CIVI-DT
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Victoria, British Columbia Canada |
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| Branding | CTV Two Vancouver Island (general) CTV News Vancouver Island (local news) |
| Slogan | Your Island News |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 53 () |
| Subchannels | 53.1 CTV Two |
| Translators | CIVI-DT-2 Vancouver Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 17.1 () |
| Affiliations | CTV Two (O&O; 2001–present) |
| Owner | Bell Media |
| First air date | October 1, 2001 |
| Call letters' meaning |
C I Vancouver Island |
| Sister station(s) |
TV: CIVT-DT Radio: CFAX, CHBE-FM |
| Former callsigns | CIVI-TV (2001-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 53 (UHF, 2001–2011) |
| Transmitter power |
CIVI-DT: 1.5 kW CIVI-DT-2: 35 kW |
| Height |
CIVI-DT: 99.6 m CIVI-DT-2: 634.3 m |
| Transmitter coordinates |
CIVI-DT: 48°25′30″N 123°20′13″W / 48.42500°N 123.33694°W CIVI-DT-2: 49°21′16″N 122°57′30″W / 49.35444°N 122.95833°W |
| Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Website | vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca |
CIVI-DT, UHF digital channel 23, is a CTV Two owned-and-operated television station located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The station is owned by Bell Media, as part of a twinstick with Vancouver-based CTV owned-and-operated station CIVT-DT (channel 32). CIVI maintains studio facilities located at the corner of Pandora Avenue and Broad Street across from Victoria City Hall, and its transmitter near Rockland. On cable, the station is also available on Shaw Cable channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 212.
At the end of the 1990s, CHUM Limited only owned terrestrial television stations in the province of Ontario. Similarly, Craig Media only had stations in provinces within the Canadian Prairies. Both companies looked to expand their national presence, and both submitted a bid when the CRTC issued a call for applications for a new television station licence in Victoria; CHUM was awarded the licence in 2000. CIVI first signed on the air on October 4, 2001 as CHUM's first original station to be part of the NewNet television system.
Known on the air as "The New VI", the station started off with much pomp and circumstance. It boasted a large lineup of personalities, including former British Columbia New Democratic Party cabinet minister Moe Sihota. The station's news anchors walked around the studio instead of sitting behind a desk, mimicking the format used at Toronto sister station CITY-TV and other NewNet outlets. However, the station struggled to compete against CH owned-and-operated station CHEK-TV (channel 6, now an independent station), a station which had essentially held a monopoly over the television industry on Vancouver Island for more than four decades. Gradually, personalities from the original roster were replaced by new faces, and some were let go without replacements.
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