page_title: Timeline of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
section_title: 1940s
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / 1940s
context_page_description: This is a timeline of the history of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
context_section_description: 1940
  Low-power relay transmitters installed for remote communities.
  First provincial school broadcasts begin in Nova Scotia and B.C.
  The CBC symbol showing radio waves and a map of Canada is adopted.
  1941
  Formal opening of CBC News Service. Special broadcasts include Winston Churchill's speech from the House of Commons in Ottawa.
  1942
  A total of 43 hours of French and English programs are broadcast daily, compared with 10 in 1936. Special broadcasts include the opening of the Alaska Highway.
  1943
  Establishment of English School Broadcasts Department.
  1944
  The basic national network is renamed the Trans-Canada Network. The Dominion Network is formed, linking CJBC Toronto with 34 private stations to offer an alternative lighter service.
  1945
  Official opening of CBC International Service, later becomes Radio Canada International in 1972.
  1946
  Opening of first CBC FM stations in Toronto and Montreal.
  First fishermen's broadcasts in the Maritimes.
  1947
  CBC presents a 15-year plan for the development of television in Canada.
  1948
  First issue of the weekly program guide CBC Times.
  1949
  CBC acquires the facilities and staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, as the province joins the Confederation.
caption: Winston Churchill
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