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Overview of the events of 1961 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1961. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.
Reach for the Top broadcasts for the first time on CBUT. Four years later the show launches nationally on CBC.
CHCH becomes an independent station after seven years of CBC network affiliation.
October 1 - The Canadian Television Network launches as Canada's second national television network. The original affiliates are CFCN, CHAN, CJAH, CFTO, CJCH, CFCF, CJOH, and CFRN which was a former CBC affiliate.
The CTV National News airs its first broadcast not long after the launch of CTN. The original anchors are Peter Jennings, Charles Lynch and Peter Stursberg. The show gets off to a slow start but soon becomes the network's highest rated program.
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