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**CKY-DT** (channel 7) is a television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. The station is owned and operated by Shaw Media, and maintains studios on Graham Avenue (adjacent to the Canada Life Centre) in Downtown Winnipeg; its transmitter is located near Lord Selkirk Highway/Highway 75 in Ritchot.

## History

Beginning in 1954, Winnipeg had one television station, government-owned CBWT (channel 4). In January 1960, the Canadian Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) held public hearings in Winnipeg in response to three applications which had been submitted to operate a commercial television station on channel 7. These applications were presented by R. S. Misener and Associates, a group associated with radio stations CKY–Winnipeg, CFAM–Altona and CKSB–St. Boniface; Perimeter Television Broadcasters Ltd., a group associated with Winnipeg radio station CJOB; and the Red River Television Association, a group associated with the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper and radio station CKRC.

The Misener application was subsequently approved by the BBG, and the TV station was founded as independent station CJAY-TV on November 12, 1960. It joined the CTV Television Network when it launched on October 1, 1961.

On June 1, 1973, after Moffat bought controlling interest in the station, its call sign was changed to CKY-TV to match Moffat's AM and FM stations, making it one of the only two Canadian television stations, the other being CKX-TV, with a three-letter call sign.

The CJAY call letters are now used on a Calgary rock station now owned by Slaight Communications. In 1992, Moffat sold CKY-AM and CKY-FM (subsequently CITI-FM) to Rogers Media while maintaining ownership of the television station.

In August 1992, general manager Vaughn Tozer hired Jim Wicks, a Canadian-American broadcaster, to be the main news anchor and managing editor. Tozer and Wicks reorganized the newsroom and the on-air team to help accomplish their goal. Within three ratings periods, the newscast had climbed from third place to first place, replacing CBWT's 24 Hours as the highest-rated newscast in Winnipeg. At one point, the newscast was advertised on billboards throughout the city as "Wicks at 6". The on-air chemistry between Wicks and sports director Steve Vogelsang added to the popularity of the program.

Although the personalities have since changed on several occasions, the station's newscast has remained Manitoba's #1 newscast.

In 2001, Moffat Broadcasting was purchased by Shaw Media, which was interested in CKY-TV and its co-owned cable channel, WTN. Promos on CKY-TV since then became similar to the other Shaw stations. Five years later, Shaw acquired CJBN-TV, a Global Television Network affiliate, in nearby Kenora, Ontario.

On May 15, 2006, the station's studios moved to a new facility near Winnipeg's MTS Centre. This move was prompted by economic development in the area, including the Polo Park Shopping Centre, and the likelihood that CKY-TV's studios would be bought off by developers to use the property for additional retail space. The demolition of Winnipeg Arena and the possible development of a new football stadium to replace Canad Inns Stadium would have likely placed the broadcasting facility in a position of being surrounded by retail developments.

CKY-TV's new studios use state-of-the-art technology, and little was moved from the old studios to the new facility. The existing news set was moved to CFQC, the Globemedia-owned station in Saskatoon, and some technical equipment was sent to CFCF's Quebec City bureau.

Another likely reason for the move is that CKY-TV had more space than it needed. In recent years, CKY-TV has allowed studio space to be rented for third-party productions, including the locally produced film Blue State.

CKY-TV marked its 50th anniversary in 2010.

## Programming

### Scheduling

As Manitoba is in the Central Time Zone, CKY-TV generally abides by the U.S. practice of airing prime time programming simultaneously with its counterparts in the Eastern Time Zone, meaning one hour "earlier" in terms of local time than Eastern Time stations (e.g. "8 p.m., 7 Central"). This is primarily to maintain simultaneous substitution rights with the American network affiliates aired on cable in Winnipeg. However, the station's daytime and late night schedule is otherwise generally the same as other CTV stations in terms of local airtimes, such as local news from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., and CTV National News at 11:00 p.m. (whereas U.S. stations in the Central Time Zone typically air late news at 10:00 p.m.). To accommodate both practices, programs that air in the 7:00 p.m. hour on most CTV stations, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, are generally moved to the 4:00 p.m. hour on CKY-TV.

This shifting of prime time programming normally extends to the 7:00 ET/6:00 CT hour on Sundays, in line with the practice of American broadcast networks. This means a local newscast airs at 5:30, followed by prime time, then an extra local newscast at 10:00 p.m.

### News operation

CKY-DT presently broadcasts 33 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours each weekday, and 90 minutes each on Saturdays and Sundays). When CKY-TV launched as CJAY, its broadcast day ran from 5:30 p.m. until around midnight daily. Its local newscasts were originally broadcast from 7:15 to 7:30, and 10:30 to 10:55 p.m. each weeknight. The early newscast was part of a longer program known as Panorama 7, which ran from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and consisted of cartoons and other children's features, a weather report and news. Currently, the newscasts on CKY-TV are branded as CKY 5 News.

On June 6, 2011, it was announced the longtime CKY-TV personality Sylvia Kuzyk would step down in the fall of 2011, and Colleen Bready was named her replacement. On July 26, 2011, it was announced that CKY-DT would debut a new three-hour weekday morning newscast starting September 26, 2011, and would air from 6–9 a.m. from CKY-DT's studios, with the newscast anchored by Kris Laudien (formerly of Vancouver's CKVU-DT and Edmonton's CKEM-DT) and current CKY-DT reporter Eleanor Coopsammy.

#### Newscast schedule

Monday-Friday:

* 6am-9am: CKY 5 Morning News with Nicole Dubé and Rachel Lagacé
* 12pm-1pm: CKY 5 News at Noon with Jon Hendricks and Maralee Caruso
* 5pm-6pm: CKY 5 News at 5:00 with Colleen Bready
* 6pm-7pm: CKY 5 News at 6:00 with Jon Hendricks and Maralee Caruso
* 11:30pm-12:05am: CKY 5 News at 11:30 with Colleen Bready

Saturday:

* 6pm-7pm: CKY 5 News at 6:00 with Renee Rodgers
* 10pm-10:30pm: CKY 5 News at 10:00 with Renee Rodgers

Sunday:

* 5:30pm-6pm: CKY 5 News at 5:30 with Renee Rodgers
* 10pm-11pm: CKY 5 News at 10:00 with Renee Rodgers