CKCO-DT is a television station

Television station

A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 broadcasting on channel 13 in Kitchener, Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...

, Canada

Canada

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. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 and has been branded CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005.
Broadcasts began on March 1, 1954 from Baden Tower

Baden Tower

CKCO-TV transmits channel 13 from this tower on top of one of the Baden Hills just outside the community of Baden, Township of Wilmot, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada....

 (a transmitter on Baden Hill

Baden Hill

The Baden Hills are four glacier-made kames near the community of Baden in the Township of Wilmot, Ontario, Canada. Because of their elevation, up to , they have been used for radio and TV transmission towers, most notably Baden Tower on the highest and eastmost hill that hosts the antennas for...

), near Baden

Baden, Ontario

Baden is a community in Township of Wilmot, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It has a population of less than 1000 and was named after Baden-Baden in Germany...

, just west of Kitchener. The transmitter has become one of the most identifiable landmarks for those who live in the area. Originally, like all private television stations in Canada from 1953 to 1959, CKCO was an affiliate of the CBC

CBC Television

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, but changed its affiliation to CTV in 1964.