CKOS-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CBKT-6
CKOS-TV
"(defunct)"
city =
station_
station_slogan = Canada Lives Here
station_branding = CBC Television
analog = 5 (VHF)
digital = "allocated 48 (UHF)"
other_chs =
affiliations = CBC
network =
airdate = June 19, 1958
location = Yorkton, Saskatchewan
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = CKOS-TV (1958-2002)
former_channel_numbers = 3 (1958-1978)
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 50.2 kW
HAAT = 170.2 m
coordinates = coord|51|12|33|N|102|44|1|W|type:landmark
homepage = [http://www.cbc.ca/sask/ CBC Regina]

CKOS-TV is a former Canadian television station, which broadcast in Yorkton, Saskatchewan on VHF channel 5. CKOS was established on June 19, 1958 by Yorkton Television.

It was a private affiliate of CBC Television, as a twinstick with the city's CTV affiliate CICC.

In March 1959, in response to CKX-TV's announcement that it will extend its signal further north, Harold Olson, director of Yorkton Television said his company's plans called for extension of CKOS' signal to the Manitoba communities of Dauphin, Swan River, and Baldy Mountain. [cite news | title = Second TV Channel Wants North Station | pages = 4 | publisher = Winnipeg Tribune | date = March 1959 ]

Yorkton subsequently opened CICC-TV in 1974. In 1984, Yorkton Television also purchased CKBI in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. In 1986, Yorkton was acquired by Baton Broadcasting, which became the sole corporate owner of CTV in 1997.

In 2002, CTV sold CKBI-TV and CKOS to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The CKOS callsign was later reassigned to a Christian radio station in Fort McMurray, Alberta (see CKOS-FM).

External link

* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=100&historyID=77 Canadian Communications Foundation - CKOS-TV History]

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