Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2010.010.003.024 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[CKCO-TV studio booth] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border. Four unidentified men in a control booth. Two rows of equipment and monitors. Large windows in both the walls, looking into studios. Clock suspended from the ceiling on the left side. Two record players and a stack of record albums under the window on the right side. Two of the men are wearing headphones. One of the men is smoking a cigarette. Garbage can and a large ashtray in the foreground on the left side. Stamped on the reverse in purple "Roy Purkis/Ref. No./169 Cedar South/Kitchener/Phone/2-5554". |
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. |
Search Terms |
CKCO-TV |
People |
Purkis, Roy |