CHBC-DT

CHBC-DT, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 27), is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The station is owned by the Shaw Media subsidiary of Shaw Communications. CHBC maintains studio facilities located on Leon Avenue (near Water Street) in Kelowna, and its main transmitter is located near Lambly Creek Road in Central Okanagan; CHBC also operates 18 rebroadcast transmitters across the southeastern part of the province.

On cable, the station is also available on Shaw Cable (corporate sister through parent company Shaw Communications) channel 4 and Telus Optik TV channel 114. There is a high definition feed offered on Shaw Cable digital channel 211.

History

As a CBC affiliate

The station first signed on the air on September 21, 1957, originally operating as a CBC affiliate. Its signal covered the central Okanagan, broadcasting at 3,700 watts of power from its main studios and transmitter in Kelowna. The station was founded by three local radio stations: CKOV-AM (1210, now CKQQ-FM on 103.1) in Kelowna, CKOK (800 AM, now CKOR) in Penticton and CJIB (107.5 FM, now CKIZ-FM) in Vernon. Due to the mountainous terrain of the area, which impaired the primary signal in certain areas, the station began operating repeaters a few weeks later in Vernon (broadcasting on VHF channel 7, at 310 watts) and Penticton (broadcasting on VHF channel 13, at 300 watts). At the time of the station's sign-on, only 500 homes in the area had television receivers, but that amount rose to 10,000 the following year. The station had ordered two studio cameras, but due to the number of television stations that started up in North America during that period, the station had to make do with one camera on loan for a year until the order was filled. They also relied on 16 mm film, which was developed first by a local photo lab, and then again in-house.

Okanagan

The Okanagan (/oʊkəˈnɑːɡən/ OHK-ə-NAH-gən), also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region located in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part of the Okanagan Country, extending into the United States as Okanogan Country. As of 2011, the region's population is approximately 341,818. The primary city is Kelowna. The region is known for its dry, sunny climate, dry landscapes and lakeshore communities and particular lifestyle. The economy is retirement and commercial-recreation based, with outdoor activities such as boating and watersports, snow skiing and hiking. Agriculture has been focused primarily on fruit orchards, with a recent shift in focus to vineyards and wine. The region stretches northwards via the Spallumcheen Valley to connect to Sicamous in the Shuswap Country, and reaches south of the Canada–United States border, where it continues as Okanogan County. The Okanagan as a region is sometimes described as including the Boundary, Similkameen and Shuswap regions, though this is because of proximity and historic and commercial ties with those areas.

List of electoral districts in the Okanagan

This page lists Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts with the name Okanagan, or in the Okanagan region.

Current federal electoral districts

Defunct federal electoral districts

Current provincial electoral districts

Defunct provincial electoral districts

Okanagan (provincial electoral district)

Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1903 and lasting only until the election of 1912, after which it was succeeded by North Okanagan and South Okanagan. The riding was originally part of the Yale riding until 1890. When that riding was first broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East (1894–1900).

Election results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

Redistribution of the riding following the 1912 election and two new ridings, North Okanagan and South Okanagan first appeared in the election of 1916.

Sources

Elections BC website - historical election data