2001 Vancouver TV realignment

[2] In Vancouver, however, the acquisition gave Canwest Global one of the most lucrative prizes in the entire country: control of CHAN-TV (channel 8), the market's CTV affiliate.

It also boasted a massive network of rebroadcasters covering over 95 percent of British Columbia, unlike Global's existing Vancouver station CKVU-TV.

As a result of the WIC takeover, Global assumed ownership of CHAN and chose to retain it instead of its existing O&O CKVU-TV (channel 10), which had less transmitting power and no rebroadcasting.

Further complicating the situation were the launches of CHNU in Fraser Valley on September 15[8] and CIVI in Victoria on October 4,[9] which caused various changes to cable channel lineups within the region.

CKVU became a de facto Citytv station on the date of the affiliation switch, with its programming immediately provided and scheduled by CHUM Limited.

However, as that date fell on the Labour Day long weekend, some changes resulting from the switch (such as the new 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. timeslot for CIVT's morning newscast, for example) did not occur until September 4.

[12] CIVT effectively became Vancouver's second-place television news operation, replacing CKVU, which lost approximately half of its audience and dropped to last place when it adopted the CityPulse format.

KVOS was also displaced from its prime position on cable providers in both Vancouver and Victoria to make room for CIVI,[9] causing the station to lose significant market share in British Columbia.