CKNY
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| CKNY (CTV) | ||
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| North Bay, Ontario | ||
| Channel 10 / Cable 9 | ||
| Owner | Bell Globemedia | |
| Founded | 1955 | |
| Joined CTV | 1971 | |
| Signal Radius | 132.6 kW | |
| Callsign Meaning | none known | |
| Former Affiliations | CBC 1955-1971 | |
| CTV | ||
| CHFD (Thunder Bay) | MCTV (Northeastern Ontario) | CJOH (Ottawa) |
CKNY is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in North Bay, Ontario. It is affiliated with CTV, through Northern Ontario's MCTV television system.
CKNY was a CBC affiliate until 1971, when it joined CTV. A new CBC affiliate, CHNB, went to air in North Bay the day of CKNY's affiliation switch.
Until 1980, CKNY and CHNB aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the North Bay market's relatively small size. In 1980, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the merger of the two stations, along with their co-owned stations in Sudbury and Timmins, into the MCTV twinstick.
In 1990, the stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting. Baton subsequently became the sole corporate owner of CTV, and sold CHNB to the CBC in 2002.
In 1999, CKNY began rebroadcasting on channel 11 in Huntsville, Ontario, serving the Muskoka and Parry Sound, previously a rebroadcaster of by CKCO. Initially a semi-satellite with a very small amount of local programming, the Huntsville station subsequently lost local programming, and then changed its programming and advertising feed source to CICI Sudbury. Template:Canada-bcast-stub