| Global Television Network
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| Founded
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January 6, 1974 (southern Ontario only)
August 18, 1997 (national launch)
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| President
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Kathleen Dore
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| Company
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Corus Entertainment
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| Notable Series
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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.
History
Current Prime-Time Schedule
Global affiliates (including city of licence and date of first sign-on)
Corus-owned
| Station
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City
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First sign-on date
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Notes
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| CHAN-DT
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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October 31, 1960
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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
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| CHBC-DT
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Kelowna, British Columbia
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September 21, 1957
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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
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| CICT-DT
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Calgary, Alberta
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October 8, 1954
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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
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| CITV-DT
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Edmonton, Alberta
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September 1, 1974
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Joined Global on September 4, 2000
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| CISA-DT
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Lethbridge, Alberta
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December 1954
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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
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| CFSK-DT
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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September 6, 1987
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Joined Global on August 18, 1997
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| CFRE-DT
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Regina, Saskatchewan
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September 6, 1987
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Joined Global on August 18, 1997
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| CKND-DT
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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August 31, 1975
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Formerly a Pembina, North Dakota station known as KCND-TV until August 31, 1975; joined Global on August 18, 1997
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| CIII-DT
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Toronto, Ontario
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January 6, 1974
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Flagship station of Global
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| CKWS-DT
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Kingston, Ontario
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December 18, 1954
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Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
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| CHEX-DT
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Peterborough, Ontario
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March 25, 1955
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Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
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| CHEX-TV-2
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Oshawa, Ontario
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1992
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Originally a CBC affiliate until switching to CTV on August 31, 2015; disaffiliated from CTV and affiliated with Global TV on August 27, 2018
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| CKMI-DT
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Montreal, Quebec
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March 17, 1957
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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
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| CIHF-DT
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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September 5, 1988
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Joined Global on August 18, 1997
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| CHNB-DT
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Saint John, New Brunswick
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September 5, 1988 (as semi-satellite of CIHF-TV)
April 2013 (separate branding from CIHF)
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Joined Global on August 18, 1997; known as CIHF-DT-2 until June 17, 2013
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Independently owned
| Station
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City
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First sign-on date
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Notes
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| CKSA-DT
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Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan
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September 23, 1960
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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
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| CHFD-DT
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Thunder Bay, Ontario
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October 14, 1972
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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
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| CJON-DT
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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September 6, 1955
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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
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Former affiliates
| Station
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City
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First sign-on date
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Date of disaffiliation
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New affiliation
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Notes
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| CKVU-DT
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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September 1, 1976
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September 1, 2001
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Independent
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Joined Global on August 18, 1997; currently owned by Rogers Communications as a Citytv O&O station
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| CJBN-TV
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Kenora, Ontario
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1980
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January 27, 2017
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N/A
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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
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