CHEK-DT

1956–1960[]

CHEK-TV first signed on the air on December 1, 1956. Originally operating as a CBC affiliate, it was founded by David Armstrong, owner of local radio station CKDA (1220 AM, now CJZN-FM on 91.3); Armstrong originally applied to assign the CKTV call letters for the station, which was changed to CHEK-TV prior to the station's sign-on. CHEK was the only local television station that operated on Vancouver Island for many years, until CHUM Limited signed on CIVI-TV (channel 53) in October 2001. The station was the first (and is currently the oldest) privately owned television station in British Columbia. Only CBC owned-and-operated station CBUT-DT (channel 2) in Vancouver has been on the air longer, having signed on in December 1953.

1960–1963[]

1963–1975[]

In 1963, the station was purchased by businessman Frank Griffiths, who also owned Vancouver CTV affiliate CHAN-TV (channel 8, now a Global owned-and-operated station). By September of that year, CHEK's schedule consisted of some CTV programming and simulcasts of CHAN-originated shows mixed in with the CBC network schedule, along with CHEK-based local productions and syndicated programs not aired on CHAN; this setup continued into the late 1960s and early 1970s, when CHAN started to timeshift network programs.

1975–1976[]

1976–1978[]

1978–1980[]

1980–1983[]

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1981[]

SVG NEEDED

For a few months in 1981, this version of the 1980-1983 logo featured the CTV logo at the bottom, in the space normally occupied by the "Island Television" slogan. It was used by CHEK after it became solely affiliated with CTV upon disaffiliating from CBC Television on January 5, 1981, ending a dual network affiliation the station held since 1963.

1983–1986[]

1986–1992[]

SVG NEEDED

1992–1997[]

SVG NEEDED

1997–2001[]

CHEK came under the ownership of Canwest Global Communications in 2000 after that company acquired Western International Communications. This acquisition set off a major affiliation switch among the Vancouver–Victoria market's television stations in 2001, with both CHEK and CHAN disaffiliating from CTV, and CIVT becoming the sole CTV station in British Columbia. CHAN and CHEK's affiliation agreements with CTV were originally due to end in 2000; they were extended to expire on September 1, 2001 in view of the uncertainty surrounding the local media landscape.

During this period, the station adopted the slogan It's Here.

2001-2007[]

2001–2005[]

After disaffiliating from CTV, CHEK became part of Canwest's new CH system. It rebranded as "CH Vancouver Island", and took on a schedule similar to that of Hamilton sister CHCH. CHEK aired 15 to 20 hours of local news programming each week, and often programs that were usually shown on CHAN were moved to accommodate its news programming.

2005–2007[]

2007–2022[]

2007–2012[]

The logo used for newscasts since 2007. It was the de facto branding of the station from 2007 to 2009, during which time it used the logo for E! for network IDs and program promos outside of local newscasts.

2009-2022[]

2009–2012[]

CHEK narrowly avoided shutdown in 2009 when Canwest sold the station to CHEK's employees and several local investors, through a consortium known as CHEK Media Group, for $2.

CHEK Media Group took control of the station's programming on that date the station also disaffiliated from E! (which shut down a few days prior), and adopted a new schedule that included a mix of movies and older programming (both Canadian and American in origin), syndicated programming and a greater emphasis on local newscasts (including a new 10:00 p.m. newscast that debuted on September 1), and reverted to branding itself as simply "CHEK".