1956 in Canadian television

List of years in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1956.

Notable events

  • CBC-Radio Canada microwave relay reaches Winnipeg via the TransCanada Microwave System.

Births

Television programs

Programs on-air this year

CBC

Television stations

Debuts

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Ref.
June 21 Timmins, Ontario CFCL-TV 6 CBC Television Shut down October 27, 2002
July 1 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island CFCY-TV 13
August 12 Sherbrooke, Quebec CHLT-TV 7 Radio-Canada (primary)
CBC Television (secondary)
December 1 Victoria, British Columbia CHEK-TV 6 CBC Television [1]

Network affiliation changes

Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Source
Unknown Wingham, Ontario CKNX-TV 8 CBC Television CBC Television (primary)
CBS (secondary) 		[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ CHEK Gallery at Vancouver Radio Museum
  2. ^ "Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  3. ^ "Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-02-07.


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