KITCHENER (June 7, 2017) – Announced today as part of CTV’s fall schedule reveal, CTV NEWS KITCHENER expands its local news programming this fall with the addition of an early-evening newscast, CTV NEWS AT FIVE. Featuring unique weekday broadcasts highlighting the biggest news from across Southwestern Ontario, CTV NEWS AT FIVE begins this fall, and leads into Kitchener’s #1 source for news and this year’s RTDNA Bert Cannings Award for Best Newscast (Medium Market) winner, CTV NEWS AT SIX, to further bolster CTV News’ commitment to local news coverage.

“With the addition of CTV NEWS AT FIVE this fall, the CTV Kitchener team will work to expand our award-winning local news coverage and be bigger than ever,” said Kristin Wever, News Director, CTV Kitchener. “Viewers can tune in to CTV NEWS AT FIVE to stay informed as the stories of their communities continue to unfold.”

CTV Kitchener joins the six CTV stations already delivering CTV NEWS AT FIVE (CTV Vancouver, CTV Calgary, CTV Red Deer, CTV Edmonton, CTV Lethbridge, and CTV Atlantic). With today’s nationwide announcement, the following local stations will also add 5 p.m. newscasts to their lineups this fall:

CTV Saskatoon
CTV Regina
CTV Prince Albert
CTV Yorkton
CTV Winnipeg
CTV Northern Ontario
CTV Ottawa
CTV Montreal

Further details, including broadcast teams for CTV NEWS AT FIVE, will be announced in the coming months.