Editing CKSA-DT (section)

== History ==
From its launch through 2016, CKSA was an affiliate of [[CBC Television]], and was that network's last remaining privately owned affiliate.

=== Switch to Global ===
On May 24, 2016, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) published an application by then-owner Newcap to disaffiliate the station from CBC Television effective August 31 of that year, claiming that the public broadcaster had elected not to renew any of its affiliations with private stations beyond that date. Newcap indicated that it would seek programming from another supplier, without saying whether such alternate programming had been found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201605107|format=ZIP|title=CRTC Application 2016-0510-7|author=Newcap Inc.|access-date=May 30, 2016}}</ref> On September 1, 2016, CKSA switched to Global.<ref name="faguy-globallloyd">{{cite web|last1=Faguy|first1=Steve|title=Global expands network after CBC abandons affiliates|url=http://blog.fagstein.com/2016/09/01/global-expands-network/|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="globalnews-newareas">{{cite web|title='Global National,' 'The Morning Show' expanding into new areas|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2916134/global-national-the-morning-show-expanding-into-new-areas/|website=Global News|access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref> Newcap merged with Stingray Group in 2018.

Following the February 2016 switch of [[British Columbia]] outlets [[CJDC-TV]] in [[Dawson Creek]] and [[CFTK-TV]] in [[Terrace, British Columbia|Terrace]] to [[CTV 2]], CKSA-DT was the only privately owned CBC Television affiliate remaining in the system.

===Switch to Citytv===
In December 2021, CKSA disaffiliated from Global and began airing network programming from [[Citytv]].

CKSA, along with sister CITL, [[sign-on and sign-off|signed off]] every night, and did not air Citytv's overnight programming, as both stations had the Canadian national anthem "[[O Canada]]" played during the sign-off.

===Shutdown===
On May 13, 2025, Stingray Radio announced that CKSA and CITL had ceased operations effective immediately, citing "challenging economic conditions" and "careful consideration of the evolving media landscape and the challenges facing local television broadcasting".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=May 13, 2025 |title=Stingray shutters Lloydminster TV stations |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/stingray-shutters-lloydminster-tv-stations/ |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-CA}}</ref>