CKMI-DT

CKMI-DT-1, UHF channel 15, is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Shaw Media division of Shaw Communications. CKMI's studios are located inside the Dominion Square Building in Downtown Montreal, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Royal. This station can also be seen on Vidéotron cable channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 608, and on Bell TV channel 234. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 330 (Classic) or 059 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 043 (Classic) or 530 (Advanced).

History

The station launched on March 17, 1957, broadcasting on VHF channel 5, and was the second privately owned station in Quebec. CKMI was originally owned by Télévision de Québec, along with the province's first private station, CFCM-TV. It was originally licensed to Quebec City, and the station's studios were located alongside CFCM's facilities in Sainte-Foy, then a suburb of Quebec City. Télévision de Québec was a consortium of cinema chain Famous Players and Quebec City's three privately owned radio stations, CHRC, CKCV and CJQC. It immediately became Quebec City's CBC Television affiliate, taking all English language programming from CFCM. In 1964, following the opening of CBVT, CFCM disaffiliated from Radio-Canada (the French language arm of the CBC) and joined the loose association of independent stations that evolved into TVA, while CKMI remained with CBC.