CBC/Radio-Canada Milestones

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1999

• The CRTC holds public consultation sessions in 11 cities to find out what Canadians think about the CBC, its role, its programming and its direction.
• CBC is the host broadcaster for the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.

1998

• The International Olympic Committee awards CBC, in partnership with NetStar, broadcast rights to the next five Olympic Games.
• CBC makes a presentation to the CRTC's review of television policy in Canada, the first such review in 17 years.
• On September 28, CBC Radio opens a station in Victoria, the last provincial capital to get a CBC Radio station.
• The CRTC opens competition in the satellite delivery of radio and television services by giving Star Choice a licence.

1997

• The CRTC approves CBC's applications to transfer CBF (French) and CBM (English) in Montreal, CBV (French) in Quebec City and CBL (English) in Toronto from the AM to the FM band.
• The English Information Radio service is rebranded Radio One and the stereo music service, Radio Two. French Radio services are now called Première Chaîne and Chaîne culturelle.
• Galaxie, the first pay, satellite and cable delivered audio service, is launched.
• CBC files applications for six new specialty services: Le Réseau des Arts, Le Réseau de l'économie, Le Réseau de l'histoire, Land & Sea, Télé classique and The People Channel.

1996

• CBC TV boasts an all-Canadian prime-time schedule.
• The House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage presents its report on the future of CBC in a multi-channel universe.

1995

• CBC's French language all-news channel, Réseau de l'information (RDI), is launched on January 1.
• CBC establishes its web presence at CBC.ca and at Radio-Canada.ca.
• CBC is granted a licence to operate a new digital audio music service called Galaxie.

1994

• CBC is host to the Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
• CBC, in partnership with Power Broadcasting Inc., launches two new specialty channels to the United States: Trio and Newsworld International.

1992

• CBC develops a new identification program.

1991

• CBC Toronto consolidates its operations into one downtown location, the new state-of-the-art Canadian Broadcasting Centre.
• Bill C-40 on broadcasting receives royal assent on February 1 and is proclaimed Law on June 4.

1990

• CBC publishes its vision for the future in a document entitled Mission, Values, Goals and Objectives.
• CBC Engineering plays a proactive role in the development of Digital Audio Broadcasting.
• CBC closes eleven regional stations as a result of budget cuts.