Dominion Network
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| Type | Radio network |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National through CJBC and private affiliates |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Key people | Spence Caldwell (manager) |
| Launch date | 1944 |
| Dissolved | 1962 |
The Dominion Network was the second English-language radio network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from January 1, 1944 to 1962. It consisted of the CBC-owned CJBC radio station in Toronto and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates from coast-to-coast. The Dominion Network was set up as a complementary network to the CBC's main English service which became known as the Trans-Canada Network. While the Trans-Canada Network focus was on public affairs, educational and cultural programs, the Dominion Network's broadcast schedule consisted of lighter programming fare than that of the Trans-Canada Network and carried more American programming. As well, the Dominion Network operated mostly in the evenings freeing affiliates to air local programming during the day.
The Dominion Network was launched on January 1, 1944 after a request by private affiliates asked to set up their own radio network in order to carry American programming was turned down. CBC became concerned that the private stations might succeed in pressuring the government to permit such a private radio network and so the CBC set up its own second network to appease demands by privately owned CBC affiliates for popular programming that would provide more commercial revenue.
The network was managed by Spence Caldwell who later became a founder of CTV. Shows carried by the network included Duffy's Tavern, Amos & Andy and Fibber McGee and Molly.
The network was dissolved in 1962 and most of the private stations became independent. CJBC gradually became a French-language station and is today it and it is the Southern Ontario affiliate of Radio-Canada's La Première Chaîne.
[edit] Dominion Network owned and operated stations
- CJBC Toronto, Ontario
[edit] Dominion Network privately-owned affiliates (incomplete)
- CJQC Quebec, Quebec
- CFCF Montreal, Quebec
- CFPL London, Ontario
- CHEX Peterborough, Ontario
- CJCS Stratford, Ontario
- CHNO Sudbury, Ontario
- CKLC/CKLC-FM Kingston, Ontario (1953-1964) shared affiliation
- CKCO Ottawa, Ontario (became CKOY in 1949)
- CFOR Orillia, Ontario (from 1945)
- CKLW Windsor, Ontario (1948-1950)
- CKFI Fort Frances, Ontario
- CJCB Sydney, Nova Scotia (from 1948, previously a TCN affiliate)
- CHNS Halifax, Nova Scotia
- CFBC Saint John, New Brunswick
- CKX Brandon, Manitoba
- CKRM Regina, Saskatchewan
- CFQC Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- CHAB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
- CKRC Winnipeg, Manitoba
- CJIB Vernon, British Columbia
- CHAT Medicine Hat, Alberta
- CFRN Edmonton, Alberta
- CFCN Calgary, Alberta
- CHWK Chilliwack, British Columbia
- CKOK Penticton, British Columbia
- CJOR Vancouver, British Columbia
- CJVI Victoria, British Columbia
[edit] References
| CBC Radio |
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| FM/AM: Radio One | Radio 2 | Première Chaîne | Espace musique | CBC North |
| Digital: Radio 3 | Bande à part | Première Plus | Sports extra | Galaxie |
| International: Radio Canada International |
| Historical: Trans-Canada Network | Dominion Network |
| Precursors: CNR Radio | Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission |
