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Beside CBC the National at Ten. Could Prime Time News i.e. The Ten O'clock/9 o'clock news works up there? Could they use Citytv, A-Channel, SUN TV, or OMNI TV use it? I know the French Channel TVA, TQS, and Radio-Canada has it, but will it work for the English Channel?
 
> Beside CBC the National at Ten. Could Prime Time News i.e.
> The Ten O'clock/9 o'clock news works up there? Could they
> use Citytv, A-Channel, SUN TV, or OMNI TV use it? I know
> the French Channel TVA, TQS, and Radio-Canada has it, but
> will it work for the English Channel?
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10 O'clock local newscasts have historically not worked in Canada. CITY-TV used to have 10 PM news - originally called CityPulse at 10, later CityPulse Tonight - then in 1995 they moved CityPulse Tonight to 11 PM. It was mainly because their "Great Movies" often ran overtime, and CityPulse Tonight was literally at a different time each night. In one week in 1994, CityPulse Tonight ran at 10 PM a couple nights, 10:30 PM another night, and 11 PM a couple others. Ontario's Global had a 10:30 newscast when it first signed on the air, but it quickly moved to 11.

I think that there is simply not enough competition in most Canadian markets to warrant 10 PM newscasts. In Toronto however one station should try it out; in fact Sun TV would be a good one since they already have news gathering resources, and they could promote it as a way to get the Toronto Sun's news before the next morning.

In the United States there are 10 PM newscasts because there are so many stations in each market that it is not practical for every single station to have news at the same time.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mjlarochelle on 09/26/05 11:49 AM.</FONT></P>
 
CITV in Edmonton did have a 10pm newscast for many years. It was moved to 11pm to make room for programming acquired by WIC.

For a while, CKEM (as "A-Channel" back then) filled in the gap, and had its "News@Night" at 10pm. It was later moved to 11pm too.

> > The Ten O'clock/9 o'clock news works up there? Could they
> > use Citytv, A-Channel, SUN TV, or OMNI TV use it? I know
> > the French Channel TVA, TQS, and Radio-Canada has it, but
> > will it work for the English Channel?

OMNI already has a 9pm newscast. "OMNI News: Cantonese Edition" airs weeknights at 9pm on CJMT. Perhaps you were referring to an English primetime newscast... OMNI has one too. "OMNI News: South Asian Edition" airs weeknights at 8pm (right before the Cantonese edition), and is produced in English.

In Vancouver, CHNM (Channel M) airs a Cantonese newscast at 8pm, a Mandarin newscast at 9pm, and a Punjabi newscast at 9.30pm. This way they fulfill their promise to air multicultural content during primetime when they were applying for the license.<P ID="signature">______________
Derek
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.tvvancouver.cjb.net>TV.Vancouver</a>: Covering TV stations in Vancouver, BC</P>
 
> CITV in Edmonton did have a 10pm newscast for many years. It
> was moved to 11pm to make room for programming acquired by
> WIC.
>
> For a while, CKEM (as "A-Channel" back then) filled in the
> gap, and had its "News@Night" at 10pm. It was later moved to
> 11pm too.
Yes, the original A-Channel did have "News @ Night" at 10pm(or just after the movie...)

CICT used to have a 10pm newscast. This was in the 2&7, Calgary 7 days. But that was scrapped and the news moved to 11pm.<P ID="signature">______________

Canada TV and College Radio</P>
 
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