1992 in Canadian television

This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1992.

List of years in Canadian television

Events
DateEvent
January 8Puppydog Tales, a British animated series for children narrated by comedienne Victoria Wood starts premiering on Knowledge Network before airing in its homeland which will begin airing on 17 September of the same year.
January 2613th Genie Awards.
1992 Gemini Awards.
The documentary miniseries The Valour and the Horror airs on CBC. Canadian veterans' groups criticize it, and an inquiry is launched by the Senate of Canada.
March 26Well respected television journalist Barbara Frum dies after a battle with leukemia. Many media outlets would pay tribute to her in the days following her death.
March 29Juno Awards of 1994.
October 5CPAC replaces CBC Parliamentary Television Network as Canada's political channel.
December 7The controversial docudrama The Boys of St. Vincent airs on CBC Television. The film caused such a scandal it was temporarily banned from airing in Ontario by the court of appeals, fearing it would prejudice a similar trial.

Debuts
ShowStationPremiere Date
The Big Comfy Couch YTV January 3
Puppydog Tales Knowledge Network January 8
The Odyssey CBC Television March 3
Witness June 8
Bob in a Bottle YTV September 4
Fourth Reading TVOntario October
Catwalk YTV October 1
CBC Prime Time News CBC Television November 2
North of 60 December 3
The Boys of St. Vincent December 7

Ending this year
ShowStationCancelled
The Raccoons CBC Television April 11
The Tommy Hunter Show
The Journal October 30
CODCO Unknown
Super Dave Global

Changes of network affiliation
ShowMoved FromMoved To
Neon Rider CTV YTV
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends TVOntario

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TV movies
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Networks and services

Network launches
Network Type Launch date Notes
Television Northern Canada Over-the-air (Northern Canada)
January 21 Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, TVNC (now the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN) provides programming by and targeting Indigeonus peoples in Canada. The network is primarily available over-the-air in the territories of northern Canada, Labrador, and far northern Quebec via four full-power stations (CHTY, CHTG, CKCA, and CHWT), plus a series of low-powered rebroadcasters, but would adopt their current name, and become available nationwide on Cable and satellite television seven years later.

Television stations

Debuts
Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
January 12 Chateh, Alberta CKCA-TV 13 Television Northern Canada [1]
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador CHTG-TV 12 [2]
Whitehorse, Yukon CHWT-TV 11 [3]
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories CHTY-TV 11 [4]
Unknown Oshawa, Ontario CHEX-TV-2 22 CBC Television Began as a rebroadcaster of CHEX-TV/Peterborough, Ontario

References
  1. “CKCA-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. “CHTG-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. “CHWT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. “CHTY-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

See also
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