CKWS-TV
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Kingston, Ontario Canada |
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| Branding | CKWS Kingston |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11.1 () |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | CTV, Global (news only) |
| Owner |
Corus Entertainment (591989 B.C. Ltd.) |
| First air date | December 18, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | Kingston Whig-Standard |
| Sister station(s) |
CHEX-DT CFMK-FM CKWS-FM |
| Former callsigns | CKWS-TV (1954–2013) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 11 (1954–2013) |
| Former affiliations | CBC Television (1954–2015) |
| Transmitter power | 9.4 kW |
| Height | 312.5 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°9′59″N 76°25′28″W / 44.16639°N 76.42444°W |
| Website | CKWS Television |
CKWS-DT is a television station serving Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter near Highway 95 in Wolfe Island, south of Kingston and operates UHF rebroadcasters in Brighton on digital channel 30 (virtual 66.1), Spencerville on channel 26 and Beckwith Township (Smiths Falls/Perth) on channel 36. Its signal covers portions of Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg and from Perth to Oswego, New York in the United States, and is available on many cable systems throughout Eastern Ontario, and Northern and Central New York.
Owned by Corus Entertainment, its studios are located at 170 Queen Street in downtown Kingston. From 1954 through 2015, CKWS was an affiliate of CBC Television. CBC chose to end its affiliations with Corus's privately owned affiliates effective August 30, 2015. Beginning the following day, CKWS began carrying programs from the CTV Television Network.
CKWS signed-on December 18, 1954, as an affiliate of the CBC network. It was originally a joint venture between Roy Thomson and the Davies family, owners of the Kingston Whig-Standard (the source of its calls). The station has been sold three times: to the Kanatec Corporation, bought by Power Corporation in 1977 and to Corus in 1999.
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