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The Fort St. James TV Society was formed in 1972 and reincorporated in 1997 as a Non Profit Volunteer Society under the BC Societies Act. Annual General meetings are held in December of each year, usually in the Library of the High School.
PURPOSE AND HISTORY: In 1972 the Village of Fort St. James and immediate area "C" of the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako were served solely by two repeaters on Murray Ridge. Because of the transmission site, access was poor and there were frequent power failures. At that time, there was a proposal by Omineca Cable to supply cable TV to Fort St. James.
Quite a few of the area residents protested, as it was felt that a commercial cable supplier would cable the denser downtown core only, and leave most of the surrounding area without access. A group of concerned citizens got together and formed the original Fort St. James Television Society. They were succesful in gathering support, including a plebiscite to charge a surtax on property for continued operational funding. Satellite receivers and a broadcast tower were set up and all residents received six channels of TV via a low powered broadcast system.
1989: A fire destroyed the TV site, and all equipment was destroyed and later replaced.
1994: After the AGM the Society was empowered to restructure finances, improve existing signals, attempt to add signals, improve the community channel and commit to multicultural programming.
Now: The Society now rebroadcasts 10 VHF channels from it's Mt. Nielsp site above Sowchea Bay, 11 UHF channels and 6 FM radio stations from the Mt. Dickenson site above the hospital, and 3 channels from Murray Ridge for the residents of Pinchi Lake. There is one available channel UHF 56 for future expansion, and the Society intends to create a Community radio channel for local news, events and emergencies.
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