CFPL-TV
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London, Ontario Canada |
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| Branding | CTV Two London (general) CTV News London (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10.1 () |
| Translators | 8 CKNX-TV Wingham |
| Affiliations | CTV Two |
| Owner | Bell Media |
| First air date | November 28, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | C Free Press of London (founding owner and local newspaper) |
| Sister station(s) |
TV: CKCO-DT Radio: CIQM-FM, CJBK, CJBX-FM |
| Former callsigns | CFPL-TV (1953–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1953–2011) |
| Former affiliations |
CBC (1953–1988) independent (1988–1998) |
| Transmitter power |
CFPL-DT: 45 kW CKNX-TV: 260 kW |
| Height |
CFPL-DT: 302.1 m CKNX-TV: 241.7 m |
| Transmitter coordinates |
CFPL-DT: 42°56′59″N 81°15′53″W / 42.94972°N 81.26472°W CKNX-TV:44°5′25″N 81°12′26″W / 44.09028°N 81.20722°W |
| Website | CTV Two London |
CFPL-DT, VHF channel 10, is a CTV Two owned-and-operated television station located in London, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by Bell Media. CFPL's studios are located on Communications Road on the southwestern side of London, and its transmitter is located on Tower Road in South Bruce. This station can also be seen on Rogers Cable channel 9 and digital channel 137.
The station serves London, Sarnia and much of southwestern Ontario north of London, including the city of Wingham since its former sister station CKNX-TV ceased operations and became a rebroadcaster of CFPL in 2009.
CFPL was founded by Walter J. Blackburn, who also owned London's major newspaper, the London Free Press, as well as radio station CFPL on both the AM and FM dials. The television station first came on the air on November 28, 1953, with four hours of programming per day. That night, there was a major fire in London, on which CFPL's news program was able to report almost immediately during its first news hour. The station's transmitter was originally located atop the 500 foot CFPL Television Tower, which was completed that year.
CFPL was the second privately owned station in Canada (CKSO-TV in Sudbury, now CICI-TV, was the first). Its news program was the first to be scheduled at 6:00 p.m., during "the supper hour", which set the standard for other stations in Canada. In 1973, the station expanded its supper-hour news to a full hour. CFPL also later became one of the first in Canada to broadcast in colour. From the day it began broadcasting, CFPL was affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1961, CFPL-TV began transmitting its signal from a 314 metre/1030 foot tall guyed tower located in London, which is one of the oldest supertall television towers in Canada. In 1964, it became the CBC affiliate for Kitchener as well after CKCO-TV switched to CTV.
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