Editing CHCH-DT (section)

=== Independent station (1961–1982) ===
[[File:Chch1986.png|thumb|left|150px|CHCH-TV logo used from the introduction of colour television in 1966 until 1987 (a variant of this design with all-blue colouration was used until 1990).]]
In [[1961 in Canadian television|1961]], CHCH left the CBC and became an [[independent station]]. There were three reasons for removing its affiliation from CBC. Hamilton is part of the Toronto market, and Toronto-based [[CBLT]] already provided full network service to some of CHCH's viewing area. CBLT planned to increase its transmitter power and change frequencies (from [[VHF]] channel 9 to channel 6, and eventually channel 5), resulting in a near-100 percent overlap with CHCH. The station's managers wanted to produce more local programming, instead of having to carry CBC programming.

CHCH became the first and for over a decade the only television station in Canada not to be affiliated with any network; the other private stations (which signed on the air in [[1960 in Canadian television|1960]] or early 1961) that were not affiliated with the CBC had formed the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] network in October 1961.