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Toronto 1 is owned by Craig Media Inc., and broadcasts a very similar schedule to Craig's A-Channel stations in Western Canada, although it produces some locally-oriented programming that is not shared with A-Channel. It began broadcasting on September 19, 2003, on channel 52.
The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on April 8, 2002 in a non-unanimous and somewhat controversial decision. Several existing broadcasters were opposed to any new broadcasters being licensed in the Toronto area, due to the unstable economic climate.
This also marked the first time that Craig had been granted a license to compete directly with a station owned by CHUM Limited, which meant that CHUM lost sales revenues from the broadcast rights it had contracted to Craig's A-Channel stations. CHUM retaliated by applying for broadcast licenses in Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, two markets it had previously avoided so as not to compete directly with Craig. The CRTC ended up denying CHUM's applications.
The station proved to be a disaster for Craig, however. In early 2004 Craig announced that it was seeking a buyer for its television operations due to lower-than-expected revenues. A few months later, CHUM bought Craig's television stations, but was required to sell off Toronto One because CHUM already owned two stations in the Greater Toronto Area.
On May 19May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). There are 226 days remaining. Events 1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 s, 2004, Craig Media announced that 28 Toronto 1 employees, in addition to 9 employees working at CKALCKAL is a television station owned by Craig Media Inc. and based in Calgary, Alberta. It is the second station to become part of the A-Channel system, having launched on September 20, 1997, two days after CKEM in Edmonton went on the air for the first tim in Calgary, Alberta, were being laid off. In addition, a large portion of Toronto 1's original programming, including Toronto Today and Last CallLast call, an announcement made in a bar before serving drinks is stopped. Last Call with Carson Daly, a late night talk show. Last Call a novel by Tim Powers., were cancelled, although some of the hosts, such as Wei ChenWei Chen is a television journalist from Canada. She has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and it's main rival CTV. In 2003, Chen surprised many by leaving CTV, where she was a national correspondent, to work for a local upstart station cal, will remain with Toronto 1 in other roles. Craig Media said the cuts were made to "further rationalize its operations and control costs". [1]
Toronto 1 was frequently criticized in the Toronto media when it launched, with columnist Russell SmithRussell C. Smith (born 1963 in South Africa) is a Canadian novelist. He also has a column in the Globe and Mail newspaper where he writes about Canadian culture and the arts scene in Toronto. Smith is one of Canada's most famous "urban" novelists; that is of The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. The paper was founded as The Globe in 1844 by George Brown, who was later a Father of Confederation. Brown selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotatio going so far as to call Toronto 1 a "wretched excuse for a television station."
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