Complex sentence: Although privately owned, because CKRT does not have access to alternative non-network program sources (as privately owned English language CBC affiliates do), it operates as a semi-satellite of CBFT in Montreal.
Split into simpler sentences: Although privately owned, CKRT does not have access to alternative non-network program sources (as privately owned English language CBC affiliates do). For this reason, it operates as a semi-satellite of CBFT in Montreal.