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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1997.

Events

Date Event
February 27 Renowned children's TV series Theodore Tugboat begins its first ever airing in Malaysia on TV2.
March 9 CIHF, CFRE, CKND and CFSK all join the Global system.
18th Genie Awards.
Juno Awards of 1997.
June 6 1997 Gemini Awards.
July 2 The first prime time national series to be produced out of Vancouver begins filming: Cold Squad.[1]
August 18 Global purchases the CBC Television affiliate CKMI-TV-1. This purchase allowed Global to officially become a national television network.
September 6 Full coverage of the funeral for Princess Diana airs on all the main television networks.
September 8 A number of new French television channels launch including Canal Vie, LCN, and Télétoon.
September 15 Canadian children's educational animated series Caillou begins its screening on Canadian television starting off with a French dub on the French language cartoon channel Télétoon.
October 17 A number of new television channels launch including The Comedy Network, CTV Newsnet, Home & Garden Television, Outdoor Life Network, Prime, Teletoon, and Space: The Imagination Station.
Caillou starts airing in English for the very first time when the series airs on Teletoon, a newly launched English language channel dedicated to cartoons.
November 1 Treehouse, a preschool oriented channel, launches in Canada. Unlike parent network YTV, it does not air commercials during programming.

Debuts

Show Station Premiere Date
Le Femme Nikita CTV January 13
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle CBC Television February
The Hunger The Movie Network July 20
Uh Oh! YTV August 22
EP Daily CityTV September 1
Animal Crackers Teletoon September 7
Popular Mechanics for Kids Global
Caillou Télétoon September 15
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police YTV October 3
Pippi Longstocking Teletoon October 17
Ned's Newt
Freaky Stories YTV October 24
Skinnamarink TV CBC Television October 27
Franklin Family November 3
Open Mike with Mike Bullard The Comedy Network/CBC Television November 24
The Angry Beavers YTV December 26
Riverdale CBC Television Unknown

Changes of network affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch YTV Treehouse TV
Caillou Télétoon Teletoon

Ending this year

Show Station Cancelled
It's Alive! YTV January 1
Fred Penner CBC Television
North of 60 December 18
Ready or Not Global August 11
Jake and the Kid August 16

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Television stations

Debuts

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
July 10 Maskwacis, Alberta CHOB-TV 43 Independent [2]
August 18 Quebec City, Quebec CBVE-TV 18 CBC Television (O&O) Full-time repeater of CBMT/Montréal after its original transmitter became the Quebec City area's Global station
September 8 Montréal, Quebec CJNT-TV 62 Independent [3]
September 18 Edmonton, Alberta CKEM-TV 51 A-Channel [4]
September 20 Calgary, Alberta CKAL-TV 5 [5]
September 22 Vancouver, British Columbia CIVT-TV 32 Independent [6]
October 17 Toronto, Ontario Space: The Imagination Station (now CTV Sci-Fi Channel) CHUM Limited
Unknown Toronto, Ontario Star Ray TV
(Pirate TV station) 		15 Independent [7]

Network affiliation changes

Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation References
August 18 Quebec City, Quebec CKMI-TV 20 CBC Global This station moved to Montreal in 2009, but still retaining the original Quebec City transmitter[8]
Unknown Wheatley/Windsor, Ontario CHWI-TV 16 Independent NewNet [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Edwards, Ian (September 22, 1997). "On set: Cold Squad". Playback. Brunico Communications.
  2. ^ “CHOB-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ “CJNT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. ^ “CKEM-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. ^ “CKAL-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  6. ^ “CIVT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. ^ “VX9AMK STAR RAY Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  8. ^ “CKMI-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  9. ^ “CHWI-DT Station History”[permanent dead link]. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

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