CIIT-DT

CIIT-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 35, is a religious television station licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station is owned by ZoomerMedia. CIIT-DT's studios are located on Osborne Street and Wardlaw Avenue in Downtown Winnipeg, and its transmitter is located near Courchaine Road (near Manitoba Provincial Road 200) in southern Winnipeg.

CIIT-DT
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
ChannelsDigital: 35 (UHF)
Virtual: 35.1 (PSIP)
BrandingFaithTV
SloganThe Nation's Faith Station
Programming
AffiliationsReligious independent
Ownership
OwnerZoomerMedia
(Christian Channel Inc.)
History
First air dateFebruary 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
Former call signsCIIT-TV (2006–2011)
Former channel number(s)Analogue:
35 (UHF, 2006–2011)
Former affiliationsOmni Television (2006–2008)
Independent (July–September 2008)
Joytv (September 2008 – September 2013)
Call sign meaningCI ManIToba
Technical information
Licensing authorityCRTC
ERP6 kW
HAAT240.0 m (787 ft)
Transmitter coordinates49°45′19″N 97°7′52″W
Links
WebsiteFaithTV

On cable and satellite, the station is available on Shaw Cable and MTS TV channel 11, Telus Optik TV channel 875, and Bell Satellite TV channel 591.

History

Early life

In February 2002, Trinity Television Inc. was granted a licence for a religious television station in Winnipeg.[1] The station was set to be launched in September 2004 as "NowTV", to be the second station using that brand, previously used on Trinity's Vancouver station, CHNU-TV. However, the station did not launch on that date.

Logo used while as Omni 11, used from 2006–2008.

In 2004, before that station's launch, Rogers Communications bought Trinity Television and took control of CIIT's licence. Under Rogers control, the station was set to be launched again on November 14, 2005 as the fourth Omni Television station, it was later set back again and launched on February 6, 2006 as "Omni 11". The use of channel 35 marks CIIT as Winnipeg's first ever UHF station.

On September 28, 2007, Rogers' CRTC application to acquire the Citytv stations, including CHMI in Winnipeg, was approved. As a condition of this approval, Rogers had to sell CIIT and CHNU in Vancouver, in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in the same language in the same market. Rogers had a one-year grace period to find new owners for both stations.

Logo used while as CIIT 11, used from July–August 2008.

On November 6, 2007, Rogers Communications announced the sale of CIIT and CHNU to S-VOX. The deal was approved by the CRTC on March 31, 2008. The sale was finalized on April 30, 2008 and S-VOX assumed control of the station on June 30 of that year. Shortly after S-VOX took control of the station, In July 2008, CIIT disaffiliated from the Omni television system and was subsequently rebranded as "CIIT11". S-VOX soon announced that both CIIT and CHNU would rebrand under a newly created television brand, Joytv. CIIT was rebranded again on September 1, 2008 using the on-air brand "Joytv 11".

Logo used while as Joytv 11, used until August 2013.

In June 2009, S-VOX announced it would sell its broadcasting assets to ZoomerMedia, a company controlled by Moses Znaimer.[2] The sale was approved by the CRTC on March 30, 2010.[3] ZoomerMedia assumed control of S-VOX's broadcasting assets on June 30, 2010.[4]

As Hope TV/FaithTV

In late-August 2013, CIIT re-launched as "Hope TV", dropping the Joytv format and all secular programs in favour of a traditional religious format. Total weekly viewing hours dropped from 84,000 in Fall 2012 to just 28,000 hours in Fall 2013,[5] recovering slightly to 42,000 hours in Fall 2014—but still equivalent to just one percent of the total viewing hours earned by the Winnipeg CTV station, and two percent of the hours earned by both the CBC and Global stations.[6]

HopeTV logo

In 2017, CIIT was reprimanded by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council for having aired an episode of the time-buy program Truth of God, wherein a pastor referred to U.S. lawmakers as "pedophiles" and with homophobic slurs when discussing his objection to bathroom bills.[7]

In September 2018, CIIT was rebranded FaithTV.

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Joytv

As part of Omni Television and Joytv, CIIT aired a lineup primarily consisting of faith-based programming (primarily televangelists and religion-oriented talk shows), syndicated sitcoms and dramas, and leftover U.S. prime time programs not picked up by other Canadian networks. Upon its re-launch as Hope TV, all general entertainment programming was dropped in favor of a lineup consisting only of religious programs.

Channel placement

On Shaw and MTS TV, CIIT airs on channel 11, displacing the longtime previous occupant community access channel Shaw TV (the channel first used channel 11 in 1986 after a previous move from channel 13; the station was formerly called VPW 11, later Videon Cable 11 on Videon before being taken over by Shaw, and GWC-TV (Greater Winnipeg Cablevision) before its Shaw takeover). Shaw has moved their service to channel 9. CIIT is also available on Rogers digital cable for viewers in Ontario.

Digital television

Digital channel
Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[8]
35.11080i16:9Main CIIT-DT programming / Hope TV

Analogue-to-digital conversion

On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts, CIIT-TV flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 35.[9]

gollark: Also, what unholy project contains java, shell and a somethingfile?
gollark: Why is it so blurry?
gollark: I don't think english does that, though.
gollark: If in doubt, it does, but in some horrible/archaic form.
gollark: Commit urn.

See also

References
  1. CRTC Broadcasting Decision 2002-229
  2. VisionTV Board agrees to ZoomerMedia purchase of television properties, VisionTV press release, June 15, 2009
  3. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-193.htm
  4. ZoomerMedia Limited Completes Acquisitions and Financing
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2018-01-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "CIIT-DT (HopeTV) re Truth of God". Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  8. RabbitEars TV Query for CIIT
  9. Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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