Western International Communications
Television stations
WIC was primarily an ownership group, not a television network. Some WIC stations were network affiliates of CBC or CTV, while others operated as independent stations, although some of these stations also had program supply agreements with CanWest.

Western International Communications

Section Title: Television stations
Table Section Text: WIC was primarily an ownership group, not a television network. Some WIC stations were network affiliates of CBC or CTV, while others operated as independent stations, although some of these stations also had program supply agreements with CanWest.

City	Station	Year acquired	Primary programming source	Other programming sources	Current status

Calgary	CICT	1989	Global	WIC	Global O&O

Edmonton	CITV	1991	Global	WIC	Global O&O

Hamilton	CHCH	1990	Independent (WIC programs only)	N/A	Independent station owned by Channel Zero

Lethbridge	CISA	1989	Global	WIC	Global O&O

Kelowna	CHBC	1989	CBC	Global / WIC	Global O&O

Montreal	CFCF	1997	CTV	WIC	CTV O&O

Montreal	CJNT	1999	Independent multicultural	N/A	Citytv O&O

Red Deer	CKRD	1991	CBC	Global / WIC (programs not carried on CICT/CITV)	Later CHCA; closed in 2009 following shutdown of CH / E!

Vancouver	CHAN	1982	CTV	WIC	Global O&O

Victoria	CHEK	1982	CTV (timeshifted)	WIC (different programs from those on CHAN)	Independent station owned by CHEK Media Group

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Western International Communications acquisition was Montreal's CFCF-TV, in 1997.

final_sentence: Western International Communications acquisition was Montreal's CFCF-TV, in 1997.