CICT-TV
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Calgary, Alberta Canada |
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| Branding | Global Calgary (general) Global News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Think. Global. |
| Channels |
Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 2.1 () |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | Global (secondary; 1988–2000, primary affiliate; 2000–present) |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| First air date | October 8, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Canadian Independent Calgary Television or Calgary Independent Channel Two |
| Sister station(s) |
TV: CISA-DT Radio: CHQR, CFGQ-FM, CKRY-FM |
| Former callsigns | CHCT-TV (1954–1968) CFAC-TV (1968–1990) CKKX-TV (1990–1993) CICT-TV (1993–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1954–2011) |
| Former affiliations |
CBC (1954–1975) independent (1975–2000) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 378 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 51°4′21.1″N 114°15′38.3″W / 51.072528°N 114.260639°W |
| Website | Global Calgary |
CICT-DT, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 41), is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CICT's studios are located on 23 Street Northeast and Barlow Trail in Calgary, near the Mayland Heights neighborhood; and its transmitter is located near Old Banff Coach Road/Highway 563 and Artists View Drive, near the Calgary city limits. It serves as the master control hub for all 12 Global owned-and-operated stations across Canada.
This station can also be seen on Shaw Cable (corporate sister through parent company Shaw Communications) channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 211, Bell TV channel 244, Rogers Personal TV channel 118. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 338 (Classic) or 017 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 015 (Classic) or 515 (Advanced).
CICT-TV first signed on the air on October 8, 1954 as CHCT, and was the first television station in the province of Alberta (as a result, it is also the oldest television station in the country that is part of the Global Television Network). The station was originally an affiliate of CBC Television. Its studios, offices and transmitter facility were located on a hill seven miles (11 km) west of the city. The station was owned by Calgary Television Ltd., a consortium of Calgary radio stations CFCN, CFAC and CKXL. The "CT" in CHCT stood for "Calgary Television".
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