CKNX-TV
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CKNX (formerly known as The New NX) is a television station owned by CHUM Limited which serves mid-western Ontario. It is part of the A-Channel system as of August 2, 2005. The station broadcasts out of Wingham, Ontario and has offices in Wingham. A bureau in Owen Sound, Ontario closed in late 2004.
CKNX was built by W. T. "Doc" Cruickshank. It signed on as a CBC affiliate on November 18, 1955 and was located in the same building as CKNX (AM), a former high school.
On March 8, 1962, the building which accommodated the CKNX radio and television stations caught fire. Although nothing could be salvaged, CKNX-TV was on the air again later that night with the help of nearby stations in London, Barrie, Kitchener, and Toronto. CKNX operations continued as such (with various temporary offices set up in Wingham) until they purchased new equipment and moved into a new building in 1963.
In 1964, the station expanded its coverage to Kitchener in response to CKCO's affiliation with CTV.
CKNX disaffiliated from the CBC in 1988 and remained an independent station for another ten years until CHUM Limited purchased the station from Baton Broadcasting. Under the ownership of CHUM, the station joined the NewNet system and was accordingly rebranded The New NX.
Today, CKNX is basically a semi-satellite of CFPL, with the only difference being local advertising.
The New NX's news program, NewsNow, drew the lowest viewership of all NewNet stations (82,000) which is not surprising, since it was in the smallest NewNet market. Virtually all news programming aired on CKNX have originated from the CFPL studios since the early 1990s, although until recently, CKNX viewers received a separate news feed.