| Southwest British Columbia | |
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| City of license | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Branding | CTV Two Vancouver Island (general) CTV News (local news) |
| Slogan | Your Island News |
| Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | CIVI-DT-2 17 Vancouver Virtual: 17.1 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | CTV Two |
| Owner | Bell Media |
| First air date | October 1, 2001 |
| Call letters' meaning | C I Vancouver Island |
| Sister station(s) | CIVT-DT, CFAX, CHBE-FM |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 53 (UHF, 2001-2011) |
| Transmitter power | CIVI-DT: 1.5 kilowatts CIVI-DT-2: 35 kilowatts |
| Height | CIVI-DT: 99.6 metres CIVI-DT-2: 634.3 metres |
| Transmitter coordinates | CIVI-DT: CIVI-DT-2: |
| Website | CTV Two Vancouver Island |
CIVI-DT, also known as CTV Two Vancouver Island, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Currently owned by Bell Media, the station serves the Vancouver Island area, and operates as part of the CTV Two system. It is seen on cable channel 12 on most cable systems in southwestern BC.
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At the end of the 1990s, CHUM Limited only owned over-the-air television stations in Ontario. Similarly, Craig Media only had stations in the Canadian Prairies. Both companies looked to expand their national presence, and both submitted a bid when the CRTC issued a call for applications for a new TV licence in Victoria. CHUM was awarded the licence in 2000, and CIVI was launched on October 4, 2001 as CHUM's first original station to be part of the NewNet system.
Known on the air as The New VI, the station started off with much pomp and circumstance. It boasted a large lineup of personalities, including former British Columbia New Democratic Party cabinet minister Moe Sihota. The station's news anchors walked around the studio instead of sitting behind a desk, mimicking the format used at sister station Citytv Toronto and other NewNet outlets. However, the station struggled to compete against CHEK-TV, a station which had essentially held a monopoly over the television industry on Vancouver Island for more than four decades. Gradually, personalities from the original roster were replaced by new faces, and some were let go without replacements.
The station received a boost in 2004, when longtime CHEK-TV anchor Hudson Mack joined the station as its new chief anchor and news director. Changes were introduced to the station's newscasts such as introducing a desk, and they appear to have been effective: though still ranking behind CHEK-TV, the ratings gap between the two has been narrowed.
Since Mack's arrival, the station has been honoured with a number of industry awards. In 2006 it received three Edward R. Murrow Awards from Radio-Television News Directors Association International, for Best Newscast, Best Investigative Reporting and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting. It was the second straight year the station won Murrows for its newscast and investigative reporting. In 2005 the station won eight industry awards, including two Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTNDA International, for Best Newscast and Best Investigative Reporting; and top news honours from the BC Association of Broadcasters.
The station was renamed A-Channel on August 2, 2005, along with the rest of the NewNet system. The station would likely have been named A-Channel at its launch had Craig Media won the licence in 2000.
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia (formerly Bell Globemedia) announced plans to purchase CHUM Limited, with the intention of divesting the A-Channel stations.[1] On that same day it was also announced that the A-Channel Morning show would be discontinued, although this decision was supposedly unrelated to the takeover by CTVglobemedia and the morning show has returned to the schedule of CIVI as of fall 2007.
Rogers Communications announced a deal to buy A-Channel on April 9, 2007;[2] however, given the conditions of approval for the sale of CHUM on June 8, 2007,[3] Rogers acquired Citytv instead, and CTV kept A-Channel.[4] CTVglobemedia became the official owner of CIVI effective June 22, 2007.
The station was renamed A on August 11, 2008 along with the rest of the A-Channel system as well as Atlantic Canada's ASN. As a result, CIVI's newscasts were rebranded as A News on that same date although the station's employees had been using that name couple of months prior to the relaunch, and the station began producing its morning show (under the name A Morning) on September 8, 2008, but was later cancelled as of March 4, 2009 due to economic issues. CIVI's morning show has since been replaced with a simulcast of the morning show on CTVglobemedia's radio station in Victoria, CFAX 1070.[5][6][7]
As part of Bell Media's rebranding of A television stations announced on May 30, 2011, CIVI became CTV Two on August 29, 2011. [8] As a result, CIVI's newscasts were rebranded CTV News on that same date.
Currently, CIVI produces a total of 13½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 2½ hours on weekdays and a half-hour on Saturdays and Sundays); unlike most CTV Two owned-and-operated stations, the station does not carry an 11:30 p.m. newscast on weekend evenings, though it does carry a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays and Sunday evenings.
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| Broadcasting in Digital | Yes |
| Programs HD | Yes |
| News HD | No |
| PSIP functioning properly | Yes |
Ever since the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011,[13] CIVI-DT has been broadcasting in digital on channel number 23 at an ERP of 1.5 kW. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display CIVI-DT's virtual channel as 53.1.
Its HD signal can now be seen on the Bell TV satellite provider via channel 1154 as of September 21, 2011. [14]
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