The note at the end might say… “CKX-TV has shut down it’s transmission of the broadcast. We also like to thank you for supporting CKX-TV Brandon over the years.”
I am from Toronto, never heard of this station, but I did take the time to watch its final broadcast, it is a damn shame when a community loses its local element. It this what modern news and Tv suppose to be about? A damn shame, I hope the people from that news station land on their feet.
The production music used for CKX was still in use for a couple more years........at my neck of the woods. WGSR-LD, an independent station primarily serving the Greensboro and Roanoke DMAs, used it until 2013.
THVL1, in the Vinh Long province of Vietnam, used that for its ident in 2021. czcams.com/video/w9lZrWTLp8c/video.html EDIT: just found out that VTV, Vietnam's national television station, was also using that for their VTV2 ident in 2020... czcams.com/video/lP-XqLZ76YY/video.html
In fact, here's in Yogyakarta, this production music that used for CKX News are also used on ADITV's Lensa 44 until now! So when i heard the closing BGM, i feel so familiar with that music. For context : czcams.com/video/7G44aixy6sc/video.html
It's actually quite fitting, the final story of CKX is all about that tower. The tower was not only used to broadcast CKX, but also its main competitor, CKY Winnipeg, in a unique twin-stick situation. CKY's main signal was sent to CKX which in turn would insert local Brandon commercials over some Winnipeg commercials (ones not pertinent to Brandon), and CKX would share the revenue and collect lease money on the tower. This kept CKX solvent. Once CTV Globemedia purchased CKX it meant that their CKY station now had free access to the tower, and no longer needed CKX, resulting in the station shutting down. CKY broadcasts on the tower to this day. The CRTC should have never allowed CTV to own CKX and the tower.
Wow. I watched the whole thing, too. Very sad to watch, especially the end. I'm from Selkirk, so I'm used to not having a TV station. We've never had one. But, we're only about 40 minutes from Winnipeg. Brandon is far enough away from Winnipeg, and has a large enough population, to support a TV station. Something is wrong with the world when a TV station on the air for 50+ years fades to black. Sad.
@@GavinLarosaYT to my surprise they are still broadcasting black they just pulled the plug it's just like czcams.com/video/1Oj_cRkMrCY/video.html at 5:27
The CTVglobemedia banner at the end of most CTV-owned television stations usually has the ribbons beneath it unlike what they used on this station with the "Copyright 2009" beneath it.
It's an example with corporate FUD being more important than what would be best long term. CTV and Global were full on into their "Local TV matters" propaganda and CKX was their sacrificial lamb. I've said for years that CKX would have become CTV2 Manitoba and ended up on cable in Winnipeg just two years later. The CRTC also dropped the ball by letting Bell/CTV aquire CKX. Once Bell owned the tower for CKX, which also acted as a twin stick for CKY, they no longer needed CKX viable to get their signal into Brandon. "Local TV Matters" was some of the biggest corporate BS campaigns ever launched at Canadian viewers.
The closure of CKX-TV in Brandon comes just one month after CTV closed down it's /A\ station in Wingham on August 31, 2009, which is now a rebroadcaster of /A\ London. Another CTV-owned station that claimed a victim of the broken conventional model.
They never faded to black. One thing I can say is that they indeed shut down its news operation and gave full control of the ABC affiliation of the market to WEWS 5. Similar to how CKX shut down and gave full control of CTV programming to sister & tower-shared station CKY.
Can't recall any other TV newscast that had a trade-out for car washes! That's how strapped for ad money it must have been.
The note at the end might say…
“CKX-TV has shut down it’s transmission of the broadcast.
We also like to thank you for supporting CKX-TV Brandon over the years.”
I am from Toronto, never heard of this station, but I did take the time to watch its final broadcast, it is a damn shame when a community loses its local element. It this what modern news and Tv suppose to be about? A damn shame, I hope the people from that news station land on their feet.
The production music used for CKX was still in use for a couple more years........at my neck of the woods. WGSR-LD, an independent station primarily serving the Greensboro and Roanoke DMAs, used it until 2013.
THVL1, in the Vinh Long province of Vietnam, used that for its ident in 2021.
czcams.com/video/w9lZrWTLp8c/video.html
EDIT: just found out that VTV, Vietnam's national television station, was also using that for their VTV2 ident in 2020...
czcams.com/video/lP-XqLZ76YY/video.html
In fact, here's in Yogyakarta, this production music that used for CKX News are also used on ADITV's Lensa 44 until now! So when i heard the closing BGM, i feel so familiar with that music.
For context : czcams.com/video/7G44aixy6sc/video.html
@@AsakaAkhsara Nice!
Kind of odd, but it might be appropriate that the final shot that CKX took was of it's transmitter tower.
I don't see anything odd about it.
It's actually quite fitting, the final story of CKX is all about that tower.
The tower was not only used to broadcast CKX, but also its main competitor, CKY Winnipeg, in a unique twin-stick situation. CKY's main signal was sent to CKX which in turn would insert local Brandon commercials over some Winnipeg commercials (ones not pertinent to Brandon), and CKX would share the revenue and collect lease money on the tower. This kept CKX solvent.
Once CTV Globemedia purchased CKX it meant that their CKY station now had free access to the tower, and no longer needed CKX, resulting in the station shutting down. CKY broadcasts on the tower to this day.
The CRTC should have never allowed CTV to own CKX and the tower.
Not Even Shaw And Bluepoint Was Able To Save It
What’s next CKZ
Wow. I watched the whole thing, too. Very sad to watch, especially the end.
I'm from Selkirk, so I'm used to not having a TV station. We've never had one. But, we're only about 40 minutes from Winnipeg. Brandon is far enough away from Winnipeg, and has a large enough population, to support a TV station. Something is wrong with the world when a TV station on the air for 50+ years fades to black. Sad.
Yes, they just transmitted black after that. Do not know if they are still transmitting that, or if the transmitter was shut off.
imagine if they are still broadcasting black
abaddonlikesbagels that would be kinda creepy!
That wouldn’t happen because the channel would be removed from the tv guide
@@GavinLarosaYT to my surprise they are still broadcasting black they just pulled the plug
it's just like czcams.com/video/1Oj_cRkMrCY/video.html at 5:27
@@GavinLarosaYT that's scary
A privilege we never took for granted. Good night.
Yooka: I really miss this channel!
The CTVglobemedia banner at the end of most CTV-owned television stations usually has the ribbons beneath it unlike what they used on this station with the "Copyright 2009" beneath it.
The CBC disaffiliated from CKX, and that's why they went off the air. If they remained today, they would most probably be a CTV Two station.
It's an example with corporate FUD being more important than what would be best long term. CTV and Global were full on into their "Local TV matters" propaganda and CKX was their sacrificial lamb. I've said for years that CKX would have become CTV2 Manitoba and ended up on cable in Winnipeg just two years later. The CRTC also dropped the ball by letting Bell/CTV aquire CKX. Once Bell owned the tower for CKX, which also acted as a twin stick for CKY, they no longer needed CKX viable to get their signal into Brandon.
"Local TV Matters" was some of the biggest corporate BS campaigns ever launched at Canadian viewers.
Just right after the special CTVglobemedia Copyright 2009 is that where/when the station's transmitters went off the air?
DAT LOGO AT THE END!
"Goodbye farewell & amen ckx".
The closure of CKX-TV in Brandon comes just one month after CTV closed down it's /A\ station in Wingham on August 31, 2009, which is now a rebroadcaster of /A\ London. Another CTV-owned station that claimed a victim of the broken conventional model.
5:19: Final Seconds
5:31: Banner w/Copyright Notice
5:36: Fade to Black
Sorry, but I believe CTV already gave CKX's license back to the CRTC. Anybody who is interested will have to reapply to launch a new station.
It was a really dark time in canadian television and radio. Hopefully something of similar magnitudes never happens again.
Bloody shame. I live in BC and am sorry to see your station go.
Thanks for the memories
That's sad.
next year should have been 67 years long time
That reminds me of WAKC in Akron and I live in Cleveland.
They never faded to black. One thing I can say is that they indeed shut down its news operation and gave full control of the ABC affiliation of the market to WEWS 5. Similar to how CKX shut down and gave full control of CTV programming to sister & tower-shared station CKY.
Wow, I wonder whats to happen to /A\ Channel Barrie, just down the road from me, makes me really nervous.....
The only network affiliate owned by a competitor, other than CJBN. Both stations closed down.
However, CJBN left CTV in 2011 and became a Global station.
This channel was in Owen Sound in Ontario, who knew they even had tv there?! 🤔
Nope. The station was in Brandon, MB.
i wished CKX became a 'A' Station
CKX RIP.
We will miss CKX-TV in Brandon. Too bad it closed down at the last minute.
What happened? The network pulled the plug?
damn straight they did.
Whats the name of the theme song it's very catchy
5:31 THEY JUST PREDICTED THE WINDOWS 8 LOGON SOUND.
Good things?
i dont know why CKX did not rebrand as /A\
It's because CKX was an affiliate to CBC Television
This is better than Digitalmetadata's videos
Long time
That theme does kinda slap tho
I think this very station was in a very bad location?
The beginning of CTV’s greedy antics…
thats sad t6o hear
4:48
"From all of us here @ ckx-tv we thank-you for being a loyal true audience for the last 55 years & we'll see you along the way" 🇨🇦📺🎤🤔🎥.
The channel would be removed by then
The oscars live telecast on HBO is faded last 3/5/18