- CHFD-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CHFD-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =Thunder Bay Television
analog = 4 (VHF)
digital = "allocated 54 (UHF)"
other_chs =
affiliations = CTV
network =
airdate =October 14 ,1972
location =Thunder Bay, Ontario
callsign_meaning = C Hector Fraser Dougall
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner =Dougall Media
licensee = Thunder Bay Electronics Ltd
sister_stations =CKPR-TV
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 56 kW
HAAT = 366.2 m
coordinates = coord|48|31|25|N|89|6|55|W|type:landmark
homepage = [http://www.tbtv.com/ Thunder Bay Television]CHFD-TV is a Canadian television station. It is a CTV affiliate, broadcasting on channel 4 and cable 6 in Thunder Bay, and via a
transmitter in the Armstrong area (CKAR-TV, channel 8 with an ERP of 0.01kw). It can also be seen on theBell TV (channel 222) andStar Choice (channel 314)satellite services.The station is part of the
Thunder Bay Television twinstick with the CBC affiliate CKPR, owned by Dougall Media. It is one of only three CTV-affiliated stations in Canada that are not owned and operated directly by CTV.CHFD airs some programming purchased from Global, such as "
Saturday Night Live " and "Brothers & Sisters", and from E!, such as "". It also airs programmes which do not air on other broadcast channels in Canada, such as TSN's "SportsCentre " andChannel 4 's "A Place in the Sun". CHFD airs a variety of religious programming, such as "This is Your Day ", "100 Huntley Street ", and the "Hour of Power ", and variousinfomercials . Locally produced programmes include "Officially Rugged" and a variety of news programming. [ [http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=15462&lineupId=0005993%3aX&zipcode=p7c3&channel=222&channelCnt=125 CHFD TV's schedule at Zap2It.com] ] CTV programming displaced from the station during broadcasts of other programming occasionally airs on CKPR.CHFD went on the air for the first time on
October 14 ,1972 .References
External links
* [http://www.tbtv.com/ Thunder Bay Television]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=24&historyID=121 Canadian Communications Foundation - CHFD-TV History]
*RecnetCanada|CHFD-TV
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