Live television broadcasting on CHBC TV began in Kelowna on Sept. 21, 1957, with local headlines encouraging uptake of the new technology: 'Baby sitter problem? Then get a TV.'

Global Okanagan began broadcasting to local TV's on Sept. 21, 1957. In the last 60 years, we've broadcast live from our Kelowna studios, originally going on the air as CHBC Television.

Global Okanagan went on the air as CHBC Television Sept. 21, 1957 when there were only 500 TV sets in the Okanagan Valley.