CFCL was the callsign of a radio station and a television station, which broadcast in Timmins, Ontario. In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ...

Radio station

CFCL-AM was established by J. Conrad Lavigne in 1952, as the first French radio station in Canada outside of Quebec. It was a private affiliate of Radio-Canada's French radio network, and one of the only private affiliate stations of a CBC radio network anywhere in Canada. J. Conrad Lavigne (November 2, 1916-April 16, 2003) was a pioneering Canadian media proprietor. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television service. ... La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ...

Lavigne's broadcast holdings were eventually merged into the MCTV system. When MCTV acquired several other radio stations in 1986, CFCL became a commercial station as part of the Mid-Canada Radio network, and disaffiliated from Radio-Canada. MCTV is a system of four television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, owned by the CTV Television Network. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mid-Canada Radio was sold to the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990. Because the radio and television station no longer had common ownership, the radio station's callsign was subsequently changed to CKOY. The Pelmorex Radio Network was a system of Canadian radio stations in Northern Ontario, owned and operated by Pelmorex. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pelmorex, in turn, sold its stations to the Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 1999. CKOY was converted to FM, and now uses the callsign CHYK. Haliburton Broadcasting Group is a Canadian group of FM radio stations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... CHYK is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at FM 104. ...

Television station

CFCL-TV was established on June 21, 1956, also by Lavigne. It was originally established as a bilingual private affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's English and French television networks. It aired on channel 6. June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bilingualism in Canada refers to laws and policies of the federal government -- and some other levels of government -- mandating that certain services and communications be available to the public in both English and French. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television service. ...

The station added a rebroadcast transmitter in Kapuskasing in 1957. Lavigne subsequently added rebroadcasters in several communities in Northern Ontario and Western Quebec; by 1965, CFCL had the largest privately-owned microwave transmission network in the world. CFCL remained a dual affiliate until the late 1970s, when CBLFT added a transmitter in Timmins. Kapuskasing (2001 population 9,238) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario, Canada. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ... ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... This page is about the radiation; for the appliance, see microwave oven. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... CBLFT is the Societé Radio-Canada station serving franco-ontarians in Toronto and Western Ontario. ...

In 1971, Lavigne opened new CBC stations in Sudbury (CKNC) and North Bay (CHNB). The existing CBC stations in those cities became CTV affiliates; their owner also established a new CTV station, CITO, in Timmins. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Motto: Come, let us build together. ... CBLT is the television call sign for the CBCs television station in Toronto, Ontario. ... Looking northwest down Main Street, from a pedestrian overpass near Chippewa Creek North Bay is a city in northern Ontario, Canada on the shore of Lake Nipissing. ... CBLT is the television call sign for the CBCs television station in Toronto, Ontario. ... CTV (disambiguation) CTV is Canadas largest privately-owned English language television network. ... CITO is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Timmins, Ontario. ...

Until 1980, CFCL and CITO aggressively competed with each other for advertising dollars, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the Timmins market's relatively small size. In 1980, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the merger of the two stations, along with their co-owned stations in North Bay and Sudbury, into the MCTV twinstick. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... MCTV is a system of four television stations in Northern Ontario, Canada, owned by the CTV Television Network. ... A twinstick, in Canadian broadcasting, is an informal term for two television stations, broadcasting in the same market, which are owned by the same company. ...

In 1990, the MCTV stations were acquired by Baton Broadcasting. Baton subsequently became the sole corporate owner of CTV, and sold CFCL to the CBC in 2002. The station is now a semi-satellite of CBLT in Toronto. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baton Broadcasting System (BBS) was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBLT - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ...