The following is a list of media outlets in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Such outlets can include newspapers, radio and television stations, and online media operating in and serving Winnipeg and/or the Winnipeg Metro Region.
Active in Winnipeg are various local, national, and international media outlets; local outlets also include neighbourhood and ethnic media.
Name | Owner | Format | Circulation |
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Metro Winnipeg (defunct) | Metro International | ||
Winnipeg Free Press | FP Canadian Newspapers LP | Broadsheet | Average: 125,000 (Mon–Sat), over 162,000 (Saturdays). [1] |
Winnipeg Sun | Postmedia Network | Tabloid | 2011: 58,520 people (weekdays), 50,884 (Saturdays), 52,388 (Sundays). [2] |
Winnipeg Tribune (defunct) | Southam Newspapers (now Postmedia) | Broadsheet | 100,000 |
Name [3] | Owner / Distributor | Demographic | Type | Notes |
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Ang Peryodiko (Canada) | Ang Peryodiko (Los Angeles) | Filipino | tri-monthly | |
The Filipino Journal | Filipino | bi-monthly | ||
Grassroots News | A. A. Aboriginal Advertising Inc. | Aboriginal (First Nation and Métis) | Circulation: 20,000 copies/issue; approx. 80,000 readers/issue. [4] | |
The Jewish Post & News | Bernie Bellan | Jewish | bi-weekly | |
La Liberté | Presse-Ouest Limitée | Francophone | weekly | Format: tabloid |
Lögberg-Heimskringla [5] | Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. | Icelandic | bi-weekly | Format: print and online |
Manitoba China Times | Chinese | |||
Manitoba Chinese Tribune [6] | Voice of Fenghua | Chinese | bi-monthly | |
Manitoba Indochina Chinese News | Chinese | |||
The Manitoba Muslim | Muslim | |||
Mennonite Brethren Herald [7] | Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches | Mennonite Brethren | ||
"Navegante Cultural". | Mia Sally Correia, Navegante Cultural | Portuguese, Inter-cultural | 12 issues annually | in print and online |
The Philippine Times | Filipino | bi-monthly | ||
Pilipino Express [8] | The Pilipino Express Inc | Filipino | bi-weekly | Format: magazine |
Ukrainian Voice [9] | Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada | Ukrainian | ||
U Multicultural | Ethnocultural news platform | Multilingual | weekly | online/digital |
Visnyk Newspaper [10] | Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada | Ukrainian |
Official student papers
Name | School / Organization | Type | Format |
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The Manitoban [11] | University of Manitoba (Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation) | Fall/Winter academic terms: weekly Summer: monthly | Tabloid |
The Projector [12] | Red River College | bi-weekly (every second Monday) | |
The Uniter [13] | University of Winnipeg |
Community papers
Canstar Community Newspapers, owned by FP Canadian Newspapers LP, owns and operates several free community newspapers within the Winnipeg area, published weekly.
Name | Winnipeg area | Communities | Owner |
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The Headliner | Headingly | Fannystelle, Sanford, Cartier, Headingly, McDonald, St. François Xavier, and Rosser | Canstar |
The Herald | Northeast | Birds Hill, East Kildonan, East St. Paul, Elmwood, Harbour View, Lakeside Meadows, North Kildonan, and Transcona. | Canstar |
The Lance | South/Southeast | Island Lakes, River Park South, Southdale, St. Boniface, St. Vital, Windsor Park. | Canstar |
The Metro | West | St. James-Assiniboia, Charleswood, West End, and Wolseley. | Canstar (Not related to Metro News ) |
Senior Scope [14] | all | Winnipeg's senior community | Canstar |
The Sou'wester | Southwest | Fort Garry, Fort Richmond, Fort Rouge, Crescentwood, Waverley Heights, Richmond West, Linden Woods, Tuxedo, St. Norbert, Linden Ridge, Whyte Ridge, Bridgwater, and River Heights | Canstar |
The Times | North/Northwest | Amber Trails, Brooklands, Garden City, The Maples, North End, Tyndall Park, West Kildonan, and West St. Paul | Canstar |
Transcona Views and Advertiser [15] [16] | East | Transcona | Bond Printing Ltd. |
Voxair | all | 17 Wing community | CFB Winnipeg |
Winnipeg Regional Real Estate News [17] | all | Real estate community | Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board |
Name | Publisher | Category | Frequency |
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Border Crossings [18] | Arts and culture | quarterly | |
Canadian Dimension [19] | Dimension Publishing Inc. | Politics (left-wing) | quarterly |
Ciao! [20] | Fanfare Magazine Group | Food | bimonthly |
Commercial Real Estate Magazine [17] | Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board | Real estate | |
Downtown Winnipeg Magazine [21] (defunct) | Downtown Winnipeg BIZ | Lifestyle (urban) | quarterly |
Herizons [22] | Feminism | quarterly | |
The Huddle | Sports (football) | online | |
Game On [23] | The Davis Media Company | Sports (hockey) | bimonthly |
OutWords [24] (defunct) | LGBT | Monthly | |
TASTE | Fanfare Magazine Group | Food (culinary guide) | bimonthly |
Uptown Magazine | FP Canadian Newspapers LP | Music | |
Visitor's Guide [25] | Tourism Winnipeg | Tourism | annually |
WHERE Winnipeg [26] [27] | Fanfare Magazine Group | Tourism (visitor guide) | bimonthly |
Winnipeg Men [28] [29] (defunct) | MediaEdge Publishing Inc. | Lifestyle (men) | |
Winnipeg Women [29] (defunct) | MediaEdge Publishing Inc. |
Most homes subscribe to cable television through Shaw Communications, or internet protocol through Bell MTS. There are also two satellite services available through Shaw Direct and Bell Satellite TV. Some homes use grey market satellite dishes to bring in signals from American satellite services.
There are five English-language stations and one French-language station based in Winnipeg that supply free programming to the city.
OTA virtual channel (PSIP) | OTA channel | Shaw Cable | Call Sign | Network | Notes |
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3.1 | 51 (UHF) | 10 | CBWFT-DT | Ici Radio-Canada Télé | |
6.1 | 27 (UHF) | 2 | CBWT-DT | CBC Television | |
7.1 | 7 (VHF) | 5 | CKY-DT | CTV | |
9.1 | 40 (UHF) | 12 | CKND-DT | Global | |
13.1 | 13 (VHF) | 8 | CHMI-DT | Citytv | |
35.1 | 35 (UHF) | 11 | CIIT-DT | ZoomerMedia | Formerly Joytv 11 now called FaithTV |
Additionally, American network affiliates broadcasting from Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota are available over-the-air in many parts of Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba. Until the mid-1980s, KRDK-TV (then known as KXJB) and KVLY-TV (then known as KTHI) from Fargo were available on Winnipeg's cable service. These channels were replaced by WDIV-TV and WJBK from Detroit, later WTOL from Toledo. Currently, WCCO-TV and KARE from Minneapolis, Minnesota are available to Winnipeg via cable. WDAZ-TV from Grand Forks is still available on Winnipeg cable TV systems.
For decades, the Fargo/Grand Forks stations depended heavily on advertising in Winnipeg, as Winnipeg has more than double the population of the Fargo/Grand Forks market. WUHF, the Fox-affiliate from Rochester, New York, has been available on cable since December 1994. Fargo Fox affiliate KVRR operates a repeater, KNRR, in border town Pembina, North Dakota; it reaches Winnipeg over-the-air. However, its weak signal requires either a rooftop VHF antenna aimed south or being located on a high floor of a tall building.
KNRR was intended to target Winnipeg, but is not carried on any Winnipeg-area systems due to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concerns that Winnipeg businesses will advertise on KNRR rather than Winnipeg stations. Ironically, some Winnipeg businesses advertise on WDAZ, which is carried on cable TV in Winnipeg, as many Winnipeg residents shop in Grand Forks (and Fargo) to take advantage of lower taxes. However this is sometimes ineffective due to simultaneous substitution. This practice requires cable systems to replace WDAZ's signal with that of a Winnipeg station (usually either CKY or CKND) whenever the same program and episode air simultaneously.
The PBS member network for North Dakota, Prairie Public Television, has been carried on Winnipeg cable systems for over four decades by way of its Grand Forks outlet, KGFE. Winnipeg is almost as large as the entire American population of Prairie Public's footprint, and has long been a significant supporter of the network.
Name | Owner | Category |
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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) | APTN Inc. | Indigenous peoples |
CoolTV (defunct) | Global Television Network (CanWest) | Music (jazz, blues, world music) |
Fox Sports World Canada (defunct) | Shaw Media | Sports |
X-Treme Sports (defunct) | Global Television Network (CanWest) | Sports |
Name | Owner (in Winnipeg) | Category |
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DejaView | Corus Entertainment | Classic TV (’60s, ’70s, ’80s) |
Lonestar (now MovieTime) | Global Television Network (CanWest) | Western-genre programming |
Men TV (now History2) | Groupe TVA and Global Television Network | Lifestyle (men) |
Mystery TV (now Crime & Investigation) | Groupe TVA and CanWest | Police-procedural and true crime |
TVTropolis / Prime (now DTour) | Global Television Network | Classic and '90s TV |
Women's Television Network (now W Network) | Moffat Communications | Lifestyle (women) |
Winnipeg is home to 24 AM and FM radio stations, the most popular of which has been, for many years, CJOB—a talk-oriented AM station popular for its coverage of major storms and floods. After an absence of many years, Winnipeg is now home to two English-language and one French-language campus radio stations. NCI is devoted to Aboriginal programming, and CKJS-FM is devoted to ethnic programming. CBC Radio One and CBC Music broadcast local and national programming, and two Radio-Canada stations also broadcast French programming. There are several rock and pop oriented stations, two country stations, and one tourist information station.
In 1922, George Melrose Bell, from Calgary, was licensed to launch a radio station in Winnipeg known as CKZC-AM. However, the license would expire and the station never made it to air, as Bell would be too preoccupied in launching stations in Calgary and Regina. [31] Another defunct station, CKZC, was launched by Lynn V. Salton (1897-1956) in 1922. Salton later became the radio operator for the Winnipeg Free Press' radio station that operated until 1923 . [32]
On January 23, 2012, the CRTC ruled that campus radio stations in Canada could no longer use students as on-air DJs, and instead would follow the definition of a community radio station. Red River College's CKIC would be the first station to be forced off the air as result of this decision. [33] At 4 PM on July 4, 2012, the station shut down its operation as an over-the-air broadcaster and turned in the corresponding license to the CRTC. [34] The station would later plan to return to the air as an internet-only radio station, beginning in the Fall of 2012.
Frequency | Call sign | Brand name | Format | Owner/Notes | Notes |
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580 AM | CJML | community / special events | (unknown) | Since 2005, this low-power special events radio station has been used from time to time on CKY's former AM frequency at 580 kHz. [35] [36] | |
107.9 FM | CJWV | Flava 107.9 | urban contemporary | Harmony Broadcasting Ltd | |
92.9 FM | CKIC | 92.9 KICK-FM | Alternative rock | Red River College |
Outlet [30] | Content | Areas served |
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Access Winnipeg | Winnipeg | |
ChrisD.ca [37] | News, sports, and entertainment | Winnipeg and southern Manitoba |
Manitoba Post [38] | News, sports, and entertainment | Winnipeg |
Spectator Tribune [39] | News, politics, arts | Winnipeg |
U Multicultural Channel | News, opinions, TV streaming, U Radio | Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario |
U Radio | Opinions, podcasts, ethnocultural and folk music | Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario |
Name | Owner / Distributor | Demographic |
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RTV (Канадская русскоязычная телесеть) | Shaw TV [40] | Russian |
U Multicultural Channel | U Multicultural Inc. | Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Filipino, Korean, Brazilian, Yazidi, German, South-Asian |
Podcast networks in Winnipeg:
Name | Host(s) | Format | Subject / genre | Description / Notes |
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Couch Surfin' [42] | Devin Bray and Terrance Williams | Interview | Winnipeg influencers / personalities | Notable guests: Fred Penner, Charles Adler, Jon Ljungberg, Filthy Animals' rapper Broms, and UFC fighters Joe Doerkson and Roland Delorme. Awards: "Best Local Podcast 2013" by The Uniter, University of Winnipeg's student newspaper. [43] |
Media Nerds Podcast [44] | Kenton Larsen and Dan Vadeboncoeur | Weekly discussion | Media (TV, film, advertising, journalism, radio, social) | Hosted by two instructors of Creative Communications, Red River College. |
Musing While Boozing [45] | Informal discussion | Pop culture / current events | A recorded hang out with two Winnipeg guys, discussing hot topics over cold drinks with special guests. | |
Nintendo Pulse [46] | Lloyd Hannesson | A member of the Winnipeg-based REZD.tv network, and has recorded in Winnipeg since 2006. | ||
Return to Sender [47] | Interview / discussion | Music and comedy | Focused on promoting little-known, often local, bands. | |
The Supporting Act [48] | Interview | Local and touring artists (comedians, musicians, etc.) | Informal interview style. | |
U Talk | U Radio by U Multicultural | Talk show | Diverse voices of Canada | Topics related to the ethnocultural and indigenous community of Canada |
Name | Owner / Distributor | Demographic | Format (type) | Notes |
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Ang Peryodiko (Canada) | Ang Peryodiko (Los Angeles) | Filipino | Newspaper (tri-monthly) | |
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) | APTN Inc. | Indigenous | TV network | |
The Filipino Journal | Filipino | Newspaper (bi-monthly) | ||
Grassroots News | A. A. Aboriginal Advertising Inc. | Indigenous (First Nation and Métis) | Circulation: 20,000 copies/issue; approx. 80,000 readers/issue. [4] | |
The Jewish Post & News | Bernie Bellan | Jewish | Newspaper (bi-weekly) | |
La Liberté | Presse-Ouest Limitée | Francophone | Newspaper (weekly) | Format: tabloid |
Lögberg-Heimskringla [5] | Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. | Icelandic | Newspaper (bi-weekly) | Format: print and online |
Manitoba China Times | Chinese | |||
Manitoba Chinese Tribune [6] | Voice of Fenghua | Chinese | Newspaper (bi-monthly) | |
Manitoba Indochina Chinese News | Chinese | Newspaper | ||
The Manitoba Muslim | Muslim | Newspaper | ||
Mennonite Brethren Herald [7] | Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches | Mennonite Brethren | Newspaper | |
O Mundial | Portuguese | Newspaper | ||
The Philippine Times | Filipino | Newspaper | ||
Pilipino Express [8] | The Pilipino Express Inc | Filipino | Magazine (bi-weekly) | |
RTV (Канадская русскоязычная телесеть) | Shaw TV [40] | Russian | TV network | |
U Multicultural Channel | U Multicultural Inc. | Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Filipino, Korean, Brazilian, Yazidi, German, South-Asian | Media channel | |
Ukrainian Voice [9] | Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada | Ukrainian | Newspaper | |
Visnyk Newspaper [10] | Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada | Ukrainian | Newspaper |
Various national/international media outlets base their Manitoba branches/newsrooms out of Winnipeg. These include:
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