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CFCN-TV
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| CFCN-TV | |
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| Calgary, Alberta | |
| Branding | CTV Calgary |
| Channels | Analog: 4 |
| Translators | 12 CFCN-TV-1 Drumheller 7 CFCN-TV-2 Banff 9 CFCN-TV-3 Brooks 13 CFCN-TV-5 Lethbridge 10 CFCN-TV-6 Drumheller 40 CFCN-TV-13 Pigeon Mountain 45 CFCN-TV-14 Canmore (Harvie Heights) 2 CFCN-TV-16 Oyen 8 CFCN-TV-18 Coleman |
| Affiliations | CTV |
| Owner | CTV Television Inc. (CTVglobemedia) |
| Founded | September 9, 1960 |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1960-1961) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW |
| Website | www.cfcn.ca |
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, which shares tower space with CISA-TV.
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. An accomplished musician, Ron Barge became famous for his tune "16 Chickens and Tambourine", a humorous song that was played many times a year on the show. 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.
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| Other areas |
CKSA 2 (CBC, Lloydminster) • CITL 4 (CTV, Lloydminster) • CHAT 6 (CBC, Medicine Hat) • CHCA 6 (E!, Red Deer) • CISA 7 (Global, Lethbridge) • CJIL 17 (Religious ind., Lethbridge) |
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| 1 New stations licensed in 2007, not yet on air. | |
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| Owned-and-operated stations | CICC Yorkton • CIPA Prince Albert • CIVT Vancouver • CFCN Calgary • CFRN Edmonton • CFQC Saskatoon • CKCK Regina • CKCO Kitchener • CKY Winnipeg • CFTO Toronto • CFCF Montreal • CJOH Ottawa |
| CTV Northern Ontario stations | CHBX Sault Sainte Marie • CICI Greater Sudbury • CITO Timmins • CKNY North Bay |
| CTV Atlantic stations | CKLT Saint John • CKCW Moncton • CJCH Halifax • CJCB Sydney |
| Privately-owned affiliates | CITL Lloydminster • CJBN Kenora • CHFD Thunder Bay |
| Secondary carriers | CJON St. John's |
| See also: | CTV Northern Ontario • CTV Atlantic • ASN • CTVglobemedia template • CTVglobemedia • A-Channel Affiliates • MCTV |
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