KVOS Seattle (???)

[IM42A]

That ended when the Canadian government forced the sale of the station and it came under direct CBC ownership as CBET.

And, so far as I know, CBC no longer carries any American programming, nor any other programs from outside of Canada aside from Coronation Street.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I suspect that you're right about the agreements that were in place. CTV probably paid a bit extra to get a level of exclusivity that government-owned CBC didn't bother to pay for.

That's a very good hypothesis, and thank you for filling the gap in my knowledge base about CBC being a commercial broadcaster, even though government owned. It probably didn't concern them enough to have a CTV-like clause in their agreements.

(As a side note, the CBC station in Windsor, ON generally was on the other side of exclusivity deals, as they did not carry U.S. network programs that were part of the CBC schedule. Interestingly, that station was the mirror image of KVOS for many years, and operated as a de facto independent station as CKLW-TV serving Detroit until the mid-70s. They weren't a full independent station since they did carry the CBC's schedule of Canadian-produced programming, though...just as KVOS carried some CBS programs. That ended when the Canadian government forced the sale of the station and it came under direct CBC ownership as CBET.)

I have another guess here which might have been the basis for that original decision: CKLW-TV began operation September 1, 1954, according to the 1959 Broadcasting Yearbook. WWJ-TV's first day on the air was March 4, 1947 (more than seven years previous), WXYZ-TV started broadcasting October 9, 1948 and WJBK-TV was right behind them on October 24, 1948. It's probable that the original owners, Western Ontario Broadcasting, saw that there would be a disadvantage to running the same shows via CBC as were on the well-established Detroit network affiliates and thus made the decision to be an independent other than for Canadian-specific programming.

 

[K.M. Richards]

And, so far as I know, CBC no longer carries any American programming, nor any other programs from outside of Canada aside from Coronation Street.

That does appear to be the case. Here's today's schedule:

CBC Toronto - TV Listings Guide

www.ontvtonight.com

The link appears to be formatted in such a way that it will pull up the current day's schedule automatically, so it should also work for those who don't run across the post until sometime in the future.

 

[IM42A]

That does appear to be the case. Here's today's schedule:

CBC Toronto - TV Listings Guide

www.ontvtonight.com

The link appears to be formatted in such a way that it will pull up the current day's schedule automatically, so it should also work for those who don't run across the post until sometime in the future.

I don't know the origin of all those children's programs, but Paw Patrol is indeed Canadian, and Molly of Denali appears to be a joint US-Canadian production.

Jamie Oliver: Together is a British show. I suppose the "Canada-only" thing isn't absolute, and may be aimed more at the US. The concern in Canada (and not just on the part of the CBC) has long been that American culture would overtake Canada by default, if something isn't done to address it, hence Canadian content regulations and so on.