As previously reported on broadcastermagazine.com Corus Entertainment's three eastern Ontario television channels – CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Channel 12 in Oshawa and CKWS-TV in Kingston – will broadcast news, sports, information and entertainment programming from CTV's hit lineup. The switch is a result of a comprehensive program supply arrangement announced in May.
"We are thrilled that the new Bell Media agreement will give us the flexibility to expand our top-rated local programming and bolster it with the very best CTV programming from across the country," said Dave McCutcheon, General Manager, Corus Radio and Television, Peterborough, Kingston and Oshawa, Corus Entertainment.
As part of the new programming lineup, viewers will see the best of CTV's hit programs including The Amazing Race Canada, Saving Hope and CTV National News. Additionally, local news coverage will be increased. Monday to Friday, the channels will air local news from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. as well as a local weekend news watch program on Saturday evenings from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. With this arrangement, CTV's half-hour daily national news program, CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme, will be integrated into the programming lineup along with the current local daily Newswatch newscasts.