CHWI-TV
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CHWI (formerly known as The New WI) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited. It is part of the A-Channel system. The station is licensed to Wheatley, Ontario but operates out of (and focuses on) Windsor, Ontario. CHWI also has offices in Chatham, Ontario.
CHWI is the second-youngest station in the A-Channel system, having signed on October 19, 1993. It was founded and owned by Baton Broadcasting and remained a BBS station until it was traded to CHUM in 1997, after which it was rebranded The New WI (part of CHUM's NewNet group of stations) in 1998.
CHWI's programming is almost identical to that of London, Ontario's CFPL, including popular American television series such as Primetime Live and Supernanny. The A-Channel Morning show has a Windsor host, and the newscasts are broadcast from Windsor, however, only the news anchor is based at their Downtown Windsor studio. Sports, entertainment and weather reports are based from a separate studio at CFPL in London. Prior to 1999, the CHWI newscasts were produced entirely out of studios at CFPL, and presently the weekend newscasts are simulcast with CFPL.
As with the other NewNet stations, CHWI was rebranded as A-Channel on August 2, 2005.
On cable, CHWI can be seen on Cogeco Windsor channel 6.