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CKPG-TV
Prince George, British Columbia
Branding	PGTV
Slogan	unknown
Channels	2 (VHF) analog, none allocated digital
Translators	10 CKPG-TV-1 Hixon 6 CKPG-TV-4 Mackenzie 13 CKPG-TV-5 Quesnel 18 CBCB-TV-1 Vanderhoof 13 CBCB-TV-2 Fort Fraser 7 CBCB-TV-3 Fort St. James
Affiliations	CBC/GWTV
Owner	Jim Pattison Group
Founded	August 20, 1961
Call letters meaning	C K Prince George
Former affiliations	none
Website	PGTV

CKPG-TV is a television station in Prince George, British Columbia. It is owned by Jim Pattison Group, and operates on VHF channel 2 and cable channel 3.

It is a private affiliate of CBC Television.

It also operates translators in Hixon (CKPG-TV-1, channel 10), Mackenzie (CKPG-TV-4, channel 6), and Quesnel (CKPG-TV-5, channel 13). Its signal is also transmitted via CBC-owned repeaters in Vanderhoof (CBCB-TV-1, channel 18), Fort Fraser (CBCB-TV-2, channel 13) and Fort St. James (CBCB-TV-3, channel 7), as well as on the Bell ExpressVu (channel 260) and Star Choice (channel 325) satellite services.

Contents 1 History 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

The station began operations on August 20, 1961, with a power output of 8,300 watts. It was co-owned with the local radio station of the same name, and was a CBC affiliate from its inception. The station's president and general manager, Bob Harkins, was one of the first people to appear on air.

In 1965, the station put a re-broadcaster in Quesnel on channel 13 into operation. In April 1969, both the radio and television stations were purchased by Vancouver's Q Broadcasting Ltd., owners of CHQM in Vancouver.

In 1973, Gord Leighton became the new general manager of both stations. By 1985, the station had six rebroadcasting stations, including three owned by the CBC, in operation in Hixon, Mackenzie, Quesnel, Vanderhoof, Fort Fraser and Ft. St. James.

In November 2, 1986, Bob Harkins was awarded the Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award for his contributions to local history and the community. He also served two terms as an alderman, and was involved with the station's operations until moving to rival radio station CJCI. He would return to CKPG-TV in the early 1990s, seen regularly on the program Community Close-up, on news segments Harkins Comment and Harkins History, and on a station-produced video, Portraits: Bob Harkins.

In 1988, the CRTC renewed the network license for CKPG-TV and CFTK-TV Terrace, which allowed the two CBC affiliates to use the Corporation's microwave equipment to transfer syndicated programming, when it wasn't being used for CBC programming.

In 1990, Q Broadcasting Ltd. sold Radio Station CKPG Ltd., and its CKPG Television Ltd. subsidiary, to Monarch Broadcasting.

Bob Harkins died on November 28, 2000 at the age of 69. Nearly a month later, on December 21, the CRTC approved the buyout of Monarch Broadcasting by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, a division of the Jim Pattison Group, which included CKPG-TV and its retransmission stations.

In 2001, CKPG-TV and its sister radio stations were a part of the 24-hour Relay for a Friend, held May 5th and 6th. This event raised $260,000 for cancer research and services.

Fall 2003 saw Bell ExpressVu add the station to its basic services, and in February 2004, Star Choice did the same.

In May 2004, CKPG-TV received the Special Program of the Year award from the BC Association of Broadcasters for its special Crossing The Line, which looked at softwood lumber. On August 27 that year, the CRTC renewed CKPG-TV's license, recognizing the station's commitment to local news (over ten hours of programming per week) and extending its CBC affiliation to August 31, 2009. Starting in September 2004, CKPG-TV and its sister radio stations were moved into new facilities at 1810 3rd Avenue.

With CBC Television going to a 24-hour schedule beginning in October 2006, CKPG-TV has increased the amount of CBC programming in its schedule. Along with the increase in overall hours of programming, the station provides over 12 hours a week in local programming including daily news and information programming focused on the issues affecting citizens in the city of Prince George and Northern British Columbia.

• Canadian Communications Foundation

• CKDV-FM, formerly CKPG-AM
• CKKN-FM

• PGTV
• Canadian Communications Foundation
• The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group

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Broadcast television in the Prince George market

Prince George, BC stations CKPG 2 (CBC/GWTV) - CBUFT-4 4 (SRC) - CIFG 12 (Global)

Valemount, British Columbia Stations CH4330 4 (KNOW) - CHVC 7 (IND) - CH2649 8 (Global) - CH4023 9 (CTV) - CH4331 11 (TSN) - CBUHT-5 12 (CBC North) - CH4332 13 (Discovery Channel)

Broadcast television from Vancouver available on cable only: CITV 13 (Global, Edmonton) - CIVT 32 (CTV, Vancouver)

See also Broadcast television in the Okanagan Valley, Dawson Creek, Terrace/Kitimat/Prince Rupert, and Edmonton markets