CJFB-TV
| City | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) |
| Translators | CBCP-TV-1 7 Shaunavon CBCP-TV-2 2 Cypress Hills/Eastend/Val Marie CBCP-TV-3 3 Ponteix CBKT-5 10 Riverhurst |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Swift Current Telecasting |
| First air date | December 23, 1957 |
| Last air date | May 31, 2002 |
| Call letters' meaning |
C Julie Forst Broadcasting |
| Transmitter power | 13.3 kW |
| Height | 155.8 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 50°20′18″N 107°47′26″W / 50.33833°N 107.79056°W |
CJFB-TV was a television station in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was in operation from 1957 to 2002 as a private affiliate of CBC Television.
It was broadcast on channel 5, cable 9 in Swift Current. It also operated rebroadcasters on channel 10 in Riverhurst, channel 2 in Cypress Hills, channel 3 in Ponteix, channel 2 in Eastend, channel 7 in Shaunavon, and channel 2 in Val Marie.
The station began broadcasting on December 23, 1957, beginning its schedule at 6pm, as a Christmas present to southern Saskatchewan. From start to finish, it was owned by Bill and Julie Forst and their company, Swift Current Telecasting.
Many baby boomers fondly remember Uncle Gord's Cartoon Party which was broadcast in the 1960s and early 1970s. Hosted by longtime CJFB on-air personality Gordon Foth, the program was broadcast at noon on weekdays and featured cartoons such as "Popeye" which were elderly even then. However, in the one-channel environment of Southwestern Saskatchewan, the program was enjoyed by many school-aged children at home for lunch.
In 1958 a weekly live television program reporting developments in agriculture, called Farming Today, was sponsored jointly by the Swift Current Research Station, the Swift Current Agricultural and Exhibition Association, and CJFB. The program was hosted by research station personnel and/or the local provincial agricultural representative. Research Station Staff involved in the program included: Baden Campbell, Peder Myhr and Mark Kilcher. Farming Today lasted for 25 years.
In 1976, after fighting an application by Regina's CKCK-TV to extend CTV service to Swift Current, CJFB agreed to a protective arrangement which allowed it to delete local advertising from the CKCK signal.
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