CHNB-TV
| City of license | North Bay, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Branding | MCTV - CBC |
| Channels | Analog: 4 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner |
Mid-Canada Communications (1971 - 1990) Baton Broadcasting/CTV Inc. (1990 - 2002) |
| First air date | October 15, 1971 |
| Last air date | October 27, 2002 |
| Sister station(s) | CKNY-TV |
| Transmitter power | 100 kW |
| Height | 223.1 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°3′46″N 79°26′7″W / 46.06278°N 79.43528°W |
CHNB-TV was a television station in North Bay, Ontario. The station was in operation from 1971 to 2002 as a private affiliate of CBC Television.
History
CHNB was established on October 15, 1971 by J. Conrad Lavigne, the owner of CFCL in Timmins. On the same day, the existing television station in North Bay, CKNY, switched affiliation to CTV.
Until 1980, CHNB and CKNY aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the North Bay market's relatively small size. In 1980, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the merger of the two stations, along with their co-owned stations in Sudbury and Timmins, into the MCTV twinstick.
In 1990, the MCTV stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting, which became the sole corporate owner of CTV in 1997.
End of operations
CTV subsequently sold its four CBC affiliates in Northern Ontario — CHNB, CJIC in Sault Ste. Marie, CKNC in Sudbury and CFCL in Timmins — directly to the CBC in 2002.[1] All four ceased to exist as separate stations on October 27, 2002, becoming rebroadcasters of Toronto's CBLT, with CHNB's call sign changed to CBLT-4. These translators would close on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts affecting the CBC.[2][3]
References
External links
- CRTC Decision 2001-457-6, license renewal for all MCTV stations.
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CHNB-TV History
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