CHNU-TV
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| Fraser Valley / Vancouver / Victoria, British Columbia | |
| Branding | CHNU 10 |
| Channels | Analog: 66 (UHF) |
| Translators | CHNU-TV-1 21 (Victoria, not on air yet) |
| Affiliations | Religious independent |
| Owner | S-VOX |
| Founded | September 15, 2001 |
| Call letters’ meaning | C H NOWTV UHF |
| Former affiliations | Independent (2001-2005) OMNI (2005-2007) |
| Transmitter Power | CHNU-TV: 43 kW CHNU-TV-1: 17.2 kW |
| Height | CHNU-TV: 346.3 m CHNU-TV-1: 99.6 m |
| Website | www.chnutv.ca |
CHNU-TV (known on air as CHNU 10) is an English language religious television station based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The station is licensed to the Fraser Valley Region, and also serves Metro Vancouver. CHNU broadcasts on UHF channel 66, and is seen on cable channel 10 in the Lower Mainland, cable 7 in Victoria. It is owned by S-VOX, and will be rebranded as Joytv10 on September 8, 2008.[1]
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[edit] History
CHNU-TV was licensed in July 2000 by the CRTC to Trinity Television Inc. Trinity Television initially requested the callsign be CFVT (with "FVT" standing for "Fraser Valley Television"), however, this was denied by Industry Canada. The station went on air on September 15, 2001 using the CHNU callsign instead. In any case, the call letters had not featured prominently in the station's on-air branding, as the station opted to call itself NOWTV. CHNU relied on television advertisements and donations from viewers for financial support.
On November 1, 2004, Trinity Television announced that it was selling CHNU and the licence for not yet launched similar television station CIIT-TV Winnipeg, to Rogers Communications, subject to (CRTC) approval. The deal was approved several months later, finally giving Rogers a broadcast television station in the Vancouver market. (It lost the bid for a multicultural station in Vancouver a few years ago to CHNM-TV.) The financial difficulties Trinity has experienced with operating CHNU and getting CIIT on the air, combined with the fact that it cannot raise capital from outside investors (because of its status as a charitable organization) are the main reasons given for the sale.
After acquiring the station from Trinity Television, Rogers announced in late June 2005 that the station would be renamed OMNI TV BC (also known as "OMNI.10"), even though the OMNI brand had previously been associated only with multicultural stations. The renaming occurred in September of that year, making CHNU the third station in the OMNI Television system.
On September 28, 2007, Rogers' purchase of the Citytv stations formerly owned by CHUM Limited was approved. As a condition of this approval, Rogers must sell CHNU and CIIT in Winnipeg due to the CRTC's restrictions on owning multiple television stations in the same language in a single market. Rogers has a one-year grace period to find a buyer. Rogers had also applied to the CRTC to place a broadcast translator in Victoria on channel 21B with an effective radiated power of 720 watts in mid-2005, which was approved. In 2006, the transmitter's power was increased to 17.2 kilowatts, with the tower height decreasing to compensate.
The company subsequently announced plans to purchase Vancouver multilingual station CHNM-TV, which Rogers argues would not violate any ownership restrictions under the CRTC's exemptions for stations broadcasting in different languages. On October 31, 2007, CHNU was rebranded as CHNU 10.
On November 6, 2007, Rogers Media announced that CHNU and CIIT will be sold to S-VOX. No financial deals were released and the transaction is expected to close in 2008. The deal was approved by the CRTC on March 31, 2008.[2] The sale was finalized on April 30, 2008 and S-VOX assumed control of the station on May 26 of that year.
[edit] Programming
The station airs a very diverse selection of programming, ranging from sitcoms (such as Home Improvement, or Mad TV), to crime dramas (such as Cold Case), and even non-traditional comedies, like The Simpsons. The station also airs a great deal of multicultural religious programming as well, particularly about Christianity, Islam and Sikhism.
[edit] The Standard
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The Standard is a news and current affairs show hosted by Randall Mark, produced by CHNU. The show focuses on national and international headlines, but from a religious and spiritual standpoint. The Standard is seen nightly on CHNU and CIIT-TV, weekly on CFMT, and nationally on The Biography Channel Canada.
[edit] Station presentation
 CHNU's 2001-2005 logo, as NOWTV. |
 CHNU's 2005-2007 logo, as OMNI. |
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