CHAK-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CHAK-TV
station_
station_slogan = Canada's Own
station_branding = CBC Television / CBC North
analog = 6 (VHF)
digital = Unknown (VHF) allotted
other_chs = 13 CHAK-TV-1 Fort McPherson
13 CBEX-TV Aklavik
affiliations = CBC North
CBC Television
founded = 1968
location = Inuvik, Northwest Territories
callsign_meaning = name of sister station CHAK (AM)
former_callsigns =
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 236 W (CHAK-TV)
100 W (CHAK-TV-1)
100 W (CBEX-TV)
HAAT = 394 feet
class =
facility_id =
homepage = http://www.cbc.ca/north/

CHAK-TV is a small CBC Television/CBC North owned-and-operated station for the Northwest Territories community of Inuvik. The station was registered on May 16, 1968 to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to operate on Channel 6, with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts (video), and 300 watts (audio). The antenna height (EHAAT) would be 394 feet. This station was part of the CBC's Frontier Coverage Package for northern communications.

CHAK-TV can be heard at 87.7 MHz on FM radios, though at a slightly lower volume than other FM stations - due to technical reasons.

The station began broadcasting on August 22, 1969, and was associated with CHAK (AM). In 1974, the station placed a broadcast translator in Fort McPherson (CHAK-TV-1), on Channel 13, with an effective radiated power of 100 watts.

In 1985, some changes took place at CHAK-TV. July 3 saw a proposal to decrease power from 3,000 watts to 122 watts. During this time, the CRTC noted that CHAK-TV was originally licenced to serve both Inuvik, and nearby Aklavik, and to serve the town of Fort McPherson, via CHAK-TV-1. Since CHAK-TV-1 was being fed by satellite by this time, the CBC filed an application to place a new satellite-fed low-power transmitter at Aklavik (which would become CBEX-TV). This was approved by the CRTC on December 18. The CRTC saw that a reduction in power would not affect the station's coverage area in Inuvik, and noted that no changes would take effect until CBEX-TV was on the air. This was to ensure that Aklavik and area would not be deprived of CBC services.

On February 10, 1986, CBEX-TV in Aklavik took to the air on Channel 13, with an effective radiated power of 100 watts.

ee also

*CBC North

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/north CBC North]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=171&historyID=183 CHAK-TV at Broadcasting-History.ca]
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