 ctv northern ontario, formerly known as mctv, is a system of four television stations in northern ontario, canada, owned and operated by the ctv television network, a division of bell media. these stations are: * cici - greater sudbury (flagship station) * ckny - north bay * chbx - sault ste. marie * cito - timmins all four stations refer to themselves on air as ctv, not by their call letters, and have common local programming, however they remain legally licensed as separate stations as of 2013. station information and history is discussed on each station's own page. all four stations are available on bell tv as of november 2012 in numerical order there are as follows * cici (ctv sudbury) on ch. 221 * ckny (ctv north bay) on ch. 588 * cito (ctv timmins) on ch. 589 * chbx (ctv sault saint marie) on ch. 590 ==history==  mid-canada television, or mctv, was created in 1980 when cambrian broadcasting, which owned the ctv affiliates in sudbury, north bay and timmins, merged with j. conrad lavigne's cbc affiliates in the same cities to create mid-canada communications. this twinstick structure was permitted by the canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission because both companies were on the brink of bankruptcy due to their aggressive competition for limited advertising dollars in small markets. in its decision, however, the crtc explicitly communicated the expectation that this would exist only as a temporary arrangement, to end as soo
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