| City of license | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
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| Branding | MCTV - CBC |
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Hyland Broadcasting (1955 - 1976) Huron Broadcasting (1976 - 1990) Baton Broadcasting/CTV Inc. (1990 - 2002) |
| First air date | November 28, 1955 |
| Last air date | October 27, 2002 |
| Sister station(s) | CHBX-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | 2 (1955-1978) |
| Transmitter power | 75.7 kW |
| Height | 182.9 m |
CJIC-TV was a television station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In operation from 1955 to 2002 as a private affiliate of CBC Television, it now operates only a repeater of the network's flagship station in Toronto, CBLT.
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CJIC began broadcasting on Channel 2 on November 28, 1955, owned by Hyland Broadcasting. Hyland introduced television to the Sault, first with kinescopes and live programming. Later, the microwave brought the live CBC network feed, then colour on the network, and finally to the studio, along with video tape that greatly enhanced production. CJIC also introduced television to the eastern part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the United States; the American television networks didn't arrive there until WPBN-TV, the NBC affiliate in Traverse City, signed on a satellite station in 1959 (WTOM) to bring its programming to the Upper Peninsula.
The station was subsequently sold to Huron Broadcasting in 1976; in 1978, Huron also established a twinstick station, CKCY, affiliated with the CTV Television Network. CKCY adopted the new callsign CHBX in 1988. CJIC moved to channel 5 when CKCY signed on, taking over channel 2. The move of CJIC to channel 5 caused much interference for viewers trying to tune in WNEM-TV from Bay City, Michigan on channel 5.
In 1990, Baton Broadcasting acquired both Huron Broadcasting and the MCTV twinstick in Sudbury, North Bay and Timmins. Following the purchases, CJIC and CHBX were merged into the MCTV system.[1] Baton Broadcasting became the sole corporate owner of CTV in 1997.
CTV subsequently sold its four CBC affiliates in Northern Ontario — CJIC, CHNB in North Bay, CKNC in Sudbury and CFCL in Timmins — directly to the CBC in 2002[2]. All four ceased to exist as separate stations on October 27, 2002, and now exist only as rebroadcasters of Toronto's CBLT. The former CJIC's call sign is now CBLT-5.
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