It acquired former Cornwall, Ontario CBC affiliate CJSS-TV as a rebroadcaster in 1963, making CJSS the first television station in Canada to cease operations. The channel 6 transmitter in Deseronto became operational in 1972 to serve the Kingston and Belleville markets. Standard Broadcasting owned the station from 1975 to 1987; that year, after a CRTC decision authorized Baton Broadcasting to launch a new independent station in Ottawa,"CRTC ruling sparks network war". The Globe and Mail, March 3, 1987. Standard responded to the potential new competition by selling CJOH to Baton, who then surrendered the new independent licence."Baton buys CJOH TV in Ottawa from Standard for $85 million". The Globe and Mail, July 15, 1987. Baton was renamed CTV Inc. in 1998 after gaining control of the CTV network the preceding year. CTV in turn would be purchased by Bell Canada and folded into Bell Globemedia, now Bell Media, in 2001.
