Media in North Bay, Ontario

Three of North Bay's radio stations find their homes here: EZRock, The Fox and CKAT

This is a list of media in North Bay, Ontario.

Radio

A local non-profit group previously held short-term licenses to broadcast special events programming in both North Bay and Sturgeon Falls on 93.5 FM with the call sign CFDN, but never launched a permanent station.^[1]

Canadore College operates a cable/internet only radio station, "Panther Radio".

On September 27, 2018, the CRTC issued call applications to operate new operate a new commercial FM radio station to serve North Bay, Ontario. Vista Broadcast Group, the owner of CFXN-FM North Bay submitted an application to operate a new FM station in North Bay on the frequency of 90.5 MHz. ^[2] No formats had been announced for the new proposed station, however, according to the Facebook group page Canadian Radio News, the format may be country as there hasn't been a country music station on FM in the North Bay market since CKAT on 101.9 FM moved to AM 600 to replace CFCH, which made 101.9 FM a rock station adopting the current callsign CKFX-FM in the 1990s.

Defunct radio stations

• CJTK-FM-1 89.5 (former repeater of CJTK-FM Sudbury; currently located at 103.5 FM with some local programming from a studio in North Bay)
• CHIM-FM 92.5 (rebroadcaster of CHIM-FM Timmins)
• CKTR-FM 104.9

TV

North Bay is home to one television station which is locally licensed, CKNY-TV. However, that station effectively acts as a satellite of Sudbury's CICI-TV as part of the CTV Northern Ontario system — the station's only direct local production is a brief local news insert which airs as part of regional newscasts produced at the Sudbury station.

The city formerly also had its own CBC Television affiliate, CHNB-TV. However, that station was acquired directly by the CBC in 2002, and became a straight analogue rebroadcaster of CBLT-DT from Toronto; the repeater would close down on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts.

The North Bay area is not designated as a mandatory market for digital television conversion, so the majority of stations broadcast in analogue.

Print

The city's main newspapers are the North Bay Nugget, a daily, and the weekly North Bay Nipissing News^[3]

Outdoor

Canada's largest outdoor advertising company, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, has a local office in North Bay.

Internet

In part due to the news cutbacks at CTV Northern Ontario in the early 2000s, several web media outlets have also emerged to provide local news coverage to North Bay. These include BayToday,^[4] North Bay Nipissing News ^[5] and NBTV,^[6] and alternative media outlets such as Solvent Magazine^[7] and North Bay Scene.^[8]

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