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64-552: Before the 2017–2018 relaunch of CityNews nationally, Citytv stations outside Toronto had their midday and evening news programs cancelled in 2006, and the remaining news programming on these stations (such as the nationally-broadcast CityNews International ) was cancelled in early 2010. After a soft launch in 2020 via CIWW / CJET-FM Ottawa, in June 2021 Rogers extended the CityNews branding to its news radio stations. The newscast

128-463: A 24-hour news network based in Toronto that would bring together resources from a number of Rogers-owned news and media properties, including Citytv Toronto, 680 News radio, and Maclean's magazine. The channel featured "an enriched and interactive screen format," likely similar to that of Bell Media 's CP24 , the channel's main competitor. CityNews Channel was launched on October 3, 2011, using

192-518: A CityPulse reporter (often Kevin Frankish ) from the assignment desk, who, in a unique twist, would operate the camera themselves via a control device. From 1998 until the 2000s, CITY produced CityLive simulcasted with its new news channel CablePulse24. By March 2008, CityNews Toronto was struggling in the ratings, coming in third (with an average of 100,000 viewers) after CTV (326,000 viewers) and Global (126,000). On January 21, 2008, CityLive

256-430: A new state-of-the-art newsroom on the second floor with windows facing Queen Street West and at the same time CP24 unveiled a new look to its on-screen format. CP24 continued to simulcast CityNews programming up until December 10, 2008, when CTV pulled almost all Citytv news programming with the exception of Breakfast Television . That night, CTV News at Six replaced CityNews at Six , which had remained in place since

320-712: A noon newscast based on the Breakfast Television format called Lunch Television was launched in early 2009. City News at Noon in Calgary and Edmonton, and Lunch Television in Vancouver continued until January 19, 2010. When the show made the transition to CityNews , it lost several features, such as the CityPulse Webtest, which had existed since the 1980s as a phone-in contest. The new format on CHMI, which had been called A-Channel News (which

384-515: A part-time job with CKNY-CHNB TV in North Bay as a weekend camera and reporter. He attended Canadore College and received a diploma in radio and television broadcasting. In 1983, he joined the staff at CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario . At CKVR, he began a practice of ending every broadcast with a wink , his way of saying "hi" to his wife Beth (married in 1988). He continued signing-off with a wink for

448-474: A rebranding of CityNews introduced that month, Rogers began to drop the CityNews branding from its radio stations in favour of NewsRadio . Soon after the cancellation of the local CityNews broadcasts in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg in 2008, a new half-hour program called CityNews International was launched. The program was produced in the Citytv Toronto studios and featured many of

512-469: A regular feature after the end of the war. These were branded as CityPulse (Overnight) NewsFlashes , for shorter updates (typically a shot of the darkened newsroom, followed by shots of area traffic cameras; a ticker would display one or two headlines, sports scores, a weather forecast, and/or the time of the next update; the sounds of the newsroom and/or a police scanner would be heard underneath), or as simply CityPulse Updates , for longer updates anchored by

576-404: A segment called "The Inside Story" that features on Tuesdays and Thursdays on CityNews at Six . On August 13, 2012, CITY-TV expanded its nightly 11 p.m. newscast, CityNews Tonight , from 30 minutes to one hour. In 2015, the station changed the format of its evening newscasts, removing the in-studio anchor and having all stories presented by videojournalists on the field. The reduced cost format

640-415: A simulcast of CityNews Channel's weekend morning news programming every Saturday morning from 7–8 a.m. and Sunday mornings from 7–9 a.m. The channel abruptly ceased operations at 9 a.m. on May 30, 2013. CityNews Channel was revived as CityNews 24/7 in 2022, this time as a streaming channel, similar to those offered online by Global News . The channel is operated in Toronto and West versions, and carried via

704-474: Is designed to appeal to younger viewers with a more "raw" presentation, and appeal to increased trust in the reporters and their journalism. From its launch in 1998 until 2008, CityNews and local cable news channel, CP24 were a combined operation sharing the same newsroom and studio space at 299 Queen Street West . CP24 simulcasted Citytv news programs such as Breakfast Television and CityNews . CP24 also reran most CityNews programming immediately after it

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768-556: Is the only newscast in Canada that operates its own weather monitoring stations across the Greater Toronto Area . In addition to 20 weather stations, CityNews introduced a CityNews Weather LiveEye, a mobile unit that can monitor the weather anywhere. On June 21, 2007, CityNews launched CityNews Weather Online, a desktop program that is more convenient than accessing their website. The program includes features to alert

832-560: The CJET-FM calls.) In June 2021, Rogers announced that it would rebrand its five other all-news and news-talk radio stations under the CityNews brand. The rebranding is to take effect on October 18, 2021. Three of the stations – CFTR 680 Toronto, CFFR 660 Calgary, and CKWX 1130 Vancouver – are co-located with Citytv stations, while a fourth – CKGL 570 Kitchener – is located in a secondary market for Citytv Toronto. The move brought

896-519: The CityNews branding. In fact, despite keeping the same on-air branding and logos used as affiliates of the E! system, they do not bear the Citytv branding. However, as part of a renewal of their affiliation agreements with Citytv on May 3, 2012, CKPG, CHAT and CJFC were to begin simulcasting the Vancouver edition of Breakfast Television from CKVU-DT, starting in fall 2012 as the stations began carrying 90% of Citytv's morning and daytime programming from

960-812: The Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network . Kevin Frankish Kevin Earl Frankish is a Canadian television presenter and media personality. He co-hosted Breakfast Television Toronto on Citytv Toronto from 1991 to 2018 and now teaches journalism at Seneca College . Frankish was born to Allan and Vivianne Frankish at The Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster , British Columbia . He grew up in North Bay , Ontario and attended St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School. In 1981 he got

1024-555: The 2000s. The theme for CityPulse Tonight continued to be "Masterpiece" until the early 1980s. From 1985 until 1994, "Pentatus" by Graham Shaw was used as the theme music for CityPulse Tonight . The current theme is a custom-composed music piece. On May 30, 2011, Rogers Media announced plans to launch a digital cable specialty channel licensed as a Category B service with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission called CityNews Channel,

1088-483: The ATV newsroom and talking with the reporters. By the mid-1980s, the newscast's style, pioneered by Moses Znaimer , was promoted as a "format" for local news shows to copy around North America. The show has been duplicated by other television stations owned by CHUM Limited and its format has been licensed to several television stations around the world, such as Citytv Barcelona and Citytv Bogotá . Other attempts to clone

1152-802: The CKVU schedule grid. Citytv Saskatchewan does not produce any CityNews newscasts or Breakfast Television as it is licensed as an educational cable channel. The newly acquired CJNT Montreal , however, began producing CityNews under the Breakfast Television banner in the fall of 2013. On June 5, 2017, Rogers announced that it would return local early evening and late night newscasts to its Citytv owned-and-operated stations in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg and, through an expansion of CJNT-DT's news operations, Montreal. The hour-long newscasts – which aired at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. local time – premiered in Edmonton and Winnipeg on September 4, 2017, while

1216-522: The CityNews brand to Atlantic Canada , where Rogers operates CJNI-FM 95.7 Halifax but does not operate a Citytv station. On October 26, 2023, Rogers announced it would discontinue the news/talk format on both CIWW and CJET-FM effective at 1:00 p.m. that day, with CJET returning to a country music format and the CIWW licence expected to be returned to the CRTC for cancellation. In March 2024, as part of

1280-594: The CityNews digital platforms, as well as Rogers' Amazon Prime Video Channels service Citytv+. CityPulse was launched in Vancouver in 2002 when CKVU-TV was rebranded as "Citytv Vancouver". With the expansion of Citytv from two to five stations in August 2005, the newscasts on all five Citytv stations were renamed CityNews . On July 12, 2006, coincident with the announcement of CTVglobemedia 's plans to take over CHUM Limited, all prime-time CityNews programs, with

1344-671: The Citytv stations. Many long-time CityNews on-air personalities, including Anne Mroczkowski and Laura DiBattista, were let go. Citytv Toronto reinstated the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts on Saturday and Sunday evenings on March 5, 2011, with Pam Seatle anchoring the 6 p.m. newscast, and Melanie Ng anchoring at 11 p.m. On September 5, 2011, Citytv Toronto also reinstated CityNews at Five with anchors Francis D'Souza, Tom Hayes, and Avery Haines. The following day on September 6, 2011, Breakfast Television on all five of Citytv's owned-and-operated stations expanded to three-and-a-half hours, from 5:30-9 a.m. Avery Haines then left CityNews at Five to start

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1408-565: The Hand was renamed to The Ed Hand Show and began airing for three hours, from 10 – 1   pm. Afternoon news, hosted by Mark Day and Lisa Best, now began and ended an hour earlier, starting at 2 pm and ending at 7 pm. Prime Time Sports ran in the evening. On March 18, 2016, the station named Mark Sutcliffe , a long-time Ottawa broadcaster and future mayor, as host of Ottawa Today , airing weekdays from 9   a.m. to 1   p.m, and repeated every weekend from 8   a.m. On May 10, 2016, it

1472-632: The adoption of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), the station moved to its current 1310 AM frequency in 1941. In 1945, CKCO became Ottawa's affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's Dominion Network until the network dissolved in 1962. In 1949, the station was purchased by Southam , a newspaper and broadcasting company. The callsign changed to CKOY . In 1972, sister station CKBY-FM

1536-403: The afternoon, presented by CityNews at Six anchor Gord Martineau ; and the final Webcast in the evening, presented by the anchor hosting CityNews Tonight . The CityPulse newscast originally began with the instrumental version of "Masterpiece" by The Temptations . In 1979, it was changed to a rendition of " Gonna Fly Now " by Maynard Ferguson ; the theme was remixed and rearranged well into

1600-514: The air in 2006, Frankish publicly discussed his panic attacks and struggle with depression with viewers and has since become a very active advocate for mental health issues. In 2012 Frankish was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal for his community service, particularly with Easter Seals , an organization he has worked with for 40 years. In 2018 parent company Rogers Communications suddenly terminated his employment with Citytv. Frankish announced he

1664-598: The all-news format (during morning and afternoon drive) with talk programming. The final song played on the station in its oldies format, at 5:55 a.m. on October 18, 2010, was " Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) ", a song which rapidly recounts radio from the 1950s, '60s & '70s. This was followed at 5:58 a.m. by an announcement that the format change was taking effect. Rogers announced on November 5, 2013 that CIWW would begin carrying Sportsnet Radio programing from Toronto sister station CJCL for

1728-565: The anchors on CityPulse sat behind an anchor desk in a dark studio with two orange-red-black striped beams and a television set between the two anchors. CityPulse at Six was anchored by Gord Martineau and Dini Petty for most of the years from 1980 to 1987. Weather presenters during that era included CHUM Radio veteran Jay Nelson, Brian Hill, Greg Rist, and David Onley . Sports anchors included Jim McKenny , Russ Salzberg, John Saunders , Debbie Van Kiekebelt , and Ann Rohmer . CityPulse Tonight , known as CityPulse News at 10 prior to 1981,

1792-528: The anchors to draw on the glass with markers to indicate the locations of stories and incidents), or walking through the newsroom. From 1987 to 1989, Dini Petty anchored CityWide at 5:30 pm. Hourly news update segments, akin to the " 24-Hour News Source " format popular in the US at the time, were introduced in the early 1990s, initially to cover the Gulf War (known as Gulfwatch ). The updates were refined into

1856-407: The bulk of its schedule. The station continues its all-news format during drive time hours. It also introduced a local late-morning general-interest talk show , Talk to the Hand , hosted by Ed Hand. The move was concurrent with layoffs at Rogers. On November 24, 2014, CIWW made a slight change to their schedule, which included morning news beginning a half-hour earlier at 5:00   am, Talk to

1920-722: The callsign was changed to CKBY-FM , while 92.3 became CJET-FM which briefly simulcast CKBY-FM, stunting Christmas music on November 1, then back to its Jack FM format on December 27, 2023. On November 28, 2023, CIWW's license was returned to the CRTC by Rogers. As CityNews, local all-news blocks were heard from 5 to 6 AM weekday mornings, and also during All News Afternoons drive times . The station's morning show, Wake Up With Rob Snow, featured talk programming from 6 to 9 AM hosted by Rob Snow and produced by David Smith and Noah Wachter. In mid-days, two local talk shows aired: The Talkback Hour with David Smith in late mornings and The Sam Laprade Show in early afternoons. The Sam Laprade Show

1984-417: The channel (including weekday morning news/talk program Breakfast Television and nightly 11 p.m. newscast CityNews Tonight , which both feature an additional half-hour seen exclusively on CityNews Channel); an audio simulcast of 680News featuring live traffic camera feeds throughout Toronto also runs from 1-5:30 a.m. weeknights and midnight – 7 a.m. weekends. Beginning April 14, 2012, Citytv Toronto ran

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2048-556: The channel began broadcasting in 1998. Critics had speculated that the latter change was due to the CRTC's approval of Citytv Toronto planning on launching CityNews Channel. One of the final ties was severed on March 26, 2009, when CP24 dropped its simulcast of Breakfast Television and launched its own morning show, CP24 Breakfast . Following the layoffs at the Citytv stations announced on January 19, 2010, CP24 extended its Live at 5 broadcast from 15 minutes to 30, and also launched another half-hour newscast, Live at 5:30 . The show

2112-415: The comedy show The CityNews List on CKVU-TV Vancouver were also cancelled. In Winnipeg, the news part of Breakfast Television is called CityNews . The Jim Pattison Group stations ( CFJC-TV Kamloops , CKPG-TV Prince George , and CHAT-TV Medicine Hat ) produce their own weeknight local newscasts, but do not produce their own local versions of Breakfast Television nor title their newscasts under

2176-418: The entirety of his career. In 1991, Frankish joined Citytv (then CKVR's sister-station) as the traffic reporter and eventually became one of the main hosts of Breakfast Television Toronto (alongside Dina Pugliese ). For many years, he also handled the overnight CityPulse updates, anchoring them directly from the assignment desk, even controlling the camera himself. After suffering a panic attack on

2240-506: The exception of those on CITY in Toronto, were immediately cancelled, with 281 CHUM employees across the country laid off. On CKAL Calgary and CKEM Edmonton , CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight was replaced with a new half-hour newsmagazine called Your City . CHMI Winnipeg had been slated to launch its own version in January 2007 according to a news release, but it never materialized. CKVU's newscasts were not replaced, although

2304-475: The five Citytv stations from CTVglobemedia. The sale was approved on September 28 and became official on October 31, 2007. CTVglobemedia retained ownership of CP24, the 24-hour Toronto local news station that shared many programs and personalities with Toronto's Citytv station, including CityNews . On January 19, 2010, Your City , based in CKEM-TV Edmonton and CKAL-TV Calgary, Lunch Television , and

2368-630: The format with regional changes have also been attempted; notably, two American attempts at a CityPulse -style newscast debuted within months of each other in 1993: KCOP-TV in Los Angeles with 13 Real News , and KIRO-TV in Seattle with what was dubbed "News Outside the Box" (the latter station attempted to leverage its then-sister radio stations as well). Both attempts failed and by 1994 both stations had reverted to "traditional" newscasts. Until 1987,

2432-538: The international news segments shown during its evening newscasts. The replacement program in Calgary and Edmonton for the evening/late-evening program was a magazine type of show called Your City . The show aired five nights a week at 6:00 p.m., with a repeat at 11:00 p.m. The format of the show consisted of a top story, a report about theatre or other cultural life, various restaurant and wine reviews and an assortment of other general interest stories. The noon newscast aired in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton. It

2496-400: The other station operations, from 99 Queen Street East. After the move, CityPulse began to move the anchors away from a central desk, positioning them around the newsroom (such as the assignment desk, equipped with police radios, banks of monitors, and perhaps the most unique feature, a map of Toronto with blinking lights indicating major highways, positioned behind a large glass wall, allowing

2560-674: The remainder of the announced markets will launch newscasts in early 2018. On July 12, 2018, it was announced that the new Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver newscasts would premiere on September 3. On December 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., CIWW in Ottawa (previously known as "1310 News") adopted the CityNews branding, and began simulcasting on sister station CJET-FM 101.1 (formerly CKBY-FM , switching from its previous country music format as "Country 101.1") while continuing to broadcast on AM 1310. (The original CKBY's format and call letters were concurrently moved over to 92.3 FM, which previously used

2624-406: The same news wheel format as 680News, with traffic and weather reports on the :1s, sports news at :15 and :45 and business news at :26 and :56 past the hour. The channel's anchors were rotated depending on the time period. Rolling news programming aired weekdays from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., weekends from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. and nightly from 7–11 p.m. ET; all Citytv Toronto news programming is simulcast on

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2688-416: The same on-air personalities as the local Citytv Toronto's CityNews . CityNews International aired at 6:30 and 11:30 p.m. in Calgary and Edmonton. In Winnipeg, it ran at 11:00 p.m., and in Vancouver at 6 and 11:35 p.m. In Toronto, Citytv aired the newscast at 11:35 p.m. CityNews International was canceled during the 2010 cuts. The title of the program remains in use on Citytv Toronto for

2752-516: The station changed to the branding of Oldies 1310 . In 1994, the stations became part of Rogers Radio when Rogers acquired Maclean-Hunter. On October 12, 2010, the station announced it would be adopting an all-news format, to be branded 1310 News , taking effect the following Monday, October 18, at 6:00 a.m. CIWW is the fourth Rogers station to adopt a 24-hour all-news format after CFTR Toronto , CKWX Vancouver , and CFFR Calgary . The company also owns four other stations that combine

2816-629: The station was closed by Rogers after just over 100 years of operation. CIWW was Ottawa's oldest station and one of the first in Canada. Dr. George Geldert launched the station in 1922. Its original call sign was CKCO . The use of the CKCO call letters was not related to CKCO-TV in Kitchener , which signed on decades later. In its early years, CKCO changed frequencies a number of times, as most early AM radio stations in North America did. With

2880-443: The team that contributed so passionately to the station, thank you. To each of you who showed us your support by tuning in day after day, thank you. To each local business that trusted us to help market your products and services, thank you. If you're seeking local news, traffic and weather, you can find that 24-7 at ottawa.citynews.ca. Ottawa, thank you. (AM static) CJET-FM returned to its former country format on 101.1 FM when

2944-525: The traditional anchor desk, CBS News in the United States had done this as early as the 1950s under Edward R. Murrow . Its main innovation in television news was to have its reporters play a more participatory role in their stories. Elements of it were also taken from then-sister station ATV in the Maritimes, whose Live at 5 newscast, launched in 1982, had lead anchor Dave Wright roaming around

3008-513: The user when a weather watch or warning is issued. In November 2008, CityNews launched CityNews Weather Webcast, which are video weather forecasts recorded each day by one of the weather team members. On February 14, 2007, CityNews created the CityNews Webcast, a downloadable news podcast based in Toronto. There are three Webcasts uploaded on weekdays: in the morning, presented by Kevin Frankish from Breakfast Television ; in

3072-436: Was anchored by Bill Cameron , later by Gord Martineau, and then Anne Mroczkowski . In 1987, Mroczkowski moved to the supper-hour show to co-anchor with Martineau. J.D. (John) Roberts began his news anchoring career as anchor of CityPulse Tonight after several years as an entertainment reporter and MuchMusic video jockey . On May 4, 1987, CityPulse moved into a newsroom set at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto along with

3136-555: Was announced that former CTV Ottawa news anchor Carol Anne Meehan would be hosting The Carol Anne Meehan Show , which aired from 1 to 3   p.m. The show was later replaced by The Rick Gibbons Show in November 27, 2017. On September 16, 2016, afternoon newscasts started beginning at 3   p.m. On December 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., CIWW rebranded as CityNews , and began simulcasting on sister station CJET-FM (101.1) while continuing to broadcast on 1310. The FM signal

3200-474: Was broadcast in Toronto as CityPulse as a pilot episode on September 28, 1975, and as a second pilot episode on September 12, 1976. The first regular episode of CityPulse aired on September 12, 1977. CITY-TV's newscasts aired under the CityPulse title for the final time on August 1, 2005, and were rebranded as CityNews the following day. While the station claims that it was the first news show to abandon

3264-433: Was done airing live. At that time, CP24 was jointly owned by CHUM Limited and Sun Media , who owned the channel until 2004. In July 2006, Bell Globemedia (later CTVglobemedia and now Bell Media ) announced a bid to purchase Citytv/CP24's parent company, CHUM Limited. A year later, the CRTC approved the sale on the condition that the Citytv stations be sold. Shortly after, the sale of Citytv stations to Rogers Communications

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3328-465: Was featured a CP24 personality that hosted both Live at 5 and Live at 5:30 ; having interviews and updating Toronto on what is happening in the city. In addition, two other CP24 anchors would host the show, one co-hosting at 5pm and the other co-hosting at 5:30pm, bringing Toronto's Top Stories. By July 2012, Live at 5 and Live at 5:30 were brought back to the regular CP24 news format and with just one anchor 5pm and one anchor for 5:30pm. CityNews

3392-460: Was finalized. For a short period, things remained the same; Citytv anchors continued to anchor and contribute to CP24 and shows were simulcast between the two channels until CTV/Rogers announced the restructuring of its employees between to two channels beginning in November 2007, such as the hiring of new CP24-only and CityNews -only personalities. In November 2008, CP24 moved most of its operations from its original newsroom, shared with Citytv, to

3456-413: Was hosted by Francis D'Souza and Laura DiBattista in Toronto, Asha Tomlinson in Edmonton and Aisling Slattery in Calgary. A lunchtime half-hour talk show about Toronto news and current affairs aired weekdays at 12:30 p.m., following Toronto's City News at Noon . The show encouraged audience participation with its phone-in format. Viewers could also e-mail and vote on a daily phone poll. CityOnline

3520-468: Was hosted by Kris Reyes. Previous hosts included Ann Rohmer (CP24), Tracy Moore ( Cityline ), and Laura DiBattista (CBC Radio). CIWW CIWW (1310 AM ) was a radio station in Ottawa, Ontario owned by Rogers Radio . The station was the oldest radio station in Ottawa, first signing on in 1922. The station broadcast at 50,000 watts , the maximum for Canadian AM stations. The transmitter site

3584-637: Was in direct competition with CP24 which was launched on October 3, 2011, as CityNews Channel . In December 2008, Citytv laid off the entire CityNews Entertainment unit. Entertainment reporters Larysa Harapyn and Liz West were released, and entertainment stories were then read by the anchors. In September 2009, Citytv moved into its current newsroom at 33 Dundas Street East ( Yonge-Dundas Square ) in Downtown Toronto . On January 19, 2010, CityNews at Noon , CityOnline and CityNews at Five were cancelled as part of layoffs and restructuring within

3648-530: Was later used by CTVglobemedia 's A stations , under the name A News , prior to the rebranding of the A system to CTV Two in August 2011), had lost nearly half of its audience for the 6 p.m. newscast before its cancellation. On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the five Citytv stations could not be sold to CTVglobemedia due to concentration of media ownership regulations. On June 11, Rogers Communications announced that it would buy

3712-437: Was launched. In 1978, after two failed attempts to sell the stations to Moffat Communications , the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved their sale to Maclean-Hunter . The station adopted the call sign CIWW in 1985, switching to an Oldies format. The playlist was mostly music of the late 1950s to early 1970s. The name used over the air was W1310 , followed by Sunny 1310 . In 1992,

3776-558: Was leaving Breakfast Television Toronto , effective June 1, 2018. In his announcement he mentioned, "Many of you who started watching me as kids, come up to me now with kids of your own. Some of you may remember when I proposed to my wife on air. I have shared with you the birth of all four of my children. When I had that panic attack on air, I shared that with you and we have since gone on a journey of my battle with depression together. Many of you in turn have shared so many of your stories. We are truly family." He continues to work in media as

3840-466: Was on McKenna Casey Drive, near Strandherd Drive and Ontario Highway 416 in Nepean . To protect other stations on 1310 AM , it used a directional antenna . By day it employed a two- tower array and at night a five-tower array. The nighttime signal was beamed mainly into Canada. The towers were removed sometime in late 2023. In 2020, the station added an FM simulcast on CJET-FM . On October 26, 2023,

3904-421: Was rebroadcast during evenings. Overnights featured syndicated sports content from CBS Sports shared with CFTR Toronto and CKWX Vancouver . On weekends, all-news blocks were heard in the mornings and overnights, with Best Of talk show segments airing in the afternoons and CBS Sports Radio in the evenings. ABC News Radio supplies reports on world and U.S. news. The station was also the Ottawa affiliate of

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3968-399: Was relaunched as CityNews at 5 , drawing a scant 1% share of the Toronto market at 5 p.m. In July 2008, Rogers filed an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a separate 24-hour news station to be affiliated with Citytv Toronto, and to be known as CityNews (Toronto). The application was approved on December 10, 2008. The new station

4032-500: Was strongest to the south and west of Ottawa, while the AM signal continued to cover Ottawa's eastern suburbs that may not have picked up the FM station. On October 26, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., CIWW was shut down by Rogers, and the all-news format was concurrently discontinued. After 101 years of service to the Ottawa area and transmitting at 1310 kHz since 1941, the CIWW 1310 AM transmitter

4096-451: Was turned off the following day on October 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM, after airing a final announcement: You're listening to 1310 AM, the former home of CityNews Ottawa. Despite the best efforts of the talented and committed team who provided local news and engaging talk radio to Ottawa and the region dependably day after day, the station has now sadly closed. This was an incredibly difficult decision and one we hoped we'd not have to make. To

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