Aytononline wrote:

I might be showing my age here, but the whole point  and what made City Tv different was the back ground was the street where you never knew what was going to happen behind you while you were live on air. Moving to Dundas square they were able to keep some of this. Now they could be on any floor, including the basement with just a green screen behind them.
This might be cost effective but it's no longer City TV.

 
Aytononline, the Citytv brand was pretty much killed by Rogers when then bought the station. They axed most of the original programming like Speakers Corner etc., fired staff like crazy, including on-air talent, and killed the vibrant environment that once made the channel what it was. Remaining staff were in constant fear of being fired and it became a pretty crappy place to work. I was laid off and hired back in weeks, guess they were short staffed, which was good for me at the time. Hated working for Rogers though, they didn’t really “get” TV, just liked the idea of being a player I think. They’re rumoured to be looking for a buyer for the station, good luck in this day and age!

Last edited by Shorty Wave (March 14, 2025 7:54 am)

It amounts to the same thing.

Maybe the BT set will be at 333 for proximity to CHFI, while the news operation will be at OMP

RadioActive wrote:

I was just thinking back to the very beginning. How many times has City TV moved itself? It started in 1972 at 99 Queen St. E. That led to what employees there always called "The New Building" at 299 Queen St. W. They used to refer to it as the "Building That Shoots Itself," to which I always wanted to add, "In The Foot."

Then it was on to Yonge & Dundas, a site Gord Martineau suggested after the craziness with Bell buying City, and being forced by the CRTC to sell it to Rogers, leaving City no choice but to get out of 299. have sets. 

After the move to Yonge and Dundas. The set for BT was on the ground floor.  Eventually they moved up to one of the floors.  Unsure why they decided to relocate out of ground floor.

With Rogers consolidating operations at the Rogers Building I'm wondering what recollections people have of other Rogers addresses? I recall CFTR/CHFI (and I think Rogers Cable) were at 25 Adelaide for years, moving there after a fire at 13 Adelaide. Rogers Cable also had a building on York Mills where I believe Cable 10 had a studio.

Hansa wrote:

With Rogers consolidating operations at the Rogers Building I'm wondering what recollections people have of other Rogers addresses? I recall CFTR/CHFI (and I think Rogers Cable) were at 25 Adelaide for years, moving there after a fire at 13 Adelaide. Rogers Cable also had a building on York Mills where I believe Cable 10 had a studio.

Go back far enough and CFTR was @ 17 Victoria street.

Having watched part of their 6 PM newscast, the set looks pretty much the same to me.

Although to be honest, I rarely watch CityNews so there may be changes I would not have been aware of. 

I just heard that Dina Pugliese is now back on Breakfast Television.  

torontostan wrote:

City's third home is now listed for sale for a cool $35 million

I thought Rogers was donating the building to TMU?

So this means that Quebecor could invest in the building if they get Global... (?)

Radiowiz wrote:

So this means that Quebecor could invest in the building if they get Global... (?)

Has Bell announced where they will be moving The Social and Mary Berg recordings to?

torontostan wrote:

Here2day wrote:

Radiowiz wrote:

So this means that Quebecor could invest in the building if they get Global... (?)

Has Bell announced where they will be moving The Social and Mary Berg recordings to?

Wrong building. Those are CTV shows (299 Queen Street West), not City (33 Dundas Street East)

I'm not sure what Bell is doing.
Corus lost their space at one of their buildings, so this is why I mention Global, perhaps as a Quebecor expense, not a Corus expense to move or relocate...if Quebecor does manage to get Global.
Then there's also another possibility.
I doubt Blue Ant Media has any desire to invest in a new home for Global...but I could indeed be wrong. (we still have to see who will end up with Global...)

Last edited by Radiowiz (November 25, 2025 4:33 pm)

Crazy idea.  Rogers should buy 299 Queen St West from Bell and Move City TV there... 
 

Radiowiz wrote:

I'm not sure what Bell is doing.
Corus lost their space at one of their buildings, so this is why I mention Global, perhaps as a Quebecor expense, not a Corus expense to move or relocate...if Quebecor does manage to get Global.
Then there's also another possibility.
I doubt Blue Ant Media has any desire to invest in a new home for Global...but I could indeed be wrong. (we still have to see who will end up with Global...)

I am unsure what kind of cash you believe Blue Ant Media has at its disposal, but it's nowhere near enough to rid Corus of their debt. Corus may be in the crapper, but Blue Ant wouldn't be far behind. 

Radiowiz wrote:

torontostan wrote:

I am unsure what kind of cash you believe Blue Ant Media has at its disposal, but it's nowhere near enough to rid Corus of their debt. Corus may be in the crapper, but Blue Ant wouldn't be far behind. 

Oh that's too bad. I thought Thunderbird Entertainment was doing so well too. 

Purchase price was $89 million with $0 debt, so yes, pretty good.

Corus was at least $700M in debt before their last recapitalization