CTV

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CTV
Image:CTV.jpg
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

[edit] External link

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