Global Television Network

Global Television Network
Founded	January 6, 1974 (southern Ontario only) August 18, 1997 (national launch)
President	Kathleen Dore
Company	Corus Entertainment
Notable Series

The Global Television Network (known on-air simply as Global) is an English-language Canadian broadcast television network. It is owned and operated by Corus Entertainment. It airs a mixture of American shows and movies and original Canadian shows.

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
Monday	The Goldbergs	Entertainment Tonight	The Neighborhood	Poppa's House	NCIS		NCIS: Origins
Tuesday	The Goldbergs	Entertainment Tonight	FBI		FBI International		FBI Most Wanted
Wednesday	The Goldbergs	Entertainment Tonight	Survivor			Abbott Elementary	Murder in a Small Town
Thursday	Entertainment Tonight	Ghosts	9-1-1		Matlock		Elsbeth
Friday	The Goldbergs	Entertainment Tonight	S.W.A.T.		Fire Country		Crime Beat
Saturday	Border Security: America's Front Line	Border Security: America's Front Line	Murder in a Small Town		Private Eyes		48 Hours
Sunday	60 Minutes		The Floor		The Equalizer		Accused

Global affiliates (including city of licence and date of first sign-on)

Corus-owned

Station	City	First sign-on date	Notes
CHAN-DT	Vancouver, British Columbia	October 31, 1960	Originally an independent station upon sign-on, then a charter CTV affiliate upon that network's formation on October 1, 1961; disaffiliated from CTV and joined Global on September 1, 2001, taking the Vancouver Global affiliation from CKVU-TV
CHBC-DT	Kelowna, British Columbia	September 21, 1957	Formerly a CBC affiliate until February 26, 2006; joined CH (later the Canadian version of E!) the next day; ceased its affiliation with E! and joined Global on August 31, 2009
CICT-DT	Calgary, Alberta	October 8, 1954	Formerly a CBC affiliate known as CHCT-TV until 1968, then as CFAC-TV; disaffiliated from CBC on September 1, 1975; known as CKKX-TV from March 1990 until September 6, 1993; joined Global on September 4, 2000
CITV-DT	Edmonton, Alberta	September 1, 1974	Joined Global on September 4, 2000
CISA-DT	Lethbridge, Alberta	December 1954	Formerly a CBC affiliate known as CJLH-TV until 1972, then as CJOC-TV until 1976; disaffiliated from CBC on September 1, 1975 and was known as CFAC-TV-7 until March 1990; joined Global on September 4, 2000
CFSK-DT	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	September 6, 1987	Joined Global on August 18, 1997
CFRE-DT	Regina, Saskatchewan	September 6, 1987	Joined Global on August 18, 1997
CKND-DT	Winnipeg, Manitoba	August 31, 1975	Formerly a Pembina, North Dakota station known as KCND-TV until August 31, 1975; joined Global on August 18, 1997
CIII-DT	Toronto, Ontario	January 6, 1974	Flagship station of Global
CKWS-DT	Kingston, Ontario	December 18, 1954	Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
CHEX-DT	Peterborough, Ontario	March 25, 1955	Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
CHEX-TV-2	Oshawa, Ontario	1992	Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
CKMI-DT	Montreal, Quebec	March 17, 1957	Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 13, 1997; joined Global the next day; licenced to Quebec City, CKMI's original main studio location until it joined Global, until 2009
CIHF-DT	Halifax, Nova Scotia	September 5, 1988	Joined Global on August 18, 1997
CHNB-DT	Saint John, New Brunswick	September 5, 1988 (as semi-satellite of CIHF-TV) April 2013 (separate branding from CIHF)	Joined Global on August 18, 1997; known as CIHF-DT-2 until June 17, 2013

Independently owned

Station	City	First sign-on date	Notes
CKSA-DT	Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan	September 23, 1960	Owned by Stingray Digital Group. Formerly a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2016; joined Global the next day. Was the last privately-owned CBC affiliate in that network until its disaffiliation. Although now a Global station, CKSA currently still uses its call sign as its station brand
CHFD-DT	Thunder Bay, Ontario	October 14, 1972	Owned by Dougall Media. Originally a CTV affiliate upon its sign-on; disaffiliated from CTV and joined Global on February 12, 2010. Although not owned by Corus Entertainment, brands itself as Global Thunder Bay, in line with Global owned-and-operated stations
CJON-DT	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	September 6, 1955	Owned by Stirling Communications International. Formerly a CBC affiliate until September 30, 1964; joined CTV the next day; ceased its primary affiliation with CTV in 2002. Technically an independent station, it uses the station brand NTV instead of Global branding and sublicences entertainment programming from Global and other sources, and news programming from CTV and Global

Former affiliates

Station	City	First sign-on date	Date of disaffiliation	New affiliation	Notes
CKVU-DT	Vancouver, British Columbia	September 1, 1976	September 1, 2001	Independent	Joined Global on August 18, 1997; currently owned by Rogers Communications as a Citytv O&O station
CJBN-TV	Kenora, Ontario	1980	January 27, 2017	N/A	Owned by Shaw Communications, former parent company of Global TV. Formerly a CTV affiliate until November 30, 2011; joined Global the next day. Although a Global station thereafter, CJBN continued to use its call sign as its station brand. Ceased operations on January 27, 2017 due to Shaw filing with the CRTC to revoke the station's licence

External link

• Global TV official website