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CFCF-TV was founded by the Canadian Marconi Company, owner of CFCF radio (600 AM, later CINW on 940 AM before its closure in 2010; and 106.5 FM, now CKBE-FM at 92.5), after several failed attempts to gain a licence, beginning in 1938, and then each year after World War II. In 1960, it finally gained a licence, and began broadcasting on January ...
2011. On January 20th, CFCF-TV, now rebranded as CTV Montreal, celebrated its 50th Anniversary on the air. A documentary special* and a series of one-minute vignettes** were produced and broadcast to mark the occasion. CFCF-DT began broadcasting on transitional digital channel 51 on January 28.
CFCF-TV Montreal (English; January 20, 1961) [10] CFTM-TV Montreal (French; February 19, 1961) [11] CJOH-TV Ottawa (March 12, 1961) [12] CBXT Edmonton (October 1, 1961) [13] The first eight stations were privately owned; the Edmonton station was a CBC O&O, thus CFRN-TV, the existing local station, would lose its CBC affiliation once CBXT signed on.
About CTV News Montreal. CTV Montreal is Quebec’s #1 English language television station. Known to generations of Montrealers by its call letters CFCF, it was the first private TV station in the ...
Channels: DTV/HDTV Channel: 51. Market: Montreal. CFCF is a television station in Montreal, QC that serves the Montreal television market. The station runs programming from the CTV network and identifies itself as "CTV Montreal". CFCF is a digital full-power television station that operates with 325 kilowatts of power and is owned by Bell Media.
English language radio didn't return until February 4, 1969, when Dick Irvin Jr. began doing all non-CBC or CTV games on CFCF. The broadcasts moved to CJAD in 1991-92 (in June 2010 it was announced that Canadiens broadcasts would switch to sports radio station CKGM, now on AM 690 and co-owned with CJAD), with Irvin retiring after 1996-97.
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Le Groupe Videotron Ltée of Montreal (TVA French Network and a major cable TV company), received CRTC approval to purchase CFCF-TV and its cable subsidiary, providing it subsequently sold CFCF-TV. On August 22, the CRTC approved the sale by Le Groupe Vidéotron Ltée of CF-12 Inc., (CFCF-TV) to WIC Television Ltd. (70%), and Capital Communications CDPQ inc. (30%).
