rebroadcast transmitter of CKSO.Until 1980, CKSO-2 and CFCL aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the Timmins market's relatively small size. In 1980, the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the merger of Cambrian Broadcasting and Lavigne's Mid-Canada Communications into the MCTVtwinstick . The station's callsign changed to CITO-TV at that time and it began operating as a standalone station.In 1990, the stations were acquired by
Baton Broadcasting . Baton subsequently became the sole corporate owner of CTV, and sold CFCL to the CBC in 2002.CITO also broadcasts on channel 10 in
Kapuskasing , channel 11 inKirkland Lake , channel 4 in Hearst and channel 9 in Chapleau.External links
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/1065552962668_60956580 CTV Northern Ontario]
*RecnetCanada|CITO-TV
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