Toronto One
Toronto One is the on-air name of CKXT-TV, a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Toronto One is owned by Craig Media Inc, and broadcasts a very similar schedule to Craig's A-Channel stations in Western Canada, although it produces some locally-oriented programming that is not shared with A-Channel. It began broadcasting on September 19, 2003, on channel 52.
The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on April 8, 2002 in a non-unanimous and somewhat controversial decision. Several existing broadcasters were opposed to any new broadcasters being licensed in the Toronto area, due to the unstable economic climate.
This also marked the first time that Craig had been granted a license to compete directly with a station owned by CHUM Limited, which meant that CHUM lost sales revenues from the broadcast rights it had contracted to Craig's A-Channel stations. CHUM retaliated by applying for broadcast licenses in Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, two markets it had previously avoided so as not to compete directly with Craig.
The station proved to be a disaster for Craig, however. In early 2004 Craig announced that it was seeking a buyer for its television operations due to lower-than-expected revenues. Eventually CHUM bought the entire Craig company, and now plans to sell off Toronto One. A likely buyer is Torstar, the owner of the Toronto Star.