Editing CITY-DT (section)

==History==
[[File:Citytv old logo.svg|150px|thumb|left|Former version of the Citytv logo, used from 1982 to 2001.]]
The station first signed on the air on September 28, 1972, broadcasting on [[UHF]] [[channel 79]], an allocation given to the station as all of the [[VHF]] licences in the Toronto area were taken by other parties. It operated as an [[independent station]], and its transmitter operated at an [[effective radiated power]] of 31{{nbsp}}[[kW]]. The founding ownership group Channel Seventy-Nine Ltd. consisted of – among others – Phyllis Switzer, [[Moses Znaimer]], [[Jerry Grafstein]] and Edgar Cowan. The four principal owners raised over $2 million to help start up the station, with Grafstein raising about 50% of the required funds, Znaimer raising around 25%, and the remainder being accrued by Switzer and Cowan. The channel 79 licence was granted to the company on November 25, 1971.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/genesis-genius-and-tumult-at-citytv-recalled-40-years-on/1001733013/ Genesis, Genius and Tumult at Citytv Recalled 40 Years On] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208225116/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/genesis-genius-and-tumult-at-citytv-recalled-40-years-on/1001733013/|date=February 8, 2013}}, ''Broadcaster Magazine'', October 1, 2012.</ref> The station operated from studio facilities located at 99 Queen Street East, near Church Street, at the former Electric Circus nightclub.

The station lost money early on, and was in debt by 1975. Multiple Access Ltd. (the owners of [[CFCF-TV]] in [[Montreal]]) purchased a 45% interest in the station, and sold its stake to [[CHUM Limited]] three years later. CITY was purchased outright by CHUM in 1981 with the sale of Moses Znaimer's interest in the station. Znaimer remained with the station as an executive until 2003, when he retired from his management role but continued to work with the station on some production projects.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/znaimer-steps-down-as-president-of-chum-tv/1000028107/ Znaimer steps down as president of CHUM TV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927082707/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/znaimer-steps-down-as-president-of-chum-tv/1000028107/ |date=September 27, 2013 }}, ''Broadcaster Magazine'', April 27, 2003.</ref>

In 1976, the station's main transmitter began broadcasting at 208&nbsp;kW from the [[CN Tower]]. The station switched channel allocations on July 1, 1983, moving to UHF channel 57, the result of [[Industry Canada]]'s decision to reassign frequencies corresponding to high-band UHF channels 70 to 83 to the new [[Advanced Mobile Phone System|AMPS]] [[mobile phone]] systems as a result of a CCIR international convention in 1982. On September 1, 1986, a rebroadcast transmitter was put into operation in [[Woodstock, Ontario|Woodstock]] (CITY-TV-2 on channel 31, which also served nearby [[London, Ontario|London]]); another transmitter was set up in [[Ottawa]] in 1996 (CITY-TV-3 on channel 65).

[[Image:CityTV Building.jpg|right|250px|thumb|299 Queen Street West, home of Citytv Toronto until 2009]]
In May 1987, CITY and the other CHUM-owned television properties moved their operations to the company's headquarters at [[299 Queen Street West]], which became one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. On March 30, 1998, CHUM launched CablePulse 24 ([[CP24]]), a local cable news channel whose programming used anchors from and featured reports filed by CITY-TV's news staff, rebroadcasts of the station's ''CityPulse'' newscasts and select programming from CITY and other CHUM stations.

Despite efforts to extend the brand to other major markets, for 30 years, CITY was the only Canadian station to identify on-air as "Citytv" – with "Citytv" and "CITY" serving as interchangeable names for the station. In July 2001, however, CHUM purchased [[CKVU-TV]] in [[Vancouver]] from [[Canwest Global Communications]]; CKVU changed its branding to "Citytv" in July 2002, [[2001 Vancouver TV realignment|making Citytv a two-station system]]. In 2005, three more Citytv stations were added in [[Calgary]] ([[CKAL-TV]]), [[Edmonton]] ([[CKEM-TV]]) and [[Winnipeg]] ([[CHMI-TV]]) after CHUM purchased the [[A-Channel]] television stations and other assets owned by [[Craig Media]] (the existing A-Channel brand was revamped and was transferred to CHUM's former [[NewNet]] stations). When the three A-Channel stations switched to the Citytv brand on August 2, 2005, the flagship ''CityPulse'' newscast was renamed ''[[CityNews]]''.

===Sale to Rogers Media===
{{see also|2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment}}
[[File:City logo 2012.svg|150px|right|thumb|Logo used when the network was branded as "City"]]
[[File:City tv OMNI Doors Open Toronto 2012.jpg|150px|right|thumb|CITY-DT's studios at the Rogers Media Complex on [[33 Dundas Street East]] facing [[Yonge-Dundas Square]] in Toronto, used from 2009 to 2025]]
On July 12, 2006, CTVglobemedia announced its offer to acquire CHUM Limited and its assets, including the Citytv stations, and related cable properties for $1.7 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-globemedia-makes-1-7b-bid-for-chum-1.583543 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908083837/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2006/07/12/chum-bell.html | url-status=live | archive-date=September 8, 2011 | work=CBC News | title=Bell Globemedia makes .7B bid for CHUM | date=July 12, 2006}}</ref> Since CTV already owned television stations in all Citytv markets (including Toronto, where CTV [[owned-and-operated station|owns and operates]] [[CFTO-TV]], channel 9), the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) stipulated the sale of the Citytv stations as a condition for the approval of the CHUM purchase. The Citytv stations (including CITY) were subsequently sold to [[Rogers Communications]]: the sale was approved by the CRTC on September 28, 2007, and Rogers took ownership on October 31. CTV kept ownership of 299 Queen Street West, where CHUM's specialty television channels now owned by CTV (such as CP24, [[MuchMusic]], [[Star!]], [[CTV Drama Channel|Bravo!]] and [[CTV Sci-Fi Channel|Space]]) would remain. As such, Rogers had to find a new home for CITY-TV's operations. Rogers subsequently purchased [[33 Dundas Street East]], the former [[Olympic Spirit Toronto|Olympic Spirit]] building located at the edge of [[Dundas Square]], to house the operations of its Toronto television stations; CITY-TV moved into the new facility on September 8, 2009.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/Business/article/224640 "Rogers to move Citytv from Queen"]. ''Toronto Star'', June 13, 2007.</ref><ref>[https://www.thestar.com/Business/article/269424 "Dundas Square new home of Citytv".] ''Toronto Star'', October 23, 2007.</ref>

The Citytv system expanded into Western Canada in 2009 when the [[Jim Pattison Group]] signed a deal to carry the system's programming on its stations in [[Kamloops]] ([[CFJC-TV]]), [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]] ([[CKPG-TV]]) and [[Medicine Hat]] ([[CHAT-TV]]);<ref>{{cite press release|title=Jim Pattison Broadcast Group solidifies Program Supply agreement for three independent stations serving BC and Alberta|publisher=Jim Pattison Broadcast Group|date=July 14, 2009|url=http://www.jimpattison.com/corporate/news/2009/071409.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831104852/http://www.jimpattison.com/corporate/news/2009/071409.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2009|access-date=July 19, 2009}}</ref> Rogers signed a long-term affiliation renewal agreement for the Pattison stations in September 2012.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/citytv-and-pattison-group-sign-affiliate-agreement/1001126576/ Citytv and Pattison Group Sign Affiliate Agreement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208162153/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/citytv-and-pattison-group-sign-affiliate-agreement/1001126576/ |date=December 8, 2015 }}, ''Broadcaster Magazine'', May 3, 2012.</ref> Rogers gained two more outlets in a cable-only channel in [[Saskatchewan]] ([[Citytv Saskatchewan]]) and a station in Montreal ([[CJNT-DT]]) to broaden and expand its national coverage beginning in 2013, effectively transforming City from a television system to a television network.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/fp-tech-desk/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com/2012/12/20/rogers-fast-growing-tv-network-expands-citytv-into-montreal |title=Rogers' fast-growing TV network expands Citytv into Montreal<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 24, 2013 |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012083719/http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/fp-tech-desk/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com%2F2012%2F12%2F20%2Frogers-fast-growing-tv-network-expands-citytv-into-montreal |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Rogers-SCN">[http://business.financialpost.com/2012/01/17/rogers-to-buy-scn-launch-citytv-saskatchewan/ Rogers to buy SCN, launch Citytv Saskatchewan]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-475.htm|title=Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-475|author=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2012/r121220.htm CRTC increases the diversity of voices in the Montreal market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109100649/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2012/r121220.htm|date=January 9, 2013}} CRTC December 20, 2012</ref>

On October 3, 2011, Rogers Media launched the [[CityNews Channel]], a 24-hour regional news channel for the Toronto area utilizing the resources of CITY-DT's news department, and other Rogers-owned news and media properties such as [[all-news radio]] station [[CFTR (AM)|CFTR]] (680 AM) and ''[[Maclean's]]'' magazine. The channel used the same news wheel format as CFTR with traffic and weather reports at the top and bottom of every hour, sports news at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour and business news at 26 and 56 minutes past the hour. In addition to rolling news programming, CityNews Channel aired simulcasts of Citytv Toronto's news programming, and an audio feed from CFTR during the overnight hours.<ref>[http://www.rogersmediatv.ca/pr_detail.php?id=357 Rogers Media announces launch of new Toronto 24-hour City''News Channel'', Fall 2011]</ref> Due to financial difficulties, Rogers ceased CityNews Channel's live broadcasts on May 30, 2013, with the channel permanently shutting down on June 30, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/rogers-media-cancels-citynews-channel-and-omnis-english-south-asian-newcast/1002360229/|title=Rogers Media Cancels CityNews Channel and OMNI's English South Asian Newcast|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709054424/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/rogers-media-cancels-citynews-channel-and-omnis-english-south-asian-newcast/1002360229|archive-date=July 9, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.thestar.com/business/2013/05/30/citynews_channel_shut_down_by_rogers.html CityNews channel shut down by Rogers]</ref>

Citytv Toronto celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 28, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/09/28/citytv-50-anniversary/ | title=CityNews }}</ref>

Citytv and [[Omni Television]] moved their operations to the [[Rogers Building (Toronto)|Rogers Building]] at Bloor and Mount Pleasant in March 2025.<ref name=banfield>{{cite news|first=Devon|last=Banfield|url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/breakfast-television-end-of-era/|title='New desk, new hosts,' Breakfast Television is leaving its iconic downtown studio after almost 16 years|newspaper=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|date=March 14, 2025|accessdate=March 15, 2025}}</ref>