Editing CKCK-DT (section)

==History==
CKCK first signed on the air on July 28, 1954, as the first privately owned television station in [[Western Canada]]. It was originally owned by the Sifton family, which also owned the ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]'' and [[CKCK (AM)|CKCK radio]]. It was originally a [[CBC Television]] affiliate. Shortly after signing on, it took a secondary affiliation with American broadcast network [[CBS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=93&historyID=72# |title=Canadian Communications Foundation history of CKCK-TV |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820071014/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=93&historyID=72# |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1962, as part of a deal that allowed CTV to come to Saskatchewan, CKCK opened a rebroadcaster in [[Moose Jaw]]. In return, Moose Jaw's original station, [[CHAB-TV]], switched to CTV and opened a semi-satellite in Regina, CHRE-TV.<ref name=History>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=93&historyID=72# |title=Canadian Communications Foundation – CKCK-TV History |access-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820071014/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=93&historyID=72# |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The station swapped affiliations with CHAB/CHRE and joined CTV when the latter stations were purchased by the CBC. As a result of this deal, CHRE changed its call letters to CBKRT and became the main station; it is now [[CBKT]].<ref name=History/>

[[File:CKCK-TV 1980s.png|thumb|left|150px|CKCK-TV's logo in the 1980s, as "CKTV".]]
In 1977, CKCK was sold to [[Harvard Developments]], owned by Regina's Hill family. In 1985, [[Baton Broadcast System|Baton Broadcasting]] acquired a 90 percent stake in the station (the remaining 10 percent would soon follow), bringing it under common ownership with CTV's other Saskatchewan affiliates—[[CFQC-DT|CFQC]] in [[Saskatoon]], [[CICC-TV|CICC]] in [[Yorkton]], and [[CIPA-TV|CIPA]] in [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]]. In 1987, these stations and Baton's two privately owned CBC affiliates in Saskatchewan, [[CKOS-TV|CKOS]] in Yorkton and [[CKBI-TV|CKBI]] in Prince Albert, began branding as the "Saskatchewan Television Network," which linked up with Baton's Ontario stations as the Baton Broadcast System in 1994.<ref name=History/>

Following Baton's acquisition of CTV in 1997, CKCK became a CTV owned-and-operated station. Local programming today is limited primarily to the station's popular newscasts.<ref name=History/>

[[Image:CKCK-TV.jpg|thumb|right|150px|CKCK-TV's logo as a CTV affiliate (1997–2001)]]
From the 1970s through the late 1980s, CKCK branded itself as "CKTV", but its official call letters remained CKCK-TV. During this period, though, the station did acquire the CKTV calls for its [[Fort Qu'Appelle]] retransmitter. That station is now CKCK-TV-7; "[[CKTV]]" is currently used the call sign for a [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio-Canada]] owned-and-operated station in [[Saguenay, Quebec]]. Nevertheless, while the station identifies itself only as CTV, many people in southern Saskatchewan still call the station "CKTV" or "CK".<ref name=History/>

In December 2008, [[Bell Media|CTVglobemedia]] applied to the CRTC to operate an HD feed of CKCK-TV, which would be delivered as a "satellite-to-cable" feed. The move would allow CKCK to operate an HD signal which could be substituted in place of American HD signals on local cable services, without actually operating an over-the-air digital television transmitter.<ref name=History/>

As with its Saskatoon sister station, CKCK's programming is aired in pattern with that of [[Winnipeg]] sister station [[CKY-DT]], with prime time programming running from 7&nbsp;p.m. to 10&nbsp;p.m. simultaneously with East Coast stations, and CTV's 7&nbsp;p.m. ET programming bumped to 10&nbsp;p.m. However, as Saskatchewan [[Time in Saskatchewan|does not observe]] [[daylight saving time]] and remains on [[Central Standard Time]] year-round, programming is delayed by an hour in comparison to CKY when DST is in effect.<ref name=History/> In March, the station also broadcasts the annual ''[[Telemiracle]]'' telethon (which alternates between Regina and Saskatoon on a yearly cycle), supporting the [[Kin Canada|Kinsmen and Kinettes]] of Saskatchewan. The event is simulcast by all CTV stations in Saskatchewan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/positive-motivating-invigorating-kinsmen-telemiracle-gears-up-for-saturday-showtime|title=43rd Kinsmen Telemiracle gearing up for Saturday showtime|work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix|first=Matt|last=Olson|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/telemiracle-brings-top-of-the-line-entertainment-to-sask-for-another-year|title=Telemiracle brings top of the line entertainment to Sask.|last=Robinson|first=Ashley|work=Regina Leader-Post|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref>