CFJC-TV
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| CFJC-TV | |
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| Kamloops, British Columbia | |
| Branding | TV7 |
| Slogan | The All New Independent! |
| Channels | 4 (VHF) analog |
| Affiliations | CH / Independent |
| Owner | Jim Pattison Broadcast Group |
| Founded | April 8, 1957 |
| Former callsigns | CFCR-TV (1957-1971) |
| Former affiliations | CBC (1957-2006) |
| Website | CFJC TV |
CFJC-TV is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia. It is owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, and is affiliated with the CH system. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 4, and is carried on channel 7 on area cable systems. CFJC is also rebroadcast on channel 259 with Bell ExpressVu. Its on-air moniker, TV7, reflects its cable position.
[edit] History
CFJC began operations on April 8, 1957 as a CBC affiliate, under the call sign CFCR-TV; the station was recalled with its current name (similar to Kamloops radio station CFJC, its owner at the time) on September 1, 1971. Both stations were bought by the Jim Pattison Group in 1987.
On November 1, 2005, the CRTC announced it had received an application from Pattison to disaffiliate CFJC from CBC. According to documents filed with the commission, the continuation of CFJC's joint sales agreement with Kelowna station CHBC — which has already received clearance to disaffiliate and become a CH station under Canwest — is contingent on CFJC's concurrent disaffiliation.
The CRTC gave its approval on February 1, and CFJC disaffiliated from CBC on February 27, becoming the first CH affiliate not owned by CanWest Mediaworks.
The affiliation switch left the CBC solely dependent on cable and satellite carriage of its Vancouver station CBUT in the market, with no new terrestrial transmitters installed in the Kamloops area for the foreseeable future. The CBC indicated it had not budgeted for this scenario and therefore could not afford to replace the transmitters, as it has done in the past in this scenario.
Although the Francophone population in the area is very light, the corporation has apparently not considered the possbility of switching Radio-Canada's Kamloops repeater to CBC.
[edit] External links
- CFJC-TV
- CFJC Station History at the Canadian Communications Foundation website
- The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group website
- Description of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group
| Kelowna/Vernon/Penticton:
CHBC 2 (CH) - CHKL 5 (Global) - CBUT 6/17/45 (CBC) - CBUFT-1 21 (SRC) - CH4322 29 / CH4490 34 (Knowledge) |
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| Kamloops/Salmon Arm: CH4367 3 / CH4366 8 / CH4412 47 (Knowledge) - CBUT 3/26 (CBC) - CFJC 4 (CH) - CHKM 6 (Global) - CBUFT-2 50 (SRC) |
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| See also: Broadcast television in the Prince George market | ||
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