Media in North Bay, Ontario explained

This is a list of media in North Bay, Ontario.

Radio

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
600 AMCKATCountry 600country/news/sportsRogers Radio
90.5 FMCFCH-FMCountry 90.5countryVista RadioLaunched June 15, 2021
95.1 FMCBON-FM-17Ici Radio-Canada Premièrepublic news/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationFrench, rebroadcasts CBON-FM Sudbury
96.1 FMCBCN-FMCBC Radio Onepublic news/talkCanadian Broadcasting Corporationrebroadcasts CBCS-FM Sudbury
97.1 FM CHYQ-FMLe Loup FMHot adult contemporaryLe5 CommunicationsFrench
licensed to Sturgeon Falls
99.3 FM CFSF-FMMoose FMVista Radiolicensed to Sturgeon Falls
100.5 FMCHUR-FMKiss 100.5hot adult contemporaryRogers Radio
101.9 FMCKFX-FM101.9 The Foxactive rockRogers Radio
103.5 FMCJTK-FMKFMChristian musicHarvest Ministries Sudburyrebroadcasts CJTK-FM Sudbury with some local content
106.3 FMCFXN-FMJet FMclassic hitsVista Radio

Canadore College operates a cable/internet only radio station, "Panther Radio" with the call sign CRFM.

Defunct Radio Stations

FrequencyCall SignNotes
89.5 FMCJTK-FM-1Former repeater of CJTK-FM SudburyCurrently located at 103.5 FM with some local programming from a studio in North Bay
92.5 FMCHIM-FMFormer rebroadcaster of CHIM-FM Timmins
93.5 FMCFDN-FMA local non-profit group previously held short-term licenses to broadcast special events programming in both North Bay and Sturgeon Falls on 93.5 FM with the call sign CFDN, but never launched a permanent station.[1]
104.9 FMCKTR-FMDefunct tourist information & community radio station

TV

North Bay is home to one television station which is locally licensed, CKNY-TV. However, that station effectively acts as a satellite of Sudbury's CICI-TV as part of the CTV Northern Ontario system — the station's only direct local production is a brief local news insert which airs as part of regional newscasts produced at the Sudbury station.

The city formerly also had its own CBC Television affiliate, CHNB-TV. However, that station was acquired directly by the CBC in 2002, and became a straight analogue rebroadcaster of CBLT-DT from Toronto; the repeater would close down on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts.

The North Bay area is not designated as a mandatory market for digital television conversion, so the majority of stations broadcast in analogue.

In 2020, Industry Canada approved applications to convert CKNY-TV and CHCH-TV-6 signals to a digital format. Just after midnight on October 30, 2020, CTV North Bay channel 10 changed its signal frequency from analogue to digital. CHCH's transmission was temporarily off-the-air due to technical difficulties in December 2020, but resumed service to the North Bay community June 9, 2022. The signal remains in analogue.

OTA channelOTA virtual channel (PSIP)Cogeco CableCall signNetworkNotes
12 (VHF)10.19CKNY-DTCTVDe facto rebroadcaster of CICI-TV (Sudbury)
15 (UHF)2.13CFGC-DT-2GlobalRebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto)
32 (UHF)3211CHCH-TV-6IndependentRebroadcaster of CHCH-DT (Hamilton)
 -  - 12 (SD) & 700 (HD) - YourTVCommunity channel for Cogeco subscibers.

Print

The city's main newspapers are the North Bay Nugget, a daily, and the weekly North Bay Nipissing News[2]

Outdoor

Canada's largest outdoor advertising company, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, has a local office in North Bay.

Internet

In part due to the news cutbacks at CTV Northern Ontario in the early 2000s, several web media outlets have also emerged to provide local news coverage to North Bay. These include BayToday,[3] North Bay Nipissing News [4] and NBTV,[5] and alternative media outlets such as Solvent Magazine[6] and North Bay Scene.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1997/DB97-253.HTM CRTC Decision 97-253
  2. Web site: Your North Bay Nipissing online newspaper | Today's stories from newspapers in North Bay Nipissing . 2015-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131114113352/http://www.northbaynipissing.com/northbaynipissing/ . 2013-11-14 . dead .
  3. http://www.BayToday.ca BayToday.ca
  4. Web site: Home . northbaynipissing.com.
  5. http://www.nbtv.ca NBTV
  6. Web site: Home . solventmagazine.com.
  7. Web site: Home . northbayscene.ca.