I am going to put up a fixed antenna to get CICO. I noticed that CICO and CBET are both in the exact same direction from my house, 157.3 degrees south. Are both transmitters on the same tower?
Zack
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Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
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Re: Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
Second YpsiGuy.
When Windsor 9 came to air, everybody knew that its actual market was stateside.
It just made sense for the Canadian government to license CKLW-TV to a foreign partnership with RKO General, and allowing CKLW to sell US advertising, as the USA side had (and still has) far more viewers.
It also gave the CBC the opportunity to present Canadian programming since the big three were all affiliated with CBS, NBC or ABC.
The deal helped the CBC as they could also air Canadian programs and newscasts for their own audiences, and bring in some revenue selling ads in the "Million Dollar Movie".
Before about 1980, the CKLW-TV/CBET transmitter tower was only a few hundred feet from the Detroit River. Last I knew, a short part of that CBET wavestack tower was still standing, but, with no transmitting antenna on the tower, it might be being used only for receiving programming from CBC facilities.
Some time about 1981, the CBET transmitter and antenna were relocated to the tower at McGregor built in 1976 for CICO-TV-32 and CBEFT-78.
One other note: Cleveland had a Channel 9 in the early days of TV.
It QSYed to Channel 8, paving the way for Channel 9 newbies CKLW-TV Windsor (now CBET) and WSTV Steubenville, OH. (Now WTOV).
When Windsor 9 came to air, everybody knew that its actual market was stateside.
It just made sense for the Canadian government to license CKLW-TV to a foreign partnership with RKO General, and allowing CKLW to sell US advertising, as the USA side had (and still has) far more viewers.
It also gave the CBC the opportunity to present Canadian programming since the big three were all affiliated with CBS, NBC or ABC.
The deal helped the CBC as they could also air Canadian programs and newscasts for their own audiences, and bring in some revenue selling ads in the "Million Dollar Movie".
Before about 1980, the CKLW-TV/CBET transmitter tower was only a few hundred feet from the Detroit River. Last I knew, a short part of that CBET wavestack tower was still standing, but, with no transmitting antenna on the tower, it might be being used only for receiving programming from CBC facilities.
Some time about 1981, the CBET transmitter and antenna were relocated to the tower at McGregor built in 1976 for CICO-TV-32 and CBEFT-78.
One other note: Cleveland had a Channel 9 in the early days of TV.
It QSYed to Channel 8, paving the way for Channel 9 newbies CKLW-TV Windsor (now CBET) and WSTV Steubenville, OH. (Now WTOV).
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Re: Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJW_(TV)innate-in-you wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:24 am Second YpsiGuy.
When Windsor 9 came to air, everybody knew that its actual market was stateside.
It just made sense for the Canadian government to license CKLW-TV to a foreign partnership with RKO General, and allowing CKLW to sell US advertising, as the USA side had (and still has) far more viewers.
It also gave the CBC the opportunity to present Canadian programming since the big three were all affiliated with CBS, NBC or ABC.
The deal helped the CBC as they could also air Canadian programs and newscasts for their own audiences, and bring in some revenue selling ads in the "Million Dollar Movie".
Before about 1980, the CKLW-TV/CBET transmitter tower was only a few hundred feet from the Detroit River. Last I knew, a short part of that CBET wavestack tower was still standing, but, with no transmitting antenna on the tower, it might be being used only for receiving programming from CBC facilities.
Some time about 1981, the CBET transmitter and antenna were relocated to the tower at McGregor built in 1976 for CICO-TV-32 and CBEFT-78.
One other note: Cleveland had a Channel 9 in the early days of TV, DuMont O&O, IIRC.
It QSYed to Channel 8, paving the way for Channel 9 newbies CKLW-TV Windsor (now CBET) and WSTV Steubenville, OH. (Now WTOV).
Present WJW-TV 9->8 in 1953.
Present CBET 9 (CKLW-TV) signed on in 1954.
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Your bullet missed my trial balloon.
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Re: Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
innate-in-you wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:24 am Second YpsiGuy.
When Windsor 9 came to air, everybody knew that its actual market was stateside.
It just made sense for the Canadian government to license CKLW-TV to a foreign partnership with RKO General, and allowing CKLW to sell US advertising, as the USA side had (and still has) far more viewers.
It also gave the CBC the opportunity to present Canadian programming since the big three were all affiliated with CBS, NBC or ABC.
The deal helped the CBC as they could also air Canadian programs and newscasts for their own audiences, and bring in some revenue selling ads in the "Million Dollar Movie".
Before about 1980, the CKLW-TV/CBET transmitter tower was only a few hundred feet from the Detroit River. Last I knew, a short part of that CBET wavestack tower was still standing, but, with no transmitting antenna on the tower, it might be being used only for receiving programming from CBC facilities.
Some time about 1981, the CBET transmitter and antenna were relocated to the tower at McGregor built in 1976 for CICO-TV-32 and CBEFT-78.
One other note: Cleveland had a Channel 9 in the early days of TV, DuMont O&O, IIRC.
It QSYed to Channel 8, paving the way for Channel 9 newbies CKLW-TV Windsor (now CBET) and WSTV Steubenville, OH. (Now WTOV).
Empire Coil owned WXEL9, then shortly 8. It was not an O&O of Dumont's. In fact, they also carried ABC as a secondary network, just like WSPD (now WTVG) 13 did with NBC, then CBS, and then again with ABC, until 1970. WXEL also aired the original UPN of the 1950's. It was literally "The Paramount Network." The network did not survive more than a few years.
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Re: Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
Teddy Bear:
I've edited my post to correct my historical error, Thanks.
I've edited my post to correct my historical error, Thanks.
Re: Are CICO and CBET on the same tower?
Thanks all for the replies!