Until that station signed on, that channel position was dark for a period of time, making CFVO the first major television station in Canadian history to have actually gone dark, and the only one until CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta & CKX-TV in Brandon, Manitoba closed in 2009 along with three stations in 2011 -- CJAL-TV Edmonton, CIAN-TV Calgary & CKXT-DT (formerly CKXT-TV) Toronto.