Media in Windsor, Ontario

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Windsor Star newspaper's offices.

Windsor, Ontario is the third-largest border city media market in Canada (after Toronto and Vancouver, and fourth if Montreal is included, as it would be right behind Vancouver), and is easily able to receive radio and television stations from not only neighbouring Detroit, but also from Toledo and even Cleveland.

Since Windsor is located so close to several large american media markets, the city's media outlets (radio and television stations, and newspaper) have a special status designated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), exepmting them from many of the Canadian content ("CanCon") requirements that most other broadcasters in Canada are legally required to follow. These CanCon requirements (minimum of 35% of the broadcast material of a station must be of Canadian artists, actors, or shows in/about Canada) have been blamed (at least in part) for the decline of the popular Windsor radio station, CKLW, 50,000 watt AM radio station that in the late 1960s (prior to the advent of CanCon) had been the number one radio station not only in Detroit and Windsor, but also in the Toledo and Cleveland markets.

Windsor is also exempt from concentration of media ownership rules: all of its commercial broadcast outlets are owned by a single company, CHUM Limited, although Blackburn Radio-owned CKUE-FM has a broadcast translator on 100.7 FM in Windsor, as well as an office on the east end (soon to be located in Walkerville, near downtown).

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2 Television
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[edit] Radio

540 AM - CBEF, La Première Chaîne
580 AM - CKWW, oldies
800 AM - CKLW, news/talk
1550 AM - CBE, CBC Radio One
88.7 FM - CIMX, 89X modern rock
89.9 FM - CBE, CBC Radio Two
91.5 FM - CJAM, University of Windsor campus radio
93.9 FM - CIDR, The River 93.9 adult contemporary
100.7 FM - CKUE, The Rock active rock (rebroadcaster of a station from Chatham-Kent)
103.9 FM - CJBC-2, Espace Musique

See also AM and FM radio stations in the Detroit market, and Template:Southwestern Ontario Radio.

[edit] Television

Channel 9 - CBET, CBC
Channel 22 - CIII, Global Television, from Cottam
Channel 32 - CICO-32, TVOntario
Channel 42 - CKCO, CTV, from Sarnia
Channel 54 - CBEFT, SRC
Channel 60 - CHWI, A-Channel

See also TV stations in the Detroit, Toledo, and Cleveland markets.

Windsor and most of Essex County, Ontario also receive television stations from Toledo, Ohio (WTOL, WTVG, WNWO, WGTE, and WUPW), and the southern part of the county receives some of Cleveland, Ohio's television stations (WKYC-TV, WEWS, WJW-TV, WOIO, and WUAB-TV). Only WTOL, WTVG, and WNWO are carried on cable services. In the past, however, WKYC, WEWS, and WJW were all carried on Trillium Cable (and later, Shaw Cable, its successor) in Kingsville and Leamington, and nearby parts of Southern Essex County until 2000, when Cogeco displaced Shaw as the cable provider for the region, and merged the Leamington and Windsor cable services back into one. Along with WKYC, WEWS, and WJW, WOIO and WUAB were frequently also listed in the TV Guides for Windsor and area, though WOIO has since been "dropped" from the listings, with the other four stations remaining listed. It should also be noted that no Cleveland stations currently push past Cottam, Ontario, let alone reach downtown Windsor or Detroit, and Toledo stations barely make it to downtown Windsor and Detroit.

There are times that WILX-TV channel 10 from Onondaga, Michigan (near Lansing) can be seen, albeit weakly, in Windsor, much in the same manner as CKCO-TV's translator in Sarnia, and CIII-TV, CHCH-TV, and CFMT-TV, all from London.

[edit] Print

Windsor and its surrounding area is served by the Windsor Star, a daily newspaper operated by CanWest Global Communications. Alternatively, upfront magazine, established in 1995 by Anis Elkassem, provides a voice to the underground arts, music and culture scene. Biz X Magazine, the only international border city publication, serves both Windsor and Detroit.

[edit] Film

The 2000 film Borderline Normal, featuring Robin Dunne, Stephanie Zimbalist, Corbin Bernsen and Michael Ironside, is set in Windsor. Many exterior locations, such as Ouellette Avenue, Dieppe Park and the Ambassador Bridge were featured.

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Broadcast television in the Detroit / Windsor market (Nielsen DMA #11)

American stations WJBK 2 (Fox) - WDIV 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WXYZ 7 (ABC) - WDWO 18 / W27CJ 27 (TCT / COR) - WMYD 20 (MNTV) - WUDT 23 (UNI) - WLPC 26 (FN) - WFUM 28 (PBS) - WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (ION) - W33BY 33 / W68CH 68 (IND) - WADL 38 (IND/JTV, Word Network on DT2) - WKBD 50 (The CW) - WTVS 56 (PBS, Kids on DT2, Create on DT3) - WWJ 62 (CBS) - W66BV 66 (TBN) - W67AJ 67 / WLNS 6 (CBS)
Canadian stations CBET 9 (CBC) - CHWI 16 / 60 (A-Channel) - CIII 22 / 29 (Global) - CICO 32 / 59 (TVO) - CBLN 34 / 64 (CBC) - CFTV 34 (IND) - CKCO 42 (CTV) - CBLFT 48 / 68 (SRC) - CBEFT 54 (SRC)
Local Cable Television Channels US: Michigan Channel (PBS, U of M) - WOLV (U of M Student TV) - FSN Detroit Canada: Leafs TV - Sportsnet Ontario - TV Cogeco (Windsor, Leamington) - TV Cogeco (Chatham, Sarnia)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Toledo: WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC / News / AccuWeather) - WNWO 24 (NBC/The Tube / WX+) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - WLMB 40 (Ind) Mid-Michigan: WNEM 5 (CBS / MNTV) - WJRT 12 (ABC) - WEYI 25 (NBC) - WSMH 66 (Fox) Lansing: WILX 10 (NBC) - WKAR 23 (PBS) - WSYM 47 (Fox) - WLAJ 53 (ABC) Cleveland: WKYC 3 (NBC) - WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WOIO 19 (CBS) - WUAB 43 (MNTV / The Tube) London: CFPL 10 (A-Channel)