CKNC-TV (channel 9) was a

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in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The station was in operation from 1971 to 2002 as a private affiliate of

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, and then continued until 2012 as a network-owned rebroadcaster of CBLT in

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History

CKNC was established on October 8, 1971 by J. Conrad Lavigne, the owner of CFCL in

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."Rebroadcast programs: CRTC grants Sudbury licences". ''

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'', August 6, 1970. On the same day, the existing television station in Sudbury, CKSO, switched its affiliation to CTV. A rebroadcaster with the call sign CKNC-TV-1 went to air in

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on the same date. That transmitter was sold to the CBC in 1982 and changed its callsign to CBEC-TV, although it continued to air CKNC's signal for the remainder of the station's existence. Until 1980, CICI and CKNC aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the Sudbury market's relatively small size. In 1980, the

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approved the merger of the two stations, along with their co-owned stations in North Bay and Timmins, into the MCTV twinstick."CRTC approves amalgamation of Northern Ontario TV firms". ''

'', February 29, 1980. In 1990, the MCTV stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting, which became the sole corporate owner of CTV in 1997. In the early 1990s, CKNC-TV decreased its effective radiated power from 168,000 to 115,500 watts; and changing the transmitter location to a new site located approximately 1.5 kilometres to the southwest of the present location.

End of operations

CTV subsequently sold its four CBC affiliates in Northern Ontario, CKNC, CHNB in North Bay, CJIC in Sault Ste. Marie and CFCL in Timmins directly to the CBC in 2002. All four ceased to exist as separate stations on October 27, 2002, becoming rebroadcasters of

's CBLT, with CKNC's call sign changing to CBLT-6. These transmitters would close on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts affecting the CBC.

Transmitters

Other notes

CKNC was also the original call sign, in the 1920s and 1930s, of a radio station in

that is now known as CJBC. The CKNC call sign currently belongs to a radio station in Simcoe, Ontario, as CKNC-FM.

References

External links

CRTC Decision 2001-457-6
license renewal for all MCTV stations.
CKNC-TV
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation {{DEFAULTSORT:Cknc-Tv KNC KNC Television channels and stations established in 1971 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 1971 establishments in Ontario 2002 disestablishments in Ontario KNC-TV