Screenshots:

"Global News" (2001)
"Sports Page" (2001)
"ckvu News" (1/21/2002)
"ckvu News" (3/1/2002)
"CityPulse"/ "CityPulse Tonight" (7/22/2002)

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CKVU Opens Montage (817kB, video)(NEW!):
Includes 4 opens from various eras like "1st News" (late 80s?), "U.News at Six" (early and mid-90s) and "Global News" (1997?). These were taken from the sendoff montage for Russ Froese aired in 2003. The link takes you to a separate server where the file is stored. And for news theme fans, yes, it is Non-Stop Music's "Total News" you hear on the Global News open. They used it for a while before Global commissioned its own package.

"Global News at Six" 2000 Open (483kB, video)

"Global News at Six" 2000 Close (146kB, audio):
A particularly long close.

"Sports Page" 2001 Open (452kB, video)

Global News "election 2001" Animation (148kB, video)

Click here for Global idents used from 1997 - 2001

"ckvu News" Pre-Switch Promo (297kB, video):
This promo started to air mid- to late-August, in which CKVU urges viewers to stay with the station's newscasts. This was the first hint that CKVU would continue to use the same graphics and theme music after the switch. This promo was still aired the week after Crossover.

Last Ever "Global News at Six" (August 31st, 2001):
Jennifer Mather mentions the switch (470kB, video)
Close (395kB, video): 
Joe Leary plays around with the Global mic flag in the close.

Last Ever "Sports Page" (8/31/2001) Close (893kB, video):
Sean McCormack anchored the last ever Sports Page on CKVU. He mentioned that the program would move "down the dial" (with no mention of CHEK whatsoever), and thanked all the people who helped put together the program in the last 24 years. We could even see people in the control room waving goodbye. "Sports Page" did move to CH, but the program was still produced at the CKVU studio until December.

Last Ever "Global News at 11:30" (August 31st, 2001):

Bumper and Open (336kB, video):
Dag Sharman anchored the last ever Global newscast on CKVU. The switch to "ckvu13" was mentioned in the pre-show bumper.

Close (637kB, video):
The "Global News" signs on the monitors behind Dag are replaced by the new ones labeled "ckvu News." They were the only station to have this kind of switchover "ceremony." The closing sequence featuring the "Global News" logo is seen for the last time ever on CKVU.

First Ever "ckvu News at Six" (September 1st, 2001):

Bumper and Open (341kB, video)
Close (274kB, video):
Simi Sara anchored the station's first newscast as "ckvu13." Sure enough the station kept the graphics and the theme music (even the wire-frame globe symbol) left over from Global. However, the station switched to a new news theme in mid-September 2001.

ckvu13 "Under Construction" IDs:

ID 1 (209kB, video), ID 2 (180kB, video), ID 3 (209kB, video):
These IDs involve construction workers working on some sort of project ("Citytv Vancouver"?).

CKVU-TV 25th Anniversary Montage (1.15MB, video):
This montage was shown during ckvu News at 6 and 11:30 on Friday, September 7th. It showcases clips of the station from the last 25 years, including glimpses of the "CKVU First News" and VU13 news sets. CKVU had probably gone through more changes in 25 years than had many other TV stations on the continent.

"ckvu News" 2002 Bumper and Open (561kB, video)
"ckvu News" 2002 Close (380kB, video):
CKVU updated its news graphics in January 2002. Despite the update, the wire-frame globe left over from the "Global News" era seemed to be even more prominently featured than ever...

"ckvu News" 2002 Bumper and Open (607kB, video):
... until late February, when the station got a new set of graphics altogether. The reign of wire-frame globes from the Global News era was finally over, replaced by new, bright, colourful graphics.

Jennifer Mather Blooper Reel (1.72MB, video):
Jennifer Mather left the station March 15th to spend more time with her family.

"Great Movies" 2002 Open w/ Program Warning (321kB, video)

Citytv Preview: Part 1 (1.09MB, video), Part 2 (1.31MB, video):
CKVU officially announced on June 6, 2002 that the station would become Citytv in July. That night a preview of the new station was shown during the 6pm newscast. Included in this preview are CHUM Television president Moses Znaimer, the Breakfast Television quartet, and Monika Deol, who would anchor CityPulse at 11. The preview was intentionally divided into 2 parts by the webmaster.
(Note: Part 2 contains almost-full female frontal nudity.) 

"Under Construction" ID: Countdown to Citytv (202kB, video):
After the official announcement on June 6, various elements of Citytv began to seep into the station, not the least this ID here. It seems that with each passing week, more and more pieces of the "Under Construction" theme breaks away to reveal more and more of what will be in store for the station next.

"...Are you ready for Citytv? We think you are."
- Mark Docherty, 6/6/2002

>> click here for page 2

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