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| City of license | Calgary, Alberta |
| Branding | CTV |
| Channels | Analog: 4 (VHF) Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 4.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | CTV |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia, Inc. (CTV Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 9, 1960 |
| Sister station(s) | CIAN-TV |
| Former affiliations | independent (1960-1961) |
| Transmitter Power | Analog: 100 kW Digital: 204 kW |
| Height | Analog: 188.4 m Digital: 206.1 m |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 51°3′34″N 114°10′13″W / 51.05944°N 114.17028°W |
| Website | CTV Calgary |
CFCN-TV (also known as CTV Calgary) is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. It is owned and operated by the CTV Television Network a division of CTVglobemedia. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge.
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History
CFCN signed on September 9, 1960; owned by the Love family along with CFCN-AM 1060 (now CKMX). It was the first independent television station in Canada. It became a charter member of the Canadian Television Network, now CTV, on October 8, 1961. In 1967, Maclean-Hunter bought the CFCN stations.
In 1968, CFCN opened its semi-satellite in Lethbridge, leasing tower space from CJLH-TV (now CISA).
One of CFCN's locally produced shows began in 1967, The Buckshot Show. For the next thirty years, Ron Barge was a comforting and familiar figure to Calgary children. Every noon hour, he appeared on television wearing a battered cowboy hat and shirt alongside his sidekicks, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Three generations of kids grew up with Buckshot, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Local police officers, firefighters and paramedics visited the show and taught kids how to be safe. A humorous song that was popular on the show was "16 Chickens and Tambourine" by Roy Acuff. It can be heard on Youtube. His birthday wishes to local children with their name on the screen was the highlight of many a child in the 1970s and 1980s.
During the 70's, former (then future) Alberta premier Ralph Klein was a reporter for CFCN before going into politics and heading north to Edmonton.
Maclean-Hunter merged with Rogers Communications in 1994. Rogers sold CFCN to Baton Broadcasting in 1996. CFCN was the next-to-last major acquisition for Baton before it bought majority control of CTV in 1997.
By 2001, CFCN-TV operated the following transmitters: CFCN-TV-1 Drumheller, CFCN-TV-2 Banff, CFCN-TV-3 Brooks, CFCN-TV-6 Drumheller, CFCN-TV-13 Pigeon Mountain, CFCN-TV-14 Canmore (Harvie Heights) and CFCN-TV-16 Oyen.
On November 25, 2005, CFCN-TV-5 Lethbridge was given approval to make some technical changes to CFCN-TV-8 at Medicine Hat. Effective radiated power would be reduced from 6,700 watts to an average ERP of 5,800 watts, the antenna height would be raised and the transmitter site would change.
Newscasts
- CTV Calgary Anchor
- Jocelyn Laidlaw - News at Noon / News at Five
- Ian White - News at 5:30
- Barb Higgins - News at Six
- Darrel Janz - News at Six
- Cynthia Roebuck
- Tara Robinsin
- Reg Hampton
- CTV Calgary Meteorologist
- David Spence
- Vickie Chase
- Steve Rothfels
- CTV Calgary Sports Anchor
- Glenn Campbell
- Heath Brown
- Tammi Christopher
- Lisz Bowes
- CTV Lethbridge
- Jacquie Scantlebury
- Terry Vogt
- Kaella Carr
- Dory Rossiter
- Heath Brown
- CTV Calgary Reporters
- Elissa Carpenter
- Camilla Di Giuseppe
- Chris Epp
- Kari Eyles
- Kevin Fleming
- Lane Fraser
- Kevin Green
- Sneha Kulkarni
- Shelly Makrugin
- Bill Marks
- Karen Owen
- Sage Pullen
- Kevin Rich
- Lea Williams-Doherty
- Nujma Yaqzan
Transition to Digital
On January 8, 2009, CFCN-DT signed on.
After the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 [1], CFCN-DT will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 36, to its post-transition channel number, 29. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CFCN-DT's virtual channel as 4.1.
Transmitters
1Transmitters to be shut down on or before August 31, 2009, pending CRTC approval.[2] CTV also indicates that CFCN-TV-7 Bassano will be shut down; however this transmitter is in fact operated by the Bassano TV Association, so it is not clear whether this will in fact occur.[3]
See also
References
External links
- CTV Calgary
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CFCN-TV History
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CFCN-TV-5 History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFCN-TV
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