Employee-owned and -controlled, station has fourth-highest viewership in the province, behind only Vancouver stations CBC, Global BC and CTV Vancouver.
by Mike Devlin
July 4, 2023
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The TV landscape in Victoria has dramatically shifted in recent weeks, with changes to CHEK and CTV 2 coming at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Bell Media cut 1,300 positions nationwide in June, as it bowed to rising financial pressure. Those cuts resulted in termination letters to a reported 16 people at Bell-owned CTV 2 Vancouver Island, reducing the station’s staff to seven and on-screen footprint to a single 30-minute local newscast anchored at 4:30 p.m. from Vancouver.
The TV landscape in Victoria has dramatically shifted in recent weeks, with changes to CHEK and CTV 2 coming at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Bell Media cut 1,300 positions nationwide in June, as it bowed to rising financial pressure. Those cuts resulted in termination letters to a reported 16 people at Bell-owned CTV 2 Vancouver Island, reducing the station’s staff to seven and on-screen footprint to a single 30-minute local newscast anchored at 4:30 p.m. from Vancouver.
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Now if Global would just get rid of Christa Dao. Over and over she pronounces “A” instead of “a”. A couple of times, okay, but she’s constant.
Pronounces it too hard ?
I’m very happy to read that CHEK has been flourishing. I wish I could receive the station over the air, since I don’t have cable. Perhaps CHEK will eventually set-up a repeater station in Vancouver as CIVI did when it started broadcasting digital.
Does Chek receive a government subsidy and if so how much is it? They certainly get a lot of government advertising.
That is good news for a change,keep it up CHEK
Now they need to,hire Warren Den for weather!