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CHCH-DT
Independent TV station in Hamilton, Ontario / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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CHCH-DT (channel 11) is an independent television station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Channel Zero, the station maintains studios on Innovation Drive in the west end of Hamilton; prior to 2021, it was located near the corner of Jackson and Caroline streets in downtown Hamilton for nearly 65 years. The station has additional offices at the Marriott on the Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Its old transmitter was located on First Road West in the former city of Stoney Creek; it was demolished in March 2024[2] and replaced with a new transmitter located on Highway 5 near Millgrove Side Road in Dundas, Ontario, which started transmitting in November 2023.
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Branding | CHCH |
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First air date | June 7, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-06-07) |
Former call signs | CHCH-TV (1954–2011) |
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Call sign meaning | Canada, Hamilton[1] |
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Licensing authority | CRTC |
ERP | 456.5 kW |
HAAT | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°18′12″N 79°57′43″W |
Translator(s) | see § Transmitters |
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Website | CHCH |
CHCH signed on the air on June 7, 1954, as a CBC affiliate which was founded by Ken Soble. Beginning in 1961, it became an independent station which transformed into a national superstation on January 1, 1982. In 1990, the station was acquired by Western International Communications.[3]
After several years as an independent station, CHCH was acquired by Canwest in 2000 and became the flagship station for the CH programming service as sister to the flagship CIII-TV of the Global Television Network. In 2007, the CH stations were rebranded to E! after an American cable network of the same name. When Canwest had financial problems, CHCH as well as Montreal's CJNT-TV was acquired by independent broadcaster Channel Zero in 2009. It changed its format to an all-news and all-movies station. In 2010, the station again began to air U.S. prime time programming.[4]