Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.010.003.011 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Reg Sellner, weathercast] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border and an image of a Conestoga wagon pulled by four horses in the lower left corner. Reg is on set with a microphone on a cord around his neck. He is wearing a plaid shirt and dress pants, and holding a sheet of paper in one hand. Background contains cutouts of trees, and a clothesline. Pinned to the clothesline are four cutouts in the shape of a sock, pair of pants, a shirt, and a pair of shorts. Each one has some weather information printed on it. "Sun Cool/Pres. 84/High 80/Low 60". Reg is pointing to the pair of pants. On the left is a rotisserie barbeque with a roll of paper on the rotisserie device. Printed on the paper is "Muskoka/Air 81/Water 68". Stamped on the reverse in purple is "Roy Purkis/for/CKCO-TV/Kitchener". |
Date |
1960 |
Date |
1965 |
Photographer |
Purkis, Roy |
Copyright |
University of Waterloo Library Special Collections and Archives, Roy Purkis fonds |
History |
CKCO-TV began broadcasting March 1, 1954 from a transmitter located on Baden Hill in Wilmot Township. The call letters stood for Canada, Kitchener, Central Ontario. The station was an affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) until 1964, when it became affiliated with CTV. The station was originally owned by Central Ontario Television, a consortium that included Famous Players and Carl A. Pollock. Electrohome acquired control of CKCO in 1970, when Canadian broadcasting laws required domestic ownership of stations. As of 2010, the station is owned by CTVglobemedia and no longer uses its call letters. It is instead referred to as CTV Southwestern Ontario. SCAN news was produced by CKCO in the 1960s. It aired at 6 pm and consisted of local and area news, national and international events, a sportscast, weathercast and an interview segment. Reginald Sellner (1933-2017) joined CKCO-TV in the 1950s as a host of various shows. He later became a sportscaster with the station and eventually, promotions director. |
Search Terms |
CKCO-TV |
People |
Sellner, Reginald Purkis, Roy |