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CKVR Barrie Tower Cam
Stumbled on A live link to the camera on the CKVR Tower in Barrie. Comes in handy for weather!
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'VR has had a camera up there, nearly 400 feet up, since about 1993; the station's retro photos online show an in-studio event for when the Tower Cam first went live and was sponsored by a local tire dealer. Also recall from the New VR days, when master control would sometimes take the camera to air as filler very early in the morning, with a simulcast of CHUM FM for the audio, before the 6am reroll of the 11pm news; CKVR didn't have a local radio sister since the TV station and CKBB parted ways. Has me wondering if the Tower Cam was ever live on the air during a nasty thunderstorm... would have made for some wild TV with lots of lightning over Kempenfelt Bay.
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'VR has had a camera up there, nearly 400 feet up, since about 1993; the station's retro photos online show an in-studio event for when the Tower Cam first went live and was sponsored by a local tire dealer. Also recall from the New VR days, when master control would sometimes take the camera to air as filler very early in the morning, with a simulcast of CHUM FM for the audio, before the 6am reroll of the 11pm news; CKVR didn't have a local radio sister since the TV station and CKBB parted ways. Has me wondering if the Tower Cam was ever live on the air during a nasty thunderstorm... would have made for some wild TV with lots of lightning over Kempenfelt Bay.
Yes seen clips of storms rolling thru the area on their news broadcasts before. I remember when the camera went up back in the end of the Total News days. I wonder if Bell now who owns the station still does maintenance properly on the tower especially after this winter and last weeks ice.
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'VR has had a camera up there, nearly 400 feet up, since about 1993; the station's retro photos online show an in-studio event for when the Tower Cam first went live and was sponsored by a local tire dealer. Also recall from the New VR days, when master control would sometimes take the camera to air as filler very early in the morning, with a simulcast of CHUM FM for the audio, before the 6am reroll of the 11pm news; CKVR didn't have a local radio sister since the TV station and CKBB parted ways. Has me wondering if the Tower Cam was ever live on the air during a nasty thunderstorm... would have made for some wild TV with lots of lightning over Kempenfelt Bay.
CFPL-TV in London also has a Tower Cam as well. Don't know when they started to use it. But you can see the whole city of London. They sometimes use the Tower Cam during the 6PM newscasts. I remember CFPL-TV had a live cam on top of City Hall during the newscasts as well. I am not sure if it is still up there or if they have removed it.
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As does Global Peterborough. Used in the weather forcasts.
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Stumbled on A live link to the camera on the CKVR Tower in Barrie. Comes in handy for weather!
The link only takes you to a two hour segment of video dated four months ago. The "uploader" provide no details, allows no comments, and appears to have only ever done this the one time.
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