CKBI-TV was a television station in Prince Albert,

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

, Canada. The station was in operation from 1958 to 2002 as a private affiliate of CBC Television.

History

CKBI was established on January 27, 1958, by Edward Rawlinson, the founder of

Rawlco Communications Rawlco Radio Ltd. is a media company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company is the sole proprietor of seven radio stations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Rawlco Radio Corporate Office is just south of Downtown Sas ...

. Although it primarily aired CBC programming, it also broadcast a mixture of local and privately purchased (i.e. syndicated) programming that differed from full network affiliates. From the early 1980s onward, it was piped into Saskatoon by the local cable provider, Telecable (later Shaw Cable). In 1984, CKBI was purchased by Yorkton Television, the owner of the CKOS/ CICC twinstick in

Yorkton Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province. As of 2017 the census population of the ...

. It was the sole station in the market at the time of its sale. In 1986, Yorkton Television was acquired by

Baton Broadcasting Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports & ...

. Although Yorkton held a license to launch

CIPA-TV CIPA-TV ( analogue channel 9) is a television station in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, it is a semi-satellite of CFQC-DT in Saskatoon. CIPA-TV's studios ...

at the time of its sale to Baton, the station did not go on the air until 1987. Later in 1987, CKBI/CIPA joined with CKOS/CICC,

CKCK-TV CKCK-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Eastgate Drive and High ...

in Regina and CFQC-TV in Saskatoon to form the Saskatchewan Television Network, which in turn merged with Baton's Ontario stations in 1994 to form the

Baton Broadcast System :''This is about the defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting. For the history of Baton Broadcasting itself, see Bell Media.'' The Baton Broadcast System ( ), also known as BBS, was a Canadian system of television stations located in ...

. In 1995, due to cutbacks, CKBI scrapped local newscasts in favour of the CBC News Hour piped in from

CBKT CBKT-DT (channel 9) is a CBC Television station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBKFT-DT (channel 13). The two outlets share studios with sister radio stations CBK and CBK-FM at the ...

in Regina. All the reporters and staff went over to CIPA following the announcement. Baton became sole owner of CTV in 1997 and changed its name to CTV Inc. a year later. In 2002, CTV sold CKBI and CKOS to the CBC. CKBI signed off for the last time as a separate station on October 27, 2002. Its transmitter became a rebroadcaster of CBKST in Saskatoon under the callsign CBKST-9. CBKST-9 was among 620 translators closed down by the CBC on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts affecting the network.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, July 17, 2012.
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CKBI personalities at time of the news department ceasing operations

* Leslie Brown CKBI 11:30 News Anchor * Harold Duffy CKBI News Reporter Lara Hurrell CKBI/CIPA News Reporter/Videographer * Alyson Edwards CKBI 5:30 News Anchor * Shaun Frenette CKBI Noon Show Anchor/Substitute CKBI News at 5:30 Anchor * Jamie Killingsworth CKBI Substitute Sports Anchor/Reporter * Bob Krawchuk CKBI Sports Anchor/Reporter * Cory Longley CKBI News Reporter/Substitute CKBI News at 5:30 Weather * Don Mitchell CKBI News at 5:30 Weather * Dale Neufeld CKBI News Reporter * Wayne Paskaruk CKBI 5:30 News Anchor

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:CKBI-TV KBI KBI Television channels and stations established in 1958 Mass media in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 KBI-TV 1958 establishments in Saskatchewan