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Line 1: − [[File:227px-CTV logo.svg.png|right|200px]] − '''CTV''' is an English-language Canadian commercial television network owned by media company Bell Media. It airs a mix of American TV shows and movies, along with some Canadian shows. − CTV began broadcasting on October 1, 1961. Its creation was the result of a decision made in 1958 by Canada's [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] government at the time, led by Prime Minister [[John Diefenbaker]], to form a new Canadian broadcasting regulator, the Board of Broadcast Governors, to take over those duties from the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], which had been both Canada's public broadcaster and broadcast regulator until then. The BBG was formed to answer demands by private broadcasters to allow alternate choices to CBC Television and Télévision de Radio-Canada, the CBC's respective English and French-language television units. When CTV first went on air, it originally consisted of eight affiliated stations in [[Vancouver]] (CHAN-TV), [[Calgary]] (CFCN-TV), [[Edmonton]] (CFRN-TV), [[Winnipeg]] (CJAY-TV, now CKY-TV), [[Toronto]] (CFTO-TV), [[Ottawa]] (CJOH-TV), [[Montreal]] (CFCF-TV) and [[Halifax]] (CJCH-TV).<ref>[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/ctv-television-network CTV history]</ref> Of those eight stations, CFRN was originally a CBC affiliate while the others all began as independent stations before joining CTV. − − Since CTV first went on the air, the number of its affiliated stations has grown to its current level of 25 stations, making it Canada's largest privately owned television network. While all of those stations began under independent owners, most of those stations, except for five, are now owned by the network itself due to CFTO's then-parent company, Baton Broadcasting, buying up most of the CTV affiliates between the mid-1980s and 2001. Baton itself changed its corporate name to CTV Inc. in January 1998, giving it control of both the network and its owned-and-operated stations. − − ==CTV affiliates== − ===Owned by Bell Media=== − {| class="wikitable sortable" − |- − !Station − !City − !First sign-on date − !Notes − |- − |CIVT-DT − |Vancouver, British Columbia − |September 22, 1997 − |Replaced CHAN-DT as Vancouver's CTV affiliate when CHAN switched to the [[Global Television Network]] on September 1, 2001 − |- − |CFCN-DT − |Calgary, Alberta − |September 9, 1960 − |Was Canada's first independent TV station prior to CTV signing on − |- − |CFRN-DT − |Edmonton, Alberta − |October 25, 1954 − |Was Edmonton's original CBC affiliate until October 1, 1961, when it switched to CTV after CBC-owned CBXT signed on − |- − |CFQC-DT − |Saskatoon, Saskatchewan − |December 5, 1954 − |Was Saskatoon's original CBC affiliate until 1969, then a dual CBC-CTV affiliate until CBC-owned CBKST went on the air on October 17, 1971 − |- − |CIPA-TV − |Prince Albert, Saskatchewan − |January 12, 1987 − |- − |CKCK-DT − |Regina, Saskatchewan − |July 28, 1954 − |Was Regina's original CBC affiliate until September 12, 1969, when it joined CTV after the CBC purchased original Regina CTV affiliate CHRE-TV and switched it to CBC with the new call sign CBKRT (now CBKT-DT) − |- − |CICC-TV − |Yorkton, Saskatchewan − |Fall 1971 − |- − |CKY-DT − |Winnipeg, Manitoba − |November 12, 1960 − |Was originally called CJAY-TV until May 31, 1973 − |- − |CHBX-TV − |Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario − |September 23, 1978 − |Was originally call CKCY-TV until 1986 − |- − |CICI-TV − |Greater Sudbury, Ontario − |October 25, 1953 − |Was Sudbury's original CBC affiliate until October 3, 1971, when it switched to CTV when new CBC affiliate CKNC-TV signed on; was originally called CKSO-TV until 1980 − |- − |CITO-TV − |Timmins, Ontario − |April 1, 1971 − |Began as CKSO-TV-2, a rebroadcaster of CKSO-TV in Sudbury; became a standalone station and changed to its current call sign in 1980 − |- − |CKNY-TV − |North Bay, Ontario − |December 19, 1955 − |Was North Bay's original CBC affiliate until October 15, 1971, when it switched to CTV when new CBC affiliate CHNB-TV signed on; was originally called CKGN-TV until 1960, then CFCH-TV until 1970 − |- − |CKCO-DT − |Kitchener, Ontario − |March 1, 1954 − |Was a CBC affiliate until 1964 − |- − |CFTO-DT − |Toronto, Ontario − |December 31, 1960 − |Flagship station of CTV − |- − |CJOH-DT − |Ottawa, Ontario − |March 12, 1961 − |- − |CFCF-DT − |Montreal, Quebec − |January 20, 1961 − |- − |CKLT-DT − |Saint John, New Brunswick − |September 21, 1969 − |- − |CKCW-DT − |Moncton, New Brunswick − |November 30, 1954 − |Was Moncton's original CBC affiliate until September 21, 1969, when it switched to CTV the same day Saint John CBC affiliate CHSJ-TV (now CBC-owned CBAT-DT) added a rebroadcaster in Moncton − |- − |CJCH-DT − |Halifax, Nova Scotia − |January 1, 1961 − |- − |CJCB-TV − |Sydney, Nova Scotia − |October 9, 1954 − |Was Sydney's original CBC affiliate until September 26, 1972, when it switched to CTV when CBC-owned CBIT signed on − |- − |} − − ===Independently owned=== − {| class="wikitable sortable" − |- − !Station − !City − !First sign-on date − !Notes − |- − |CITL-DT − |Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan − |July 28, 1976 − |Owned by Newcap Radio − |- − |CKPR-DT − |Thunder Bay, Ontario − |October 4, 1954 − |Owned by Dougall Media; was a CBC affiliate until September 1, 2014; was called CFPA-TV until July 20, 1957, then CFCJ-TV until 1967 − |- − |CKWS-DT − |Kingston, Ontario − |December 18, 1954 − |Owned by Corus Entertainment (which also owns Global TV); was a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2015; primarily a CTV affiliate, but carries Global TV as a secondary affiliation for news programming − |- − |CHEX-DT − |Peterborough, Ontario − |March 25, 1955 − |Owned by Corus Entertainment; was a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2015; primarily a CTV affiliate, but carries Global TV as a secondary affiliation for news programming − |- − |CHEX-TV-2 − |Oshawa, Ontario − |1992 − |Owned by Corus Entertainment; began as a rebroadcaster of CHEX-TV in Peterborough, then became a semi-satellite with some separate programming in 1993; was a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2015; primarily a CTV affiliate, but carries Global TV as a secondary affiliation for news programming − |- − |} − − ==References== − <references/> − − ==External links== − *[http://www.ctv.ca/ CTV official website] − − [[Category:TV Networks]] − [[Category:Media]] − [[Category:Canada]]
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