- CHNB-TV
Infobox Broadcast
call_letters = CHNB-TV
station_
location =
city = North Bay,Ontario
station_branding = MCTV-CBC
station_slogan =
analog = 4
digital =
subchannels =
other_chs =
affiliations =
owner =J. Conrad Lavigne (1971-1980)Mid-Canada Communications (1980-1990)Baton Broadcasting (1990-1997)
CTV (1997-2002)
licensee =
founded =
airdate =October 15 ,1971
ceased broadcastingOctober 27 ,2002
callsign_meaning =
sister_stations =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
former_affiliations =CBC Television , BBS (secondary, 1992-1997)
former_locations =
effective_radiated_power = 60.8 kW
HAAT =
class =
facility_id =
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homepage =
telephone =CHNB is a former Canadian television station, which broadcast in
North Bay, Ontario . It was a private affiliate of the CBC.History
CHNB was established on
October 15 ,1971 byJ. 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 MCTVtwinstick .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 [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2002/db2002-303.htm CRTC Decision 2002-303] ] . All four ceased to exist as separate stations on
October 27 ,2002 , and now exist only as rebroadcasters ofToronto 's CBLT. The former CHNB's call sign is now CBLT-4.References
External links
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/Archive/ENG/Decisions/2001/DB2001-457-6.htm CRTC Decision 2001-457-6] , license renewal for all MCTV stations.
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=18&historyID=35 CHNB-TV history at the Canadian Communications Foundation]
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