This is a list of media outlets in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Thunder Bay receives CTV and Global service from a locally owned twinstick operation rather than network-owned stations, the largest city in Canada and the only one in Ontario with such an arrangement.
Thunder Bay Television usually uses the on-air branding scheme of Thunder Bay Television, and then the name of the network to which the channel is affiliated, except in cases when the channel is airing programming from a network to which it is not affiliated, when the network name is substituted for the channel's call sign.
WBKP channel 5, the CW affiliate in Calumet, Michigan can be received in Thunder Bay with an outdoor roof antenna and a digital-capable television or receiver.
OTA virtual channel (PSIP) | OTA actual channel | Shaw Cable | Call sign | Network | Notes |
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2.1 | 2 (VHF) | 5 | CKPR-DT | CTV | Privately owned affiliate operated by Dougall Media, branded as "CKPR Thunder Bay" |
4.1 | 4 (VHF) | 6 | CHFD-DT | Global | Privately owned affiliate operated by Dougall Media, branded as "Global Thunder Bay" |
9.1 | 9 (VHF) | 8 | CICO-DT-9 | TVOntario | Rebroadcaster of CICA-DT (Toronto) |
– | – | 10 | – | Shaw TV | Community channel for Shaw Cable subscribers |
The cable provider in Thunder Bay is Shaw. The community channel on Shaw Cable is branded as Shaw TV, and airs on cable channel 10.
American network affiliates on cable in Thunder Bay come from Minneapolis–Saint Paul: KSTP-TV (ABC), WCCO-TV (CBS), KARE (NBC), KTCA (PBS/TPT) and KMSP-TV (Fox). Other Canadian network affiliates available to all cable subscribers in Thunder Bay include CBLT-DT (CBC) and CBLFT-DT (Ici Radio-Canada) from Toronto, Ontario and CFTM-DT (TVA) from Montreal, Quebec.
Thunder Bay is home to 11 radio stations, all of which broadcast on the FM band.
There are four commercial radio stations based in the city — Rock 94.3 and CKPR 91.5, owned by Dougall Media, the parent company of Thunder Bay Television and Thunder Bay's Source, and 99.9 The Bay and Country 105, owned by Acadia Broadcasting Limited. The city receives CBC Radio One as CBQT-FM and CBC Music as CBQ-FM, at 88.3 FM and 101.7 FM respectively. The French Première Chaîne is available as a repeater of Sudbury-based CBON-FM on 89.3 FM. Lakehead University operates a campus radio station, CILU-FM, at 102.7 FM.
On May 16, 2008, the Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada was given approval by the CRTC for a broadcasting licence to operate a specialty low-power FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Pickle Lake and a transmitter in Thunder Bay. The station broadcasts at 96.5 FM in Pickle Lake and has a rebroadcaster at 98.1 FM in Thunder Bay. It airs content in English, Ojibwe, Cree, and Oji-Cree [1]
Frequency | Call sign | Branding | Format | Owner | Notes |
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FM 88.3 | CBQT-FM | CBC Radio One | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Rebroadcast throughout Northwestern Ontario |
FM 89.3 | CBON-FM-20 | Ici Radio-Canada Première | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French, rebroadcaster of CBON-FM (Sudbury) |
FM 90.5 | CKSI-FM | Thunder Bay Information Radio | Tourist information, weather, emergency information | Thunder Bay Information Radio Inc. (Information Radio) [2] | |
FM 91.5 | CKPR-FM | CKPR 91.5 | adult contemporary | Dougall Media | Formerly broadcast at AM 580 [3] |
FM 94.3 | CJSD-FM | Rock 94 | active rock | Dougall Media | |
FM 95.1 | CJOA-FM | CJOA 95.1 | Christian music | UCB Media Canada Inc | Rebroadcast in Nipigon, ON at FM 92.5 |
FM 97.1 | CITB-FM | tourist information | Superior Info Radio | ||
FM 98.1 | CJTL-FM-1 | First Nations and Christian Radio | Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada | Rebroadcast of CJTL-FM Pickle Lake | |
FM 99.9 | CJUK-FM | 99.9 The Bay | Classic hits | Acadia Broadcasting Limited | |
FM 101.7 | CBQ-FM | CBC Music | public music | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
FM 102.7 | CILU-FM | LU Radio | campus radio | Lakehead University | |
FM 105.3 | CKTG-FM | Country 105 | country music | Acadia Broadcasting Limited | Call letters were CJLB until 2005 |
One station, CFQK, operates outside of Thunder Bay, broadcasting on 104.5 FM in Kaministiquia. The main signal is not widely receivable in Thunder Bay itself, although the station also has a rebroadcaster on 103.5 FM in Shuniah, with the call sign CKED, which can be heard in the northeastern part of Thunder Bay. As of 2020, the station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format, branded as Energy 103 & 104. CFQK-FM and its rebroadcaster CKED-FM had gone through a number of format changes since the station was launched in 2002.
Thunder Bay has one daily newspaper, The Chronicle-Journal , which has a circulation of approximately 28,000 [4] and has coverage of all of Northwestern Ontario. There are two weekly newspapers — Thunder Bay's Source , operated by Dougall Media, and Canadan Sanomat , a Finnish language paper.
Thunder Bay also has a locally owned monthly arts and culture magazine, The Walleye, which is distributed for free throughout the city and surrounding area. The Walleye is also available online and the website provides insight into the local arts, culture and entertainment scene. [5]
Superior Outdoors is a locally owned outdoor lifestyle magazine that is published twice a year (November and May). The magazine was started in 2007. [6]
Lakehead University's student newspaper is called The Argus, and is published weekly during the school year. [7]
The Chronicle Journal publishes a free weekly called Spot every Thursday, focusing on entertainment.
The city produces a bi-monthly publication to citizens titled yourCity, which is also available online in a PDF format.
Netnewsledger is a daily updated website that reproduces press releases and lists current events in Thunder Bay, and allows politicians to connect to their constituents. [8]
Great Expectations Marketing publishes four quarterly community newspapers: Bay & Algoma Community, Current River Times, Simpson & Victoria Place, and Westfort Community. The community newspapers feature various local businesses and also support local charities and nonprofit organizations. The newspapers are delivered to community households.
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned television network and is now a division of the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE. It is Canada's largest privately or commercially owned network consisting of 22 owned-and-operated stations nationwide and two privately owned affiliates, and has consistently been placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival Global Television Network in key markets.
CHFD-DT is a television station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, affiliated with the Global Television Network. It is owned by locally based Dougall Media alongside CTV affiliate CKPR-DT. Both stations share studios on Hill and Van Norman Streets in central Thunder Bay, while CHFD-DT's transmitter is located in Shuniah, Ontario.
CKPR-DT is a television station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, affiliated with CTV. It is owned by locally based Dougall Media alongside Global affiliate CHFD-DT. Both stations share studios on Hill and Van Norman Streets in central Thunder Bay, while CKPR-DT's transmitter is located in Shuniah, Ontario.
Dougall Media is a Canadian media company which has several television, radio and publishing holdings in Northwestern Ontario.
CKX-TV, VHF analogue channel 5, was a television station licensed to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, which served as a private affiliate of CBC Television. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it was the first privately owned television station in Manitoba. It shared its call letters with its former sister station, CKX-FM, owned by Astral Media.
CBKT-DT is a CBC Television station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBKFT-DT. The two outlets share studios with sister radio stations CBK, CBK-FM and CBKF-FM at the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre at 2440 Broad Street in Downtown Regina; CBKT-DT's transmitter is located near McDonald Street/Highway 46, just northeast of Regina proper.
CBLT-DT is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the English-language service of CBC Television. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé outlet CBLFT-DT. Both stations share studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in downtown Toronto, which is also shared with national cable news channel CBC News Network and houses the studios for most of CBC's news and entertainment programs. CBLT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
CBAT-DT is a CBC Television station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It has common ownership with Moncton-based Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBAFT-DT. CBAT-DT's studios are located on Regent Street and Vanier Highway in Fredericton, and its transmitter is located on Rice Hill. CBAT originally broadcast from a transmitter located on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and operated a network of rebroadcasters throughout the province.
CICI-TV is a television station in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, and has studios on Frood Road in Sudbury; its transmitter is located near Huron Street.
CIII-DT is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, CIII-DT maintains studios at 81 Barber Greene Road in the Don Mills district of Toronto, and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower in downtown Toronto.
CHYK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.1 FM in Timmins, Ontario. It broadcasts a francophone hot adult contemporary format for the city's Franco-Ontarian community. It is owned by Le5 Communications, and branded as Le Loup 104.1.
CBLFT-DT is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which broadcasts programming to the province's Franco-Ontarian population. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television flagship CBLT-DT. Both stations share studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in downtown Toronto, while CBLFT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
CJBN-TV, VHF analogue channel 13, was a Global-affiliated television station licensed to Kenora, Ontario, Canada. The station was owned by Shaw Communications under its cable systems unit, and was not part of the Shaw Media unit which was sold to Corus Entertainment in 2016. CJBN's studios were based alongside Shaw's local offices on 10th and Front Streets in Keewatin, and its transmitter was located near Norman Dam Road in Kenora. The station was carried on Shaw Cable channel 12, Bell Satellite TV channel 224 and Shaw Direct channel 320.
CHAU-DT is a French language television station serving as an affiliate of TVA in Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts an analogue signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter near Rue de la Montagne in Carleton-sur-Mer.
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CFQK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5 FM in Kaministiquia, Ontario. The station airs a contemporary hit radio music format as Energy 103/104.
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