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The Department of Transport came out with a national assignment of television channels for Canada. The CBC’s Winnipeg station would operate on channel 4 and could have a maximum video power of 50,000 watts. Construction of a new station and studio project was now underway in Winnipeg at a cost of over $1,100,000.
- History of Cable Television
It was also in 1968 that the cable industry organization...
- History of Cable Television
It was also in 1968 that the cable industry organization decided to change its name to the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA), to move away from the focus on ‘community antenna.’. Two years later, in 1970, the organization would move its headquarters from Montreal to Ottawa. 1970s – Industry Expansion.
1986. On May 8, Western Manitoba Broadcasters Ltd. was issued a licence to operate a new television station at Portage La Prairie / Winnipeg. W.M.B.L was the owner of CKX Radio and Television in Brandon and was in turn owned by Stuart Craig (president) and family. A competing application by Manitoba Public Television (Jack R. London) was denied.
Jan 13, 2023 · Compared to our Smart TV today with streaming services like Netflix and Disney Plus, watching TV was very different back in the 1950s. Television only came to Winnipeg in 1954 when a 196 ft. tower was mounted on the roof of the CBC building on the corner of Portage and Spence Street. One of our own volunteers at the museum recall watching them put up the tower. This tower would broadcast the ...
It appears that Freer may have purchased the filmed scenes of Winnipeg and rural Manitoba from someone else—a Winnipeg bartender named R. A. “Dick” Hardie. Freer’s interest in using an earlier form of slide projection dates back to at least 1893, when he wrote to the federal government asking that the duty be waived on the importation of the necessary equipment.
While American television stations, including affiliates of ABC, NBC and CBS, near the Canada–US border were available for several years prior, and gained a sizeable audience in cities like Toronto, within range of U.S. signals, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was the first entity to broadcast television programming within Canada, launching in September 1952 in both Montreal and ...
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May 6, 2006 · CTV timeline: Hey there, time traveller! This article was published 05/05/2006 (6770 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Nov. 12, 1960 — CJAY-TV signs on as Winnipeg’s ...
