CHCH-DT - Wikipedia
WEBAfter several years as an independent station, CHCH was acquired by Canwest in 2000 and became the flagship station for the CH programming service as sister to the flagship CIII-TV of the Global Television Network.
Remembering CHCH TV’s historic first broadcast 70 years ago
WEBJun 25, 2024 · Seventy years ago this month, CHCH TV began broadcasting as a CBC affiliate with an inaugural one and a half hour variety program called “This is Hamilton.” The live show was a whirlwind of...
60 years for CHCH - CHCH
WEBJun 6, 2014 · The first completely independent Canadian television station in 1961. The first to broadcast an Oscar Winning movie blockbuster — before American TV viewers even saw it. The first to work with...
The Evolution of Local TV: 70 Years of CHCH - YouTube
WEBOn Friday, June 7, CHCH TV celebrated SEVEN decades of TV broadcasting, dating back to 1954 when Canadian television was in its infancy.
60 years of being tuned in to CHCH - The Spec
WEBJun 3, 2014 · CHCH-TV celebrates its 60th anniversary Friday with an hour-long look at its past.
CHCH News celebrates 70 years on-the-air
WEBJun 7, 2024 · CHCH News first signed onto the air on June 7, 1954. Seventy years later, we’re still here — and proud to say that we’re one of the longest-running independent television broadcasters in...
An independent force - Hamilton City Magazine
WEB2 days ago · An independent force. CHCH has been a pioneer throughout its 70-year history and is finding new ways to serve and inform its audience. Here, we explore the memories, talk to staff past and present and look to the future for Hamilton's independent station. When CHCH-TV took to the airwaves from …
CHCH-DT – The History of Canadian Broadcasting
WEBThe history went back to October of 1966 when Ken Soble, representing Niagara Television (CHCH), backed by Power Corp. of Canada Ltd. appeared before the BBG with a proposal for a Canadian synchronous satellite system to serve all of the country’s communications needs and a new private national television network …
CHCH at 70 years–still duking it out in a ever shifting media …
WEBJun 8, 2024 · CHCH had always been a leader in Canadian television—first TV station in North America to air the Godfather, first station to go independent, Canada’s first Superstation–many other firsts; and finally, the first major market station to fail.
The Hamilton Independent
WEBJul 23, 2024 · The station signed on the air on June 7, 1954 and was originally affiliated with the CBC under a consortium of Maple Leaf Broadcasting, Wentworth Broadcasting, and Southam Publishing. The news outlet then became independent in 1961, making it the first independent television station in Canada.