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CFCN (CTV)
Image:CTV logo.svg
Calgary, Alberta
Channel 4 / Cable 3
Owner	Bell Globemedia
Founded	1960
Joined CTV	1961
Signal Radius	100 kW
Callsign Meaning
CTV
CIVT (Vancouver)	CFCN (Calgary)	CFRN (Edmonton)

CFCN (also known as CTV Calgary) is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. It is owned and operated by the CTV Television Network.

In 1960 CFCN-TV Calgary began broadcasting on September 9 on channel 4 as an independent.

October 1, 1961, the station joined the newly formed Canadian Television Network, CTV.

On May 16 1968, CFCN Television Ltd. was given approval for a television station at Lethbridge, operating on channel 13 with effective radiated power of 36,700 watts video and 7,340 watts audio. Antenna height would be 582 feet and a directional signal would be transmitted. The new station would be a part-time rebroadcaster of CFCN-TV Calgary and receive that programming over the air. CFCN-TV Lethbridge signed on the air September 3. It shared the CJLH-TV tower, and studio space in the CJLH Building.

On March 18 1969, CFCN-TV Lethbridge was given the ok to increase ERP to 47,000 watts video. Audio ERP would remain 7,340 watts.

One of CFCN's locally produced shows began in 1969, "The Buckshot Show". For the next thirty years, Ron Barge was a comforting and familiar figure to Calgary children. Every noon hour, he appeared on television wearing a battered cowboy hat and shirt alongside his sidekicks, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Three generations of kids grew up with Buckshot, Benny the Bear and Clyde the Owl. Local police officers, firefighters and paramedics visited the show and taught kids how to be safe. An accomplished muscian, Ron Barge became famous for his tune "16 Chickens and Tambourine", a humourous song that was played many times a year on the show. His birthday wishes to local children with their name on the screen was the highlight of many a child in the 1970s and 80s.

On March 21 of that year, the transfer of 21,288 common shares of CFCN Television Ltd. to Maclean-Hunter Ltd. was approved.

On December 19 1994, the Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission approved Rogers Communications Inc's purchase of Maclean-Hunter Ltd. M-H was the parent company of CFCN Communications Ltd., owner of CFCN-TV.

On June 21 1996, the CRTC approved the sale of CFCN-TV by Rogers to BBS Western Acquisition Corp. (Baton Broadcasting Inc.) This sale of CFCN to Baton was completed on June 28, 1996.

The CRTC approved a corporate reorganization of Baton on January 23, 1998. Among other things, the reorganization featured the amalgamation of all Baton divisions (CFCN comes directly under the Baton Broadcasting banner. Baton's TV West had been the owner).

In February 2000, BCE (Canada telephone giant) through its subsidiary BCE Media, proposed to purchase CTV Inc. for $ 2.3 billion, the largest transaction in Canadian broadcasting.

Later in March the CTV board approved the deal, which required CRTC approval.

In June BCE submitted their brief to the CRTC with the largest "benefits package" ever presented to the regulative body. The benefits, money allocated over the proposed seven year licence term, were almost entirely to be spent on new Canadian programming. Ivan Fecan agreed to stay with the network under BCE ownership.

The CRTC hearing was held in September and was approved on December 7th.

By 2001, CFCN-TV operated the following transmitters: CFCN-TV-1 Drumheller, CFCN-TV-2 Banff, CFCN-TV-3 Brooks, CFCN-TV-6 Drumheller, CFCN-TV-13 Pigeon Mountain, CFCN-TV-14 Canmore (Harvie Heights) and CFCN-TV-16 Oyen.

On November 25 2005, CFCN-TV-5 Lethbridge was given approval to make some technical changes to CFCN-TV-8 at Medicine Hat. Effective radiated power would be reduced from 6,700 watts to an average ERP of 5,800 watts, increase the antenna height and move to a new transmitter site.

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