The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / CityNews 24/7 everywhere

**Posted by zed** January 7, 2025 7:17 pm

The 24 hour news service from Citytv looks an awful lot like CP24 and while it was pretty rough in the beginning it's settled down to a pretty slick looking channel.

Oddly, it seems to be turning up everywhere lately. I first noticed it at the gym which used to show TSN or Sportsnet on some monitors and CP24 on others but now it's CityNews 24/7 only and has been for the past several months. Today, while having my car serviced it was on in the waiting room at the dealership and I've seen it elsewhere.

Rogers must be compensating the businesses showing the channel which still has a way to go to catch up to CP24 in terms of content at least. Maybe they're providing free cable to these businesses? Or is there another financial incentive for them to swith from CP24 to CityNews 24/7?

Inquiring minds want to know.

**Posted by RadioAaron** January 7, 2025 7:22 pm

I think it might be the result of being on channel 1. The Rogers box in my office defaults to it when it's turned back on.

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** January 7, 2025 9:02 pm

Another sign that rogers wants to take over everything.
You cant make me swich from CP24

**Posted by jesse** January 8, 2025 3:01 am

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
You cant make me swich from CP24

I guess you don't remember who actually started CP24?

**Posted by Radiowiz** January 8, 2025 5:29 am

jesse wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
You cant make me swich from CP24
I guess you don't remember who actually started CP24?

What are you talking about?
CHUM GROUP, not ROGERS.
Bell ended up with just CP24 because they were not allowed to keep City TV, as they originally expected when they bought the CHUM group of TV stations.
Rogers BOUGHT City TV (Toronto) from Bell because the CRTC said so.

**Posted by Aytononline** January 8, 2025 6:23 am

Who started what for me is very subjective. Chum started CP24 using the newsroom from City, but Chum started a lot of channels like this.
When Bell was able to buy everything at 299 Queen except City, Rogers was required to move CityNews, while everything else stayed. In fact Bell moved other programing and stations down to this site.
With all of the staff cuts I'm not sure if there are many still around who helped start CP24.

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** January 8, 2025 7:20 pm

Yes I remember.
But CHUM's long gon.
I wish CHUM stuck around, they were better at opperating their channels and radio stations.

**Posted by mace** January 8, 2025 10:41 pm

RadioAaron wrote:
I think it might be the result of being on channel 1. The Rogers box in my office defaults to it when it's turned back on.

Back in the Rogers Digital era, when I turned on my television, channel 1 appeared. Now that I have Ignite/Xfinity, what ever channel I was watching the night before, that is the channel that will appear the next time I turn my set on.