CKMI-TV

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CKMI-TV
Quebec City/Montreal, Quebec
Branding	Global Quebec
Channels	20 (UHF) in Quebec City 46 (UHF) in Montreal 11 (VHF) in Sherbrooke analog, not yet on air digital
Affiliations	Global (secondary 1982-92, sole affiliate since 1997)
Owner	CanWest Global
Founded	March 17, 1957 (on channel 5, moved to channel 20 in 1997)
Former affiliations	CBC (1957-97)
Website	Global Quebec

CKMI-TV is the Global Television Network's station in the Canadian province of Quebec. The station is licenced to Quebec City on channel 20. The station has semi-satellites in Montreal (CKMI-TV-1, channel 46) and Sherbrooke (CKMI-TV-2, channel 11).

Contents 1 History 2 Previous Logos 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The station was founded in 1957 on VHF channel 5 as the second privately owned station in Quebec, co-owned by Télévision de Québec along with the province's first private station, CFCM-TV. Télévision de Québec was a consortium of theatre chain Famous Players and Quebec City's two privately-owned radio stations, CHRC and CKCV. It immediately became Quebec City's CBC Television affiliate, taking all English programming from CFCM. When CFCM disaffiliated from Radio-Canada (the French language arm of the CBC), CKMI remained with CBC.

Télévision de Québec was nearly forced to sell its stations in 1969 due to the CRTC's new rules on foreign ownership. The largest shareholder, Famous Players, was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Eventually, Famous Players reduced its shares to 20% by 1971, allowing Télévision de Québec to keep CKMI and CFCM.^[1] The company renamed itself Télé-Capitale in 1974.

For much of its history, CKMI was co-owned with CFCM, which eventually affiliated with TVA. As such, it was bought by Pathonic in 1979, and then by Télé-Metropole (which changed its name to TVA) in 1989. For many years, it was known on-air as "MI-5."

It began airing some Global shows in the early 1980s and was carried on cable in Montreal until the early 1990s. However, severe financial problems forced CKMI to become a de facto repeater of Montreal's CBC O&O, CBMT-TV, for much of the 1990s. It even carried CBMT's newscasts, though CKMI aired its own, Inside Quebec, before CBMT's Newswatch on weeknights. Relief didn't come until 1997, when TVA sold a half-interest in the station to Izzy Asper's CanWest and disaffiliated from the CBC. CKMI moved to channel 20, while the CBC assumed the channel 5 position as a rebroadcaster of CBMT. CKMI then added semi-satellites in Montreal and Sherbrooke--reappearing on Montreal cable systems in the process. The partnership with TVA gave CanWest's stations enough coverage of Canada that shortly after the deal was closed, it rebranded its stations as the Global Television Network.

CKMI isn't allowed to show local commercials because it is officially classified as a regional broadcaster. However, despite the "Global Quebec" moniker, the station is basically a Montreal station, with occasional Quebec City and Sherbrooke news stories being thrown in to make it appear that the station is in compliance with its licence conditions. Despite the fact that the station is licenced to Quebec City with a studio in the former suburb of Sainte-Foy, its master production facilities are in Montreal. Also, the station sends its signal to the Montreal transmitter first.

The main programs produced at this station are This Morning Live and Evening News at 6pm.

[edit] Previous Logos

Former Global Quebec logo, used from 1997 to 2006.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=125&historyID=127

[edit] External links

• Global Quebec
• CKMI at TV Hat

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Television stations in the Quebec City-Lévis Market

Local television stations CFAP 2 (TQS) - CFCM 4 (TVA) - CBVE 5 (CBC) - CBVT 11 (SRC) - CIVQ 15 (TQC) - CKMI 20 (Global)

Regional cable television channels Télé-Mag cable 10 (Community Access)

Broadcast stations available on cable only Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY: WCAX 3 (CBS) - WPTZ 5 (NBC) - WVNY 22 (ABC) - WETK 33 (PBS / VPT) - WFFF 44 (FOX) - WCFE 57 (PBS) Montreal: CFCF 12 (CTV) - CFTU 29 (Canal Savoir)

See also Broadcast television in the Trois-Rivières / Mauricie and Rivière-du-Loup Markets

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Broadcast television stations in the Montreal market

Local television stations CBFT 2 (SRC) - CBMT 6 (CBC) - CFTM 10 (TVA) - CFCF 12 (CTV) - CIVM 17 (TQC) - CFTU 29 (Savoir) - CFJP 35 (TQS) - CKMI 46 (Global) - CJNT 62 (CH/Multicultural)

Local cable television stations MétéoMédia (Metro Montreal Feed)

Stations from Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY carried on cable WCAX 3 (CBS) - WPTZ 5 (NBC) - WVNY 22 (ABC) - WETK 33 (PBS / VPT) - WFFF 44 (FOX) - WCFE 57 (PBS)

Experimental HDTV Stations CDTV-MTL 64 (IND)

See also Broadcast television in the Champlain Valley, Ottawa, Trois-Rivières / Mauricie and Sherbrooke-Estrie markets