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2002 in Canadian television

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

Events

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! Date

Event
January 13Frank 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 722nd Genie Awards.
March 25Yvon of the Yukon is broadcast in the UK for the first time on CBBC.
April 14Juno Awards of 2002.
July 22CKVU-DT becomes the second Citytv station. Consequently, the Citytv system brand begins.
September 6CBC Television and Télévision de Radio-Canada celebrate their 50th anniversary on the air.
September 16The Omni Television brand begins.
October 1CTV sells their Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario CBC Television stations to the CBC to become rebroadcasters of CBLT and CBKT.
November 42002 Gemini Awards.

= Debuts =

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! Show

StationPremiere 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 =

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! Show

StationCancelled
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

|Teletoon

|June 9

The Associates

|CTV

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Blackfly

|Global

Television shows

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

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TV movies

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Television stations

=Debuts=

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! Date

! Market

! Station

! Channel

! Affiliation

! Notes/References

September 16

| CJMT-TV

| 40

| Omni Television

| [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/cjmt-dt “CJMT-DT Station History”]. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

=Network affiliation changes=

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! 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=

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! Date

! Market

! Station

! Channel

! Affiliation

! Notes/References

May 31

| Swift Current, Saskatchewan

| CJFB-TV

| 5

| rowspan=8| CBC

| Converted into a rebroadcaster of CBKT/Regina; complete shutdown on July 31, 2012

rowspan=6| 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

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=2002-01-01,2002-12-31&countries=ca&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2002 Canadian television series] at IMDb

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