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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1997.
Events
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| February 27 |
Renowned children's TV series Theodore Tugboat begins its first ever airing in Malaysia on TV2.
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| March 9 |
CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join the Global system.
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| 18th Genie Awards.
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| Juno Awards of 1997.
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| June 6 |
1997 Gemini Awards.
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| July 2 |
The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad.[1]
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| August 18 |
Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
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| September 6 |
Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
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| September 8 |
A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, LCN, and Télétoon.
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| September 15 |
Canadian children's educational animated series Caillou begins its screening on Canadian television starting off with a French dub on the French language cartoon channel Télétoon.
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| October 17 |
A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, Home & Garden Television, Outdoor Life Network, Prime, Teletoon, and Space: The Imagination Station.
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| Caillou starts airing in English for the very first time when the series airs on Teletoon, a newly launched English language channel dedicated to cartoons.
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| November 1 |
Treehouse, a preschool oriented channel, launches in Canada. Unlike parent network YTV, it does not air commercials during programming.
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Debuts
Changes of network affiliation
Ending this year
Television shows
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1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
TV movies
Television stations
Debuts
Network affiliation changes
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Market
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Station
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Channel
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Old affiliation
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New affiliation
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References
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| August 18
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Quebec City, Quebec
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CKMI-TV
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20
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CBC
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Global
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This station moved to Montreal in 2009, but still retaining the original Quebec City transmitter[8]
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| Unknown
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Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario
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CHWI-TV
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16
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Independent
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NewNet
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See also
References
- ↑ Edwards, Ian (September 22, 1997). "On set: Cold Squad". Playback. Brunico Communications.
- ↑ “CHOB-DT Station History”[permanent dead link]. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “CJNT-DT Station History” Archived 2021-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “CKEM-DT Station History” Archived 2021-05-14 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “CKAL-DT Station History” Archived 2021-09-16 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “CIVT-DT Station History” Archived 2021-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “VX9AMK STAR RAY Station History” Archived 2021-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ↑ “CKMI-DT Station History” Archived 2021-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ “CHWI-DT Station History”[permanent dead link]. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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