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BCTV redirects here. For the former Boston Catholic Television, see CatholicTV
CatholicTV

CatholicTV is a Catholic television network based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on , Sky Angel IPTV, with selections available at iTunes and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11....
.

CHAN-TV is a television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
in Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, broadcasting over-the-air on channel 8, and available via cable
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
providers in the area on channel 11. It is the flagship station of the Global Television Network
Global Television Network

Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
. CHAN-TV's studios are located in the city of Burnaby. It is Global's owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
in B.C., and it currently uses the on-air brand Global BC, and was previously known as BCTV.

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BCTV redirects here. For the former Boston Catholic Television, see CatholicTV
CatholicTV

CatholicTV is a Catholic television network based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is seen on cable systems in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, California and Louisiana, as well as on , Sky Angel IPTV, with selections available at iTunes and via digital C band satellite, via AMC 11....
.

CHAN-TV is a television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
in Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
, British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, broadcasting over-the-air on channel 8, and available via cable
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
providers in the area on channel 11. It is the flagship station of the Global Television Network
Global Television Network

Global Television Network is a Canadian English language privately owned television network. It is owned by Canwest Media Inc., a division of Canwest which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
. CHAN-TV's studios are located in the city of Burnaby. It is Global's owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
in B.C., and it currently uses the on-air brand Global BC, and was previously known as BCTV. The station is available throughout British Columbia, and its 6:00 p.m. News Hour is the highest-rated newscast in the province, with an average of 500,000 viewers per night.

History
CHAN began broadcasting on October 30, 1960 at 4:45 p.m. as an independent station, joining CTV
CTV television network

CTV is a Canadian English language television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network, the main television asset of CTVglobemedia, one of the country's largest media conglomerates....
upon the new network's launch on October 1, 1961. Temporary studios were housed in downtown Vancouver, at 1219 Richards Street, until its current studios at 7850 Enterprise Street in Burnaby were completed in early 1961. Soon after launch, the station began installing relay transmitters across the province, and now reaches 97 percent of British Columbia. Via OTA channel 8, CHAN also reaches an American audience in neighbouring Whatcom County, Washington
Whatcom County, Washington

Whatcom County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Its name ultimately derives from a Nooksack language word meaning "noisy water." As of 2000, the population was 166,814....
.

In 1963, local entrepreneur Frank Griffiths
Frank Griffiths

Frank A. Griffiths was a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada media mogul through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. .Frank Griffiths was born in Burnaby, British Columbia....
, the owner of radio station CKNW, purchased the station from original owner Vantel Broadcasting, along with nearby CBC affiliate station CHEK-TV
CHEK-TV

CHEK-TV is a television station in Victoria, British Columbia. Broadcasting to all of southwestern British Columbia , the station is a member of the E! system owned by Canwest....
, based in Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a major tourism destination seeing more than 3.65 million visitors a year who inject more than one billion dollars into the local economy....
on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
, from its original owner, David Armstrong. Griffiths' Western Broadcasting Co. later sold a minority share to Selkirk Communications
Selkirk Communications

Selkirk Communications was a Canada radio and television broadcasting company, which operated from 1959 to 1989. Evolving out of Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a local broadcaster in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company grew to own 14 radio stations, six television stations and cable television holdings across Canada, including a 7.5 per cent...
, buying back full control in 1989.

As early as 1973, CHAN began unofficially using the on-air name BCTV. In 1975, BCTV became CHAN's official on-air brand, which it used until 2001, when it became Global BC. "BCTV" was retained for its local news programs up until February 2006, although some people still refer to it that way. Also in 1975, the current newsroom was constructed. It was rebuilt in the early nineties, moving the studio out of the newsroom, but keeping it as a backdrop, and remodelled again in 2006.

Hostility with CTV
CHAN was one of the backbones of the CTV network for many years and one of the network's most successful affiliates. However, it was always somewhat hostile toward CTV. Management believed that the network's flagship station, CFTO
CFTO-TV

CFTO-TV is a Canadian television station, licensed to, and serving Toronto, Ontario, and surrounding areas. It is the flagship of the CTV Television Network and was one of the charter members of the television network when it was launched in 1961....
in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, was given undue favouritism in the production of CTV's Canadian programming in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In the 1990s, CHAN's goal became the production of a new, early-evening national newscast from its studios. In fact, several newscast pilots were produced at CHAN, suggesting the network was seriously considering such a move. However, that newscast never materialized; instead, CHAN began producing Canada Tonight
Canada Tonight

Canada Tonight was a Canada television newscast, which aired on stations owned by Western International Communications. It was produced out of the studio of CHAN-TV in Vancouver....
, which aired on most WIC-owned stations beginning in the mid-nineties.

Nonetheless, until 1997, CHAN bought the B.C. rights to several popular series from CFTO's parent company, Baton Broadcasting. However, tensions were exacerbated that year when Baton won a licence for a new station in Vancouver, CIVT
CIVT-TV

CIVT-TV is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is part of the CTV Television Network. It broadcasts on UHF channel 32, and is seen on cable channel 9 in most areas....
. After Baton bought majority control of CTV, it became an open secret that CIVT would eventually replace CHAN as the CTV station for Vancouver. CHAN had signed a long-term contract several years prior that would not expire until 1999, but was extended to 2001. However, outside of the 40 hours of programming per week that this allowed for, and CHAN's own local news, the station had to rely on lower-profile programming supplied by parent company WIC. A small amount of CHUM programming also aired on CHAN at times during the 1997-2001 period, including CityLine
CityLine

CityLine is a television program produced by CITY-TV that offers advice and information from experts. Each show has a theme that changes daily....
.

The affiliation shakeup of 2001
In 2000, WIC's stations were purchased by Canwest, and as a result, CHAN would become the British Columbia O&O station of the Global Television Network. When BCTV's affiliation with CTV expired on September 1, 2001, a major shakeup in British Columbia television occurred:

The CTV affiliation, jointly held by CHAN and sister station CHEK
Chek

Chek, River of Dreams, and its Spanish language equivalent Rio de Sue?os are all private label soft drink brands sold exclusively at Winn-Dixie supermarkets....
, moved to CTV-owned independent station CIVT, becoming a CTV O&O station which was briefly known as "BC CTV" (later simply "CTV"). Both switches left CTV dependent on cable and satellite to reach the rest of the province.
The Global affiliation, held by CKVU
CKVU-TV

CKVU-TV is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media, it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada....
, a former Canwest station that was in the process of being sold to CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited

CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945?2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one provincial educational channel, and 20 branded spec...
, moved to CHAN, which became new O&O "Global BC".
Most of BCTV's former WIC programming, now part of Canwest's CH system, moved to CHEK (where other WIC programs already aired). The station was rebranded "CH Vancouver Island".
Finally, CKVU adopted the "ckvu13" brand and became an independent station carrying CHUM programming, some of which had aired on KVOS-TV
KVOS-TV

KVOS-TV is an Independent station television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington. The station's terrestrial television transmissions are on digital channel 35....
the previous season. The station became Citytv
Citytv

Citytv is an Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. The system currently consists of five television stations located in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver....
Vancouver several months later, after the sale to CHUM was approved.
A religious station, CHNU
CHNU-TV

CHNU-TV is an English language television station based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The station is licensed to the Fraser Valley Regional District Region, and also serves Metro Vancouver, Victoria, British Columbia and surrounding areas....
, launched two weeks later, and a CHUM-owned NewNet
A-Channel

A is a privately-owned English language television system in Canada, owned by CTVglobemedia. The A television system consists of five television stations in Ontario and one in British Columbia, as well as a regional cable-only channel in Atlantic Canada....
station in Victoria, CIVI
CIVI-TV

CIVI-TV, also known as A Victoria, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada. Currently owned by CTVglobemedia, the station serves the Vancouver Island area, and operates as part of the A system....
, launched just over two weeks after that.

News
CHAN's news operation is well respected in the industry. Ever since the station decided to produce a one hour news bulletin in the late 1960s, a major part of the station's cash flow has gone into its news programming, and it has garnered high ratings and major awards since then. The station's on-air news style was even used as an inspiration for Ted Turner
Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an United States media proprietor. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel....
's CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
, as both use the newsroom as a backdrop during the broadcast.

In addition to its various local newscasts, CHAN also produced Canada Tonight
Canada Tonight

Canada Tonight was a Canada television newscast, which aired on stations owned by Western International Communications. It was produced out of the studio of CHAN-TV in Vancouver....
, an early-evening newscast focusing on national news. Two versions were produced: one for BC itself, hosted by CKNW radio commentator Bill Good
Bill Good

Bill Good is a Canadian television personality and CKNW radio talk show host. He currently co-anchors the 6:00pm newscast on Vancouver's CIVT-TV alongside Pamela Martin....
(now at CIVT, CTV's current Vancouver O&O station) and a national version, hosted by Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons (Canadian journalist)

Tony Parsons is a longtime Canadian broadcaster whose career spanned more than 50 years and who is noted for anchoring the most-watched evening TV newscast in North America....
, who also presented (and continues to anchor) CHAN's nightly news program, the News Hour. When Canwest purchased CHAN, the stories that were once sourced from CTV's other affiliates throughout the country, were replaced by stories sourced from Global's affiliates.

From 2001, when the station became Global BC, the news organization underwent a minor name change - BCTV News on Global. CHAN opted to keep the BCTV name for their newscast, as it was still a widely-recognised name in BC; also, to keep CIVT from using the name itself, as it contained the letters "CTV". In addition, CHAN became home to Global's national news centre and a new national newscast, Global National
Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada.The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman , whose name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season....
, anchored by former ABC reporter and presenter, Kevin Newman
Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist)

Kevin Newman is a Canada journalist and news anchor. Since 2001, he has been anchor of Global National, and currently also hosts Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents....
. The program goes live from tape from Vancouver at 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Time Zone
Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory....
), and is followed by the News Hour at 6:00 p.m. with Tony Parsons. Tara Nelson
Tara Nelson

Tara Nelson is a Canada television journalist and news anchor.On February 26, 2005, Nelson, previously a reporter for Global Television Network, became the weekend anchor of Global National....
anchors the weekend edition of Global National
Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada.The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman , whose name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season....
, and is also the primary substitute anchor for the weekday editions, followed by Chris Gailus, who anchors the weekend version of the 'News Hour'.

The BCTV brand was finally dropped when Global launched its new look on February 6, 2006. CHAN's local news brand became "Global BC" at this point.

In 2006 Global struck a deal with the Canadian Traffic Network to supply the station with a Robinson R44
Robinson R44

The Robinson R44 is a small United States light, four-seat, piston-driven civilian helicopter produced by the Robinson Helicopter since 1992.While resembling the company's earlier Robinson R22, the R44 is larger and faster than its predecessor....
news helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
with gyroscopic camera mounts. It will be shared with CKNW - the second news helicopter in Vancouver after that used by CIVT. Global has named the helicopter Global 1 - the same designation used for the news helicopters of other Global stations.

Global BC produces 48.5 hours of news content per week, 45 hours locally between the Morning News, Noon News, Early News, News Hour & News Hour Final and 3.5 hours nationally with Global National.

Current Personalities

Anchors
Lynn Colliar
Lynn Colliar

Lynn Colliar in Scotland, but grew up in British Columbia. She is currently a co-anchor with Steve Darling on the Global BC Morning News. From 1998-2001, she was the sole Morning News anchor....
- Morning News (Weekdays at 5:30 a.m.)
Steve Darling - Morning News (Weekdays at 5:30 a.m.)
Anne Drewa - News Final (Weekends at 11 p.m.)
Chris Gailus
Chris Gailus

Chris Gailus is a Canada television news anchor.Gailus graduated from the Broadcast Journalism Program at Mount Royal College in Calgary in 1989, where he made the Dean's List and played basketball....
- News Hour (Mondays/Thursdays/Fridays at 6 p.m.)
Deborra Hope
Deborra Hope

Deborra Hope is a journalist, anchor and producer for the Global Television Network. She has been hosting the Early News and the 'InSight' segment on the News Hour at 6, since 2001 in British Columbia, Canada....
- Early News/News Hour Insight (Weekdays at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.)
Jill Krop
Jill Krop

Jill Krop is a Canada television journalist and one of the CHAN-TV anchor, as well as radio personality.She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and raised in British Columbia where she studied journalism at British Columbia Institute of Technology and graduated with her BCIT Diploma of Technology in Broadcast Communications in 1986....
- News Hour Final (Weekdays at 11 p.m.)
Sophie Lui - Weekend Morning News and Weekend Noon News Hour (Saturdays at 7 a.m./Sundays at 8 a.m. and Weekends at Noon)
Randene Neill - Noon News Hour (Weekdays at 12 p.m.)
Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons (Canadian journalist)

Tony Parsons is a longtime Canadian broadcaster whose career spanned more than 50 years and who is noted for anchoring the most-watched evening TV newscast in North America....
- News Hour (Tuesdays/Wednesdays at 6 p.m.)
Robin Stickley
Robin Stickley

Robin Stickley is a Canadian television journalist who has been with Global BC since January 2004. Prior to that date, she transferred from Global Edmonton where she co-hosted the morning news for four years....
- News Hour (Weekends at 6 p.m.)

Global National Anchors

Robin Gill
Robin Gill

Robin Gill is a Canadian journalist. She has also worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and from BCIT she earned a diploma in broadcast journalism....
- Global National (Weekends at 5:30 p.m.)

Weather

Wayne Cox - Early News/News Hour/News Hour Final forecaster
Kristi Gordon - Weekend meteorologist
Arran Henn - Substitute Forecaster
Mark Madryga - Morning meteorologist
Wesla Wong - Noon News Hour forecaster

Sports

Squire Barnes - Noon News Hour/News Hour
Barry Deley - News Hour Final (Thursday/Friday), News Hour and News Final (Weekends)
Jay Durant - News Hour Final (Monday - Wednesday)
Dan Elliott - Substitute Sportscaster
Jay Janower - Weekend Morning and Noon News
Kristin Reid - Substitute Sportscaster

Traffic

Kaitlyn Herbst - Weekday mornings in Global 1
Leah Holiove - Weekday at 5 in Global 1
Wesla Wong - Weekday mornings

Reporters

Linda Aylesworth (health)
Keith Baldrey (political/Vancouver Island)
Ron Bencze
Jane Carrigan (also fill in anchor)
Erin Cebula
Erin Cebula

Erin Cebula is a Canada television personality, who is currently an entertainment reporter for ET Canada.Cebula received a diploma in television broadcasting from British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1997....
(entertainment)
Ted Chernecki
Mike Chisholm
Brian Coxford (investigative)
John L. Daly (crime)
Rumina Daya
Anne Drewa
Samantha Falk
Samantha Falk

Samantha Falk is a Reporter for Global BC.Falk was born and raised in Montreal. She went to Ryerson University in Toronto where she got her degree in journalism....
(also fill in anchor)
Ted Field

Darlene Heidemann
Grace Ke (Morning News reporter)
Sophie Lui (also weekend Morning and Noon News anchor)
Aaron McArthur (also fill in anchor)
Mike McCardell (human interest)
Michelle Miller
Randene Neill
Jennifer Palma
Catherine Pope
Robin Stickley
Robin Stickley

Robin Stickley is a Canadian television journalist who has been with Global BC since January 2004. Prior to that date, she transferred from Global Edmonton where she co-hosted the morning news for four years....
(also weekend News Hour anchor)
Marissa Thomas
Catherine Urquhart
Elaine Yong

Programming
For the most part, CHAN-TV airs a typical Global network schedule, but with a few differences: Programs that are pushed from the CHAN schedule for its news programs, such as Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
, and Sports Page
Sports Page

Sports Page was a sports highlights television program that aired on CKVU-TV Vancouver from September 1977 until August 31, 2001, and later on CHEK-TV Victoria, British Columbia, from September 2, 2001 until September 2, 2005....
(until its cancellation in September 2005), are shown on CHEK.
CHAN owns the British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States Television syndication talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, dating back to its days as a CTV affiliate. In every other market in which CTV owns a station, CTV owns the local rights to Oprah.
CHAN normally aired Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
reruns (that were originally aired from 1975
1975 in television

The year 1975 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1975.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1975-76 American network television schedule....
to 1980
1980 in television

The year 1980 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1980.For the United States TV schedule, see: 1980-81 American network television schedule....
) during its late night programming hours on weekdays from March 2004 (following the cancellation of The Mike Bullard Show
The Mike Bullard Show

The Mike Bullard Show was a Canada late-night talk show which aired weeknights at 12:05 AM on Global Television Network from November 24, 2003 to March 11, 2004....
). The repeats continued until March 2006, when they were replaced with reruns of The Shield
The Shield

The Shield was an United States drama television series which aired on FX in the U.S. and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart, Los Angeles, California" in reference to the true life Rampart Scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loos...
, followed by reruns That '70s Show
That '70s Show

That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
and Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Queer Eye

Queer Eye is an Emmy American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo on July 15, 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content....
.

Previously aired US programs

Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night television talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated....
, weeknights 12:37 a.m. (Feb 1994 to August 1995)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an United States late night television talk show currently hosted by Jay Leno, on NBC. It made its debut on May 25, 1992, following Johnny Carson retirement as host of The Tonight Show....
, weeknights 12:07 a.m. (August 1995 to August 2001)

Transmitters
CHAN operates the single largest private transmitter network in North America, with roughly one hundred transmitters (some of which are community-owned) serving 97 percent of British Columbia. Therefore, the network relies exclusively on cable
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
and satellite
Direct broadcast satellite

Direct broadcast satellite is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to more broadly as direct-to-home signals....
in the remaining municipalities (including most where CFCN
CFCN-TV

CFCN-TV is a Canada television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. It is owned and operated station by the CTV Television Network a division of CTVglobemedia....
and CFRN
CFRN-TV

CFRN-TV is a Canada television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....
were already available over-the-air before 2001).

Owned-and-operated transmitters
Semi-satelites are in bold italics.
Station City of licence
City of license

A city of license or community of license, in United States and Canada broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
Channel
Channel (broadcasting)

In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequency assigned by a government for the operation of a particular television station or radio station....
ERP
Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains....
HAAT
Height above average terrain

Height above average terrain is used extensively in Frequency Modulation radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts ....
Transmitter Coordinates
CHAN-TV-1 Chilliwack
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Chilliwack is a Canada city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 70,000 people....
11 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.009 kW NA
CHAN-TV-2 Bowen Island 3 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.009 kW NA
CHAN-TV-3 Squamish
Squamish, British Columbia

Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canada province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the British Columbia Highway 99....
7 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.009 kW NA
CHAN-TV-4 Courtenay
Courtenay, British Columbia

Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the location of the head offices of the Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia....
11 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 2.55 kW 402.6 m
CHAN-TV-5 Brackendale
Brackendale, British Columbia

Brackendale is a small community in the Canada province of British Columbia just north of Squamish, British Columbia town centre but still within the District of Squamish....
9 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.01 kW NA
CHAN-TV-6 Wilson Creek 23 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
) 19.3 kW 174.3 m
CHAN-TV-7 Whistler
Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver....
9 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.01 kW NA
CHKL-TV Kelowna
Kelowna, British Columbia

Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a native term for "grizzly bear". Kelowna ranks as the 22nd largest List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada in Canada....
5 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 7 kW 509.6 m
CHKL-TV-1 Penticton
Penticton, British Columbia

Penticton is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the British Columbia Interior, Canada between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. Its 2006 population was 31,909 ....
10 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 1.08 kW 358 m
CHKL-TV-2 Vernon
Vernon, British Columbia

Vernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892....
12 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.564 kW 176.2 m
CHKL-TV-3 Revelstoke
Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 641 kilometers east of Vancouver, and 415 kilometers west of Calgary, Alberta....
7 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.001 kW NA
CHKM-TV Kamloops
Kamloops, British Columbia

Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake....
6 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 4 kW 152.7 m
CHKM-TV-1 Pritchard
Pritchard, British Columbia

Pritchard is a small community located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,000, and its main industries are farming and tourism....
9 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.008 kW NA
CHRP-TV-2 Revelstoke
Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 641 kilometers east of Vancouver, and 415 kilometers west of Calgary, Alberta....
9 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.005 kW NA
CHSH-TV-2 Chase
Chase, British Columbia

Chase is a village located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,500, and its main industries are forestry and tourism....
13 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.01 kW NA
CIFG-TV Prince George
Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 70,981 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia and is known as "BC's Northern Capital". Situated at the confluence of the Fraser River and Nechako River Rivers, and the crossroads of British Columbia Highway 16 and British Columbia Highway 97, the city plays an important role in the province's ec...
12 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 4.7 kW 474 m
CISR-TV Santa Rosa 68 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
) 0.1 kW NA
CISR-TV-1 Grand Forks
Grand Forks, British Columbia

Grand Forks, population 4,036, is a town in the Boundary Country of the Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby River and Kettle River , a tributary of the Columbia River....
7 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.009 kW NA
CITM-TV 100 Mile House 3 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 1.3 kW 584.3 m
CITM-TV-1 Williams Lake
Williams Lake, British Columbia

Williams Lake, colloquially as "Willy's Puddle", is a city in the British Columbia Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops, British Columbia and Prince George, British Columbia....
13 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.005 kW NA
CITM-TV-2 Quesnel
Quesnel, British Columbia

Quesnel is a small city that is part of the Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia of British Columbia, Canada. Located nearly evenly between the cities of Prince George, British Columbia and Williams Lake, British Columbia, it is on the main route to northern British Columbia and the Yukon....
8 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.005 kW NA
CKKM-TV Oliver
Oliver, British Columbia

Oliver, British Columbia, is a small town located in the South Okanagan. Billing itself as the "Wine Capital of Canada," Oliver is renowned for its high quality wine....
/Osoyoos
Osoyoos, British Columbia

Osoyoos ), officially pronounced soy-use?, though also pronounced and is a town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley near British Columbia's border with Washington state, and neighbouring the reserve of the Osoyoos Indian Band....
3 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.93 kW 964 m
CKTN-TV Trail
Trail, British Columbia

Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the British Columbia Interior of British Columbia, Canada....
8 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 18 kW 480.4 m
CKTN-TV-1 Castlegar
Castlegar, British Columbia

Castlegar is a small city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay River and Columbia Rivers....
5 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.009 kW NA
CKTN-TV-2 Taghum
Taghum, British Columbia

Taghum, originally Williams Siding, is an unincorporated community and railway point on the north side of the wezt arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of the southeastern British Columbia Interior, Canada....
23 (UHF
Ultra high frequency

Ultra high frequency designates a range of Electromagnetic radiation waves with frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz . Also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from ten to one decimetres....
) 0.009 kW NA
CKTN-TV-3 Nelson
Nelson, British Columbia

Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme west arm of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia Interior of British Columbia, Canada....
3 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.33 kW -569 m
CKTN-TV-4 Creston
Creston, British Columbia

Creston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenays region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington, Washington....
12 (VHF
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
) 0.01 kW NA

Videotape Format
CHAN-TV uses Betacam SP analogue videotape for all of its local advertisements and non-live parts of their newscasts. MPEG-2
MPEG-2

MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of Lossy compression video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth....
transmission is used in nearly all non-local broadcasts. The station is slowly moving away from Betacam SP and moving to a digital format.

Station Presentation

Alumni

Ernie Rose, 1960-1981
Ron Morrier, 1960-1981
Jean Cannem, 1960-1978
Frank Griffiths
Frank Griffiths

Frank A. Griffiths was a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada media mogul through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. .Frank Griffiths was born in Burnaby, British Columbia....
, 1963-1994
Ray Peters, 1963-1989
Peter Rolston, 1963-1979
Cameron Bell, 1968-1989
Bernie Pascall, 1969-1999
Norm Grohmann, 1970-1979, 1983-1998
Keith Bradbury, 1972-1998
Robert Malcolm, 1972-1991
John McKeachie, 1973-1999
Patrick Clancey, 1974-1978
Clem Chapple, 1977-2003
Pamela Martin
Pamela Martin

for the escort agency see Deborah Jeane Palfrey'Pamela Martin' is an United States-born television reporter on Canadian TV. She currently co-anchors the weekday 6pm newscasts on CIVT-TV alongside Bill Good....
, 1977-2001 (Now at CTV Vancouver
CIVT-TV

CIVT-TV is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by CTVglobemedia, it is part of the CTV Television Network. It broadcasts on UHF channel 32, and is seen on cable channel 9 in most areas....
)
Russ Froese, 1977-1980
Jack Webster
Jack Webster

Jack Webster, Order of Canada was a Scotland-born Canada journalist, radio and television personality....
, 1978-1987
Harvey Oberfeld
Harvey Oberfeld

Harvey Oberfeld is a retired print and television journalist. He graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia University in Montreal....
, 1979-2006
John Gibbs, 1981-1992
Barry Houlihan, 1983-1997
""Elaine McKay"", 1984 -2006
Jennifer Mather, 1991-1998
Linden Soles, 1991-1993
Mi-Jung Lee, 1992-1998 (Now at CTV Vancouver)
Kimberly Halkett, 1993-1997, 2002-2006
Bill Good Jr.
Bill Good

Bill Good is a Canadian television personality and CKNW radio talk show host. He currently co-anchors the 6:00pm newscast on Vancouver's CIVT-TV alongside Pamela Martin....
, 1993-2001 (Now at CTV Vancouver)
Zack Spencer, 1994-2006
Sara Daniels, 1997-2005
Reg Hampton, 1998-2006 (Now at CTV Calgary
CFCN-TV

CFCN-TV is a Canada television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. It is owned and operated station by the CTV Television Network a division of CTVglobemedia....
)
Keri Adams, 2001-2002 (Now at CTV Vancouver)
Naz Salimian, 2002-2005
Leigh Morrow, 2006-2007
Dennis Bell,
Don Timbrell,
Alan Edwards,
Ed Cosgrove,
Belle Puri,
Margo Harper,
Fred Cawsey,
Colleen Leung,
Chester Grant, 1981-2004
Rena Heer
Rena Heer

Rena Heer is a Canada television personality on CP24 as of February 2009. From January 28, 2008 to June 6th, 2008, she handled weather along with Jeff Hutcheson on CTV's Canada AM which was a revamped version of the national Canada AM show....
, (2005-2007, Now at CTV Vancouver)
Leigh Carter, 1983-86
Dale Hicks, (first BCTV reporter)
Kevin Newman
Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist)

Kevin Newman is a Canada journalist and news anchor. Since 2001, he has been anchor of Global National, and currently also hosts Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents....
, (2001-2008, Now at Ottawa anchoring Global National
Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada.The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman , whose name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season....
)
Tara Nelson
Tara Nelson

Tara Nelson is a Canada television journalist and news anchor.On February 26, 2005, Nelson, previously a reporter for Global Television Network, became the weekend anchor of Global National....
, (?-2008, Now London Bureau Chief for Global National
Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada.The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman , whose name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season....
)
Jas Johal, (?-2008, Now South Asia Bureau Chief for Global National
Global National

Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada.The program's weekday anchor is Kevin Newman , whose name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season....
)
Anna Gebauer (?-2009, Now at CTV Vancouver)

Digital television and high definition
On April 11, 2008, CHAN's digital signal went on the air.

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
Digital television in Canada

Digital terrestrial television in Canada, like the United States, Mexico and South Korea, is based on the US ATSC standard.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission initially decided not to enforce a single date for ending analog broadcasts, opting to let market forces decide when the switchover will occur....
, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 , CHAN-TV will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 22, to its post-transition and current analog channel number, 8. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol

The Program and System Information Protocol is the communications protocol used in the ATSC standards digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the Broadcasting transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch by title and des...
, digital television receivers will display CHAN-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel

In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs from the actual radio channel or frequency on which the Signalling travels....
as 8.1.

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