1. What is the CRTC?
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.
The CRTC was established by Parliament in 1968.
The CRTC supervises and regulates Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications

2. CRTC-1968 Broadcasting Act
The Broadcasting Act is passed. The Act does the following:
Confirms CBC's position as a national broadcaster
Strengthens restrictions on foreign ownership
Requires that Canadian programming be created by mainly Canadian talent
Confirms the idea that the broadcasting system can strengthen Canada's cultural, social and economic structures
Creates the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC), a new regulatory agency that becomes the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1976

3. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC Television slogans
1966: “Television is CBC”
1970: “When you watch, watch the best”
1977: “Bringing Canadians Together”
1980: “Now The We Are the CBC”
1984: “Look to us for good things” (general)/”Good to Know” (news and public affairs)
1988–1989: “The Best on the Box”
1990–1991: “CBC and You”
1992–1994: “Go Public”/”CBC: Public Broadcasting” (that season, the CBC emphasized the fact that they are a public broadcaster)
1995–2001: “Television to Call Our Own”
2002–2007: “Canada’s Own”
2007 to present: “Canada Lives Here”

4. CBC Logos
This is the original logo of the CBC, used between 1940 and It features a map of Canada and a thunderbolt design used to symbolize broadcasting.
The CBC used this logo at the end of network programs between 1958 and It consists simply of the legends “CBC” and “Radio-Canada” overlaid on a map of Canada.

5. CBC Logos
This “Butterfly” logo was designed for the CBC in 1966 to mark the network’s progressing transition from black-and-white to colour television much in the manner of the American NBC Television Network peacock symbol.
This logo, officially known internally as “the gem,” was designed for the CBC in 1974, and it is the most widely recognized symbol of the corporation. (It was called "The Exploding Pizza" in the press at the time.) The appearance of this logo marked the arrival of full-colour network television service.

6. CBC Logos
The logo was officially changed to one colour, generally dark blue on white, or white on dark blue in 1986.
The logo was simplified in Since the early 2000s, it has also appeared in white (sometimes red) on a textured or coloured background.

7. Second City Television (SCTV)
SCTV is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

8. Second City Television (SCTV)
Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "The Great White North", a sketch which was introduced on SCTV for the show's third season when it moved to CBC Television in Bob is played by Rick Moranis and Doug is played by Dave Thomas.

9. Second City Television (SCTV)
"The Great White North" was originally known as "Kanadian Korner“.
It was a panel show that played upon Canadian stereotypes. Bob and Doug, two dimwitted beer-swilling brothers wearing heavy winter clothing and tuques, would comment on various elements of Canadian life and culture, frequently employing the interjection “Eh?” and derisively calling each other a “hoser.”
Among the topics discussed were snow routes, the Canadian-built robot arm on the Space Shuttle, and why there aren't enough parking spaces at take-out doughnut shops.