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September: Opening of the first UHF television station in Canada, CICA-TV Toronto. It was designed to broadcast programs of the Ontario Department of Education.

September 8: Official inauguration of a new regional production centre for CBC French networks at Moncton, New Brunswick.

1971
June 1: Postage stamp issued honoring Radio Canada International, the CBC's Shortwave and transcription service.

September 5: Opening of Canada's first French-language private television network, Les Tele-Diffuseurs Associes (Television Associates).

1972
July 21: Canada's third English network, Global Television, licensed by CRTC to serve five Ontario cities.

November 10: Launching of Anik 1, Canada's domestic communication satellite. It was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

1973
February 5: Official start of CBC network television transmissions to the North by Anik communications satellite.

March: A special unit, the Olympics Radio and Television Organization (ORTO), was formed by CBC to plan, provide and operate the complex facilities required for world coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.

1974
January 6: Stations of the new Global Television Network officially on air.

1975
November 3: Opening of CBC English FM stereo network connecting stations in St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver, British Columbia.

1974
May 31 - June 11: CBC was host broadcaster for the United Nations Habitat Conference in Vancouver.

May 31: CBC Television and FM Radio started transmission from the CN Tower in Toronto.

June 6 - 10: International broadcasters met in Ottawa for a "Radio in the 80's" symposium with CBC as host.