Monarch Cablesystems, LTD. is a now-defunct

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and

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and portions of

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, and also operates Monarch TV-10, a community channel on Cable 10. Monarch was founded in the 1960s, and had expanded throughout Northern and Eastern British Columbia, with portions of service extending into southern Alberta as well. In 1976, Monarch had expanded into broadcasting by purchasing

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

affiliate CKRD-TV in

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under its newly created Monarch Broadcasting division. The station would later be sold to

Allarcom WIC Western International Communications Ltd. (or WIC) was a Canadian media company that operated from 1982 to 2000, with operations including broadcast and specialty television, radio, and satellite distribution via a majority interest in Can ...

in 1989. Monarch Broadcasting would later purchase

Prince George, British Columbia Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...

CKPG-TV CKPG-TV (Analog television, analogue channel 2) is a television station in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, affiliated with Citytv. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group#The Jim Pattison Media Group, Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, ...

in 1990 from Q Broadcasting, Ltd. The station, along with the entire Monarch Broadcasting division would be sold to Jim Pattison Broadcasting group, a division of the

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on December 21, 2000. On October 1, 2007, Monarch was sold to

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's CityTel and merged into its

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system, with its southern and Alberta portions of service being sold to

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External links

Monarch.net (redirects to citywest.ca)
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