The new station – CICC-TV - channel 10 – opened in the Fall.

1974
CICC-TV received approval to operate a transmitter at Arabella on channel 7 with an ERP of 3,900 watts (video), direcitonal. A transmitter was also approved for Hudson Bay to rebroadcast the Arabella signal. 

1976
CICC-TV received permission to increase effective radiated video power from 39,240 watts to 56,000 watts. Power increases were also approved for CICC-TV-1 Wynyard - 25,000 watts to 56,000 watts, and CICC-TV-2 Norquay 3,900 watts to 7,800 watts.  CICC-TV-3 Hudson Bay would decrease ERP from 420 watts to 410 watts.

1978
CFSS-TV Carlisle Lake was authorized to disaffiliate from CBC network (CKOS-TV rebroadcaster) and become a transmitter of CICC-TV and operate as a CTV affiliate.

1981
CICC-TV received approval to add rebroadcast transmitters at Esterhazy (channel 13 with 5.5 watts) and Humboldt (channel 32 with 6.7 watts).

1982
On August 12, a reorganization of the share structure of Yorkton Television Ltd. was approved by the CRTC. 34.5% of the common shares held jointly by G. S. and R. L. Skinner, and ten common shares held by G. S. Skinner, would be transferred to R. L. Skinner, L. R. Skinner, K. D. South and R. A. Skinner. Indirect control would then change with the transfer of 50% of the voting shares of Skinner Holdings Ltd. from G. S. Skinner to R. L. Skinner. Skinner Holdings held 63% of Yorkton Television. As a result of these transfers, R. L. (Ron) Skinner increased his ownership of Yorkton from 32% to approximately 81%.

Yorkton Television Co. announced the appointment of Wib Westby to general manager and Linus Westberg to assistant general manager.

1984
Yorkton Television purchased CKBI-TV and CIPA-TV Prince Albert.

1986
Baton Broadcasting Inc. of Toronto announced plans to make two major purchases in Saskatchewan that would give it domination of the province with only one exception - CJFB-TV Swift Current. Baton already owned CFQC-TV Saskatoon and had now agreed to buy (90%) CKCK-TV Regina from Harvard Developments Ltd. Harvard in turn would purchase 10% of CFQC-TV and would participate in the management of both stations. Baton had owned CFQC-TV (and AM) for 14 years. The deal came only two weeks after Baton agreed to buy Yorkton Television (CKOS-TV/CBC and CICC-TV/CTV Yorkton and CKBI-TV/CBC Prince Albert). Joe Garwood, vice president and managing director of Baton, said the purchases would create a large unit capable of taking on new challenges, such as the recent approval for CanWest Broadcasting to operate new TV stations at Regina and Saskatoon (SaskWest Television Inc.). The CRTC had described CKCK-TV and CFQC-TV as being among the most profitable TV stations in Canada.

A CRTC hearing in April was to hear proposals by Baton to acquire Yorkton Television Co. Ltd. and Prince Albert TV Inc. Prince Albert TV had also applied for a new CTV station at Prince Albert (channel 9 with 27,000 watts video ERP), which if licensed, would be part of the Baton purchase. Included in the deal were some 14 rebroadcast transmitters of the three existing stations. The CKCK-CFQC deal was also to be heard. If approved (Baton 90%, Harvard 10%), both stations would be owned by limited partnerships in each city. The Baton subsidiaries involved in the deals were CFTO-TV Ltd. and Russwood Broadcasting Ltd.

The Baton Saskatchewan deals were approved by the CRTC. This included the application for the new CTV affiliate at Prince Albert. The resulting new twin-stick operation in Prince Albert would employ 15 additional staff. Baton planned to spend $5.6 million to upgrade studio and production facilities, $2.8 million for transmitting facilities, $2.3 million for a 2-way microwave system, and over $1 million for drama production. 44 new jobs were expected to be created. There would be increased regional programming, including a major provincial Mon-Fri 6:30 p.m. newscast, and expanded availability of the CBC network. Baton also undertook provisions to ensure the continued viability of CJFB-TV Swift Current, the only independent TV station left in Saskatchewan.

Baton Broadcasting made the following appointments: R.L. Skinner to president of Shamrock Television Systems Inc., Bruce Cowie to president of CKCK-TV Ltd. and Dennis Fisher to president CFQC Radio. Shamrock was the Baton subsidiary that took ownership of the Prince Albert and Yorkton television stations.

1988
James Fusnak was appointed executive vice president and general manager of Russwood Broadcasting, the company which managed a number of Saskatchewan television stations owned by Baton Broadcasting. In a related move, Ronald Skinner, president of Shamrock Television of Yorkton, was promoted to executive vice president of Russwood.

Changes at Baton Saskatchewan's Russwood Broadcasting: James Rusnak, executive vice president and general manager; Ronald Skinner, executive VP; Mel Friesen, general manager of CKCK-TV; Howard Cooper, president and general manager of CFQC-TV; Leon Brin, VP and GM of CKBI-TV and CFQC-TV.

1991
Baton Broadcasting's CKCK-TV Regina, CFQC-TV Saskatoon, CKBI-TV and CIPA-TV Prince Albert and CKOS-TV and CICC-TV Yorkton all had their licenses renewed to June 30, 1996. The stations were owned or controlled by Baton's Russwood Broadcasting, which had spent a total of $16.1 million on the stations, including construction of a microwave system linking the four broadcast centres.

1995
Baton Broadcasting laid off 34 people at three of its Saskatchewan stations (Regina, Yorkton and Prince Albert). BBS was now using photo journalists to combine the jobs of reporter and camera operator into one.

1997
BBS (Baton) eliminated the job of president of its Saskatchewan group of stations, leaving Deryl Ring out of a job after four years in that position.

1999
Baton Broadcasting changed its corporate name to CTV Inc.

2001
Bell Globemedia (Bell Canada Enterprises, Thomson Canada Ltd., and The Woodbridge Co. Ltd.) purchased CTV Inc.

On September 1st, CICC-TV was rebranded as CTV Yorkton.

2002
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  received CRTC approval to purchase CKOS-TV. CTV Inc. retained CICC-TV.

2006
On July 21, the CRTC approved an application for ownership restructuring by Bell Globemedia (BGM), parent company of CTV, stemming from a deal in December 2005 that saw two new investors added to the company.  Thomson family's Woodbridge Co. Ltd. increased its stake in BGM to 40 per cent from 31.5 per cent, while BCE Inc. reduced its holding to 20 per cent from 68.5 per cent.  Two other investors were added to the deal, including Torstar Corp. and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, each with 20 per cent.

On December 14th, it was announced that effective January 2007, Bell Globemedia would be renamed CTVglobemedia Inc.

2009
On May 15th, the CRTC announced a one-year licence renewal, effective September 1st 2009, for all of CTVglobemedia's Over-The-Air stations, including CICC-TV, "....to give these broadcasters some flexibility during the current period of economic uncertainty." Group-based licence renewals would then be addressed in the spring of 2010. The Commission also stated that it recognized the impracticability of imposing any conditions relative to 1-1 ratios between Canadian and non-Canadian programming in the ensuing year, given the programming commitments that were already in place.

The Commission would however continue to explore various regulatory measures "...to ensure that English-language television broadcasters devote an appropriate proportion of their expenditures to Canadian programming."

                                                   Written by Bill Dulmage - Updated November, 2009