Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.010.003.020 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Niagara Cyclo Massage] |
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. A group of four people standing in front of a wood panelled wall. "Niagara Cyclo Massage" in white lettering on the wall. Four framed certificates underneath the lettering. A desk and chair in front of the people. Man on left is Bob McKeown; the woman and two other men are unidentified. Trophy sitting on the desk. A case with the cyclo massage device in it, in front of the desk. All four people are looking at the certificates. 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. Robert "Bob" McKeown (1930-2011) joined CKCO-TV in 1954, working in sales, as a show host, and eventually retired as General Manager in 1988. |
Search Terms |
CKCO-TV Niagara Cyclo Massage |
People |
McKeown, Robert "Bob" Purkis, Roy |