CKVU

CKVU (Citytv Vancouver) is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned by CHUM Limited, it is the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada.

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CKVU's history dates back to 1975, when Western Approaches Ltd. was awarded the third license for a Vancouver television station by the CRTC. The station first went on the air on September 1, 1976, broadcasting a UHF signal on channel 21, and cable 13. It was the first station in Vancouver to ever transmit on UHF. In its first year of operation, CKVU lost more than $3 million.

Television station: A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts video and usually audio to television receivers in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television. Individual television s...

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CHUM Limited: CHUM Limited is a publicly traded media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently holds full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel (formerly NewNet) — comprising 11 local stations, as well as one CBC affiliate and 21 branded specialty ...