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1994. The last CBC Television broadcast from the old Studio One (where the station’s first broadcast took place) occurred on March 18. All of CBC Toronto’s operations moved to the new Canadian Broadcasting Centre at 250 Front Street West. On August 29, CBC affiliate CHSJ-TV Saint John, New Brunswick ceased to exist.
1926. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is formed to represent and advance commercial broadcast interests in the country. 1927. From 1920-1927, the Dept. of Marine and Fisheries has issued 75 licences for private broadcasting stations, with at least one in every province.
broadcasting licences to the federal Cabinet. The Act also re-established a board of governors for the CBC to oversee the Corporation’s operations and this board reported directly to Parliament (as it does today). Thus, although the BBG regulated all broadcasting, including the CBC’s oper-
Feb 9, 2021 · The hearings of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for the renewal of the CBC/Radio-Canada’s broadcast licences were held from Jan. 11 to 28, 2021. It was a strange situation, full of paradoxes. CBC/Radio-Canada’s management does not acknowledge the CRTC’s right to regulate its digital activities.
Key Dates: 1936: The Canadian Broadcasting Act creates the CBC. 1941: The company establishes a news service. 1952: The Canadian TV network CBC begins operations. 1966: Color TV is introduced in Canada. 1968: Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) is established as the regulatory and licensing authority.
Since its inception in 1936, this had been the domain of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) which independent “private” broadcasters had complained was both their regulator and competitor. Prior to 1958, the CBC had issued TV licences to itself for 7 TV stations (2 in Montreal) in 6 major Canadian cities.
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1950-1959. This was the decade of television. In 1952, the first CBC and Radio-Canada television stations, CBLT-Toronto and CBFT-Montréal, began broadcasting. By 1955, CBC/Radio-Canada's television services were available to 66 per cent of the Canadian population. With the inauguration of Canadian television, work continued on the regulatory ...
