october 3 2011 closed may 30 2013 end of live broadcasts june 30 2013 full closure owned by rogers media picture format 1080i hdtv 480i sdtv slogan toronto s news country canada language english broadcast area ontario headquarters toronto ontario sister channel s city dt cfmt dt cjmt dt cftr citynews channel was a canadian english language category b specialty digital cable television channel from 2011 to 2013 . it was owned by the rogers media division of rogers communications and primarily focused on the greater toronto area gta . the channel was only available in ontario and broadcast a single feed in high definition which was also accessible through standard definition televisions . the channel s branding was shared with its rogers owned conventional television network city formerly citytv and its news brand citynews . the channel broadcast from 33 dundas street east in downtown toronto which also houses studios for city flagship city dt and omni television flagships cfmt dt channel 47 and cjmt dt channel 40 . contents 1 format 2 history 2.1 former on air staff 3 references format edit citynews channel broadcast as an all news format consisting of local news and information from the gta and national and international news . it operated on a 24 hour news wheel as seen on screen with traffic and weather reports every 10 minutes on the 1s sports news at 15 and 45 past the hour and business news under the title citybiz at 26 and 56 past the hour a similar format used on rogers owned all news radio station in toronto cftr 680 am ; known by its brand 680 news and two of city dt s local newscasts citynews at five and breakfast television . the station also aired simulcasts of all city dt produced local programming . encore broadcasts of citynews at six were seen on citynews channel at 7 p.m. while the 11 p.m. newscast citynews tonight was repeated on citynews channel at midnight . during the overnight hours when citynews channel did not broadcast live programming or city news broadcasts between 1 a.m. originally midnight until september 2012 and 5 30 a.m. weekdays and midnight and 7 a.m. et weekends it aired an audio simulcast of 680 news and live traffic camera feeds from the toronto area . 1 conversely citynews channel had aired simulcasts of its weekend morning news programming on city dt from april 14 2012 until the channel s closure on saturday mornings from 7 8 a.m. and sunday mornings from 7 9 a.m. 2 the channel incorporated a large news ticker consisting of news headlines weather information sports scores and advertisements . in addition to sharing branding and content with city dt and content from 680 news the channel aired content and features from several other rogers owned outlets including specialty channel sportsnet and maclean s 3 moneysense today s parent and hello canada magazines . 1 history edit under the ownership of chum limited citytv had operated cablepulse 24 cp24 another toronto based local news channel from 1998 to 2007 . however chum limited was purchased in 2007 by bell globemedia later renamed ctvglobemedia and again renamed bell media in 2011 following its purchase by bell canada which then sold the citytv stations to rogers media . ctv retained ownership of chum s cable channels including cp24 which was paired with ctv s cfto dt channel 9 instead of citytv . rogers was granted approval for a specialty channel licence for citynews channel by the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc on december 10 2008 . 4 5 the channel was then tentatively known as city news toronto and was set to be launched in late 2009 . however this was delayed due to economic conditions as well as the reconstruction of citytv s new headquarters at 33 dundas street east . on may 30 2011 the same day that citytv s 2011 2012 television broadcast schedule was unveiled rogers announced plans to launch the new channel in the fall of the same year . 3 the channel was launched on october 3 2011 as citynews channel . rogers cable initially carried the new channel on digital cable channel 1 in the gta . however on november 22 2011 the channel was moved to rogers digital cable channel 15 the former cable slot for ckxt which had shut down on november 1 2011 and had its licence revoked by the crtc on november 18 2011 . 6 digital channel 1 has reverted to serving as a rogers promotional channel . the channel was later added on cogeco cable in july 2012 . like all specialty channels launched since 2001 citynews channel was not eligible to be carried on analogue cable and thus pbs member station wned tv buffalo was moved to the channel 15 position for toronto area rogers subscribers without a set top box wned remained on channel 61 for digital cable subscribers . due to financial difficulties rogers media ceased live broadcasts of the citynews channel on may 30 2013 in order to redirect its news resources in toronto to 680news and city toronto s citynews newscasts . until june 30 2013 the channel maintained the news ticker with the live video portion of the channel broadcasting live traffic camera feeds weather maps and promotions . 7 8 at rogers request the crtc revoked citynews channel s broadcasting licence on october 1 2013 . 9 former on air staff edit below is a roster of citynews channel s on air staff 10 anchors and reporters audra brown videojournalist francis d souza also citynews at five anchor and general assignment reporter kevin frankish host of breakfast television weekday mornings 5 30 9 30 a.m. avery haines also feature reporter for the inside story tom hayes also citynews at 5 30 anchor and general assignment reporter shauna hunt also general assignment reporter jim junkin crime specialist saphia khambalia also general assignment reporter peter kim general assignment reporter gord martineau weeknights at 6 p.m. on citynews at six cynthia mulligan also general assignment reporter melanie ng substitute anchor on breakfast television ; also general assignment reporter roger petersen weeknights at 11 p.m. on citynews tonight andrea piunno also general assignment reporter keeley rogers general assignment reporter ; also citynews producer dina pugliese host of breakfast television weekday mornings 7 9 30 a.m. pam seatle also citynews at six and citynews tonight sunday s anchor and general assignment reporter galit solomon citynews at six and citynews tonight anchor saturday s also general assignment reporter tammie sutherland also general assignment reporter anna vlachos also general assignment reporter weather team adam stiles meteorologist on citynews at five citynews tonight and occasionally on citynews channel natasha ramsahai cmos endorsed weathercaster meteorologist on citynews at six and occasionally on citynews channel frank ferragine weather anchor ; breakfast television weekday mornings 5 30 9 30 a.m. also gardening specialist stella acquisto weather specialist for citynews channel and occasionally on citynews at six and citynews tonight weekends jennifer young traffic and weather specialist eva fragiskatos traffic and weather specialist for citynews channel and breakfast television kerry prunskus traffic and weather specialist diana petrucci weather and traffic specialist for citynews channel on saturday evenings traffic stella acquisto traffic specialist for citynews channel russ holden traffic specialist ; weekday mornings breakfast television 5 30 9 30 a.m. and citynews channel jennifer young traffic and weather specialist eva fragiskatos traffic and weather specialist kerry prunskus traffic and weather specialist diana petrucci traffic and weather specialist ; saturday evenings sports team kathryn humphreys lead sports anchor ; weekday evenings 6 p.m. 11 p.m. hugh burrill sports anchor references edit a b rogers media to launch citynews channel broadcaster magazine september 6 2011 . citytv toronto expands news on weekend tvloon.ca april 9 2012 . a b rogers media announces launch of new toronto 24 hour citynews channel fall 2011 cnw 2011 03 30 broadcasting decision crtc 2008 347 . crtc grants citytv licence for all news channel . citynews toronto december 10 2008 . broadcasting decision crtc 2011 719 crtc 2011 11 18 http www.broadcastermagazine.com news rogers media cancels citynews channel and omnis english south asian newcast 1002360229 citynews channel shut down by rogers broadcasting decision crtc 2013 530 issued by the crtc 10 1 2013 personalities v t e broadcast television in the greater toronto area toronto dtv cblt 5.1 cbc cfto 9.1 ctv star ray 15.1 ind pirate cica 19.1 tvo cblft 25.1 ici radio canada cjmt 40.1 omni ciii dt 41 41.1 global hd 41.2 sd cfmt 47.1 omni city 57.1 city outlying areas barrie dtv ckvr 3.1 ctv two hamilton dtv chch 11.1 ind cits 36.1 yes tv chcj 35.1 ctv two ckvp 42.1 ctv two oshawa analog chex tv 2 22 ctv global kitchener dtv ckco 13.1 ctv cico 28 28.1 tvo peterborough dtv chex dt 12.1 ctv global cable television cable 14 hamilton ontario cp24 leafs tv sportsnet ontario rogers tv tfo tsn4 tvcogeco the weather network greater toronto area feed fairchild tv toronto feed fairchild tv 2 hd sabres tv atsc m h mobile dtv cblt dt 5.2 cbc via cblft dt defunct ckco dt 13.1 ctv defunct stations ckxt 52.1 ind snn citynews channel niagara now tv see also ontario tv buffalo tv rochester tv v t e rogers communications corporate directors 1 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television city stations city dt chmi dt cjnt dt ckal dt ckem dt ckvu dt omni television stations cfmt dt chnm dt cjco dt cjeo dt cjmt dt other hockey night in canada5 cable television city city saskatchewan sportsnet sportsnet 360 sportsnet regional channels east ontario west pacific sportsnet one sportsnet ppv wwe network sportsnet world mlse leafs tv nba tv canada other channels cable 141 cpac fx fxx g4 oln rogers tv1 tv rogers french 1 the shopping channel viceland radio stations am cfac cffr cftr cirs ciww cjcl ckat ckgl ckwx fm cfgp fm cflt fm cfrv fm chas fm chbn fm chst fm chdi fm chez fm chfi fm chfm fm chmn fm chtt fm chur fm chym fm cikr fm cikz fm cioc fm cisq fm ciss fm citi fm cjaq fm cjax fm cjet fm cjmx fm cjni fm cjok fm cjqm fm cjqq fm cjrq fm cjrx fm ckby fm cker fm ckfx fm ckgb fm ckis fm ckiz fm ckks fm ckmh fm ckqc fm cksr fm ckxc fm cky fm ckyx fm wlyk2 radio networks jack fm most canadian stations sportsnet radio other assets hockey night in canada3 maple leaf sports & entertainment 37.5 % rogers bank rogers media rogers plus spring fishing show toronto blue jays shomi vuguru facilities owned 33 dundas street east 545 lake shore boulevard west rogers building rogers centre rogers park sponsored rogers arena rogers k rock centre rogers place under construction leased canadian broadcasting centre4 acquisitions and historic brands direct acquisitions aurora cable internet cable atlantic maclean hunter selkirk communications newton cable score media sprint canada systems resold by shaw classicomm fundy cable graham cable mountain cablevision trillium cable defunct channels citynews channel viewers choice msnbc canada goltv the biography channel some assets listed above are only partially owned by rogers communications . refer to each individual article for detailed information . 1community channels owned or part owned by rogers cable 2u . s. border station operated by rogers under a local marketing agreement 3brand used under license from the cbc . 4studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the cbc for its nhl coverage . 5part time network broadcast over the same stations as cbc television ; 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