CTV
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| CTV | |
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| Founded | October 1, 1961 |
| Company | CTV Inc. |
| President | Ivan Fecan |
| Current Popular Series | Corner Gas, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Whistler |
CTV is an English language broadcast television network run by CTV Inc., which is owned by CTVglobemedia. It airs a mixture of American shows and movies and original Canadian shows. All shows airing on CTV Television, and most ads, are closed captioned.
CTV went on the air for the first time on October 1, 1961, originally comprised of seven former independent stations in Vancouver (CHAN), Calgary (CFCN), Winnipeg (CJAY), Toronto (CFTO), Ottawa (CJOH), Montreal (CFCF) and Halifax (CJCH) and one former CBC Television affiliate in Edmonton (CFRN).
CTV has one of Canada's largest stables of specialty channels. These include interests in: CTV Newsnet, a 24-hour headline news channel; Business News Network, an all-business news network; MTV Canada, a music-oriented specialty channel (previously talktv, an all-talk channel); The Comedy Network, Canada's first 24-hour network dedicated to comedy; TSN, a Canadian sports specialty channel; RDS, a 24-hour French-language all-sports channel; and the award-winning Discovery Channel. A minority interest in Viewer's Choice Canada (pay-per-view) is also held. CTV owns interests in and operates six digital specialty channels: CTV Travel, Animal Planet, Discovery Civilization, ESPN Classic Canada, NHL Network and RIS (Le Réseau Info Sports). It formerly had ownership interests in the Outdoor Life Network and CTV Sportsnet (now Rogers Sportsnet), both of which have since been sold to Rogers Communications.
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[edit] CTV affiliates (including city of licence and date of first sign-on)
Charter CTV affiliates are indicated in bold text.
[edit] CTV-owned
| Station | City | First sign-on date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIVT-TV | Vancouver, British Columbia | September 22, 1997 | Officially independent until it joined CTV on September 1, 2001, though it did carry CTV programming not cleared by the then-main CTV affiliate in Vancouver, CHAN-TV |
| CFCN-TV | Calgary, Alberta | September 9, 1960 | Canada's first independent station prior to the establishment of CTV |
| CFRN-TV | Edmonton, Alberta | October 25, 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 30, 1961 |
| CFQC-TV | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | December 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until 1969, then a dual CBC-CTV affiliate until October 16, 1971 |
| CIPA-TV | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | January 12, 1987 | |
| CKCK-TV | Regina, Saskatchewan | July 28, 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 12, 1969 |
| CICC-TV | Yorkton, Saskatchewan | 1974 | |
| CKY-TV | Winnipeg, Manitoba | November 12, 1960 | Formerly known as CJAY-TV until May 31, 1973 |
| CHBX-TV | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | September 23, 1978 | formerly known as CKCY-TV until 1986 |
| CICI-TV | Greater Sudbury, Ontario | October 25, 1953 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until October 3, 1971, using the callsign CKSO-TV; recalled with current callsign in 1980 |
| CITO-TV | Timmins, Ontario | April 1, 1971 | Originally a rebroadcaster of CKSO-TV as CKSO-TV-2; became autonomous and adopted its current callsign in 1980 |
| CKNY-TV | North Bay, Ontario | December 19, 1955 | Formerly a CBC affiliate known as CKGN-TV until 1960, then as CFCH-TV until 1970; switched to CTV on October 15, 1971 |
| CKCO-TV | Kitchener, Ontario | March 1, 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until 1964 |
| CFTO-TV | Toronto, Ontario | December 31, 1960 | Flagship station of CTV |
| CJOH-TV | Ottawa, Ontario | March 12, 1961 | |
| CFCF-TV | Montreal, Quebec | January 20, 1961 | |
| CKLT-TV | Saint John, New Brunswick | September 21, 1969 | |
| CKCW-TV | Moncton, New Brunswick | November 30, 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until 1969 |
| CJCH-TV | Halifax, Nova Scotia | January 1, 1961 | |
| CJCB-TV | Sydney, Nova Scotia | October 9, 1954 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 25, 1972 |
[edit] Privately owned
| Station | City | First sign-on date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITL-TV | Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan | July 28, 1976 | Owned by Newcap Communications |
| CJBN-TV | Kenora, Ontario | 1980 | Owned by Shaw Communications |
| CHFD-TV | Thunder Bay, Ontario | October 14, 1972 | Owned by Dougall Media |
[edit] Former affiliates
| Station | City | First sign-on date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAN-TV | Vancouver, British Columbia | October 31, 1960 | Charter CTV affiliate upon the network's formation; disaffiliated from CTV and joined Global Television on September 1, 2001 |
| CHEK-TV | Victoria, British Columbia | December 1, 1956 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 1963, then a dual CBC-CTV affiliate until January 4, 1981; disaffiliated from CTV and joined CH Television on September 1, 2001 |
| CHRE-TV | Regina, Saskatchewan | December 21, 1962 | Purchased by CBC Television, switched to CBC and renamed CBKRT on September 13, 1969; renamed CBKT in 1978 |
| CHAB-TV | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | July 7, 1959 | Originally a CBC affiliate, switched to CTV on August 25, 1962; purchased by CBC Television, switched to CBC and renamed CBKMT on September 13, 1969; renamed CBKT-1 in 1978 |
| CHRO-TV | Pembroke, Ontario | August 19, 1961 | Formerly a CBC affiliate known as CHOV-TV until 1977; switched to CTV in 1991; purchased by CHUM Television and disaffiliated in 1997 |
| CKLW-TV | Windsor, Ontario | September 16, 1954 | Originally a CBC affiliate; co-purchased by Baton Broadcasting (75%) and CBC (25%) and made a dual CBC-CTV affiliate in 1970; CBC fully purchased the station and renamed it CBET in 1975, but retained CTV as a secondary affiliation into the early 1980s |
| CJON-TV | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | September 6, 1955 | Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 30, 1964; disaffiliated from CTV in 2002, but still carries CTV News programming |
