Employee-owned and -controlled, station has fourth-highest viewership in the province, behind only Vancouver stations CBC, Global BC and CTV Vancouver.
by Mike Devlin
July 4, 2023
The TV landscape in Victoria has dramatically shifted in recent weeks, with changes to CHEK and CTV 2 coming at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Bell Media cut 1,300 positions nationwide in June, as it bowed to rising financial pressure. Those cuts resulted in termination letters to a reported 16 people at Bell-owned CTV 2 Vancouver Island, reducing the station’s staff to seven and on-screen footprint to a single 30-minute local newscast anchored at 4:30 p.m. from Vancouver.
The TV landscape in Victoria has dramatically shifted in recent weeks, with changes to CHEK and CTV 2 coming at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Bell Media cut 1,300 positions nationwide in June, as it bowed to rising financial pressure. Those cuts resulted in termination letters to a reported 16 people at Bell-owned CTV 2 Vancouver Island, reducing the station’s staff to seven and on-screen footprint to a single 30-minute local newscast anchored at 4:30 p.m. from Vancouver.
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Now if Global would just get rid of Christa Dao. Over and over she pronounces “A” instead of “a”. A couple of times, okay, but she’s constant.
Pronounces it too hard ?
I’m very happy to read that CHEK has been flourishing. I wish I could receive the station over the air, since I don’t have cable. Perhaps CHEK will eventually set-up a repeater station in Vancouver as CIVI did when it started broadcasting digital.
Does Chek receive a government subsidy and if so how much is it? They certainly get a lot of government advertising.
That is good news for a change,keep it up CHEK
Now they need to,hire Warren Den for weather!