Omni BC's former studio building at the corner of Pender and Columbia Streets from June 27, 2003-September 4, 2010.
Omni Television in British Columbia moved into sister station City's studio building at 180 West 2nd Avenue on September 7, 2010.
Asked by the federal cabinet to pursue the matter further, in 2002, the commission asked for new applications for a Vancouver multicultural station and received two – from Rogers and Multivan Broadcast, a newly formed consortium of local investors. The licence went to Multivan, with the CRTC citing its local ownership as one of the reasons for the decision.[4] The station first signed on the air on June 27, 2003; branded on-air as "channel m," CHNM originally operated from studio facilities located at the intersection of Pender and Columbia Streets in Vancouver's Chinatown. In the mid-2000s, CHNM previously produced several station IDs and program promos using a diversity theme to capitalize on the station's former slogan "Diversity Lives Here," these including spots featuring Chinese lion dancers that emerge from their lion costume with their faces painted in orange and white, the colours of the BC Lions franchise of the Canadian Football League, along with slogans supporting the team; a South Asian dancer who performs her routine to the Channel M jingle, then breaks into a country and western dance; and a leather-clad Sikh motorcyclist who boards his bike to the Channel M jingle, arranged and performed in a style mixing ZZ Top-style blues rock with East Indian music.
Following a failed 2007 bid for the multicultural licences in Calgary and Edmonton, which were awarded to Rogers, Multivan announced an agreement to sell CHNM to Rogers in July of that year. The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 31, 2008,[5][6] and was finalized on April 30, 2008. With Rogers' recent acquisition of Citytv station CKVU-TV (channel 10) and the resulting sale of religious station CHNU-TV (channel 66, formerly branded as "Omni.10") to S-VOX, the Omni Television brand moved to CHNM on September 1, 2008.
CHNM migrated its operations into sister station CKVU's studio facilities at 180 West 2nd Avenue (near the Vancouver Olympic Village) on September 7, 2010. That same year, CHNM won its first-ever Jack Webster Foundation Award for Excellence in Chinese Language Reporting, for a multi-part feature on the topic of earthquake preparedness.
Programming
Along with carrying local newscasts, CHNM broadcasts predominantly multicultural programming and documentaries, including several independently produced magazine and entertainment programs made in-house. Formerly, these programs included German Today (German), Hola Que Tal (Spanish), Chai Time (Punjabi), Mandarin Magazine (Mandarin Chinese) and World Beats (an English language world music video program).
Until the beginning of the 2015–16 season, the station also aired a sizable amount of English-language American programming, including syndicated reruns of popular sitcom Two and a Half Men.
News operation
CHNM-DT presently broadcasts 12½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 2½ hours each weekday); the station does not produce newscasts on weekends. The station airs daily newscasts in Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi, and in the past, Korean and Tagalog.
CHNM's newscasts were known as Channel M News from 2003 to 2008. During those years, the station also had a reciprocal agreement with CTV Vancouver station, which allowed the two stations to share news resources.[7] The station's newscasts were rebranded as Omni News in September 2008 following the approval of its sale to Rogers, and its news sharing agreement with CIVT was also terminated.
The station also produced weekly phone-in programs in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi under Multivan ownership; these programs were cancelled after the station was rebranded as Omni. In September 2012, CHNM began operating a news bureau in Victoria; the team includes bureau chief and political expert Kim Emerson.
CHNM began broadcasting its digital signal on December 17, 2009, operating at reduced power. On February 12, 2010, the CRTC approved an application to increase CHNM-DT's maximum effective power to 8.3 kilowatts. The station initially broadcast its digital signal in the 4:3 picture format (480p upconverted to 1080i), it was converted to the 16:9 format and 1080i resolution on April 26, 2011. CHNM shut down its analogue signal, over UHF channel 42, on August 31, 2011, the official date in which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory marketstransitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts.[9] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display CHNM-DT's virtual channel as its analogue-era UHF channel 42. The station flash cut its Victoria transmitter from analogue to digital signal prior to August 31, 2011.
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CHNM DT channel 42 is a multicultural television station licensed to Vancouver British Columbia Canada part of the Omni Television network It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports amp Media alongside Citytv station CKVU DT channel 10 Both stations share studios at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and Columbia Street near False Creek in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver while CHNM DT s transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour in the district municipality of North Vancouver CHNM DTVancouver British ColumbiaCanadaChannelsDigital 20 UHF Virtual 42BrandingOmni British ColumbiaProgrammingAffiliations42 1 Omni Television 2008 present OwnershipOwnerRogers Sports amp Media Rogers Media Inc 1 Sister stationsTV CKVU DT Sportsnet PacificRadio CISL CKWX CJAX FM CKKS FMHistoryFirst air dateJune 27 2003 19 years ago 2003 06 27 Former call signsCHNM TV 2003 2011 Former channel number s Analog 42 UHF 2003 2011 Former affiliationsIndependent 2003 2008 Call sign meaningChannel M former branding Channel MulticulturalTechnical informationLicensing authorityCRTCERP8 3 kWHAAT670 m 2 198 ft Transmitter coordinates49 21 13 N 122 57 24 W 49 35361 N 122 95667 W 49 35361 122 95667Repeater s CHNM DT 1 29 Victoria 2 75 kW 99 6 m HAAT LinksWebsiteOmni British Columbia Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2 1 News operation 3 Technical information 3 1 Subchannel 3 2 Analogue to digital conversion 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 External linksHistory Edit Logo used as channel m used from 2003 to 2008 OMNI British Columbia Logo used from 2008 to 2018 Rogers Communications had made several attempts to launch a multicultural station in Vancouver similar to its successful CFMT in Toronto Unsuccessful applications to the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC were made in 1996 2 and again in 1999 3 Omni BC s former studio building at the corner of Pender and Columbia Streets from June 27 2003 September 4 2010 Omni Television in British Columbia moved into sister station City s studio building at 180 West 2nd Avenue on September 7 2010 Asked by the federal cabinet to pursue the matter further in 2002 the commission asked for new applications for a Vancouver multicultural station and received two from Rogers and Multivan Broadcast a newly formed consortium of local investors The licence went to Multivan with the CRTC citing its local ownership as one of the reasons for the decision 4 The station first signed on the air on June 27 2003 branded on air as channel m CHNM originally operated from studio facilities located at the intersection of Pender and Columbia Streets in Vancouver s Chinatown In the mid 2000s CHNM previously produced several station IDs and program promos using a diversity theme to capitalize on the station s former slogan Diversity Lives Here these including spots featuring Chinese lion dancers that emerge from their lion costume with their faces painted in orange and white the colours of the BC Lions franchise of the Canadian Football League along with slogans supporting the team a South Asian dancer who performs her routine to the Channel M jingle then breaks into a country and western dance and a leather clad Sikh motorcyclist who boards his bike to the Channel M jingle arranged and performed in a style mixing ZZ Top style blues rock with East Indian music Following a failed 2007 bid for the multicultural licences in Calgary and Edmonton which were awarded to Rogers Multivan announced an agreement to sell CHNM to Rogers in July of that year The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 31 2008 5 6 and was finalized on April 30 2008 With Rogers recent acquisition of Citytv station CKVU TV channel 10 and the resulting sale of religious station CHNU TV channel 66 formerly branded as Omni 10 to S VOX the Omni Television brand moved to CHNM on September 1 2008 CHNM migrated its operations into sister station CKVU s studio facilities at 180 West 2nd Avenue near the Vancouver Olympic Village on September 7 2010 That same year CHNM won its first ever Jack Webster Foundation Award for Excellence in Chinese Language Reporting for a multi part feature on the topic of earthquake preparedness Programming EditAlong with carrying local newscasts CHNM broadcasts predominantly multicultural programming and documentaries including several independently produced magazine and entertainment programs made in house Formerly these programs included German Today German Hola Que Tal Spanish Chai Time Punjabi Mandarin Magazine Mandarin Chinese and World Beats an English language world music video program Until the beginning of the 2015 16 season the station also aired a sizable amount of English language American programming including syndicated reruns of popular sitcom Two and a Half Men News operation Edit CHNM DT presently broadcasts 12 hours of locally produced newscasts each week with 2 hours each weekday the station does not produce newscasts on weekends The station airs daily newscasts in Cantonese Mandarin and Punjabi and in the past Korean and Tagalog CHNM s newscasts were known as Channel M News from 2003 to 2008 During those years the station also had a reciprocal agreement with CTV Vancouver station which allowed the two stations to share news resources 7 The station s newscasts were rebranded as Omni News in September 2008 following the approval of its sale to Rogers and its news sharing agreement with CIVT was also terminated The station also produced weekly phone in programs in Cantonese Mandarin and Punjabi under Multivan ownership these programs were cancelled after the station was rebranded as Omni In September 2012 CHNM began operating a news bureau in Victoria the team includes bureau chief and political expert Kim Emerson Technical information EditSubchannel Edit Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming 8 42 1 1080i 16 9 CHNM DT Main CHNM DT programming Omni TelevisionAnalogue to digital conversion Edit CHNM began broadcasting its digital signal on December 17 2009 operating at reduced power On February 12 2010 the CRTC approved an application to increase CHNM DT s maximum effective power to 8 3 kilowatts The station initially broadcast its digital signal in the 4 3 picture format 480p upconverted to 1080i it was converted to the 16 9 format and 1080i resolution on April 26 2011 CHNM shut down its analogue signal over UHF channel 42 on August 31 2011 the official date in which Canadian television stations in CRTC designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts 9 The station s digital signal remained on its pre transition UHF channel 20 Through the use of PSIP digital television receivers display CHNM DT s virtual channel as its analogue era UHF channel 42 The station flash cut its Victoria transmitter from analogue to digital signal prior to August 31 2011 See also Edit2007 Canada broadcast TV realignmentFootnotes Edit Ownership Chart 27B ROGERS Radio TV amp Satellite to Cable Decision CRTC 97 39 31 January 1997 CIVT now a CTV station was licensed instead Decision CRTC 2000 219 6 July 2000 CIVI now a CTV 2 station and CHNU now a Joytv station were licensed Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002 39 14 February 2002 CRTC Decision 2008 72 CRTC Approves Rogers Acquisition of channel m Archived 2011 06 06 at the Wayback Machine Multi TV Vancouver Courier Archived from the original on 2011 07 17 Retrieved 2010 08 07 RabbitEars TV Query for CHNM DT Digital Television Office of Consumer Affairs OCA Archived from the original on 2013 11 19 Retrieved 2013 06 29 External links EditOfficial website CHNM DT history Canadian Communications Foundation CHNM DT in the REC Canadian station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CHNM DT amp oldid 1112927995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
