2002 in Canadian television

List of years in Canadian television
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This is a list of Canadian television related events from 2002.

Events

Date Event
January 13 Frank Shuster dies. He was a member of the duo Wayne and Shuster. His death comes almost 12 years after the death of his comedy partner Johnny Wayne.
February 7 22nd Genie Awards.
April 14 Juno Awards of 2002.
July 22 CKVU-DT becomes the second Citytv station. Consequently, the Citytv system brand begins.
September 6 CBC Television and Télévision de Radio-Canada celebrate their 50th anniversary on the air.
September 16 The Omni Television brand begins.
October 1 CTV sells their Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario CBC Television stations to the CBC to become rebroadcasters of CBLT and CBKT.
November 4 2002 Gemini Awards.

Debuts

Show Station Premiere Date
ZeD CBC Television March 18
The Berenstain Bears Treehouse TV September 9
The Holmes Show CTV September 24
Puppets Who Kill The Comedy Network October 4
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye CTV October 13
Clone High Teletoon November 2
The Eleventh Hour CTV November 26

Ending this year

Show Station Cancelled
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Teletoon June 9
The Associates CTV Unknown
Blackfly Global

Television shows

1950s

1960s

1970s

  • Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
  • the fifth estate (1975–present)
  • Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
  • 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)

1980s

1990s

2000s

TV movies

Television stations

Debuts

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
September 16 CJMT-TV 40 Omni Television [1]

Network affiliation changes

Date Market Station Channel Old affiliation New affiliation Notes/references
September St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador CJON-TV 6 CTV Television Network CH CJON still carried some programming from CTV and some news programming from Global.

Closures

Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
May 31 Swift Current, Saskatchewan CJFB-TV 5 CBC Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBKT/Regina; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012
October 27 North Bay, Ontario CHNB-TV 4 Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan CKBI-TV 5 Converted into CBKST-9, a rebroadcaster of CBKST/Saskatoon; complete shutdown along with CBKST on July 31, 2012.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario CJIC-TV 5 Converted into CBLT-5, a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Sudbury, Ontario CKNC-TV 9 Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Timmins, Ontario CFCL-TV 6 Converted into CBLT-7, a rebroadcaster of CBLT/Toronto; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Yorkton, Saskatchewan CKOS-TV 5 Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBKT/Regina; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012.
Unknown Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador CBYT 5 Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBNT/St. John's; completely shut down on July 31, 2012.

See also

References

  1. ^ “CJMT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.



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