CBC/Radio-Canada Milestones

2007

Bernard Derome hosted his 22nd election night special on Télévision de Radio-Canada; since 1972, he has anchored 11 federal elections, eight provincial elections and three referenda.
Jacques Bertrand and the entire Macadam tribus team celebrated the 10th anniversary of this offbeat Radio program on Première Chaîne that mixes humour and serious discussion, reality and fiction, rap and electronica, animal life and the human condition, as well as News and views.
3.7 million: Viewership to the first episode of CBC Television’s Little Mosque on the Prairie.
300,000: Number of subscribers to Sirius Canada Satellite Radio as of January 1, 2007 (six of Sirius Canada’s 11 Canadian channels are provided by CBC/Radio-Canada).
CBC Records brings home two Juno awards in the Classical music category.
CBC Television captures the first ever television Broadcaster of the Year Award at the prestigious New York Festivals.

CBC/Radio-Canada is the host broadcaster of the XVI International AIDS Conference, which is held in Toronto.
HDTV service launches in Québec City and Vancouver.
The daily program Virginie, which has run on Télévision de Radio-Canada since 1996, broke the record for most episodes ever produced as part of a French-language television drama series: 1221.
Radio de Radio-Canada’s Première Chaîne marked Jacques Languirand’s 35th year on air by treating listeners to a major documentary on this legendary communicator, man of the theatre, and host of the program Par 4 chemins.

Radio Canada International celebrates its 60th anniversary.
The CRTC approves SIRIUS Canada's satellite radio application, a partnership between CBC/Radio-Canada, Standard Radio Inc., and SIRIUS Satellite Radio. SIRIUS Canada's 100-channel line-up is announced, featuring six from CBC/Radio-Canada.
CBC Radio 3 celebrates millionth podcast download.
Télévision de Radio-Canada and CBC Television jointly aired an important documentary on the 1995 Quebec referendum called Point Break/Point de Rupture.

Ottawa operations move to the new state-of-the-art Ottawa Broadcast Centre.
The Prairie Aboriginal Content Unit is created to develop First Nations storytelling content for both Radio and Television.
The Chaîne culturelle, Radio de Radio-Canada's music channel, is re-launched as Espace musique.
Radio Canada International adds a ninth language, Portuguese for Brazilians, to its line-up.

CBC/Radio-Canada celebrates the 50th anniversary of public television in Canada with various events, including a historic visit by Queen Elizabeth to the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto and, in partnership with VIA Rail, a special anniversary train travelling across the country.
All analogue distribution services are now converted to digital technology.
Country Canada becomes wholly owned by CBC/Radio-Canada and changes its name to CBC Country Canada.
Hockey Night in Canada and La soirée du hockey launched their 50th seasons on CBC Television and Télévision de Radio-Canada.

Three specialty services are launched in partnership with the private sector: ARTV, The Documentary Channel and Country Canada.
The Centre de l'information in Montreal, a state-of-the-art facility for gathering and producing news for Télévision de Radio-Canada and RDI, is opened.
Hockey Night in Canada et La Soirée du hockey launch their 50th season on CBC Television et la Télévision de Radio-Canada.

The Y2K project team ensures that CBC/Radio-Canada does not experience technological problems on January 1.
CBC/Radio-Canada and Corus Entertainment Inc. partner on a new digital music service.
Radio de Radio-Canada opens a new station in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
CBC Radio 3 launches three websites geared to new music and youth culture: 120seconds.com, newmusiccanada.com and justconcerts.com.
The Nature of Things celebrates 40 years on CBC television