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| Affiliations | CBC Television |
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| History | |
First air date | January 27, 1958 |
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| Technical information | |
| ERP | 100kW |
| HAAT | 236.6 m (776 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 53°3′26″N105°50′30″W / 53.05722°N 105.84167°W /53.05722; -105.84167 |
CKBI-TV (channel 5) was atelevision station inPrince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was in operation from 1958 to 2002 as a private affiliate ofCBC Television.
CKBI was established on January 27, 1958, byEdward Rawlinson, the founder ofRawlco Communications. Although it primarily aired CBC programming, it also broadcast a mixture of local and privately purchased (i.e.syndicated) programming that differed from full network affiliates. From the early 1980s onward, it was piped intoSaskatoon by the local cable provider, Telecable (later Shaw Cable).
In 1984, CKBI was purchased by Yorkton Television, the owner of theCKOS/CICC twinstick inYorkton. It was the sole station in the market at the time of its sale. In 1986, Yorkton Television was acquired byBaton Broadcasting. Although Yorkton held a license to launchCIPA-TV at the time of its sale to Baton, the station did not go on the air until 1987. Later in 1987, CKBI/CIPA joined with CKOS/CICC,CKCK-TV inRegina andCFQC-TV in Saskatoon to form the Saskatchewan Television Network, which in turn merged with Baton's Ontario stations in 1994 to form theBaton Broadcast System.
In 1995, due to cutbacks, CKBI scrapped local newscasts in favour of the CBC News Hour piped in fromCBKT inRegina. All the reporters and staff went over to CIPA following the announcement. Baton became sole owner of CTV in 1997 and changed its name to CTV Inc. a year later.
In 2002, CTV sold CKBI and CKOS to the CBC. CKBI signed off for the last time as a separate station on October 27, 2002. Its transmitter became a rebroadcaster ofCBKST in Saskatoon under the callsign CBKST-9. CBKST-9 was among 620 translators shut down by the CBC on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts affecting the network.[1][2]
