1992 in Canadian television
This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1992.
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Events
Date | Event |
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January 8 | Puppydog 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 26 | 13th 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 26 | Well 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 29 | Juno Awards of 1994. |
October 5 | CPAC replaces CBC Parliamentary Television Network as Canada's political channel. |
December 7 | The 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
Show | Station | Premiere Date |
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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
Show | Station | Cancelled |
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The Raccoons | CBC Television | April 11 |
The Tommy Hunter Show | ||
The Journal | October 30 | |
CODCO | Unknown | |
Super Dave | Global |
Changes of network affiliation
Show | Moved From | Moved To |
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Neon Rider | CTV | YTV |
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends | TVOntario | |
Maya the Bee | Family Channel |
Television shows
1950s
- Country Canada (1954–2007)
- Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
- The National (1954–present).
- Front Page Challenge (1957–1995)
1960s
- CTV National News (1961–present)
- Land and Sea (1964–present)
- Man Alive (1967–2000)
- Mr. Dressup (1967–1996)
- The Nature of Things (1960–present, scientific documentary series)
- Question Period (1967–present, news program)
- W-FIVE (1966–present, newsmagazine program)
1970s
- Canada AM (1972–present, news program)
- the fifth estate (1975–present, newsmagazine program)
- Marketplace (1972–present, newsmagazine program)
- 100 Huntley Street (1977–present, religious program)
1980s
- Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988–1999)
- CityLine (1987–present, news program)
- CODCO (1987–1993)
- Fashion File (1989–2009)
- Fred Penner's Place (1985–1997)
- Good Rockin' Tonite (1989–1992)
- Katts and Dog (1988–1993)
- The Kids in the Hall (1989–1994)
- Just For Laughs (1988–present)
- Midday (1985–2000)
- On the Road Again (1987–2007)
- Road to Avonlea (1989–1996)
- Street Legal (1987–1994)
- Under the Umbrella Tree (1986–1993)
- Venture (1985–2007)
- Video Hits (1984–1993)
1990s
- African Skies (1991–1994)
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–1996)
- E.N.G. (1990–1994)
- Material World (1990–1993)
- Northwood (1991–1994)
- Neon Rider (1990–1995)
- The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
TV movies
Networks and services
Network launches
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes |
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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 |
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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 |
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References
- “CKCA-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- “CHTG-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- “CHWT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- “CHTY-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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