CTV News - Local Programs

Local Programs

Local programs use the title CTV News on the air. In most markets, local CTV News programs air at noon, 6 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. on weekdays, and at 6 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. on weekends.

National aggregate ratings published by BBM Canada refer to the local broadcasts collectively as CTV Evening News, CTV Late News, CTV Noon News, etc. Since most CTV affiliates are owned by the network, CTV offers the opportunity to buy national ads on local programming across its O&Os, making these aggregate ratings useful for advertisers.

Local CTV News programs are produced in the following markets:

• Barrie (CKVR)
• Calgary (CFCN)
• Edmonton (CFRN)
• Greater Sudbury (CICI)
• Halifax (CJCH / CTV Two Atlantic)
• Kitchener (CKCO)
• London (CFPL)
• Montreal (CFCF: CTV News Montreal)
• Ottawa (CJOH / CHRO)
• Regina (CKCK)
• Saskatoon (CFQC)
• Toronto (CFTO)
• Vancouver (CIVT)
• Victoria (CIVI)
• Winnipeg (CKY)
• Windsor (CHWI)

CTV O&Os in smaller markets air a newscast produced in one of the larger markets noted above, although some may also produce a shorter local news insert aired during a break in the main market's program, and many stations produce their own Noon newscasts.

Bell Media's secondary A system which was acquired through the purchase of CHUM Limited, and operated primarily in smaller markets (or alternate areas of larger markets) produced similar local newscasts known as A News. When the A system re-branded as "CTV Two" on August 29, 2011, the stations' newscasts switched to the CTV News branding, likely because "CTV Two News" might be seen as connoting a second-class newscast. The CTV News broadcasts on the CTV Two stations also use the main CTV logo as their logo bug during these newscasts as with the main CTV network. Most of these stations are nevertheless required to operate their local news operations separately from CTV stations serving the same or adjacent markets. This restriction does not apply to CTV Two Atlantic, a cable channel which has been co-owned with the CTV stations serving that region since its launch; their news operations have been fully integrated since 1998. (Such restrictions also do not apply to CTV Two Alberta, also a cable-only channel, which produces a current affairs program, Alberta Primetime, using resources from that province's CTV stations.)

Affiliates not owned by the network also air their own local newscasts, such as NTV (which despite dropping CTV's entertainment programming in 2002, still provides coverage of Newfoundland for CTV News and airs its national newscasts), and CITL-TV (which airs "Newcap News", a production shared with its sister station, private CBC affiliate CKSA-TV).

Bell Media also operates CP24, a regional news channel focusing on the Greater Toronto Area and most of Southern Ontario, which was acquired through its purchase of CHUM Limited, and formerly aligned with CITY-TV. The channel airs news programs focused on the region, and currently airs simulcasts of CFTO's 6:00pm and 11:30pm newscasts.