A Channel Barrie

When we talk about the television stations of Canada, the first name that comes to our minds is CKVR-TV, A-Channel Barrie. The Barrie term has been incorporated in its name because telecasting is carried out from Barrie at Ontario in Canada. CHUM Limited is the owner of this television network that was previously hailed as The New VR

Still now, the channel is transmitting programs through 3 VHF analog modes. CKVR-1 12 or Parry Sound is used as translator. This organization formed affiliation with CBC for 40 long years. The partnership started in its year of establishment, 1955, and continued till 1995. From 1995 to 2005, NewNet was the affiliate partner of this organization. The famous A-Channel system has acquired the rights of this network. The programs of this channel are very popular among the people of Toronto. The organization has placed its camera on the renowned CKVR broadcast tower. This camera captures Barrie, Lake Simcoe and its surrounding areas.

The A-channel rebranding has prompted the organization to incorporate the suburban York Region of Toronto under its area of focus. It was announced sometimes back that the Bell Globemedia is going to take over the company. Selling the channel to a third party in the near future falls in the agenda of Bell Globemedia.Ralph Snelgrove, along with his wife Valerie, founded this TV station. The initials of their names, V and R were included in the callsign of the station. In 1969, CHUM became its owner.The CHUM-City Building in Toronto was declared as the merging point of the master control departments for CKVR, CKNX, CHWI, CFPL and CHRO in February 2005. CFPL in London was chosen as the consolidation area of the traffic and programming departments. A Channel Barrie disseminates that the new united master control signal replaced the previous one at around 10.00 am on third June 2005. The channel holds various contests and promotional programs to keep its audiences glued to the screen. Wikipedia

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