Editing CTV Television Network (section)

===Reorganization and expansion===
Caldwell's departure in 1965<ref>[[#Git99|Gittins 1999]], p. 82</ref> did little to alleviate the situation, and CTV soon found itself on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1966, the network's affiliates (which by this time included [[CJON-DT|CJON-TV]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[CKCO-DT|CKCO-TV]] in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[CHAB-TV|CHAB-TV/CHRE-TV]] in [[Moose Jaw]]/[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], and the network's first and only U.S. affiliate, [[WNYB|WNYP-TV]] in [[Jamestown, New York]]) sought permission to buy the network and run it as a cooperative. The BBG was initially skeptical of the proposal. Since CFTO was by far the largest and richest station (it was more than double the size of the next-largest station, Montreal's CFCF-TV), the BBG feared that CFTO would dominate CTV if the stations were allowed to buy the network. To alleviate these concerns, the affiliates promised that each station owner would have one vote regardless of its audience share. The board readily approved the proposal, and by the start of the 1966–67 season, the stations owned their network.<ref name="Gitp86">[[#Git99|Gittins 1999]], p. 86</ref> The network also began broadcasting in [[Colour television|colour]] on September 1, 1966.<ref name="Gitp86"/>

By the mid-1970s, CTV had expanded its footprint across Canada, mostly by [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] arrangements in smaller cities, and with CBC affiliates switching to CTV once the CBC opened its own stations or added rebroadcasters of nearby O&O stations. In a unique twist, the original [[Saskatchewan]] affiliate, CHAB/CHRE, was bought by the CBC in 1969 (and eventually changed its calls to [[CBKT-DT|CBKT]], with the Regina station as the main station), allowing Regina's original station, [[CKCK-DT|CKCK-TV]], to join CTV. Its attempt to expand to the United States ended when Buffalo's three network affiliates threatened legal action, forcing WNYP off the air.

CTV made a name for itself in news coverage when it convinced star CBC news anchor [[Lloyd Robertson]] to switch networks in 1976.<ref>[[#Git99|Gittins 1999]], p. 118</ref> (Robertson served as the network's main anchorman until 2011). Its weekly newsmagazine series, ''[[W5 (TV program)|W5]]'', has been a fixture on the network since 1966,<ref>[[#Git99|Gittins 1999]], p. 89</ref> predating the similar American program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' by two years.

[[File:CTV 1970s.PNG|225px|thumb|right|CTV logo, used from 1975 to 1985.]]
In the 1970s, CTV often bought rights to pop and rock songs to serve as theme music for its programming, rather than commissioning original themes. Most notably, ''W5'' used an instrumental portion of [[Supertramp]]'s "[[Fool's Overture]]", ''Canada AM'' used an instrumental version of [[The Moody Blues]]' "Ride My See-Saw", the game show ''[[Definition (TV series)|Definition]]'' used [[Quincy Jones]]' "[[Soul Bossa Nova]]" and the ''CTV Movie'' used the [[Keith Mansfield]] instrumental "Statement" from the [[KPM Musichouse]] library.

For most of its first four decades, CTV did not have what could be considered a main schedule outside of news programming. The differences were enough that Ottawa's CJOH used a rebroadcaster in [[Cornwall, Ontario|Cornwall]] to feed cable systems in Montreal from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s despite the presence of CFCF; the CJOH rebroadcaster reaches the western portion of the Montreal area.