Dougall Media
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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Headquarters | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Products | Broadcasting, Television Production |
| Website | www.dougallmedia.com |
Dougall Media is a Canadian media company, which has several television, radio and publishing holdings in Northwestern Ontario.
Television
Dougall Media owns CKPR, a CBC affiliate and CHFD, a Global affiliate, both in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The two stations are what is known as a twinstick operation, and are in fact the sole remaining locally-owned twinstick anywhere in English Canada (Newcap Broadcasting's twinstick in Lloydminster is not locally-owned since Newcap is based in Halifax). The two stations air programs from their respective networks, as well as local news and current affairs programs and specials.
Prior to February 2010, CHFD was a CTV affiliate which also carried some Global programming. The station was unable to come to agreement with CTV to continue operating as an affiliate and filed an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to remove the CTV affiliation requirement from their license[1] and to operate as a Global affiliate (CTV is now carried in the market on digital cable via CTV Toronto).
In March 2010, CKPR announced it was unable to come to an agreement with CBC to continue to operate as an affiliate,[2] and filed an application with the CRTC to remove the CBC affiliation requirement from their license.[3] CKPR stated in their application that it "would operate as an independent local station and intends to source its non-local programming". However, after continued negotiations, the station announced in March 2011 that they had come to an agreement that will see them air CBC programming for another 5 years.[4]
Branding
The two stations were formerly united under the brand Thunder Bay Television. However, upon becoming a Global affiliate in February 2010, CHFD rebranded as Global Thunder Bay, following a branding scheme used at Global owned and operated stations. CKPR continued to use the Thunder Bay Television brand until May 2012, when it rebranded as CKPR Thunder Bay. Prior to this, the stations usually used the on-air branding scheme of Thunder Bay Television and then the name of the network to which the channel was affiliated, except in cases when the channel was airing programming that wasn't from the network to which it was affiliated. For example, CKPR-TV was normally branded as Thunder Bay Television - CBC, however, while airing non-CBC programming, such as TB News, it was branded as Thunder Bay Television - CKPR.
Radio
Dougall Media owns CKPR and CJSD in Thunder Bay, as well as CFNO in Marathon.
Dougall Media publishes a free weekly community newspaper, Thunder Bay's Source, which is delivered to 44,500 households in Thunder Bay each Friday. The paper covers local news, including city council, education, health care and the local political scene, as well as weekly entertainment and sports features. It also hosts a selection of local columnists, including outdoor writer Mick Bohonis and former CBC Radio personality Fred Jones.
It was formerly known as Thunder Bay Post, a name that was discontinued in October 2003. Prior to that it was known as Lakehead Living.
The paper's editorial staff also contributes to the news website TbNewsWatch.com, which also has material contributed from the company's radio and television newsrooms.
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-5
- ↑ CKPR-TV seeks licence adjustment Tbnewswatch
- ↑ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-128
- ↑ CKPR-Television, CBC ink programming deal Tbnewswatch