CFTK-TV
CTV 2 television station in Terrace, British Columbia
CFTK-TV (analog channel 3) is a television station in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, airing CTV2 programming. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is part of the Great West Television system. CFTK-TV's studios are located on Lazelle Avenue in Terrace, and its transmitter is located on Thornhill Mountain. The station operates rebroadcast transmitters in Prince Rupert (CFTK-TV-1, channel 6) and Smithers (CFTK-TV-2, channel 5).
History
CFTK went on the air for the first time on November 1, 1962. Standard Broadcasting acquired CFTK from Telemedia in 2002. Telemedia had owned CFTK since 1999.
The station was originally part of a two-station "sub-network" called Northern Television (NTV) since the early 1990s, until 2002, when it was disbanded and re-launched as Great West Television (joined by CKPG-TV). NTV and GWTV's programming consisted of mainly American shows imported and aired on CHUM Limited's NewNet/A-Channel stations, mixed with CBC's own programming.
Great West Television largely ceased to exist in October 2006.
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