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The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1969. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings.
Date | Event |
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May 2 | CKCW-TV Moncton switches networks from CBC to CTV. |
Telesat is founded in Ottawa. | |
June 20 | Don Messer's Jubilee is cancelled. The cancellation is so controversial it is brought up in the House of Commons. |
September 13 | CKCK-TV and CHRE-TV in Regina switch networks as CKCK goes to CTV while CHRE (bought by the CBC and renamed CBKRT, now CBKT-DT) switches to CBC |
October 4 | The 1969 Canadian Film Awards. |
Show | Station | Premiere Date |
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Strategy | CBC Television | April 1 |
It's Our Stuff | June 30 | |
Strange Paradise | October 20 |
Show | Station | Cancelled |
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Magistrate's Court | CTV | January 20 |
Perry's Probe | ||
Rocket Robin Hood | Broadcast syndication | |
Quentin Durgens, M.P. | CBC Television | February 4 |
Don Messer's Jubilee | June 20 | |
Strategy | October 7 | |
Toby | Unknown |
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes/References |
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August 22 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories | CHAK-TV | 6 | CBC Television | |
September 21 | Saint John, New Brunswick | CKLT-TV | 9 | CTV | Satellite of CKCW/Moncton |
Unknown | Montreal, Quebec | Concordia University Television | (cable-only) | Educational-access independent | Oldest student-run television station in Canada |
Date | Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Source |
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May 2 | Moncton, New Brunswick | CKCW-TV | 29 | CBC Television | CTV Television Network | |
September 13 | Regina, Saskatchewan | CKCK-TV | 2 | |||
CHRE-TV | 4 | CTV | CBC |