CJOH
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| CJOH (CTV) | ||
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| Missing image CJOHCurrentLogo.png Image:CJOHCurrentLogo.png | ||
| Slogan: "Ottawa's Television Station" | ||
| Ottawa, Ontario | ||
| Channel 13 / Cable 7 | ||
| Owner | Bell Globemedia | |
| Founded | 1961 | |
| Joined CTV | 1961 | |
| Signal Radius | Eastern Ontario, most of southwestern Quebec | |
| Callsign Meaning | C J Ottawa Hull | |
| Former Affiliations | None | |
| CTV Network | ||
| CFTO (Toronto) | CJOH (Ottawa) | CFCF (Montreal) |
CJOH is a television station owned by Bell Globemedia which serves Ottawa, Ontario and the surrounding region. It is part of the CTV Television Network.
CJOH broadcasts on Channel 13, from Camp Fortune, Quebec, Channel 8 from Lancaster, Ontario, Channel 6 from Deseronto, Ontario and Channel 47 from Pembroke, Ontario, and is Cable 7 in Ottawa.
Founded by Ernie Bushnell, CJOH signed on for the first time on March 12, 1961, and acquired former Cornwall, Ontario CBC affiliate CJSS as a rebroadcaster in 1963. Standard Radio owned the station from 1975 to 1988, when it was sold to Baton Broadcasting. Baton was purchased by Bell Globemedia in 2000.
Its studios and offices are located on Merivale Road in Nepean, Ontario. Newscasts are weekdays at 12 PM, 6 PM and 11:30 PM, following the CTV News.
Well-known celebrities that first appeared on CJOH include Rich Little, Alanis Morissette and Peter Jennings. Jennings started his professional career with the station during its early years, anchoring the local newscasts and hosting a teen dance show, Saturday Date, on Saturdays. Morrissette starred on a local sketch comedy show, You Can't Do That On Television, aimed at the pre-teen and teen demographics.
CJOH provides CTV Network coverage for all of Eastern Ontario, a large segment of Western Quebec and portions of Northern New York, USA.
Controversy
In January of 1970, the station aired an interview in which the "f-word" was spoken 19 times. In the resulting outcry, several high-ranking executives resigned.
On August 1, 1995, the station's longtime sports anchor Brian Smith was shot in the station's parking lot by Jeffrey Arenburg, an escaped mental patient who thought the station was broadcasting messages in his head. Smith died in hospital the following day. The incident led to renewed calls across Canada for strengthening of the Canadian government's gun control legislation.
Slogans
External link
- CJOH (http://www.cjoh.com/)