CICT-TV (known on-air as Global Calgary) is a Canadian television station, licensed to and serving Calgary, Alberta. It is owned by Canwest, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network. It transmits on channel 2 and cable 7 in Calgary, and on the Bell TV (channel 244) and Shaw Direct (channel 338) services.
The station first went on air in 1954, making it the oldest station in the Network. It serves as the master control...
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CICT-TV (known on-air as Global Calgary) is a Canadian television station, licensed to and serving Calgary, Alberta. It is owned by Canwest, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Global Television Network. It transmits on channel 2 and cable 7 in Calgary, and on the Bell TV (channel 244) and Shaw Direct (channel 338) services.
The station first went on air in 1954, making it the oldest station in the Network. It serves as the master control hub for all Global owned and operated stations across the country.
CICT-TV signed on October 8, 1954 as CHCT, an affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (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.
During the construction of the transmitter, the 70 foot, 5 ton antenna was...
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