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{{Short description|Television station in North Bay, Ontario (1971–2002)}}
{{for|the [[Global Television Network|Global]] station in Saint John, New Brunswick|CHNB-DT}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign         = CHNB-TV
| location         = [[North Bay, Ontario]]
| country          = Canada
| branding         = MCTV CBC
| analog           = 4 ([[VHF]])
| affiliations     = [[CBC Television|CBC]]
| airdate          = October 15, 1971
| enddate          = {{ubl|October 27, 2002|({{age in years and days|1971|10|15|2002|10|27}})}}
| callsign_meaning =
| owner            = {{unbulleted list|[[Mid-Canada Communications]] (1971–1990)|[[Baton Broadcasting]]/[[CTVglobemedia|CTV Inc.]] (1990–2002)}}
| sister_stations  = [[CKNY-TV]]
| erp              = 100 [[kW]]
| haat             = {{convert|223.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates      = {{coord|46|3|46|N|79|26|7|W|type:landmark}}
}}
'''CHNB-TV''' (channel 4) was a [[television station]] in [[North Bay, Ontario]], Canada. The station was in operation from 1971 to 2002 as a private affiliate of [[CBC Television]], and then continued until 2012 as a network-owned [[rebroadcaster]] of [[CBLT]] in [[Toronto]].

==History==
CHNB was established on October 15, 1971, by [[J. Conrad Lavigne]], the owner of [[CFCL-TV|CFCL]] in [[Timmins]]. On the same day, the existing television station in North Bay, [[CKNY]], switched affiliation to [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].

Until 1980, CHNB and CKNY aggressively competed with each other for advertising revenues, leaving both in a precarious financial position due to the North Bay market's relatively small size. In 1980, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] approved the merger of the two stations, and with their co-owned stations in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] and Timmins, into the [[Mid-Canada Communications|MCTV]] [[twinstick]].

In 1990, the MCTV stations were acquired by [[Baton Broadcast System|Baton Broadcasting]], which became the sole corporate owner of [[CTV television network|CTV]] in 1997.

===Transmitters===
On April 13, 1978, the CBC was given approval to add a television transmitter at [[Témiscaming]], Quebec, on channel 21 with an [[effective radiated power|ERP]] of 75 watts to rebroadcast the programs of CHNB-TV.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Decisions/CRTC-Vol.4-April-1978-to-Mar-1979.pdf Decision CRTC 78-276], ''CRTC'', page 15, April 13, 1978</ref>

===End of operations===
CTV subsequently sold its four CBC affiliates in Northern Ontario—CHNB, [[CJIC-TV|CJIC]] in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], [[CKNC-TV|CKNC]] in Sudbury and CFCL in Timmins—directly to the CBC in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-303.htm|title=CRTC Decision 2002-303|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]|date=October 10, 2002}}</ref> All four ceased to exist as separate stations on October 27, 2002, becoming rebroadcasters of [[Toronto]]'s [[CBLT]], with CHNB's call sign changing to CBLT-4. These transmitters would close on July 31, 2012, due to budget cuts affecting the CBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/|title=Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan|publisher=[[CBC/Radio-Canada]]|date=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-384.htm|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>

Since 2013, the CHNB callsign currently belongs to a [[Global Television Network]] station in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], known as [[CHNB-DT]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-457-6.htm CRTC Decision 2001-457-6], licence renewal for all MCTV stations.
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/chnb-tv/ CHNB-TV] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]

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[[Category:Defunct mass media in Ontario|HNB-TV]]
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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1971]]
[[Category:Television stations in North Bay, Ontario|HNB]]