Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT), ''Radiotélévision des Forces canadiennes'' (RTFC) in
French, was a
television
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and
radio network
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system broadcast by
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to those members of the
Canadian Forces
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ground forces who served overseas in places such as the
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,
Africa
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and
Europe
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and, due to popular demand, the service began broadcasting to
Her Majesty's Canadian Ships in April 2002. The network was not available domestically within Canada.
The network consisted of two separate feeds, one for each of Canada's
official language
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s,
English
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and
French, sourcing programming from the
CBC/Radio-Canada
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, and commercial networks such as
CTV and
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.
On February 5, 2014, CFRT announced it would cease operations in April 2014. The closure was due to a reduction of Canadian military personnel serving overseas and budget cuts by the Canadian government, as well as advancements in other avenues of television and radio broadcasting.
The final broadcast ended April 1, 2014, at 00:00 EST.
Broadcasts to Canadian forces in Europe began in 1951. The ''Canadian Forces Network'' (CFN), or ''Reseau des Forces Canadiennes'' (RFC), made radio broadcasts from
Brunssum, the
Netherlands
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from 1978 until September 30, 2014, to Brunssum,
Ramstein Air Base and Lahr (Baden-Württemberg) in Germany and
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
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. CFN Europe was broadcast on the
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satellite, until its decommissioning in December 2004, and later on the
Eutelsat 9A satellite.
The network kept Canadian military personnel overseas in touch with Canada and Canadian defence news. In countries where telephone service is difficult, families could send broadcast messages to soldiers abroad through an 800 number.
An earlier Canadian Forces Network was established and operated by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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in 1945 for Canadian troops in England following the closure of the
BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme which had included shows for Canadian military personnel.
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, was established with the cooperation of the
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