CKND
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| CKND | |
|---|---|
| Image:CKNDCurrentLogo.png | |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Branding | Global Manitoba |
| Slogan | "Global's Got It!" |
| Analog channel | 9 (VHF) |
| Digital channel | not yet on air |
| Affiliations | Global |
| Owner | CanWest Global |
| Founded | 1959 as KCND 1975 as CKND |
| Call letters meaning | C K North Dakota (the station's original location as KCND) |
| Former callsigns | }}} |
| Former affiliations | As KCND: ABC, NBC, CBS (to 1975)(not altogether) |
| Effective radiated power | }}} |
| Website | Global Manitoba |
CKND is a television station which broadcasts out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is part of the Global Television Network.
The station's history can be traced back to 1959, where its predecessor, KCND, went on the air in Pembina, North Dakota on channel 12. However, the station depended almost entirely on advertising from Winnipeg.
In the early 1970s, Peter M. Liba, who was then the executive assistant to Izzy Asper, spotted an advertisement from the CRTC which called for applications for a new Winnipeg television station. Liba suggested that he and Asper make a bid.
Asper flew to Texas and back many times over the next few months to convince KCND's owner, Gordon McLendon, to sell the station. He finally convinced McLendon that a new Winnipeg station would likely block out KCND, and that Winnipeg advertisers probably wouldn't be allowed to deduct their American advertising costs for much longer. McLendon sold the station to Asper for $750,000.
In September 1974, Asper's group was awarded a broadcasting licence from the CRTC for Winnipeg channel 9, beating two other competitors. They bought property on St. Mary's Road (where the station resides to this day) and moved the Pembina station to Winnipeg. CKND's current call letters were obtained by reversing the K and C in KCND.
On September 1, 1975, KCND signed off and CKND signed on channel 9. A new transmitter was built at the Winnipeg studios, and KCND's old transmitter was moved to Minnedosa, a small town 46 km north of Brandon, to serve western Manitoba. Even though no other transmitters have been built, CKND's signal covers 91 percent of the province.
In 1981, KCND became the call letters for KCND-FM, the first Prairie Public Radio (now North Dakota Public Radio) station in Bismarck, North Dakota.
On August 11, 1985, channel 12 returned in Pembina, North Dakota, as KNRR, a satellite of soon-to-be Fox affiliate KVRR channel 15 in Fargo. While KNRR's coverage area includes Winnipeg, it is not carried on Shaw cable, who opted for Rochester's WUHF, instead.
In the fall of 1997, CKND would be rebranded (along with the other CanWest Global-owned stations) as Global.
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