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 Former CJOH/CJSS transmitter in Lancaster, Ontario, near the Quebec border. | |
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| Affiliations | CBC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Stanley Shenkman |
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First air date | October 18, 1959 |
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Call sign meaning | Stanley Shenkman |
CJSS-TV (channel 8) was a television station in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. In operation from 1959 to 1963 as a private affiliate of CBC Television, the station was later converted to a rebroadcaster of Ottawa's CJOH-TV.
The station originally signed on test broadcasts on October 12, 1959,[1] and began regular programming as a CBC Television affiliate on October 18,[2] owned by Toronto architect Stanley Shenkman.[3] Shenkman also acquired the radio stations CKSF and CKSF-FM, which both adopted the CJSS call sign as well.
On June 1961, CJSS-TV announced that it would disaffilate with the CBC,[4] and become an affiliate of a new television network, CTV.
Due to financial losses, CJSS was acquired by Ernie Bushnell in 1962.[5] The station ceased local programming on November 3 and converted into a rebroadcaster of Ottawa's CTV affiliate CJOH the next day,[6] making CJSS the first TV station in Canada ever to cease operations as its own station and become a repeater for another. After many years of use to rimshot the Montreal market, Bell Media took the station permanently dark in 2017.[7] The radio stations were sold to the Emard family (Tri-Co Broadcasting Ltd.),[8][9] and subsequently broadcast as part of Corus Entertainment. Of these stations, 1220 AM (as CJUL) left the air August 18, 2010, leaving just CJSS-FM retaining the original call sign.
References
- ^ "CJSS-TV On The Air". Daily Standard-Freeholder. Cornwall, Ontario. October 13, 1959. p. 9. Retrieved November 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nine-Hour Day Of TV Programs Set On CJSS-TV". Daily Standard-Freeholder. Cornwall, Ontario. October 17, 1959. p. 18. Retrieved November 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stanley Shenkman Obituary". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 7, 2025 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "CJSS-TV Seeks To Cut CBC Ties". Standard-Freeholder. Cornwall, Ontario. November 2, 1962. pp. 9, 10. Retrieved November 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Marsters, Jack (November 2, 1962). "Dial Turns". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. 33. Retrieved November 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "CJSS Becomes Rebroadcast Outlet For CJOH-TV Sunday". Standard-Freeholder. Cornwall, Ontario. November 2, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-149 | CRTC".
- ^ Divinski, John (August 29, 2010). "A piece of history is gone in Cornwall". Cornwall Seaway News. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
- ^ "PAUL EMARD: Condolences pouring in for former radio station, hockey team owner". Cornwall Seaway News. December 27, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
External links
- The Brisson Brothers star on their own TV series The Town & Country Show on CJSS-TV in Cornwall, (Ottawa Country Music Hall of Fame, 1994).
- 237 Water Street East, former home of CJSS radio; in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this building served as the studios for short-lived CJSS-TV 8.
- CJSS-TV at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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