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Post by BCTVforever on Dec 8, 2004 15:35:56 GMT -5
Eventhough CIII broadcasts to most of Ontario, it is aimed virtually completely at Toronto. Why don't they just call it Global Toronto? And while they're at it, add a separate station in Ottawa?
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Post by Nikki on Dec 8, 2004 19:57:22 GMT -5
Because it broadcasts to the whole province. BCTV is very Vancouver oriented, but it's still called Global BC, not Global Vancouver...I've heard that an Ottawa station is Global's next major project, so we'll just have to wait and see.
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Post by mikezstein on Dec 9, 2004 1:52:28 GMT -5
Because it broadcasts to the whole province. BCTV is very Vancouver oriented, but it's still called Global BC, not Global Vancouver...I've heard that an Ottawa station is Global's next major project, so we'll just have to wait and see. CIII broadcasts for the entire province of Ontario, so in essence does CHAN, Global BC. "with over (i forgot the number) of re-broadcast stations, to cover 96% of British Columbia", to quote their 90s sign off. Nikki, when are you going to become a member? :X |
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Post by nikki on Dec 9, 2004 9:55:03 GMT -5
lol, soon
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Post by mikezstein on Dec 9, 2004 13:24:06 GMT -5
;D yay
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Post by mikezstein on Dec 9, 2004 13:31:21 GMT -5
now back to topic.
an Ottawa station would be great. There's already a strong political bureau team there. However, CIII is already carried over cable (by Rogers) in the Ottawa area along with CHCH from Hamilton.
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Post by BCTVforever on Dec 31, 2004 11:34:34 GMT -5
That can be changed, channel 6 or 11 (OTA) can be switched over to a Global Ottawa station. Where did you hear that this was in the works?
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Post by BCTVforever on Dec 31, 2004 11:37:06 GMT -5
The thing is though with CHAN-TV, it is licensed to Vancouver. CIII is licensed not to Toronto, but to Paris, a town between Hamilton and London.
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Post by mikezstein on Dec 31, 2004 12:25:06 GMT -5
I thought CIII was out of Don Mills. CHAN isn't in Vancouver btw. It's in Burnaby.
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Post by BCTVforever on Feb 9, 2005 12:37:51 GMT -5
Because it broadcasts to the whole province. BCTV is very Vancouver oriented, but it's still called Global BC, not Global Vancouver...I've heard that an Ottawa station is Global's next major project, so we'll just have to wait and see. I watched a half hour of the BCTV Morning News today, and I found it to be less Vancover-centric than CIII is Toronto-centric. On BCTV their ticker shows current weather conditions for places across the province, such as Kelowna or Prince George. CIII only shows current weather for Toronto. Also, BCTV does pay attention to road conditions outside of the greater Vancouver region, as today they were talking about conditions on the Coquihalla Highway near Merrit, as well as Highway 3. On CIII, road conditions for highways outside the Greater Toronto Area are NEVER mentioned. In fact a huge accident that shut down part of Ontario's busy Highway 401 last month near London was picked up by the other stations, but was completely ignored by Global. I even e-mailed Global about it, but to no avail. Just goes to show that Global does know how to run a station that is relevant to an audience outside one particular city, but they can't seem to do it in Ontario. |
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Post by mikezstein on Feb 9, 2005 14:41:02 GMT -5
BCTVforever replying to a month-old post by Nikki
We all still miss her = (
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Post by Calgaryperson on Feb 28, 2005 23:42:01 GMT -5
I thought CIII was out of Don Mills. CHAN isn't in Vancouver btw. It's in Burnaby. CIII-TV is licensed to Paris, ON. CIII-TV-41 is licensed to Toronto, ON. The station broadcasts from an old warehouse in Don Mills, ON.(Toronto) Source: Nelson Media |
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Post by TRENT310 on Apr 26, 2005 18:22:11 GMT -5
CIII broadcasts for the entire province of Ontario, so in essence does CHAN, Global BC. "with over (i forgot the number) of re-broadcast stations, to cover 96% of British Columbia", to quote their 90s sign off. Nikki, when are you going to become a member? :X Signoff says: "Our signal is broadcast from the main transmitter in Mount Seymour, with 98 rebroadcast stations, to cover 96% of British Columbia, and via satellite, to part of the CanCom Extension Service, to remote areas of Canada. Join us as we present the finest in television each day, British Columbia Television now ends its broadcasting." |
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Post by jeremy on May 31, 2005 18:57:09 GMT -5
It would be silly for them to call themselves Global - Toronto because then anyone outside of Toronto wouldn't identify with the newscast.
With people in smaller cities that dont have their own station, they think of Global as "their" station. If they changed to TO only in the name, everyone else in the province would tune out, IMO.
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Post by BCTVforever not logged in on Jun 3, 2005 6:30:20 GMT -5
It would be silly for them to call themselves Global - Toronto because then anyone outside of Toronto wouldn't identify with the newscast. With people in smaller cities that dont have their own station, they think of Global as "their" station. If they changed to TO only in the name, everyone else in the province would tune out, IMO. Unfortunately that has already happened. Ratings in several Ontario markets outside the GTA have plummeted in the past five years. Global was previously highly competitive in the ratings with MCTV in northern Ontario, CKVR in Barrie, CHRO in Pembroke, CHEX in Peterborough, and CKWS in Kingston. Global rapidly disappeared from the map in those places, and now the locally-based, lower budget stations are succeeding (although CKVR and CHEX face stiff competition from CFTO, and in CHEX's case, CFTO wins hands down). |
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