TORONTO – Thanks to the beefed up local programming improvement fund (LPIF), CTV will keep its ‘A’ Channel in Windsor open for at least for another year.
The broadcaster committed to continuing to operate the station through August 31, 2010, the full license renewal term that all of CTV’s conventional stations have received.
"Today’s announcement about saving Windsor’s only local private television station for one year is a direct result of the CRTC’s one year LPIF enhancement," said Paul Sparkes, EVP of corporate affairs for CTVglobemedia, in the announcement.
CTV also said that it will apply to convert CKNX-TV Wingham – also slated to shut down this August – to a full re-broadcast of the ‘A’ Channel London signal. But with regards to CKX-TV Brandon, which is still a CBC affiliate, CTV said only that it “will continue to review its options including the potential sale of the station”.
CTV had previously announced that all three stations would close at the end of this August.
