Media in North Bay, Ontario

Three of North Bay's radio stations find their homes here: EZRock, The Fox and CKAT

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

Radio
Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
600 AM CKAT Country 600 country/news/sports Rogers Communications
90.5 FM CFCH-FM TBA oldies/classic hits Vista Broadcast Group launch date to be determined
95.1 FM CBON-FM-17 Ici Radio-Canada Première public news/talk Canadian Broadcasting Corporation French, rebroadcasts CBON-FM Sudbury
96.1 FM CBCN-FM CBC Radio One public news/talk Canadian Broadcasting Corporation rebroadcasts CBCS-FM Sudbury
97.1 FM CHYQ-FM Le Loup FM Hot adult contemporary Le5 Communications French; licensed to Sturgeon Falls
99.3 FM CFSF-FM Moose FM adult contemporary Vista Broadcast Group licensed to Sturgeon Falls
100.5 FM CHUR-FM Kiss 100.5 hot adult contemporary Rogers Communications
101.9 FM CKFX-FM 101.9 Rock active rock Rogers Communications
103.5 FM CJTK-FM KFM Christian music Eternacom rebroadcasts CJTK-FM Sudbury with some local content
106.3 FM CFXN-FM Moose FM classic hits Vista Broadcast Group

Canadore College operates a cable/internet only radio station, "Panther Radio".

On September 27, 2018, the CRTC issued call applications to operate new operate a new commercial FM radio station to serve North Bay, Ontario. Vista Broadcast Group, the owner of CFXN-FM North Bay submitted an application to operate a new FM station in North Bay on the frequency of 90.5 MHz.[1] No formats had been announced for the new proposed station, however, according to the Facebook group page Canadian Radio News, the format may be country as there hasn't been a country music station on FM in the North Bay market since CKAT on 101.9 FM moved to AM 600 to replace CFCH, which made 101.9 FM a rock station adopting the current callsign CKFX-FM in the 1990s.

On October 29, 2019, Vista Radio Ltd. (formerly Vista Broadcast Group) applied for a broadcasting licence to operate an oldies music station in North Bay. The station would operate with an effective radiated power of 45,800 watts, and would broadcast 126 hours of local programming per broadcast week. Source: CRTC

On May 25, 2020, the CRTC approved the application from Vista Radio Ltd. Source : CRTC

Weatheradio
Frequency Call Sign Branding Format Owner Notes
162.475 MHz XLJ 893 Weatheradio Canada Weather Alerts Meteorological Service of Canada

Defunct Radio Stations
Frequency Call Sign Notes
89.5 FM CJTK-FM-1 Former repeater of CJTK-FM Sudbury

Currently located at 103.5 FM with some local programming from a studio in North Bay

92.5 FM CHIM-FM Former rebroadcaster of CHIM-FM Timmins
93.5 FM CFDN-FM A 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.[2]
104.9 FM CKTR-FM Defunct 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 analog to digital. Both channels are to be fully converted no later than November 20, 2020.

OTA channel OTA virtual channel (PSIP) Cogeco Cable Call sign Network Notes
12 (VHF) 10.1 9 CKNY-TV CTV De facto rebroadcaster of CICI-TV (Sudbury)
15 (UHF) 2.1 3 CFGC-DT-2 Global Rebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto)
32 (UHF) 32.1 11 CHCH-TV-6 Independent Rebroadcaster of CHCH-DT (Hamilton)
– – 12 – YourTV Community channel for Cogeco subscibers.

Print

The city's main newspapers are the North Bay Nugget, a daily, and the weekly North Bay Nipissing News[3]

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,[4] North Bay Nipissing News [5] and NBTV,[6] and alternative media outlets such as Solvent Magazine[7] and North Bay Scene.[8]

References
  1. Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-380, Call for comments on market capacity and the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve North Bay, Ontario, CRTC, September 27, 2018
  2. CRTC Decision 97-253
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2015-10-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. BayToday.ca
  6. NBTV
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