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The following is a list of media outlets in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Such outlets can include newspapers, radio and television stations, and online media operating in and serving Winnipeg and/or the Winnipeg Metro Region.

Active in Winnipeg are various local, national, and international media outlets; local outlets also include neighbourhood and ethnic media.

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Daily newspapers

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Name Owner Format Circulation
Metro Winnipeg

(defunct)

Metro International
Winnipeg Free Press FP Canadian Newspapers LP Broadsheet Average: 125,000 (Mon–Sat), over 162,000 (Saturdays).[1]
Winnipeg Sun Postmedia Network Tabloid 2011: 58,520 people (weekdays), 50,884 (Saturdays), 52,388 (Sundays).[2]
Winnipeg Tribune

(defunct)

Southam Newspapers (now Postmedia) Broadsheet 100,000

Ethnic print media

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Name[3] Owner / Distributor Demographic Type Notes
Ang Peryodiko (Canada) Ang Peryodiko (Los Angeles) Filipino tri-monthly
The Filipino Journal Filipino bi-monthly
Grassroots News A. A. Aboriginal Advertising Inc. Aboriginal (First Nation and Métis) Circulation: 20,000 copies/issue;

approx. 80,000 readers/issue.[4]

The Jewish Post & News Bernie Bellan Jewish bi-weekly
La Liberté Presse-Ouest Limitée Francophone weekly Format: tabloid
Lögberg-Heimskringla[5] Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. Icelandic bi-weekly Format: print and online
Manitoba China Times Chinese
Manitoba Chinese Tribune[6] Voice of Fenghua Chinese bi-monthly
Manitoba Indochina Chinese News Chinese
The Manitoba Muslim Muslim
Mennonite Brethren Herald[7] Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Mennonite Brethren
"Navegante Cultural". Mia Sally Correia, Navegante Cultural Portuguese, Inter-cultural 12 issues annually in print and online
The Philippine Times Filipino bi-monthly
Pilipino Express[8] The Pilipino Express Inc Filipino bi-weekly Format: magazine
Ukrainian Voice[9] Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada Ukrainian
U Multicultural Ethnocultural news platform Multilingual weekly online/digital
Visnyk Newspaper[10] Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Ukrainian

Periodical newspapers

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Official student papers

Name School / Organization Type Format
The Manitoban[11] University of Manitoba

(Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation)

Fall/Winter academic terms: weekly

Summer: monthly

Tabloid
The Projector[12] Red River College bi-weekly (every second Monday)
The Uniter[13] University of Winnipeg

Community papers

Canstar Community Newspapers, owned by FP Canadian Newspapers LP, owns and operates several free community newspapers within the Winnipeg area, published weekly.

Name Winnipeg area Communities Owner
The Headliner Headingly Fannystelle, Sanford, Cartier, Headingly, McDonald, St. François Xavier, and Rosser Canstar
The Herald Northeast Birds Hill, East Kildonan, East St. Paul, Elmwood, Harbour View, Lakeside Meadows, North Kildonan, and Transcona. Canstar
The Lance South/Southeast Island Lakes, River Park South, Southdale, St. Boniface, St. Vital, Windsor Park. Canstar
The Metro West St. James-Assiniboia, Charleswood, West End, and Wolseley. Canstar (Not related to Metro News)
Senior Scope[14] all Winnipeg's senior community Canstar
The Sou'wester Southwest Fort Garry, Fort Richmond, Fort Rouge, Crescentwood, Waverley Heights, Richmond West, Linden Woods, Tuxedo, St. Norbert, Linden Ridge, Whyte Ridge, Bridgwater, and River Heights Canstar
The Times North/Northwest Amber Trails, Brooklands, Garden City, The Maples, North End, Tyndall Park, West Kildonan, and West St. Paul Canstar
Transcona Views and Advertiser[15][16] East Transcona Bond Printing Ltd.
Voxair all 17 Wing community CFB Winnipeg
Winnipeg Regional Real Estate News[17] all Real estate community Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board

Magazines

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Name Publisher Category Frequency
Border Crossings[18] Arts and culture quarterly
Canadian Dimension[19] Dimension Publishing Inc. Politics (left-wing) quarterly
Ciao![20] Fanfare Magazine Group Food bimonthly
Commercial Real Estate Magazine[17] Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board Real estate
Downtown Winnipeg Magazine[21]

(defunct)

Downtown Winnipeg BIZ Lifestyle (urban) quarterly
Herizons[22] Feminism quarterly
The Huddle Sports (football) online
Game On[23] The Davis Media Company Sports (hockey) bimonthly
OutWords[24](defunct) LGBT Monthly
TASTE Fanfare Magazine Group Food (culinary guide) bimonthly
Uptown Magazine FP Canadian Newspapers LP Music
Visitor's Guide[25] Tourism Winnipeg Tourism annually
WHERE Winnipeg[26][27] Fanfare Magazine Group Tourism (visitor guide) bimonthly
Winnipeg Men[28][29]

(defunct)

MediaEdge Publishing Inc. Lifestyle (men)
Winnipeg Women[29]

(defunct)

MediaEdge Publishing Inc.

Television

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Most homes subscribe to cable television through Shaw Communications, or internet protocol through Bell MTS. There are also two satellite services available through Shaw Direct and Bell Satellite TV. Some homes use grey market satellite dishes to bring in signals from American satellite services.

Free programming

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There are five English-language stations and one French-language station based in Winnipeg that supply free programming to the city.

OTA virtual channel
(PSIP) 		OTA channel Shaw Cable Call Sign Network Notes
3.1 51 (UHF) 10 CBWFT-DT Ici Radio-Canada Télé
6.1 27 (UHF) 2 CBWT-DT CBC Television
7.1 7 (VHF) 5 CKY-DT CTV
9.1 40 (UHF) 12 CKND-DT Global
13.1 13 (VHF) 8 CHMI-DT Citytv
35.1 35 (UHF) 11 CIIT-DT ZoomerMedia Formerly Joytv 11 now called FaithTV

American networks

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Additionally, American network affiliates broadcasting from Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota are available over-the-air in many parts of Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba. Until the mid-1980s, KRDK-TV (then known as KXJB) and KVLY-TV (then known as KTHI) from Fargo were available on Winnipeg's cable service. These channels were replaced by WDIV-TV and WJBK from Detroit, later WTOL from Toledo. Currently, WCCO-TV and KARE from Minneapolis, Minnesota are available to Winnipeg via cable. WDAZ-TV from Grand Forks is still available on Winnipeg cable TV systems.

For decades, the Fargo/Grand Forks stations depended heavily on advertising in Winnipeg, as Winnipeg has more than double the population of the Fargo/Grand Forks market. WUHF, the Fox-affiliate from Rochester, New York, has been available on cable since December 1994. Fargo Fox affiliate KVRR operates a repeater, KNRR, in border town Pembina, North Dakota; it reaches Winnipeg over-the-air. However, its weak signal requires either a rooftop VHF antenna aimed south or being located on a high floor of a tall building.

KNRR was intended to target Winnipeg, but is not carried on any Winnipeg-area systems due to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concerns that Winnipeg businesses will advertise on KNRR rather than Winnipeg stations. Ironically, some Winnipeg businesses advertise on WDAZ, which is carried on cable TV in Winnipeg, as many Winnipeg residents shop in Grand Forks (and Fargo) to take advantage of lower taxes. However this is sometimes ineffective due to simultaneous substitution. This practice requires cable systems to replace WDAZ's signal with that of a Winnipeg station (usually either CKY or CKND) whenever the same program and episode air simultaneously.

The PBS member network for North Dakota, Prairie Public Television, has been carried on Winnipeg cable systems for over four decades by way of its Grand Forks outlet, KGFE. Winnipeg is almost as large as the entire American population of Prairie Public's footprint, and has long been a significant supporter of the network.

Cable television

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Winnipeg-based
Name Owner Category
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) APTN Inc. Indigenous peoples
CoolTV

(defunct)

Global Television Network (CanWest) Music (jazz, blues, world music)
Fox Sports World Canada

(defunct)

Shaw Media Sports
X-Treme Sports

(defunct)

Global Television Network (CanWest) Sports
Formerly based in Winnipeg
Name Owner (in Winnipeg) Category
DejaView Corus Entertainment Classic TV (’60s, ’70s, ’80s)
Lonestar

(now MovieTime)

Global Television Network (CanWest) Western-genre programming
Men TV

(now History2)

Groupe TVA and Global Television Network Lifestyle (men)
Mystery TV

(now Crime & Investigation)

Groupe TVA and CanWest Police-procedural and true crime
TVTropolis / Prime

(now DTour)

Global Television Network Classic and '90s TV
Women's Television Network

(now W Network)

Moffat Communications Lifestyle (women)

Radio

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Winnipeg is home to 24 AM and FM radio stations, the most popular of which has been, for many years, CJOB—a talk-oriented AM station popular for its coverage of major storms and floods. After an absence of many years, Winnipeg is now home to two English-language and one French-language campus radio stations. NCI is devoted to Aboriginal programming, and CKJS-FM is devoted to ethnic programming. CBC Radio One and CBC Music broadcast local and national programming, and two Radio-Canada stations also broadcast French programming. There are several rock and pop oriented stations, two country stations, and one tourist information station.

Frequency[30] Call sign Brand name Main format/genre Owner Notes
680 AM CJOB 680 CJOB news / talk Corus Entertainment Evenings: sports talk show

Weekends: health, travel, food, technology and cars.

990 AM CBW CBC Radio One news / talk / public Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1290 AM CFRW Funny 1290 comedy Bell Media Radio Signed off the air permanently June 14, 2023.
88.1 FM CKSB-10-FM Ici Radio-Canada Première public / news / talk

(French; public radio)

Société Radio-Canada
89.9 FM CKSB-FM Ici Musique jazz / classical

(French; public radio)

Société Radio-Canada
91.1 FM CKXL Envol 91 community

(French; public radio)

La Radio communautaire du Manitoba inc.
92.1 FM CITI 92 Citi FM classic rock Rogers Communications
92.7 FM CKJS 92.7 CKJS multilingual Evanov Communications
93.7 FM CJNU 93.7 CJNU adult standards Nostalgia Broadcasting Cooperative
94.3 FM CHNW 94.3 Now! Radio hot adult contemporary Jim Pattison Group
95.1 FM CHVN CHVN 95.1 contemporary Christian music Golden West Broadcasting
95.9 FM CKUW CKUW 95.9 local news / spoken word / social issue

(campus radio)

University of Winnipeg
96.7 FM CILT Mix 96.7 adult contemporary / classic hits Golden West Broadcasting Based in Steinbach
97.5 FM CJKR Power 97 active rock Corus Entertainment
98.3 FM CBW CBC Music music

(public radio)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
99.1 FM CFPG Peggy @ 99.1 FM adult contemporary Corus Entertainment
99.9 FM CFWM Bounce 99.9 adult hits Bell Media Radio
100.5 FM CFJL Hot 100.5 classic hits Evanov Communications
101.5 FM CJUM UMFM freeform music / spoken word

(campus radio)

University of Manitoba
102.3 FM CKY KiSS 102.3 hot adult contemporary Rogers Communications
103.1 FM CKMM 103.1 Virgin Radio contemporary hits Bell Media Radio
104.1 FM CFQX QX 104 country Jim Pattison Group Based in Selkirk
104.7 FM CIUR Now Country 104.7 FM country Native Communications
105.5 FM CICY NCI country Native Communications Based in Selkirk
106.1 FM CHWE Energy 106 contemporary hits Evanov Communications
107.1 FM CKCL Classic 107 jazz / classical Golden West Broadcasting

Defunct

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In 1922, George Melrose Bell, from Calgary, was licensed to launch a radio station in Winnipeg known as CKZC-AM. However, the license would expire and the station never made it to air, as Bell would be too preoccupied in launching stations in Calgary and Regina.[31] Another defunct station, CKZC, was launched by Lynn V. Salton (1897-1956) in 1922. Salton later became the radio operator for the Winnipeg Free Press' radio station that operated until 1923 .[32]

On January 23, 2012, the CRTC ruled that campus radio stations in Canada could no longer use students as on-air DJs, and instead would follow the definition of a community radio station. Red River College's CKIC would be the first station to be forced off the air as result of this decision.[33] At 4 PM on July 4, 2012, the station shut down its operation as an over-the-air broadcaster and turned in the corresponding license to the CRTC.[34] The station would later plan to return to the air as an internet-only radio station, beginning in the Fall of 2012.

Frequency Call sign Brand name Format Owner/Notes Notes
580 AM CJML community / special events (unknown) Since 2005, this low-power special events radio station has been used from time to time on CKY's former AM frequency at 580 kHz.[35][36]
107.9 FM CJWV Flava 107.9 urban contemporary Harmony Broadcasting Ltd
92.9 FM CKIC 92.9 KICK-FM Alternative rock

(campus radio)

Red River College

Online media

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Online outlets
Outlet[30] Content Areas served
Access Winnipeg Winnipeg
ChrisD.ca[37] News, sports, and entertainment Winnipeg and southern Manitoba
Manitoba Post[38] News, sports, and entertainment Winnipeg
Spectator Tribune[39] News, politics, arts Winnipeg
U Multicultural Channel News, opinions, TV streaming, U Radio Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario
U Radio Opinions, podcasts, ethnocultural and folk music Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario
Community TV and radio broadcaster
Name Owner / Distributor Demographic
RTV

(Канадская русскоязычная телесеть)

Shaw TV[40] Russian
U Multicultural Channel U Multicultural Inc. Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Filipino, Korean, Brazilian, Yazidi, German, South-Asian

Podcasts

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Podcast networks in Winnipeg:

  • The Garbage Hill Podcast Network — Winnipeg's first independent podcast network.
  • Manitoba Podcast Network[41] — A collection of locally produced online shows. Subjects include film, pop culture, craft beer, video games, etc.
Podcast shows
Name Host(s) Format Subject / genre Description / Notes
Couch Surfin'[42] Devin Bray and Terrance Williams Interview Winnipeg influencers / personalities Notable guests: Fred Penner, Charles Adler, Jon Ljungberg, Filthy Animals' rapper Broms, and UFC fighters Joe Doerkson and Roland Delorme.

Awards: "Best Local Podcast 2013" by The Uniter, University of Winnipeg's student newspaper.[43]

Media Nerds Podcast[44] Kenton Larsen and Dan Vadeboncoeur Weekly discussion Media (TV, film, advertising, journalism, radio, social) Hosted by two instructors of Creative Communications, Red River College.
Musing While Boozing[45] Informal discussion Pop culture / current events A recorded hang out with two Winnipeg guys, discussing hot topics over cold drinks with special guests.
Nintendo Pulse[46] Lloyd Hannesson A member of the Winnipeg-based REZD.tv network, and has recorded in Winnipeg since 2006.
Return to Sender[47] Interview / discussion Music and comedy Focused on promoting little-known, often local, bands.
The Supporting Act[48] Interview Local and touring artists (comedians, musicians, etc.) Informal interview style.
U Talk U Radio by U Multicultural Talk show Diverse voices of Canada Topics related to the ethnocultural and indigenous community of Canada

Ethnic media

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Name Owner / Distributor Demographic Format (type) Notes
Ang Peryodiko (Canada) Ang Peryodiko (Los Angeles) Filipino Newspaper (tri-monthly)
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) APTN Inc. Indigenous TV network
The Filipino Journal Filipino Newspaper (bi-monthly)
Grassroots News A. A. Aboriginal Advertising Inc. Indigenous (First Nation and Métis) Circulation: 20,000 copies/issue;

approx. 80,000 readers/issue.[4]

The Jewish Post & News Bernie Bellan Jewish Newspaper (bi-weekly)
La Liberté Presse-Ouest Limitée Francophone Newspaper (weekly) Format: tabloid
Lögberg-Heimskringla[5] Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc. Icelandic Newspaper (bi-weekly) Format: print and online
Manitoba China Times Chinese
Manitoba Chinese Tribune[6] Voice of Fenghua Chinese Newspaper (bi-monthly)
Manitoba Indochina Chinese News Chinese Newspaper
The Manitoba Muslim Muslim Newspaper
Mennonite Brethren Herald[7] Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Mennonite Brethren Newspaper
O Mundial Portuguese Newspaper
The Philippine Times Filipino Newspaper
Pilipino Express[8] The Pilipino Express Inc Filipino Magazine (bi-weekly)
RTV

(Канадская русскоязычная телесеть)

Shaw TV[40] Russian TV network
U Multicultural Channel U Multicultural Inc. Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Filipino, Korean, Brazilian, Yazidi, German, South-Asian Media channel
Ukrainian Voice[9] Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada Ukrainian Newspaper
Visnyk Newspaper[10] Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Ukrainian Newspaper

National media in Winnipeg

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Various national/international media outlets base their Manitoba branches/newsrooms out of Winnipeg. These include:

See also

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References

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