C9TV

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c9tv

Launched	1999
Owned by	c9tv
Website	www.c9tv.tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	usually tuned to channel 6 or channel 9 in Derry, Limavady, Coleraine and Strabane

C9TV (Channel 9 Television) is a local television station based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The station's licenses were awarded by the ITC (now Ofcom) in 1996 and allow the station to broadcast to Derry, Limavady, Coleraine and Strabane.

C9TV produces many local programs and documentaries of local interest. Some of its most popular output is the news and current affairs programs. Alongside news and current affairs, the station also broadcasts a number of hours of Sky News every day. Music videos also make up a portion of the stations daily output.

While most RSL local stations in the UK refer to themselves as "Channel 6" or "Six" or similar, C9TV are generally the ninth analogue channel receivable in their area. Five coverage is notoriously poor across Northern Ireland, and most parts of their service area receive the 4 national Irish channels from the Holywell Hill transmitter outside Letterkenny at high power.