CICT (Global)
Slogan: "Global's got it!"
Calgary, Alberta
Channel 2 - Cable 7
Owner	CanWest Global
Founded	1954
Joined Global	2000
Former Callsigns	1954 - 1968: CHCT (CH Calgary Television) 1968 - 1990: CFAC (CFAC Radio) 1990 - 1993: CKKX (??)
Callsign Meaning	Canadian Independent Calgary Television
Former Affiliations	1954 - 1975: CBC 1975 - 2000: Independent
Global Television Network
CHAN (Vancouver)	CKND (Winnipeg)	CIII (Toronto)

CICT is an Canadian television station, licensed to, serving Calgary, Alberta. It is owned by CanWest Global Communications, and is affiliated to their Global Television Network. It is branded as "Global Calgary". It transmits on channel 2 and cable 7 in Calgary, and on the Bell ExpressVu (channel 236) and Star Choice (channel 338) services. The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... Image File history File links Global Calgary (CICT)s Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Heart of the new west City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... CHAN-TV Vancouver, British Columbia (otherwise known as Global BC) is the Global Television Networks owned-and-operated station in British Columbia, broadcasting from its studios in Burnaby. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... CKND is a television station which broadcasts out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Location. ... CIII is a television station owned by CanWest Global that serves most of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Heart of the new west City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada which sells digital television services in Canada. ... StarChoice is Canadas second direct broadcast satellite television distributor, majority owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. ...

The ICT in CICT stands for "Independent Calgary Television". The station first went on air in 1954, which makes it the oldest station in the Network. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Transmitters

• Calgary (CICT-TV, channel 2 with 100kw ERP)
  • Drumheller (CICT-TV-1, channel 8 with 0.009kw ERP)
  • Banff (CICT-TV-2, channel 13 with 0.009kw ERP)
  • Exshaw (CHGR-TV-2, channel 12 with 0.001kw ERP)
  • Bassano (CIBT-TV, channel 8 with 0.01kw ERP)
  • East Coulee (CIEA-TV, channel 5 with 0.001kw ERP)
  • Burmis (CISA-TV-1, channel 3 with 0.409kw ERP)
  • Coleman (CISA-TV-3, channel 12 with 0.01kw ERP)
  • Pincher Creek (CISA-TV-5, channel 9 with 0.001kw ERP)

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Programming

CICT airs the same schedule as Global Edmonton, with the main difference being the morning news /9which is shown on CISA TV) newscasts and Calgary Flames hockey games, all of which CICT produces itself. CICT is also the master control for all of CanWest Global’s Alberta stations and the remaining Global stations in the Prairies. This article is about CITV, the Canadian television station. ... The Calgary Flames are a National Hockey League team based in Calgary, Alberta. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ...

Newscasts

Global Calgary airs a full schedule of newscasts each week.

• Global News: Morning Edition
  • Gord Gillies
  • Angela Kokott

• Global Noon Hour (12 noon bulletin)
  • Cara Fullerton

• 5:00, 5:30, & 6:00 PM bulletin
  • Nirmala Naidoo
  • Tony Tighe

• 11:00 PM bulletin
  • Linda Olsen

• 6:00 & 11:00 PM weekend bulletins
  • Krista Platzer

History

A montage of CICT's previous logos, as seen on their old site

CHCT-TV signed on October 8, 1954 as CHCT, an affiliate of the CBC, and the first television station in Alberta. The studios, offices and antenna were located on a hill seven miles west of the city. The station’s owners, Calgary Television Ltd., were a consortium of the three Calgary radio stations CFCN, CFAC, and CKXL. The CT in CHCT stood for Calgary Television. Image File history File links CICTs old logos File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links CICTs old logos File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2. ...

During the construction of the transmitter, the 70 foot, 5 ton antenna was being hoisted on the top of the 600 foot tower when the cable snapped and the antenna fell all the way down the tower to imbed itself 15 feet in the ground. Fortunately no one was injured, and the antenna was able to be repaired, but the station’s launch was delayed by 10 days.

A year later, CHCT moved its studios and offices from the transmitter site on the old Banff Coach Road, to a renovated badminton club/sea cadet drill hall on 955 Rideau Road S.W. Calgary.

Notable productions at the original studio include:

• Klara’s Korner: a cooking show that was in national syndication for many years
• Yan Can Cook: another cooking show, this time hosted by Martin Yan, over 600 shows were produced, it too was successful in syndication throughout North America.
• Stampede Wrestling: produced for over 20 years, finding loyal audiences worldwide
• It Figures: the show originated at the station and it was produced for nearly 20 years

In 1957, CKXL Ltd. sold its share in Calgary Television Ltd., to Fredrick Shaw, who had recently sold his share in CKXL-AM to Tel-Ray Ltd. Just over a decade later, CHCT was purchased by Selkirk Broadcasting, and the station’s name was changed to CFAC-TV, linking it to co-owned CFAC-AM. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Yan Can Cook was a Chinese cooking show starring Martin Yan that showed recipes for stir frying and other traditional Chinese dishes. ... Martin Yan (甄文達 Pinyin: Zhēn Wéndá; later 殷文達 Yīn Wéndá, note that 甄 and 殷 are both Yan in Cantonese) (born 1949) is a Chinese-born American chef who hosts the award-winning national cooking show Yan Can Cook. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On September 1, 1975, CFAC-TV disaffiliated from the network, becoming independent. This led to the CBC launching its own station, CBRT. In 1979, the station branded itself as Channel 2&7. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... CBRT is the television call sign for the CBCs television station in Calgary, Alberta. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

1981 saw the station move to its new home, the Calgary Television Center, a move reflecting its growth since its disaffiliation from the CBC. After obtaining the television rights to the Calgary Flames NHL franchise the year before, the station purchased a seven camera mobile soon after. The station has been the Flames’ television partner since 1980. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Calgary Flames are a National Hockey League team based in Calgary, Alberta. ... The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional sports organization composed of ice hockey teams in the United States and Canada, where it is also known by its French name, Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1989, Maclean Hunter Ltd. purchased Selkirk Communications, but due to ownership regulations at the time (Maclean-Hunter already owned CFCN-TV), CFAC-TV was sold to Western International Communications (WIC). 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... You may be looking instead for the User:Wikipedia is Communism vandal Western International Communications, or WIC, was a Canadian media company, which was acquired by CanWest Global Communications in 2000. ...

In March 1990, CFAC-TV was again given a new call sign, this time CKKX-TV. In 1992, CKKX’s news operations were expanded with the acquisitions of a satellite uplink truck and a fleet electronic news gathering microwave trucks. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On September 7, 1993, CKKX became CICT-TV, and also took on the brand of Calgary 7, referring to the station’s cable channel. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The Griffiths family holdings in WIC were sold to Shaw Communications Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp in 1998. This move required CRTC approval, the plans for which were filed in 1999 and approved in 2000. The assets were split between CanWest Global, Shaw and its radio offshoot Corus Entertainment. Shaw Communications Inc. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 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. ... 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. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corus Entertainment is a Canadian entertainment company, headquarted in Calgary, Alberta, which owns television networks, digital music channels and 50 radio stations across Canada. ...

On September 4, 2000, CICT joined the Global Television Network, along with fellow Alberta stations CITV and CISA. By 2001, CICT-TV began relays in Drumheller (CICT-TV-1) and Banff (CICT-TV-2). September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... This article is about CITV, the Canadian television station. ... CISA is an Canadian television station, licensed to, serving Lethbridge, Alberta. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Drumheller, (51°28′ N 112°44′ W Elevation: 00 feet), is a city in the Badlands of east-central Alberta on the Red Deer River an hour and a half northeast of Calgary. ... Banff (51°10′ N 115°33′ W Elevation: 4800 feet) is the largest town situated within Banff National Park above the Bow Falls just before the junction of the Bow River and Spray Rivers and is known for its mountainous surroundings and hot springs. ...

Slogans

• Hello Calgary! - used in the 1980's, their version is quite different to other stations that used the Hello! promotion package, as it is performed in a style similar to country music.

External links

• Global Calgary
• Canadian Communications Foundation (source)
• NelsonMedia (source)