Windsor wants the CRTC, feds to investigate local TV

WINDSOR – Windsor City Council is calling on the CRTC and the federal government to “guarantee” local programming, and “protect” markets that are at risk of not having their broadcast licenses renewed by the current license holders. The resolution, adopted earlier this week, comes in response to CTV’s announcement that it will not seek renewal the broadcast license of the CKNX-TV Wingham and CHWI-TV Wheatley (also known as the Windsor/Essex County station), when its licenses expires in August, 2009. The station currently operates under CTV’s ‘A’ brand of channels, and will no longer receive local programming. CTV said in a...