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Former CBC radio network
The
Dominion Network
was the second English-language radio network of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
from January 1, 1944 to 1962.
It consisted of the CBC-owned
CJBC
radio station in
Toronto
and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates from coast-to-coast. The Dominion Network was set up as a complementary network to the CBC's main English service which became known as the
Trans-Canada Network
. While the Trans-Canada Network focus was on public affairs, educational and cultural programs, the Dominion Network's broadcast schedule consisted of lighter programming fare than that of the Trans-Canada Network and carried more American programming.
As well, the Dominion Network operated mostly in the evenings, freeing affiliates to air local programming during the day.
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The Dominion Network was launched on January 1, 1944 after a request by private affiliates asking to set up their own radio network in order to carry American programming was turned down. CBC became concerned that the private stations might succeed in pressuring the government to permit such a private radio network. As a result, the CBC set up its own second network to appease demands by privately owned CBC affiliates for popular programming that would provide more commercial revenue.
The network was managed by
Spence Caldwell
, who later became a founder of
CTV
. Shows carried by the network included
Duffy's Tavern
,
Amos & Andy
and
Fibber McGee and Molly
.
There is an
urban legend
that a CBC announcer once accidentally gave a station identification as "the Dominion Network of the Canadian
Broadcorping
Castration
", which was popularized when U.S. TV producer
Kermit Schaefer
included a recreation of this incident on one of his best-selling
Pardon My Blooper
record albums in the 1950s. Canadian political pundit
Mark Steyn
often refers to the CBC as such in his columns.
The network was dissolved in 1962 and most of the private stations became independent.
CJBC
gradually became a French-language station and is now the Southern Ontario
owned-and-operated station
of Radio-Canada's
Premiere Chaine
.
Stations
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Alberta
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- Calgary
-
CFCN
now defunct (2023)
- Edmonton
-
CFRN
(affiliated with CBC Radio for two years after the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged) now defunct (2023)
- Medicine Hat
-
CHAT
(affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged)
British Columbia
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- Chilliwack
-
CHWK
(affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged)
- Penticton
-
CKOK
(affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged)
- Vancouver
-
CJOR
- Vernon
-
CJIB
- Victoria
-
CJVI
(affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged)
Manitoba
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New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
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Ontario
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Prince Edward Island
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- Charlottetown
-
CFCY
(affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged)
Quebec
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- Montreal
-
CFCF
now defunct (2010)
- Quebec City
-
CJQC
(affiliated in 1949; previously
CKCV
was affiliated with both the Trans-Canada Network and the Dominion Network. CJQC affiliated with CBC Radio when the Trans-Canada and Dominion Networks merged) now defunct (1976)
Saskatchewan
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