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Victoria's CHEK-TV 6 To Go Dark....

Very bad news. I hope they get a buyer SOON! I always get CHEK on 87.7 FM here. Then, who will get E! in Victoria? CHNM?

-crainbebo
 
No one will be getting E! as the Canadian version of that network will also vanish next month. I think one of the main reasons CHEK went down the tubes in the first place is because of the very fact that they became an E! affiliate (aka: Trash Network) and the clowns that own them, Canwest Global, aren't capable of running a hot dog stand.....let alone a TV station.

CHNM channel 42 is actually licensed to Vancouver, although they do have a translator in Victoria on channel 29. CHNM is owned by Rogers and by license is required to provide 60% multilingual programming.
 
An update to the situation has CHEK TV-6 almost certainly going dark next Monday August 31st despite efforts by the remaining employees and the business community to save the station. Here's the official word from todays Victoria Times-Colonist:
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/CHEK+employees+submit+save+local+station/1939927/story.html

Real sad situation. Over 50 years of history and outstanding service to Southwestern B.C. & Northwest Washington will vanish on Monday.
 
So this is great news for the Class C FM station KLOP, Long Beach,WA. (84,000 watts at South Mountain). KLOP could possibly do a minor change to 87.9 and move their transmitter location and city of license farther up North, and reach the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett metro area.


In other words, perhaps we can expand the reserved band a little. Even if it is K-Love.

Maybe our resident P.E. Erik Swanson could comment on this strategy. 8)
 
My understanding is that the FCC is still requiring protection in the U.S. for 87.7 and 87.9 until such time as Canada and Mexico make the analog to digital TV conversion. Canada is tentatively scheduled for August 2011 while I've heard stories that Mexico won't be totally converted until 2021.

Tom Taylor lightly touches on the topic in his column yesterday:
http://radio-info.com/newsletter/html/tri-08282009.html
 
FMSteve said:
So this is great news for the Class C FM station KLOP, Long Beach,WA. (84,000 watts at South Mountain). KLOP could possibly do a minor change to 87.9 and move their transmitter location and city of license farther up North, and reach the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett metro area.


In other words, perhaps we can expand the reserved band a little. Even if it is K-Love.

Maybe our resident P.E. Erik Swanson could comment on this strategy. 8)
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Not so fast.....employees still vowing to buy CHEK-TV:

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/C...r+enough+keep+station+open/1942953/story.html

It could work. Or not. But CHEK going dark is the LAST thing anybody wants to see.......
 
Agreed, I used to watch CHEK very frequently as a kid while living on the west coast. I hope there will be some last minute agreement and CHEK will still be on the air on Monday night.....and for the foreseeable future
 
mimo said:
Agreed, I used to watch CHEK very frequently as a kid while living on the west coast. I hope there will be some last minute agreement and CHEK will still be on the air on Monday night.....and for the foreseeable future
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Unfortunately....it looks bad.....And time is not on CHEK's side.......I'd say more, but I can't think over the noise from the Grim Reaper sharpening his scythe over there.......
 
FMSteve said:
So this is great news for the Class C FM station KLOP, Long Beach,WA. (84,000 watts at South Mountain). KLOP could possibly do a minor change to 87.9 and move their transmitter location and city of license farther up North, and reach the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett metro area.
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Won't happen (not without some serious international horse trading.) Ch.6 is allocated to Victoria. Canadians have first rights to that channel and it will remain in Canadian hands, much like 600 AM in Vancouver. KLOP will remain on 88.1 in SW Washington. There is no way EMF can fight the CRTC, not when the CRTC is probably up to here in suggested uses for that frequency from Canadians. I don't know of any right off the bat, but I'm sure there's a few out there.....
 
This reminds me a bit of when KBTC wanted to have a strong South Sound presence. Vision was to be a regional news and info station, in addition to the PBS fare. I was really intrigued with their goal. As it played out, they had trouble getting interest ... News Tribune would up partnering with KIRO instead, KCPQ put a bureau in their facility ... but it never really panned out. In the end, the city that once had three TV stations did not, apparently, have enough content to drive ANY. Seems like Vanc. Island may be facing the same deal ... even with a strong advertiser base and separate community issues, not enough interest to make it viable.

I feel so sad for that crew. Would hate to be the engineer who has to shut off the xmitter with no game plan of turning it back on in a few hours.
 
HOLD THE PHONE!

The CRTC (Canada's FCC) has gotten involved, and the fat lady hasn't yet sung. CHEK was to have faded to black tonoght, but at 5 pm they announced they'd be back on the air tomorrow. With a new 10 pm newscast, something completely new, which you wouldn't expect if it was going to be the final day of operation.

I suspect politicians are at work behind the scenes to try to get to some kind of a compromise.

So far no promises beyond tomorrow, Sept. 1.
 
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
This reminds me a bit of when KBTC wanted to have a strong South Sound presence. Vision was to be a regional news and info station, in addition to the PBS fare. I was really intrigued with their goal. As it played out, they had trouble getting interest ... News Tribune would up partnering with KIRO instead, KCPQ put a bureau in their facility ... but it never really panned out. In the end, the city that once had three TV stations did not, apparently, have enough content to drive ANY. Seems like Vanc. Island may be facing the same deal ... even with a strong advertiser base and separate community issues, not enough interest to make it viable.

I feel so sad for that crew. Would hate to be the engineer who has to shut off the xmitter with no game plan of turning it back on in a few hours.
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CHEK TV was a station that should have had a lot more going for it.

It's dial position was perfect (on the TV dial + audio on FM), it's signal (though odd - You could see it weakly on Seattle hilltops, very receivable in Everett, but can't get it at all in Mount Vernon or parts of Whidbey Island) was fairly reasonable. But a lot of it's worst problems had to do with it's last owners, CanWest Global (who really know how to screw up a perfectly good TV station once they got their mitts on it.)

There was a lot of interest from viewers on Vancouver Island. Not for the crummy syndicated programming on CHEK during it's final years, but for the station itself. CHEK was the best source for TV news on Vancouver Island.

Even their competition was mourning the possible (and now inevitable) loss of CHEK. When CHEK's competitor mourns the loss of their biggest rival, you know how much CHEK really was respected on Vancouver Island.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFp992Qoqw

I heard from one of my friends who works in broadcasting on Vancouver Island that some Seattle TV stations have sent their condolences over the demise of CHEK. Even THEY feel the loss.

CHEK WILL be missed....

(BREAKING NEWS: This just in to the Radio-Info.com Seattle newsroom, ronrob is standing by with the latest, As you just heard a moment ago, the CRTC has gotten involved and something about an unidentified fat lady, but the initial report says CHEK-TV will be back on the air tomorrow. Ron, can you tell us what is happening in Victoria right now, Ron?)
 
SeattleObserver said:
I wish the 2 hour "goodbye" special was available online. The 6 pm newscast was pretty entertaining.

Don't try to visit http://www.cheknews.com though - Canwest already re-directed it to Global.

http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/index.html This will still take you there. Hmm, a return to the "CH" brand?
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Maybe! The former CHCH in Hamilton (which became E!) is now CHCH....as of today. New owners...MAYBE there is something going on and you'll see CHEK in the corner of your screen when you wake up today, if you are in view of the channel.
 
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