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{{Short description|Television station in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CIPA-DT
| above                  = {{ubl|[[Semi-satellite]] of [[CFQC-DT]],|[[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]]}}
| city                   =
| logo                   = CTV_logo_2018.svg
| logo_size              = 200px
| branding               = {{ubl|CTV Prince Albert (general)|''[[CTV News]] Prince Albert'' (local newscasts)}}
| analog                 = 
| digital                = 9 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 9
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
| airdate                = {{Start date and age|1987|1|12|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| location               = [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan]]
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = CI Prince Albert
| former_callsigns       = CIPA-TV (1987–2023)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 9 (VHF, 1987–2023)
| owner                  = [[Bell Media Inc.]]
| licensee               = 
| sister_stations        = 
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 11 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|212|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|53|3|27|N|105|50|31.2|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{ubl|{{URL|https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/prince-albert|CTV Prince Albert}}|{{URL|https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca|CTV Saskatoon}}}}
}}

'''CIPA-DT''' (channel 9) is a [[television station]] in [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan]], Canada, [[owned and operated]] by the [[CTV Television Network]], a division of [[Bell Media]]. The station's studios are located at the corner of 6th Avenue East & 28th Street East (in the Carlton Court Shopping Centre) in Prince Albert, with transmitter between Louis Riel Trail/[[Saskatchewan Highway 11|Highway 11]] and [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]], south-southwest of the city.

CIPA-DT operates as a [[semi-satellite]] of [[CFQC-DT]] in [[Saskatoon]], running the same programming as that station at all times (except for certain commercials and a separate 5 p.m. newscast).

==History==
CIPA began transmission on January 12, 1987. In 2002, CTV parent company Bell Globemedia (now Bell Media) sold CIPA's former [[CBC Television|CBC]]-affiliated [[duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] sister station, [[CKBI-TV]], to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], which then made CKBI a rebroadcaster of [[CBKST]] in Saskatoon. CBC shut down the transmitter in 2012, leaving CIPA as the only over-the-air television station in Prince Albert.

In November 2023, the station launched its digital signal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/how-to-keep-watching-ctv-over-the-air-in-prince-albert-and-yorkton/|title=How to keep watching CTV over the air in Prince Albert and Yorkton|website=[[CFQC-DT|CTV News Saskatoon]]|publisher=[[Bell Media]]|date=November 15, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2024}}</ref>

==News programming==
[[Image:CIPA-TV.jpg|thumb|right|CIPA's former logo (1998–2001)]]
CIPA has made several attempts at local newscasts over the years. However, due to recent cutbacks, as of February 12, 2024, its only local newscast is ''CTV News at Five''. The newscast is presented by Chantel Saunders from the CTV Saskatoon studios, with reporters filing stories from Prince Albert. It otherwise simulcasts CTV Saskatoon's 6 p.m. newscast, as well as the provincial newscasts in the morning and at 11:30 p.m. that originate from CTV Regina.

==Former transmitters==
* '''CIPA-TV-1''' [[Alticane]]
* '''CIPA-TV-2''' [[Big River, Saskatchewan|Big River]]{{efn|group=note|CIPA-TV-2 was among a long list of CTV [[broadcast translator|rebroadcasters]] nationwide to have shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of a political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid [[fee-for-carriage]] requirements for [[cable television]] operators.<ref>[http://www.ctv.ca/generic/WebSpecials/pdf/CTVCORP/AppendixB_ListofTransmitters.pdf CTV list of transmitters to be shut down] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224110406/http://www.ctv.ca/generic/WebSpecials/pdf/CTVCORP/AppendixB_ListofTransmitters.pdf|date=December 24, 2011}}</ref> A subsequent change in ownership assigned full control of CTVglobemedia to [[Bell Canada]]; as of 2011, these transmitters remained in normal licensed broadcast operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110727.htm |title=CRTC renews licences of most English-language television services: New licence terms to bolster funding for original Canadian programs |access-date=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005063255/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110727.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2012 }}</ref>}}
* '''CKBQ-TV''' [[Melfort, Saskatchewan|Melfort]]
* '''CKBQ-TV-1''' [[Nipawin]]

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=note}}

On February 11, 2016, Bell Media applied for its regular license renewals, which included applications to delete a long list of transmitters, including CIPA-TV-1, CIPA-TV-2, CKBQ-TV and CKBQ-TV-1. Bell Media's rationale for deleting these analog repeaters is below:

<blockquote>
"We are electing to delete these analog transmitters from the main licence with which they are associated. These analog transmitters generate no incremental revenue, attract little to no viewership given the growth of BDU or DTH subscriptions and are costly to maintain, repair or replace. In addition, none of the highlighted transmitters offer any programming that differs from the main channels. The Commission has determined that broadcasters may elect to shut down transmitters but will lose certain regulatory privileges (distribution on the basic service, the ability to request simultaneous substitution) as noted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-24, Over-the-air transmission of television signals and local programming. We are fully aware of the loss of these regulatory privileges as a result of any transmitter shutdown."
</blockquote>

At the same time, Bell Media applied to convert the licenses of [[CTV 2 Atlantic]] (formerly ASN) and [[CTV 2 Alberta]] (formerly ACCESS) from satellite-to-cable undertakings into television stations without transmitters (similar to cable-only network affiliates in the United States), and to reduce the level of educational content on CTV2 Alberta.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201600122&_ga=1.139397107.1388147273.1466830064 | title=The Runtime Service cannot communicate with Entitlements Service }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-225.htm|title=Notice of hearing - 22 to 24 November 2016 - Laval, Quebec - 28 November to 2 December 2016 - Gatineau, Quebec - Renewal of television licences held by large English- and French-language ownership groups|first=Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|last=(CRTC)|website=crtc.gc.ca|date=June 15, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/prince-albert/ CTV Prince Albert]
*[https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca CTV Saskatoon]
*[http://www.mysask.com CTV Saskatchewan News]
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/saskatchewan/CIPA-TV CIPA-TV] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CIPA-DT}}
{{Bell Media}}
{{Saskatchewan TV}}
{{CTV Stations}}

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