Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.010.003.022 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[CKCO-TV bus] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border. Large white bus in the centre of the photograph. Graphic on the side of the bus reads "Television" and there is a station logo beside it. Logo is a rectangle with "CKCO-TV/Kitchener-Waterloo" in the centre. Upper left corner there is an image of a Conestoga wagon being pulled by four horses. In the lower right corner is the number "13". Flashing emergency light on the top of the bus. Silo in the background. Stamped on the reverse in purple "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. The "Bus" as it was nicknamed, was an early CKCO-TV remote unit. It was equipped with PYE cameras. |
Search Terms |
CKCO-TV |
People |
Purkis, Roy |