Ed Conroy, the genius behind Retrontario, takes a look back at the start of CP24, how it revolutionized cable news and the transition (sort of) from City TV ownership to CTV. 

I know some of the people who worked there when the CRTC ordered CTV to get rid of City, because it would give Bell too much control of too many stations. They kept CP24. In the end, a wise decision for Bell Media but a terrible one by the Commission.

And I agree with Conroy's observation that some of the public never realized the swap had taken place. Many still think of "Two-Four," as staffers used to call it, as being under City's control, and it shows just how much the two were joined at the video hip. Those old enough to remember it when it first started still often confuse the two, even though CTV News is shown at 6 and 11.

And by the way, that video of Mark Dailey saying "the city is our newsroom?" That phrase actually was used by WABC-TV in New York, but it was so perfect for City TV's imaging, that they simply appropriated it as their own for a time. 

The History Of CP24 And How It Changed Toronto's News 

The piece prints a page of an old sales brochure of CP24, but here's the rest of it.