Fire guts Ottawa TV studio

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OTTAWA–Anchor Max Keeping usually tells his audience about fires in his city, but Sunday he found himself reporting on the blaze that gutted his own newsroom.

The blaze early Sunday morning destroyed CTV’s Ottawa newsroom at its local station, CJOH-TV. Damages were estimated at more than $2.5 million, the network stated on its website. Among the losses were the local news archives of Ottawa’s history and 37-year video history of Keeping, who is set to retire April 1, CTV said.

It could be days before staff can return to the building, but plans to continue production from the A Channel building in the ByWard Market were moving forward, CTV said. There happened to be no regular 6 p.m. newscast planned for Sunday because CTV was carrying the Super Bowl.

But the station did air a live news break from a satellite truck outside the building on Merivale Rd.

The news team planned to air their 11:30 newscast on Sunday night from the A Channel studio.

Newsroom staff have already held their first meeting about resuming broadcasting, Keeping stated in an interview with CTV News Channel.

CTV stations in Montreal, Toronto and Saskatchewan were sending some cameras and edit suites to Ottawa, he added.

It’s not known what caused the blaze, which began on the second floor of the building sometime before 4:30 a.m. There were no injuries.

source : www.thestar.com

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