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{{Short description|Canadian television news channel}}
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name = CablePulse 24 (CP24) |
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{{Infobox television channel
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| name = CP24
logosize= 150px |
| logo = CP24 black logo.svg
launch = March 30, 1998
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| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998|03|30}}
| picture format =
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br>(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| share =
| owner = [[CHUM Limited]] (1998–2007, 70.1% to 2004)<br>[[Sun Media]] (1998–2004, 29.9%)<br>[[Bell Media#Reorganization and CHUM Limited merger (2006–2011)|CTVglobemedia]] {{small|(CTV Limited)}} (2007–2011, 80% to 2008)<br>[[Rogers Sports and Media|Rogers Media]] (2007–2008, 20%)<br>[[BCE Inc.]] (2011–present)
| share as of =
| share source =
| parent = [[Bell Media]]
| network =
| country = Canada
|owner = [[CTVglobemedia]] <br><small>CTV Limited</small>
| area = Canada
| slogan = Toronto's Breaking News! |
| headquarters = [[9 Channel Nine Court]], [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| former_names = CablePulse24
country = [[Canada]]|
| sister_channels = '''TV:''' [[BNN Bloomberg]], [[CTV News Channel (Canadian TV channel)|CTV News Channel]], [[Much (TV channel)|Much]], [[CTV Drama Channel]], [[Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Discovery]], [[CFTO-DT]], [[CKVR-DT]] ([[Barrie]])<br />'''Radio:''' [[CFRB]], [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]], [[CHUM-FM]], [[CKFM-FM]]
| broadcast area = Southern Ontario ([[analogue television|analogue]])<br>National ([[direct broadcast satellite|satellite]])
| website = {{URL|cp24.com}}
| headquarters = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| former names =
| replaced names =
| sister names =
| timeshift names =
| web = [http://www.cp24.com CP24]
| terr serv 1 =
| terr chan 1 =
|sat serv 1= [[Bell TV]]
| sat chan 1= Channel 503
| sat serv 2= [[Star Choice]]
| sat chan 2= Channel 509
| cable serv 1 = Available on many Southern Ontario cable systems
| cable chan 1 = Check local listings, channels may vary
| sat radio serv 1 =
| sat radio chan 1 =
}}
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'''CablePulse 24''' (commonly known as '''CP24''') is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[English language]] [[cable television]] [[specialty channel|specialty]] [[news channel]] owned and operated by [[CTVglobemedia]]. Based in [[Toronto]], it focuses on local news from the [[Greater Toronto Area]] and Southern Ontario, although it also covers national and international news. It is distributed through [[cable television|cable]] in southern Ontario and [[direct broadcast satellite]] nationally.
'''CP24''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[English language|English-language]] [[specialty channel|specialty]] news channel owned by [[Bell Media]], a subsidiary of [[BCE Inc.]] and operated alongside the Bell-owned [[CTV Television Network]]'s owned-and-operated television stations [[CFTO-DT]] (CTV Toronto) and [[CKVR-DT]] (CTV 2 Barrie). The channel broadcasts from [[9 Channel Nine Court]] in the Toronto borough of [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]].

It was first originally launched on March 30, 1998, under the name '''CablePulse24''' by its owners [[CHUM Limited]] and [[Sun Media]]. The channel was named as an extension of [[CITY-DT|CITY-TV]] ([[Citytv]] Toronto)'s newscasts, which were then known as ''[[CityNews|CityPulse]]''. CHUM acquired Sun Media's interest in 2004 after acquiring the assets of [[Craig Wireless|Craig Media]]. In 2006, Bell Globemedia acquired CP24 and its parent CHUM Limited, but [[Media ownership in Canada|regulatory limits in media ownership]] forced CHUM to sell off the Citytv stations to avoid conflicts with CTV stations in the same markets. CTVglobemedia retained the ownership of CP24 and the small market [[CTV 2|A-Channel]] stations, but subsequently sold the Citytv stations including CITY-TV, to [[Rogers Sports & Media|Rogers Media]] in mid-2007, which held a 20% stake until 2008.

The channel focuses on local news from the [[Greater Toronto Area]] and [[Southern Ontario]], while also covering national and international news. It is distributed through cable in Southern Ontario and [[Satellite television|direct broadcast satellite]] nationally.

As of 2023, CP24 streams free worldwide on its website with no subscription required.


==History==
==History==
[[Image:CablePulse24.png|right|120px|thumb|Old Version of the CP24 logo. Although this logo no longer appears on-air, it is still present on several CP24 News vehicles.]]
[[File:CablePulse24 old.svg|left|thumb|119x119px|Old version of the CP24 logo, used from 1998 to 2003]]


===Under CHUM===
The channel was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) as '''Pulse 24''' in 1996 (as a connection to the former name of [[CITY-TV]]'s newscasts, ''CityPulse'')<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/eng/Decisions/1996/DB96-609.htm CRTC Decision 96-609]</ref> and was launched as CablePulse 24 (CP24) on March 30, 1998, under the ownership of [[CHUM Limited]] and minority partner [[Sun Media]], owner of the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' daily newspaper. Sun writers and commentators were featured regularly on the channel.
The channel was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) in 1996 as '''Pulse 24''', described as "a 24-hour-a-day specialty television service devoted to news and information, with a focus on southern Ontario local and regional news and information",<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-609.htm CRTC Decision 96-609]</ref> and launched on March 30, 1998, as ''CablePulse 24'', under the ownership of [[CHUM Limited]], the parent company of [[CITY-DT|CITY-TV]] and minority partner [[Sun Media]], owner of the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' daily newspaper. For the first 10 years after its inception, CP24's programming was anchored and featured reports from Citytv personalities, live ''CityPulse'' news broadcasts were immediately repeated on CP24 after their initial broadcast on CITY-TV (except for breaking news coverage), and special coverage was simulcast between the channel and the television station. Select programming from other CHUM stations would also be featured on the channel, including ''[[The NewMusic]]'' and ''[[Fashion Television (TV channel)|Fashion Television]]''; another program, ''24Ontario'', featured news stories from CHUM's [[CTV 2|NewNet]] stations elsewhere in the province.


Overnight broadcasts on CP24 featured vintage ''[[CityPulse]]'' news broadcasts from CITY-TV during the 1970s & 1980s branded as ''Rewind''. The rebroadcasts were accompanied by a graphic on the top right corner of the screen that read "Rewind", supplemented with the original airdate below it.
On December 1, 2004 CHUM Limited acquired the remaining interest in CP24 (giving it 100% of its shares), when the Sun's owners sold their 29.9% share in CP24 after acquiring its independent broadcast station [[CKXT-TV|CKXT]], the same day when CHUM Limited took control of [[Craig Media]] and its assets.


On December 1, 2004, CHUM Limited acquired the remaining interest in CP24 (giving it 100% of its shares), when the ''Sun's'' owners sold their 29.9% share in CP24 after acquiring its [[Independent station (North America)|independent broadcast station]] [[CKXT-DT|CKXT-TV]], the same day that CHUM Limited took control of [[Craig Wireless|Craig Media]] and its assets also.
On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia took control of CP24 as a result of a buyout of CHUM Limited.


Under CHUM ownership, [[Mark Dailey]] of CITY provided continuity voice announcements on CP24.
In December 2008, CP24 replaced its simulcast of [[Citytv Toronto]]'s ''CityNews at Six'' with [[CTV Toronto]]'s ''[[CTV News]] at Six'' and removed all other ''CityNews'' programming (with the exception of ''[[Breakfast Television]]'') from the schedule of CP24, in anticipation of the CRTC approval of an application by Rogers to launch a 24-hour news channel for the [[Greater Toronto Area|GTA]] called "CityNews Toronto" which would eventually see CityNews programming being transferred to that channel.<ref> [http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081210/081210_cp24ctv/20081210/?hub=CP24Home CP24 broadcasts Toronto's Number One Local 6pm Newscast] </ref> <ref> [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2008/n2008-9.htm#6 CRTC Broadcasting Notice 2008-9] </ref>


==Format==
===Under CTV===
{{See also|2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment}}
[[Image:CP24's New newsroom.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The Newsroom of CP24 as of November 2008‎]]
[[File:Cablepulse24.svg|thumb|180px|right|Logo used from 2003 to 2012]]
As of November, 2008, CP24's newsroom has windows facing Queen Street West. Unlike CTV-owned [[MuchMusic]] (which is based on the first floor facing Queen Street West), CP24's newsroom is based on the second floor of [[299 Queen Street West]], making it unlikely for passers-by to appear on camera. Previously, CP24 shared the newsroom on the first floor with [[CITY-TV|Citytv Toronto]], which is now owned by [[Rogers Communications]]. <ref> [http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081118/081118_cp24_newsroom/20081118/?hub=CP24Home CP24.com Exciting times as CP24 launches cutting-edge newsroom] </ref> <ref> [http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=10930&yyyy=2008 CP24 November 18 press release for new on-air look and new cutting-edge newsroom] </ref>
[[File:CP24 reporter report 2023.jpg|thumb|right|CP24's reporter outside [[Old Toronto City Hall]]]]


On July 12, 2006, Bell Globemedia (the latter which became CTVglobemedia in 2007) announced a friendly bid to take over CHUM Limited for an estimated $1.7 billion. One year later on June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV selling the Citytv stations. On June 12, 2007, Rogers announced that it had agreed to buy the Citytv stations (including Citytv Toronto) for $375 million. The deal was finalized later that year, with a stipulation that CTV maintain ownership of CHUM's [[299 Queen Street West]] headquarters and studios. CTV chose to keep CP24, and the rest of CHUM assets (including the [[CTV 2|A-Channel]] stations) it had said it would sell.
CP24 also shares news resources with other CTV-owned outlets, such as entertainment news anchored by [[Star!]]'s [[Husein Madhavji]], and traffic coverage with the newsrooms of CTVglobemedia's [[CHUM Radio]] stations ([[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] and [[CHUM-FM]]) in the city.


As a result of the ownership changes, CP24 began to separate its operations from those of CITY-TV. This process began in 2008, with the introduction of new CP24-only personalities (which meant they were no longer seen anchoring/reporting on the CityNews side), new live eye trucks (also known as Breaking News Vehicles) which were outfitted with white and black design bearing the CP24 and red "Breaking News" decals, the establishment of a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the 299 Queen Street West building in November of that year,<ref name="cp24newsroom" /> and the removal of nearly all Citytv's news simulcasts from its schedule few weeks later on December 10 of that year, (excluding ''[[Breakfast Television]]''), and replacing the 6 p.m. ''CityNews'' simulcast with [[CFTO-DT|CFTO]]'s ''CTV News Toronto at Six''.{{efn|Critics had speculated that the latter change was likely as a response to the announcement of the CRTC granting approval to an application by [[Rogers Media]] for its own regional news channel focusing on the Greater Toronto Area, the [[CityNews Channel]].<ref>[http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081210/081210_cp24ctv/20081210/?hub=CP24Home CP24 broadcasts Toronto's Number One Local 6pm Newscast]</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/n2008-9.htm#6 CRTC Broadcasting Notice 2008-9]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2008 |title=ARCHIVED – CITY News (Toronto) – Category 2 specialty service |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-347.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Happened To CityNews On That Cable Channel? |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2008/12/11/what-happened-to-citynews-on-that-cable-channel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214044403/http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_30021.aspx |archive-date=December 14, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref>}}
CP24's visual format is a window using about two-thirds of the screen, where news and information programs are broadcast; the surrounding space contains weather and traffic information, along with scrolling news headlines and other details. This format has been described as more closely resembling a website than a conventional television channel.


On March 26, 2009, ''Breakfast Television'' was replaced with the launch of its own new morning show, ''[[CP24 Breakfast]]'', which marked the completion of CP24's separation from Citytv. Also coinciding with the launch, included the rebranding of its [[Oldies|oldies music]] radio station [[CHUM (AM)|1050 CHUM]] (another station which was acquired in the CTV/CHUM acquisition) to a [[Talk radio|news talk]] radio format which operated as an audio simulcast of CP24 called "CP24 Radio 1050". The move was intended to broaden the network's reach as a multi-platform news source, but did not prove successful; ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' columnist [[Ted Woloshyn]] in particular pointed out that the station was simply airing a straight simulcast of CP24 television content that was not properly formatted for radio.{{efn|This arrangement ended on April 13, 2011, with the launch of a new [[The Sports Network|TSN]]-branded [[sports talk]] format, "[[TSN Radio]] 1050", (which became the first station of the new national [[TSN Radio]] network) few weeks after Bell Canada took control of CTVglobemedia's assets including CP24, with the latter company becoming known as Bell Media.<ref name="reality2">[https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/926333--ground-shifting-as-broadcasters-brace-for-sports-war "Ground shifting as broadcasters brace for sports war"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 21, 2011.</ref><ref name="reality">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bruce-dowbiggin/tsn-radio-a-reality/article1878887/ "TSN Radio a reality"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 21, 2011.</ref>}}<ref>Ted Woloshyn, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090329050740/http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/ted_woloshyn/2009/03/28/8914056-sun.html "CP24 Radio is a disaster"]. ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', March 28, 2009.</ref>
==Carriage==
Most cable companies that carry the channel, air it on cable channel 24. The station does not air on any analogue cable system outside of Central or Southern Ontario, although CP24 is available on [[direct broadcast satellite]] and [[IPTV]] television provider [[Manitoba Telecom Services|MTS]] in some markets. The channel is available across Canada on [[Bell TV]], on which the station is part of the service's "News" package. It is also available in the "FYI" package provided to [[Star Choice]] customers. There have been at least tentative plans to launch localized versions of CP24 for other markets on the same channel, such as [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]] and [[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie]], and the other cities where the [[Citytv]] and A-Channel (now [[A (TV system)|A]]) stations exist.


Following the layoffs and cost-cutting measures that took place at the [[Citytv]] stations across Canada (including the cancellation of [[CITY-DT|Citytv]] Toronto's ''CityNews at Five'' announced on January 19, 2010), CP24 immediately expanded its ''Live at 5'' newscast (which had been airing for 15 minutes since its launch in 2008) to 30 minutes along with the launch of another half-hour newscast, ''Live at 5:30''.<ref>[http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=12093&yyyy=2010 CP24 Now Offers Toronto Viewers More Early News With LIVE AT 5 and LIVE AT 5:30] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081115/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=12093&yyyy=2010 |date=July 19, 2011 }} CTVglobemedia press release, January 19, 2010,</ref><ref>[http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100119/100119_liveatfive_changes/20100119/?hub=CP24Home CP24 now offering more news at 5 p.m.] CP24.com, published January 19, 2010</ref> As a result, CP24's late-afternoon talk shows, such as ''Animal House Calls'' and ''Hot Property'', which had been seen weekdays at 5:15&nbsp;p.m. were moved to a new 7:15&nbsp;p.m. time slot on January 26, 2010.<ref>[http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100126/100126_talktv_times/20100126/?hub=CP24Home TalkTV shows move to better time-slot] CP24.com, puiblished January 26, 2010</ref>
==Ratings==
On average, the news station draws in an average of 10,000 viewers at any given point during the day. The highest ratings CP24 has ever achieved came on August 10, 2008 when 2 million viewers tuned into the station after a series of [[2008 Toronto explosions|propane explosions]] in [[Toronto]].<ref>[http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=10594&yyyy=2008]</ref> Two other highly rated days came on December 16, 2007 and March 8, 2008 when 1.9 million and 1.7 million viewers, respectively, tuned into the channel during winter snowstorms in the local area.<ref>[http://www.friends.ca/print/News/Friends_News/archives/articles03220802.asp]</ref>


===Under Bell===
== Noted programs==
[[File:299 Queen Street West 2022.jpg|thumb|200px|left|CP24 was based out of 299 Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto from 1998 until 2024.]]
; ''Animal Housecalls'': hosted by [[Ann Rohmer]]. A phone-in show with guests about animals.
[[Image:CP24.JPG|thumb|200px|right|CP24 van]]
; ''Arts & Minds''
; ''AutoShop'': a phone-in show about automobiles. Hosted by [[Hugh Burrill]]
; ''[[Careers TV]]''
; ''[[CTV News|CTV News at 6]]'': The six o'clock news anchored by [[Christine Bentley]] and [[Ken Shaw]]
; ''CTV News at 6 Weekend'': The six o'clock news anchored by [[Andria Case]] and [[Tom Hayes]]
; ''[[Fashion Television]]'': a fashion show, hosted by [[FashionTelevisionChannel]]'s [[Jeanne Beker]]
; ''HelpTV!''
; ''[[Home Page (television series)|Home Page]]'': a technology television show. Primarily hosted by [[Jee-Yun Lee]], formerly hosted by [[David Onley]].
; ''Hot Property'': a real estate show hosted by [[Ann Rohmer]]
; ''[[Legal Briefs]]'': hosted by [[Lorne Honickman]], a civil litigation lawyer, who was a reporter for ''CityPulse'' from 1981-1992.
; ''In Fashion'': a fashion newsmagazine, hosted by [[FashionTelevisionChannel]]'s [[Glen Baxter (journalist)|Glen Baxter]].
; ''Live at 5'': Toronto's 5:00 p.m. news program with commuter information. Hosted by [[Ann Rohmer]] and [[George Lagogianes]]
; ''On the Quarter'': hosted by [[Ann Rohmer]] and [[TD Waterhouse]] money expert [[Patricia Lovett Reid]], aired once every three months.
; ''TalkTV'': a weekly Monday show with Dr. [[Karl Kabasele]] on health matters
; ''[[The NewMusic]]'': a weekly music and culture television news magazine.
; ''The Mayor'': usually hosted by [[Anne Mroczkowski]], with Toronto mayor [[David Miller (Canadian politician)|David Miller]]; originally [[Mel Lastman]].
; ''Wylde on Health'': hosted by homeopath [[Bryce Wylde]], weekly on Thursdays.


On September 10, 2010, [[BCE Inc.|BCE]] (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.<ref name="bell-pr-2010">{{Cite web |last=Bell Canada |date=September 10, 2010 |title=Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/10/c8677.html |access-date=September 10, 2010 |publisher=CNW Group}}</ref> The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011<ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/crtc-approves-bce-s-purchase-of-ctvglobemedia-1.615461 CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629044310/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110307/crtc-approves-ctvglobemedia-purchase-by-bce-110307/ |date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/01/c8471.html Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404113706/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/01/c8471.html |date=April 4, 2011 }} CNW April 1, 2011</ref>
==Remote camera use==


On March 19, 2011, CP24 introduced a weekend edition of ''CP24 Breakfast'', hosted by Pooja Handa and Gurdeep Ahluwalia, George Lagogianes is the remote host and Nneka Elliott (who resigned on May 2, 2011, and was replaced by Jamie Gutfreund) delivers the weather forecasts. The show runs from 7:00 to 10:15&nbsp;a.m.<ref>[http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=13580&yyyy=2011 CP24 BREAKFAST Served Fresh Seven Days A Week] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317102838/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=13580&yyyy=2011 |date=March 17, 2011 }} CTV press release, March 14, 2011</ref>
In addition to the [[Freeway Management System - COMPASS]] and [[RESCU]] cameras,

CP24 operates [[Bell Canada|Bell]] EYES cameras located at:
On June 20, 2024, Bell announced that CP24 would move studios from 299 Queen Street West, where it was based since its inception, to Bell Media's [[9 Channel Nine Court]] building in [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]] (which houses the operations of CFTO and several other Bell Media specialty networks) later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Takagi |first1=Andy |title=CP24 leaving Queen Street, moving to Bell Media's Scarborough studios in October |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/cp24-leaving-queen-street-moving-to-bell-medias-scarborough-studios-in-october/article_f4b04434-2e5e-11ef-82e0-6fe3f97cf5d3.html |access-date=21 June 2024 |publisher=Toronto Star |date=2024-06-20}}</ref> The network broadcast for the first time from Agincourt on November 26, 2024; 299 Queen Street West will continue to serve as a downtown bureau for CFTO and CP24.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title=CP24 moves into Bell Media's Scarborough news hub |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/tv-film-news-215/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[CN Tower]]

* [[Yorkdale Shopping Centre|Yorkdale]]
==Location and format==
[[File:CP24 Truck at Queen Street West (20190101114831) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|CP24's Breaking News truck at [[299 Queen Street West]]. This was originally painted in the ''CityPulse'' livery.]]

As of November 26, 2024, CP24 is based out of [[9 Channel Nine Court]] in Scarborough at Highway 401 and McCowan Road which is also home to several other Bell-owned television stations such as [[CFTO-TV|CTV Toronto]], [[Discovery Channel Canada]] and [[The Sports Network|TSN]].

Previously, CP24 was based at [[299 Queen Street West]], at the corner of John Street and Queen Street West which at one point shared the newsroom with CITY-TV on the ground floor (which are now the facilities of Bell Media's 24-hour business news channel, [[BNN Bloomberg]]) when both CITY-TV and CP24 were co-owned by CHUM Limited. As with CITY-TV, CP24 had no news desk for the most part while anchors read the news standing up.

In November 2008, CP24 moved its operations to a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the complex. Coinciding with the new studio, CP24 also adopted an updated on-air appearance, replacing the previous blue and gold colour scheme with a red, white and black design.<ref name="cp24newsroom">[http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081118/081118_cp24_newsroom/20081118/?hub=CP24Home CP24.com Exciting times as CP24 launches cutting-edge newsroom]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CP24 November 18 press release for new on-air look and new cutting-edge newsroom |url=http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=10930&yyyy=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706175314/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/cp24/releases/release.asp?id=10930&yyyy=2008 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=November 18, 2008}}</ref>

CP24's screen format uses a window in the top-left of the screen to show the current program, which is surrounded with a sidebar with weather and traffic reports, scrolling news headlines and local entertainment/event information, and tickers for stocks and sports. This format has been described{{by whom|date=December 2012}} as more closely resembling a website than a conventional television channel, and has been replicated with a similar look of CP24's enriched screen on its website. This format was referred to as "NewStyle NewsFlow" during the CHUM era.

On September 27, 2012, CP24 again updated its on-air appearance as the channel began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|high definition]]. The relaunched enriched screen includes several changes, such as:

* the entertainment and concert listings were reallocated from the bottom screen to the right-hand corner between the weather and traffic boxes,
* the weather scroll was expanded to a "five-day" contrast (which previously only displayed in "four-day" contrast) on which the scroll displays the forecast breakdown for the next 24-hours (e.g., "MORN" for both the current morning and the next morning, "AFT", for afternoon, "EVE" for evening and "NITE" for overnight), and
* a larger sports headline news scroll was added at the bottom, in which business news from Canada's [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] and the American [[New York Stock Exchange]] takes over the sports headline scroll Monday-Friday.<ref>[http://www.cp24.com/news/cp24-launches-enhanced-hd-screen-1.974353 CP24 launches enhanced HD screen] www.cp24.com, published on September 27, 2012</ref>

==Programming==
{{div col|colwidth=10em}}
* ''Ask a Lawyer''
* ''[[CP24 Breakfast]]''
* ''CP24 Dayside''
* ''CP24 Nightside''
* ''Hot Property''
* ''Know Your Rights''
* ''[[Live at 5 (Canadian TV program)|Live at 5]]''
* ''[[Live at 5:30 (Canadian TV program)|Live at 5:30]]''
* ''Live at 11''
{{div col end}}

==Former programming==
* ''Animal House Calls''
* ''[[Breakfast Television]]''
* ''The Chief''
* ''CityNews at 6''
* ''CityNews at Noon''
* ''CityNews International''
* ''CityNews Tonight''
* ''CP24 Tonight''
* ''Help TV''
* ''Live at Noon''
* ''The Mayor''
* ''[[MediaTelevision]]''
* ''[[Peter Silverman|Silverman Helps]]''
* ''Speakers Corner''

==Other affiliations==
CP24 shares news resources with other Bell Media-owned outlets, including the news/talk radio affiliate [[CFRB|CFRB "Newstalk 1010"]], sports updates with [[The Sports Network|TSN]] (and [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM "TSN Radio 1050"]]), business news updates with [[BNN Bloomberg]] and entertainment news updates with ''[[Etalk|eTalk]]''. From its inception prior to its acquisition by CTV, CP24 was closely integrated with [[CITY-DT]]'s newsroom, which had shared programming, anchors and hosts at the time. CP24, is now available on [[iHeartRadio]] Canada effective December 2017.

==Carriage and popularity==
CP24 is seen on cable channel 24 on most cable providers that carry the channel. It is not carried on any analogue cable system outside of [[Central Ontario|Central]] or [[Southern Ontario]], although it is available on [[Satellite television|direct broadcast satellite]] and [[Internet Protocol television|IPTV]] television providers in some markets. The channel is available across Canada on [[Bell Satellite TV]], on which the station is part of the service's "News" package. It is also available in the "FYI" package provided to [[Shaw Direct]] customers.

Because of its diverse, localized and partially text-based content, the channel is among the most popular choices in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] and much of Southern Ontario (outside of [[Ottawa]]) for screening in public places such as waiting areas, train stations, restaurants, and lounges.

==Remote camera use==
In addition to the [[Freeway Traffic Management System|Freeway Management System]] – COMPASS and [[Road Emergency Services Communications Unit|RESCU]] cameras, CP24 operates EYES cameras located at:
* [[CN Tower]]
* [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]]
* [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]
* [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]
* [[Rogers Centre|Dome]]
* [[Rogers Centre]]
* [[Toronto City Hall|East]]
* [[Toronto City Hall]]
* [[Don Valley Parkway]]
* [[Don Valley Parkway]]
* [[Polson Street]] <sup>1</sup>
* [[299 Queen Street West]]

*<sup>1</sup> Not a Bell EYES camera, but operated by [[CFTO-TV|CTV Toronto]], CP24 has used this camera location since January 2008, although this camera location does not appear in CP24's enriched screen traffic box.


===Chopper 24===
===Chopper 24===
Since 2008, CP24 has leased a [[Bell 206]]L-4 Long Ranger (C-FCTV) news helicopter which can broadcast live at 1500 feet above land; nicknamed ''Chopper 24'', which is supplied by its sister station, [[CFTO-DT|CTV Toronto]] and is painted with CTV's colouring and logo.
Since January 2008, CP24 has used aerial news footage from the CTV Toronto news chopper under the guise of "Chopper 24".

===Remote truck use===
CP24 operates a fleet of remote transmission trucks that use digital [[Microwave transmission|microwave]] and [[Satellite truck|satellite uplink]] systems to do live news reports throughout the region. Known as "Breaking News Vehicles" the custom-built 2008 [[Chevrolet Suburban]]s were outfitted by Frontline Communications of [[Clearwater, Florida]], USA. The vehicles use a red, white and black paint scheme with the channel's logo and the "Breaking News!" slogan also included in the design.

===Beat the Traffic===
In 2009, CP24 became the first station in Canada to introduce a new [[Beat the Traffic]] system showing a three-dimensional animated map displaying traffic flow, roadwork, accidents and current highway travel times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CP24's Beat The Traffic system online |url=http://www.cp24.com/traffic/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106121159/http://www.cp24.com/traffic/ |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=October 13, 2009}}</ref>

==CP24 HD==
The CRTC approved an application by then-owners [[CHUM Limited]] in June 2007 to launch a [[high-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast of CP24. On September 27, 2012, CP24 began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|HD]] (with the SD feed [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]]) initially on [[Bell Fibe TV]] coinciding with it, a new enhanced on-air appearance. The HD feed was also added on the [[Bell Satellite TV]] service in December 2012. On June 25, 2013, CP24 began broadcasting in HD on [[Rogers Cable]], shortly after the competing [[Rogers Sports & Media|Rogers Media]]-owned [[CityNews Channel]], which had been available in HD on Rogers Cable since launch, announced it would be shutting down. On March 1, 2017, [[Shaw Direct]] added the HD version to its lineup, it was only available in [[Standard-definition television|SD]] until then on that provider. [[Bell MTS]] has not yet launched the feed in HD.

==CP24 GO==
In December 2013, CP24 (along with several other [[Bell Media]] television channels) launched a [[TV Everywhere]] service known as ''CP24 GO'', which is offered for free to Bell TV customers. It can be accessed from a [[computer]] or on a [[mobile app]] such as a [[Tablet computer|tablet]] or [[smartphone]]. However, CP24 continues to offer its occasional free live streaming of some major news events on its website.


==Notable on-air staff==
==Personalities==


===Former===
(In alphabetical order.)
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* [[Steve Anthony]] – weekday morning co–host of ''CP24 Breakfast''; now head of Media Relations and member of the Advisory Board at Direct Global / Direct Co-ops
* [[Thalia Assuras]] (later moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and then [[CBS]]) – now media and crisis management consultant
* [[Hugh Burrill]] – ''[[CityNews]]''/CP24 sports anchor and ''AutoShop'' (later with The Fan 590 Sports Radio and retired from broadcasting since June 2021)
* [[Lance Chilton]] – reporter (now in real estate)
* [[Mark Dailey]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter and host of ''CityNews Tonight'' (died on December 6, 2010, after a long battle with [[kidney cancer]])
* [[Lindsey Deluce]] – formerly with ''CP24 Breakfast'', now news anchor on CTV's ''[[Your Morning]]''
* [[Denise Donlon]] (later CEO of [[Sony Music]] Canada and [[CBC Radio]])
* [[Nathan Downer]] – moved to sister station [[CFTO-DT]] as 6 p.m. co-anchor
* [[Dwight Drummond]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 crime reporter – former host of ''The Chief'' (joined [[CBC News]] Toronto on October 12, 2010)
* [[Francis D'Souza]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter (now anchor for ''CityNews Toronto'')
* [[Mary Garofalo]] (later at [[WNYW]] in New York City; formerly host of [[Global Television Network|Global]]'s ''[[16x9 (TV series)|16x9]]'')
* [[Brandon Gonez]] – weather specialist/reporter; host of ''CP24 Breakfast Weekend'' (former weather specialist on ''[[Your Morning]]'')
* [[Melissa Grelo]] – former co–host of ''[[CP24 Breakfast]]'' and anchor/reporter with ''CityNews''/CP24 (now co–host of [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s ''[[The Social (Canadian TV series)|The Social]]'' exclusively)
* [[Larysa Harapyn]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 entertainment reporter; now reporter with ''[[Financial Post]]''
* [[Lorne Honickman]] – CP24 legal specialist and practicing lawyer
* [[Robert Hunter (journalist)|Bob Hunter]] (founder of [[Greenpeace]]; later died of cancer)
* [[George Lagogianes]] – weekday morning co–host of ''CP24 Breakfast''; also reporter/anchor
* [[Stephen LeDrew]] – weekdays on ''CP24 Live at Noon''; fired from CP24 in 2017
* [[Avi Lewis]] (later with [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]; now with [[Al Jazeera English]])
* [[Gord Martineau]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter, ''CityNews at Six'' anchor for CP24, and anchor of ''CityNews International'' (now with CITY–TV's ''CityNews Toronto''); now retired
* [[Jim McKenny]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 sports anchor (now retired)
* [[Tracy Moore (Canadian journalist)|Tracy Moore]] – reporter (now host of Citytv's ''[[CityLine]]'')
* [[Anne Mroczkowski]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter – ''CityNews at Six'' anchor and host of ''The Mayor''; now media consultant and occasional actor
* [[Cynthia Mulligan]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter (now with CITY–TV's ''CityNews Toronto'')
* [[David Onley]] – CP24 anchor and host of ''Homepage'' (served as [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] 2007–2014); now senior lecturer at University of Toronto Scarborough
* [[Alex Pierson]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 reporter (later with [[Global News]] in [[Toronto]] and [[Sun News Network]]; now a radio host with Corus)
* [[Monita Rajpal]] – ''CityNews''/CP24 anchor/reporter; later anchor/reporter with [[CNN International]]
* [[John Roberts (television reporter)|John Roberts]] (credited as J.D. Roberts) – entertainment reporter and weekend anchor (later with [[CNN]]'s ''[[American Morning]]''; formerly Atlanta–based national correspondent for [[Fox News Channel]], now White House correspondent for Fox News)
* [[Ann Rohmer]] – formerly host of ''CP24 Breakfast'', ''Animal House Calls'', ''Hot Property'' and ''On The Quarter''; returned to CP24, mainly weekend anchor
* [[Omar Sachedina]] – CP24 anchor/reporter (now a correspondent for [[CTV News]])
* [[John Saunders (journalist)|John Saunders]] – sportscaster, later worked for [[ESPN]]; deceased
* [[Devon Soltendieck]] – ''Evening News'' anchor and ''Autoshop'' host; later reporter with ''[[eTalk]]''
* [[Ali Velshi]] – CP24 anchor/business correspondent; now co-anchor of ''[[Velshi & Ruhle]]'' on [[MSNBC]]
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==Notes==
*[[Rubina Ahmed]], anchor (weekend evenings)
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*[[Nathan Downer]], reporter/anchor
*[[Nneka Elliott]], traffic and weather specialist
*[[Melissa Grelo]], anchor/reporter
*[[Pooja Handa]], traffic/weather specialist
*[[Lorne Honickman]] host, ''Legal Briefs''
*[[Karl Kabasele]], medical specialist and host of ''TalkTV'' on Health
*[[Teresa Kruze]], anchor (weekend daytime)
*[[George Lagogianes]], remote anchor and co-host of ''Live at 5''
*[[Jee-Yun Lee]], consumer specialist and host of ''HomePage''
*[[Amber MacArthur]], new media specialist
*[[Chris Potter (meteorologist)|Chris Potter]], meteorologist
*[[Ann Rohmer]], lead anchor (weekdays), host of ''Hot Property'', ''Animal Housecalls'' and ''Live at 5''
*[[Omar Sachedina]], anchor/reporter
*[[Sue Sgambati]], crime specialist
*[[Nalini Sharma]], reporter/weather specialist
*[[Stephanie Smyth]], breaking news producer
*[[Cam Woolley]], traffic and safety specialist


==References==
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==External links==
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CP24
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaCanada
Headquarters9 Channel Nine Court, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCHUM Limited (1998–2007, 70.1% to 2004)
Sun Media (1998–2004, 29.9%)
CTVglobemedia (CTV Limited) (2007–2011, 80% to 2008)
Rogers Media (2007–2008, 20%)
BCE Inc. (2011–present)
ParentBell Media
Sister channelsTV: BNN Bloomberg, CTV News Channel, Much, CTV Drama Channel, Discovery, CFTO-DT, CKVR-DT (Barrie)
Radio: CFRB, CHUM, CHUM-FM, CKFM-FM
History
LaunchedMarch 30, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-30)
Former namesCablePulse24
Links
Websitecp24.com

CP24 is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc. and operated alongside the Bell-owned CTV Television Network's owned-and-operated television stations CFTO-DT (CTV Toronto) and CKVR-DT (CTV 2 Barrie). The channel broadcasts from 9 Channel Nine Court in the Toronto borough of Scarborough.

It was first originally launched on March 30, 1998, under the name CablePulse24 by its owners CHUM Limited and Sun Media. The channel was named as an extension of CITY-TV (Citytv Toronto)'s newscasts, which were then known as CityPulse. CHUM acquired Sun Media's interest in 2004 after acquiring the assets of Craig Media. In 2006, Bell Globemedia acquired CP24 and its parent CHUM Limited, but regulatory limits in media ownership forced CHUM to sell off the Citytv stations to avoid conflicts with CTV stations in the same markets. CTVglobemedia retained the ownership of CP24 and the small market A-Channel stations, but subsequently sold the Citytv stations including CITY-TV, to Rogers Media in mid-2007, which held a 20% stake until 2008.

The channel focuses on local news from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, while also covering national and international news. It is distributed through cable in Southern Ontario and direct broadcast satellite nationally.

As of 2023, CP24 streams free worldwide on its website with no subscription required.

History

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Old version of the CP24 logo, used from 1998 to 2003

Under CHUM

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The channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1996 as Pulse 24, described as "a 24-hour-a-day specialty television service devoted to news and information, with a focus on southern Ontario local and regional news and information",[1] and launched on March 30, 1998, as CablePulse 24, under the ownership of CHUM Limited, the parent company of CITY-TV and minority partner Sun Media, owner of the Toronto Sun daily newspaper. For the first 10 years after its inception, CP24's programming was anchored and featured reports from Citytv personalities, live CityPulse news broadcasts were immediately repeated on CP24 after their initial broadcast on CITY-TV (except for breaking news coverage), and special coverage was simulcast between the channel and the television station. Select programming from other CHUM stations would also be featured on the channel, including The NewMusic and Fashion Television; another program, 24Ontario, featured news stories from CHUM's NewNet stations elsewhere in the province.

Overnight broadcasts on CP24 featured vintage CityPulse news broadcasts from CITY-TV during the 1970s & 1980s branded as Rewind. The rebroadcasts were accompanied by a graphic on the top right corner of the screen that read "Rewind", supplemented with the original airdate below it.

On December 1, 2004, CHUM Limited acquired the remaining interest in CP24 (giving it 100% of its shares), when the Sun's owners sold their 29.9% share in CP24 after acquiring its independent broadcast station CKXT-TV, the same day that CHUM Limited took control of Craig Media and its assets also.

Under CHUM ownership, Mark Dailey of CITY provided continuity voice announcements on CP24.

Under CTV

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See also: 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment
Logo used from 2003 to 2012
CP24's reporter outside Old Toronto City Hall

On July 12, 2006, Bell Globemedia (the latter which became CTVglobemedia in 2007) announced a friendly bid to take over CHUM Limited for an estimated $1.7 billion. One year later on June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved the CTV takeover of CHUM. However, the CRTC made the deal conditional on CTV selling the Citytv stations. On June 12, 2007, Rogers announced that it had agreed to buy the Citytv stations (including Citytv Toronto) for $375 million. The deal was finalized later that year, with a stipulation that CTV maintain ownership of CHUM's 299 Queen Street West headquarters and studios. CTV chose to keep CP24, and the rest of CHUM assets (including the A-Channel stations) it had said it would sell.

As a result of the ownership changes, CP24 began to separate its operations from those of CITY-TV. This process began in 2008, with the introduction of new CP24-only personalities (which meant they were no longer seen anchoring/reporting on the CityNews side), new live eye trucks (also known as Breaking News Vehicles) which were outfitted with white and black design bearing the CP24 and red "Breaking News" decals, the establishment of a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the 299 Queen Street West building in November of that year,[2] and the removal of nearly all Citytv's news simulcasts from its schedule few weeks later on December 10 of that year, (excluding Breakfast Television), and replacing the 6 p.m. CityNews simulcast with CFTO's CTV News Toronto at Six.[a]

On March 26, 2009, Breakfast Television was replaced with the launch of its own new morning show, CP24 Breakfast, which marked the completion of CP24's separation from Citytv. Also coinciding with the launch, included the rebranding of its oldies music radio station 1050 CHUM (another station which was acquired in the CTV/CHUM acquisition) to a news talk radio format which operated as an audio simulcast of CP24 called "CP24 Radio 1050". The move was intended to broaden the network's reach as a multi-platform news source, but did not prove successful; Toronto Sun columnist Ted Woloshyn in particular pointed out that the station was simply airing a straight simulcast of CP24 television content that was not properly formatted for radio.[b][9]

Following the layoffs and cost-cutting measures that took place at the Citytv stations across Canada (including the cancellation of Citytv Toronto's CityNews at Five announced on January 19, 2010), CP24 immediately expanded its Live at 5 newscast (which had been airing for 15 minutes since its launch in 2008) to 30 minutes along with the launch of another half-hour newscast, Live at 5:30.[10][11] As a result, CP24's late-afternoon talk shows, such as Animal House Calls and Hot Property, which had been seen weekdays at 5:15 p.m. were moved to a new 7:15 p.m. time slot on January 26, 2010.[12]

Under Bell

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CP24 was based out of 299 Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto from 1998 until 2024.
CP24 van

On September 10, 2010, BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[13] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[14] and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.[15]

On March 19, 2011, CP24 introduced a weekend edition of CP24 Breakfast, hosted by Pooja Handa and Gurdeep Ahluwalia, George Lagogianes is the remote host and Nneka Elliott (who resigned on May 2, 2011, and was replaced by Jamie Gutfreund) delivers the weather forecasts. The show runs from 7:00 to 10:15 a.m.[16]

On June 20, 2024, Bell announced that CP24 would move studios from 299 Queen Street West, where it was based since its inception, to Bell Media's 9 Channel Nine Court building in Scarborough (which houses the operations of CFTO and several other Bell Media specialty networks) later in the year.[17] The network broadcast for the first time from Agincourt on November 26, 2024; 299 Queen Street West will continue to serve as a downtown bureau for CFTO and CP24.[18]

Location and format

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CP24's Breaking News truck at 299 Queen Street West. This was originally painted in the CityPulse livery.

As of November 26, 2024, CP24 is based out of 9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough at Highway 401 and McCowan Road which is also home to several other Bell-owned television stations such as CTV Toronto, Discovery Channel Canada and TSN.

Previously, CP24 was based at 299 Queen Street West, at the corner of John Street and Queen Street West which at one point shared the newsroom with CITY-TV on the ground floor (which are now the facilities of Bell Media's 24-hour business news channel, BNN Bloomberg) when both CITY-TV and CP24 were co-owned by CHUM Limited. As with CITY-TV, CP24 had no news desk for the most part while anchors read the news standing up.

In November 2008, CP24 moved its operations to a new studio and newsroom on the second floor of the complex. Coinciding with the new studio, CP24 also adopted an updated on-air appearance, replacing the previous blue and gold colour scheme with a red, white and black design.[2][19]

CP24's screen format uses a window in the top-left of the screen to show the current program, which is surrounded with a sidebar with weather and traffic reports, scrolling news headlines and local entertainment/event information, and tickers for stocks and sports. This format has been described[by whom?] as more closely resembling a website than a conventional television channel, and has been replicated with a similar look of CP24's enriched screen on its website. This format was referred to as "NewStyle NewsFlow" during the CHUM era.

On September 27, 2012, CP24 again updated its on-air appearance as the channel began broadcasting in high definition. The relaunched enriched screen includes several changes, such as:

  • the entertainment and concert listings were reallocated from the bottom screen to the right-hand corner between the weather and traffic boxes,
  • the weather scroll was expanded to a "five-day" contrast (which previously only displayed in "four-day" contrast) on which the scroll displays the forecast breakdown for the next 24-hours (e.g., "MORN" for both the current morning and the next morning, "AFT", for afternoon, "EVE" for evening and "NITE" for overnight), and
  • a larger sports headline news scroll was added at the bottom, in which business news from Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange and the American New York Stock Exchange takes over the sports headline scroll Monday-Friday.[20]

Programming

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Former programming

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Other affiliations

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CP24 shares news resources with other Bell Media-owned outlets, including the news/talk radio affiliate CFRB "Newstalk 1010", sports updates with TSN (and CHUM "TSN Radio 1050"), business news updates with BNN Bloomberg and entertainment news updates with eTalk. From its inception prior to its acquisition by CTV, CP24 was closely integrated with CITY-DT's newsroom, which had shared programming, anchors and hosts at the time. CP24, is now available on iHeartRadio Canada effective December 2017.

Carriage and popularity

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CP24 is seen on cable channel 24 on most cable providers that carry the channel. It is not carried on any analogue cable system outside of Central or Southern Ontario, although it is available on direct broadcast satellite and IPTV television providers in some markets. The channel is available across Canada on Bell Satellite TV, on which the station is part of the service's "News" package. It is also available in the "FYI" package provided to Shaw Direct customers.

Because of its diverse, localized and partially text-based content, the channel is among the most popular choices in the Greater Toronto Area and much of Southern Ontario (outside of Ottawa) for screening in public places such as waiting areas, train stations, restaurants, and lounges.

Remote camera use

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In addition to the Freeway Management System – COMPASS and RESCU cameras, CP24 operates EYES cameras located at:

Chopper 24

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Since 2008, CP24 has leased a Bell 206L-4 Long Ranger (C-FCTV) news helicopter which can broadcast live at 1500 feet above land; nicknamed Chopper 24, which is supplied by its sister station, CTV Toronto and is painted with CTV's colouring and logo.

Remote truck use

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CP24 operates a fleet of remote transmission trucks that use digital microwave and satellite uplink systems to do live news reports throughout the region. Known as "Breaking News Vehicles" the custom-built 2008 Chevrolet Suburbans were outfitted by Frontline Communications of Clearwater, Florida, USA. The vehicles use a red, white and black paint scheme with the channel's logo and the "Breaking News!" slogan also included in the design.

Beat the Traffic

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In 2009, CP24 became the first station in Canada to introduce a new Beat the Traffic system showing a three-dimensional animated map displaying traffic flow, roadwork, accidents and current highway travel times.[21]

CP24 HD

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The CRTC approved an application by then-owners CHUM Limited in June 2007 to launch a high-definition simulcast of CP24. On September 27, 2012, CP24 began broadcasting in HD (with the SD feed letterboxed) initially on Bell Fibe TV coinciding with it, a new enhanced on-air appearance. The HD feed was also added on the Bell Satellite TV service in December 2012. On June 25, 2013, CP24 began broadcasting in HD on Rogers Cable, shortly after the competing Rogers Media-owned CityNews Channel, which had been available in HD on Rogers Cable since launch, announced it would be shutting down. On March 1, 2017, Shaw Direct added the HD version to its lineup, it was only available in SD until then on that provider. Bell MTS has not yet launched the feed in HD.

CP24 GO

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In December 2013, CP24 (along with several other Bell Media television channels) launched a TV Everywhere service known as CP24 GO, which is offered for free to Bell TV customers. It can be accessed from a computer or on a mobile app such as a tablet or smartphone. However, CP24 continues to offer its occasional free live streaming of some major news events on its website.

Notable on-air staff

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Former

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Notes

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  1. ^ Critics had speculated that the latter change was likely as a response to the announcement of the CRTC granting approval to an application by Rogers Media for its own regional news channel focusing on the Greater Toronto Area, the CityNews Channel.[3][4][5][6]
  2. ^ This arrangement ended on April 13, 2011, with the launch of a new TSN-branded sports talk format, "TSN Radio 1050", (which became the first station of the new national TSN Radio network) few weeks after Bell Canada took control of CTVglobemedia's assets including CP24, with the latter company becoming known as Bell Media.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ CRTC Decision 96-609
  2. ^ a b CP24.com Exciting times as CP24 launches cutting-edge newsroom
  3. ^ CP24 broadcasts Toronto's Number One Local 6pm Newscast
  4. ^ CRTC Broadcasting Notice 2008-9
  5. ^ "ARCHIVED – CITY News (Toronto) – Category 2 specialty service". December 10, 2008.
  6. ^ "What Happened To CityNews On That Cable Channel?". Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
  7. ^ "Ground shifting as broadcasters brace for sports war". Toronto Star, January 21, 2011.
  8. ^ "TSN Radio a reality". The Globe and Mail, January 21, 2011.
  9. ^ Ted Woloshyn, "CP24 Radio is a disaster". Toronto Sun, March 28, 2009.
  10. ^ CP24 Now Offers Toronto Viewers More Early News With LIVE AT 5 and LIVE AT 5:30 Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine CTVglobemedia press release, January 19, 2010,
  11. ^ CP24 now offering more news at 5 p.m. CP24.com, published January 19, 2010
  12. ^ TalkTV shows move to better time-slot CP24.com, puiblished January 26, 2010
  13. ^ Bell Canada (September 10, 2010). "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". CNW Group. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  14. ^ CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unit Archived April 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine CNW April 1, 2011
  16. ^ CP24 BREAKFAST Served Fresh Seven Days A Week Archived March 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine CTV press release, March 14, 2011
  17. ^ Takagi, Andy (June 20, 2024). "CP24 leaving Queen Street, moving to Bell Media's Scarborough studios in October". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  18. ^ "CP24 moves into Bell Media's Scarborough news hub". Broadcast Dialogue. November 28, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  19. ^ "CP24 November 18 press release for new on-air look and new cutting-edge newsroom". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  20. ^ CP24 launches enhanced HD screen www.cp24.com, published on September 27, 2012
  21. ^ "CP24's Beat The Traffic system online". Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
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