CRTC that it would no longer have financial losses by 1993. Later that year, CKO established a station in Winnipeg, which became the network's final new station before its closure. Ted Tevan briefly hosted a weekday sports talk show on the network. Although Tevan was from Montreal, CKO's Montreal station did not have a suitable studio for the program, forcing Tevan to commute to Toronto. Tevan quit CKO after the network rejected his offer to set up a Montreal studio. In 1989, AGRA agreed in principle to sell Cybermedix to Montreal-based broadcaster Cogeco, which planned to sell off Cybermedix' medical labs while keeping CKO and the Cybermedix cable systems in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. However, there was no timetable for the CRTC to approve the deal, and Cogeco would not be allowed to operate CKO until the sale was approved. As a result, with the transaction still pending before the CRTC and no prospect of staunching CKO's mounting losses in the interim, AGRA decided to euthanize the network. On November 10, network president Bill Stewart told employees via conference call that CKO was shutting its doors. While this meeting was taking place, the network abruptly went off the air in the middle of the noon (Eastern Time) broadcast, never to return. It lost a reported $55 million during its existence. The broadcast licenses were surrendered to the CRTC, which formally revoked them on August 15, 1990. Personalities Personalities associated with the network included:Lowell Thomas, Calgary news presenter. Programs Herbert W. Armstrong, weekdays and Sundays 9:30 p.m. Bookshelf, book review show hosted by Dawn Draper. The John Gilbert Show Hotline, hosted by Pat Burns Nighttalk With Bill Williams, national talk-show from Vancouver, replacing The John Gilbert Show Open Portfolio, Ottawa-based capital affairs programme hosted by Noel Norenius, Saturdays at 1:07 p.m. ET. People Probe, national person-in-the-street show hosted by Earl Sky (Earl Pludwinski), Saturdays at 12:07 p.m. ET. Science File, hosted by Glen Stone Soccer Report, Edmonton based pre-NASL open line show created and hosted by Ian Kinsey in 1978 and '79. Canada's first soccer call-in and feature program Spacewatch, hosted by David Onley This is Business, national half hour daily business show 6 - 6:30pm eastern hosted, produced and written by John MacRae '84 - '88 Time to Talk, national open line show hosted by Don Gauthier from 1985 Toronto Maple Leafs hockey games Alberta soccer league, games