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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Branding | "The Maritimes Are Watching" |
| Country | Canada |
| Availability | Most communities in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, also available nationally via satellite |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia |
| Key people | Mike Elgie - Vice President & General Manager |
| Launch date | September, 1972 |
| Former names | ATV (1972 - October 10, 2005), Atlantic Television System |
| Official Website | CTV Atlantic |
CTV Atlantic (formerly known as ATV) is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of CTVglobemedia.
The CTV Atlantic stations are:
- CKCW - Moncton, New Brunswick and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- CKLT - Saint John, New Brunswick and Fredericton, New Brunswick
- CJCH - Halifax, Nova Scotia
- CJCB - Sydney, Nova Scotia
All four stations refer to themselves on air as CTV, not by their call letters, and have common local programming for the most part, but are otherwise considered separate stations by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Station information and history is discussed in each station's own article.
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History
CJCH was a charter CTV affiliate when it started in 1961. CJCB and CKCW were established as Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) stations in 1954. CKCW affiliated with CTV in 1969, adding sister station CKLT the same year, and CJCB affiliated with CTV in 1972. Between 1969 and 1976, CKCW's relay stations in Northern New Brunswick (Campbellton, Upsalquitch Lake and Newcastle, plus three relay stations in Quebec) carried a combined CBC/CTV schedule, becoming full relays of CKCW after CHSJ Saint John, the CBC affiliate in New Brunswick, established their own relays in the area.
CHUM Limited, a Toronto broadcaster, bought CJCH in 1970, CJCB in 1971 and CKCW and CKLT in 1972 and merged them into the ATV system. In 1997, as part of a group deal, the ATV stations were sold to CTV.
Although each station originally produced its own news and local programming in the beginning, they too were merged in the early 1980s. A side effect of this is that the newscast often includes stories about things like local politics that can be of little interest to viewers in other parts of the region, and a common complaint among residents of both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is that CTV News focuses too much on the other province. However, CTV Atlantic has had some of the highest ratings of any local newscasts in Canada, although its presence and viewing audience is somewhat less in Prince Edward Island mainly as a result of competition from a local CBC station which provides the province's only PEI-specific newscast.
On October 11, 2005, ATV was renamed "CTV Atlantic". Most other CTV owned-and-operated stations had been renamed the prior week.
Programming
CTV Atlantic produces approximately 26 hours of local programming each week.
- Live at 5 is CTV Atlantic's flagship early evening news magazine program.
- CTV News airs weekdays at 12:00 p.m. (on A Atlantic), 6:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m. and on weekends at 6:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. The flagship weekday 6:00 p.m. newscast was formally known as the ATV Evening News while the 11:30 p.m. newscast was formally known as ATV News Nightside
- CTV Atlantic also produces a version of Breakfast Television under licence from Rogers Communications, which airs weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on A Atlantic.
Currently, news programs such as CTV News and Live at 5 are produced at CJCH's Robie Street studio in Halifax. CTV News also has news bureaus in Charlottetown, New Glasgow, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton.
Personalities/Staff
- Current
- Steve Murphy, anchor of CTV News at 12:00 p.m. and CTV News at 6:00 p.m. weekday editions, former co-host of Live at 5
- Bruce Frisko, co-host of Live at 5 and anchor of CTV News at 11:30 p.m. weekday editions/Fill-in anchor of CTV News at 6:00 p.m.
- Starr Dobson, co-host of Live at 5
- Paul Hollingsworth, anchor of CTV News 6:00 p.m. weekend editions/sportscaster/Fill-in anchor
- Cindy Day, weekday meteorologist - 12:00 p.m., Live At 5, 6:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
- Tina Simpkin, weekend meteorologist - 6:00 p.m., 11:30 p.m. & anchor of CTV News at 11:30 p.m. weekend editions
- Liz Rigney, Take 5 (arts & entertainment segment on Live at 5)/Primary Fill-in anchor on Live At 5
- Joanne Clancy, fill-in anchor of CTV News weekday and weekend editions/Halifax reporter
- Rick Grant, Halifax reporter
- Dan MacIntosh, New Glasgow reporter
- Jonathan MacInnis, Halifax reporter
- Lane Farguson, Halifax reporter
- Dan Viau, Charlottetown reporter
- Ron Shaw, Moncton reporter
- Jill Matthews, Halifax reporter
- Randy MacDonald, Sydney reporter
- Jacqueline Foster, Halifax reporter/fill-in anchor
- Andy Campbell (journalist), Fredericton reporter
- Jeff Harrington, Fredericton reporter
- Mike Cameron, Saint John reporter
- Dina Bartolacci, Saint John reporter
- Todd Battis, Halifax reporter, former host of "The Scene" entertainment segment on Live At 5
- Chrystal Garrett, fill-in anchor for CTV News at 12:00 p.m. on A Atlantic, also news anchor for Breakfast Television on A Atlantic
- Kelland Sundhall, Halifax reporter/fill-in weekend weather anchor
- Kayla Hounsell, Halifax reporter
- Former
- Dave Wright, anchor of the ATV Evening News/original host of Live At 5 (now retired)
- Bruce Graham, anchor of the ATV Evening News (later at CIHF-TV, now retired)
- Ron Kronstein, co-host of Live at 5
- Nancy Regan, co-host of Live at 5
- Elizabeth Chiu, reporter (now at CBHT Halifax)
- Jodi Cooke, reporter/fill-in anchor (now at CJON St. John's)
- Paul Mennier, sports anchor for/co-host of Live at 5 (now at CKEM Edmonton)
- Peter Coade, meteorologist (now at CBHT)
- Glen Carter, reporter/fill-in anchor (now at CJON St. John's)
- Richard Zurawski, meteorologist (now at CHNI-FM, CJNI-FM and CKNI-FM)
- Steve Weagle, meteorologist (now at WPTV West Palm Beach, Fla.)
- Laura Lee Langley, co-host of Live At 5 (later at CIHF-TV, now out of television)
- Phonse Jessome, reporter (now at CBHT Halifax)
- Bill McKay, anchor of noon and late evening news
- MairiAnna Bachynsky, reporter/host of "The Scene" entertainment segment on Live At 5
- Connell Smith, reporter (now at CBD-FM Saint John)
- Kate Letterick, reporter (now at CBAM-FM Moncton)
- Bill Jessome, reporter/fill-in anchor
- Yvonne Colbert, co-host of Live At 5/"On Your Side" reporter (later at CBHT Halifax, now out of television)
- Janet Stewart, reporter/weekend & fill-in anchor (later at CIHF-TV, now at CBWT Winnipeg)
- Janice Landry, weekend co-anchor/reporter
- Heather Proudfoot, reporter (died in 2007)
- Dr. Stewart Cameron, weather anchor/Live At 5 health reporter
- John Waterman, anchor of ATV LateNews/reporter
- Peter Mallette, weekend anchor/reporter (Currently Senior News Producer, CTV Atlantic)
- Alex Vass, reporter
- Paul Greene, reporter (now at CIXN-FM Fredericton)
- Jonathan Kay, reporter/fill-in anchor
- Jonathan Gravenor, weekend co-anchor/reporter
- Anne Drewa, reporter/fill-in anchor (now at CHAN-TV Vancouver)
- Kelly Ryan, reporter (later with CIHF-TV, now with CBC Vancouver)
- Nicolle Carlin, reporter (later with CBAT, now at ??)
- Lindsey Deluce, reporter/fill-in anchor (now at CP24 Toronto)
- Erin O'Halloran, reporter
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