CKPG-TV

CKPG-TV, VHF analogue channel 2, is a City-affiliated television station located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group subsidiary of the Jim Pattison Group. CKPG maintains studio facilities located on 3rd Avenue (near Winnipeg Street) in Prince George, and its transmitter is located atop Pilot Mountain. On cable, the station is available locally on Shaw Cable channel 3 and regionally on Bell TV channel 260. On satellite, the station is also available on Shaw Direct Classic tier channel 325 and Advanced tier channel 010, and in high definition on Classic tier channel 008 and Advanced tier channel 508.

CKPG also operates rebroadcasters in Hixon (CKPG-TV-1, channel 10), Mackenzie (CKPG-TV-4, channel 6), and Quesnel (CKPG-TV-5, channel 13).

History

The station first signed on the air on August 20, 1961, originally operated as a CBC affiliate. It was founded by the owner of local radio station CKPG (1230 AM, now CKDV-FM on 99.3 FM), broadcasting at a transmitter power output of 8,300 watts. The station's president and general manager, Bob Harkins, was one of the first people to appear on-air. In 1965, the station signed on a rebroadcaster in Quesnel on VHF channel 13. In April 1969, both the radio and television stations were purchased by Vancouver-based Q Broadcasting Ltd., owners of CHQM in Vancouver.