British Columbia Television (BCTV)

British Columbia Television (BCTV) is the former on-air name for CHAN-TV, which is a local station covering British Columbia.

Despite its CTV affiliation from 1961 to 2001, BCTV (CHAN-TV) used its distinctive presentation.

Some of the key drivers that pushed BCTV towards its unique presentation, in spite of its CTV network affiliation, included home-grown ownership and its conflict with CFTO-TV in Toronto.

Western International Communications (WIC) was a media company based in Vancouver, under which BCTV defended Western Canadian interests over national Eastern-based media mandates.

For BCTV, it uniquely operated in the form of an independent station, despite its CTV affiliation.

The Pacific Dogwood flower, which serves as British Columbia's provincial flower, also serves as an iconic and famous symbol for BCTV from 1973 to 2001, refined in the mid-1990's.