CFQC-TV
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| CFQC-TV | |
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| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Branding | CTV Saskatoon |
| Slogan | "Your World at Home" |
| Channels | Analog: 8 (VHF) / Cable 9 Max 4 |
| Affiliations | CTV |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia (CTV Television Inc) |
| Founded | December 1954 |
| Former affiliations | CBC (1954-1969) CTV/CBC (1969-1971) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) |
| Website | CTV Saskatoon |
CFQC-TV (also commonly known as CTV Saskatoon) is a Canadian television station, serving Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The station is a CTV Television Network affiliate.
[edit] History
CFQC signed on the air in December, 1954, owned by the Murphy Family along with CFQC radio. Initially a CBC affiliate, it started airing CTV programming in 1969, and became a full-time CTV affiliate in 1971 when the CBC put CBKST on the air.
In 1972 the station was purchased by Baton Broadcasting, owners of CTV flagship station CFTO Toronto. In 1986, Baton purchased stations in Regina, Yorkton, and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and eventually combined their operations with CFQC-TV. Today, the station is owned and operated by CTV, Inc., a division of CTVglobemedia. In the past, it identified itself as CFQC, TV8, and (during much of the 1970s and 80s) QC8. Although currently known as simply 'CTV Saskatoon', per the current standard for CTV affiliates, long-time viewers of the station still know it by one of its older monikers, such as CFQC, QC or QC8.
The station also has rebroadcast transmitters in Stranraer and North Battleford.
The CFQC-TV newscast is also transmitted on CTV Prince Albert since there is no local 6:00 or 11:30 news for the Prince Albert station.
Alumni of CFQC's news division include Keith Morrison, who went on to become the weekend anchor of the CTV National News before joining NBC, and Don Wittman, who became a sports commentator for the CBC. Children's TV host Helen Lumby also hosted a show at CFQC in her early career, before moving on to create Size Small.
[edit] Radio station
The call letters CFQC were originally assigned to an AM radio station that began broadcasting in Saskatoon in 1923. From the 1950s-late 1980s it had the same ownership as the TV station, for a time sharing broadcast facilities and on-air personnel. By the late 1980s, CFQC Radio was no longer connected with its television counterpart and moved into its own studio facility and in 1995 moved to the FM dial where it became CFQC-FM or "Hot 93". In November 2007, the station changed its call letters to CKBL-FM and it adopted the branding "The Bull".
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