CHNB-TV was a television station in North Bay,

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, Canada. The station was in operation from 1971 to 2002 as a private affiliate of

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History

CHNB was established on October 15, 1971 by

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, the owner of CFCL in

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. On the same day, the existing television station in North Bay, CKNY, switched affiliation to

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. Until 1980, CHNB and CKNY aggressively competed with each other for advertising revenues, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the North Bay market's relatively small size. In 1980, the

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approved the merger of the two stations, and with their co-owned stations in

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and

, into the MCTV

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. In 1990, the MCTV stations were acquired by

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, which became the sole corporate owner of

in 1997.

End of operations

In 2002, CTV sold its four CBC affiliates in Northern Ontario, CHNB, CJIC in Sault Ste. Marie, CKNC in Sudbury and CFCL in Timmins directly to the CBC. All four ceased to exist as separate stations on October 27, 2002, and become rebroadcasters of

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. CHNB's call sign was changed to CBLT-4. These translators closed on July 31, 2012, because of budget cuts at the CBC.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, July 17, 2012.
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, known as CHNB-DT.

References

External links

CRTC Decision 2001-457-6
licence renewal for all MCTV stations. * {{DEFAULTSORT:CHNB-TV HNB HNB Television channels and stations established in 1971 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 1971 establishments in Ontario 2002 disestablishments in Ontario HNB-TV