Great West Television
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Great West Television is a television system in regional British Columbia, made up of the following CBC Television affiliates:
- CKPG, Prince George (owned by Jim Pattison Group)
- CJDC, Dawson Creek (owned by Astral Media)
- CFTK, Terrace (owned by Astral Media)
With the exception of local news and other local programming, almost all of the programming on these stations comes from the CBC. Syndicated programs from CHUM Limited had also been seen on these stations until October 2006, when CBC Television expanded to a 24-hour schedule and the GWTV stations accordingly dropped all syndicated shows from their schedules to accommodate the new CBC schedule. Great West Television is the successor to a previous mini-network in Northern British Columbia, Northern Television. That sub-system folded in the late 1990s, and was reborn as Great West Television, joined by Jim Pattison Group's CKPG-TV.