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{{Short description|CBC flagship television station in Toronto}} |
{{Short description|CBC flagship television station in Toronto}} |
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| logo_size = 240px |
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| branding = CBC Toronto |
| branding = CBC Toronto |
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| digital = 20 ([[UHF]]) |
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| digital = 20 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]) |
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| virtual = 5 |
| virtual = 5 |
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| affiliations = [[CBC Television]] |
| affiliations = [[CBC Television]] |
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| owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
| owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
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| licensee = |
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| location = [[Toronto |
| location = [[Toronto, Ontario]] |
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| country = Canada |
| country = Canada |
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| airdate = {{Start date and age|1952|09|08|p=y}} |
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1952|09|08|p=y}} |
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| callsign_meaning = CBC [[Great Lakes]] Television |
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| sister_stations = [[CBLFT-DT]], [[CBL-FM]], [[CBLA-FM]] |
| sister_stations = [[CBLFT-DT]], [[CBL-FM]], [[CBLA-FM]] |
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| former_callsigns = CBLT (1952–2011) |
| former_callsigns = CBLT (1952–2011) |
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| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' |
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 9 ([[VHF]], 1952–1956), 6 (VHF, 1956–1972), 5 (VHF, 1972–2011) |
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| erp = 106.9 kW |
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| coordinates = {{Coord|43|38|33|N|79|23|14|W|type:landmark|name=CBLT}} |
| coordinates = {{Coord|43|38|33|N|79|23|14|W|type:landmark|name=CBLT}} |
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| licensing_authority = [[ |
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]] |
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| website = {{URL|http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto|CBC Toronto}} |
| website = {{URL|http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto|CBC Toronto}} |
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'''CBLT-DT''' |
'''CBLT-DT''' (channel 5) is a [[television station]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada, serving as the [[flagship station]] of the English-language service of [[CBC Television]]. It is part of a [[duopoly (broadcasting)#In Canada|twinstick]] with [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] outlet [[CBLFT-DT]] (channel 25). The two stations share studios at the [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] on [[Front Street (Toronto)|Front Street West]] in [[downtown Toronto]], which is also shared with national cable news channel [[CBC News Network]] and houses the studios for most of the CBC's news and entertainment programs. CBLT-DT's transmitter is located atop the [[CN Tower]]. |
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On [[cable television|cable]], the station is available on [[Rogers Cable]] channel 6 in the [[Greater Toronto Area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Rogers_TV_channels_(Toronto)|title=List of Rogers TV channels (Toronto)|work=TV Channel Lists|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> On [[satellite television|satellite]], it is carried on [[Shaw Direct]] channel 132<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.aws.shawdirect.ca/uploadedfiles/national-channel-lineup-numerical.pdf|title=National Channel Lineup (Numerical)|website=Shawdirect.ca|publisher=[[Shaw Direct|Shaw Satellite G.P.]]|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> and [[Bell Satellite TV]] channel 1050.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Bell_TV_Channels|title=List of Bell Satellite TV Channels|work=TV Channel Lists|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> CBC Toronto can also be accessed on CBC Gem, the public broadcaster's video streaming service.<ref>https://gem.cbc.ca/</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[File:CBC logo 1940–1958. |
[[File:CBC logo 1940–1958.svg|thumb|100px|left|CBLT logo from 1940 to 1958.]] |
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The station first signed on the air on September 8, 1952, originally broadcasting on [[ |
The station first signed on the air on September 8, 1952, originally broadcasting on [[VHF]] channel 9. It is the oldest television station in the province of Ontario, and the second oldest in Canada after Ici Radio-Canada Télé flagship station [[CBFT]] in [[Montreal]]. The station's first broadcast was prefaced by the inadvertent incorrect display of the CBC's national network logo; conflicting accounts say it was either displayed upside-down or backwards, due to the incorrect insertion of the slide. No such error was made two days earlier when CBFT signed on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=1&historyID=1# |title=Canadian Communications Foundation – Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=February 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184631/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=1&historyID=1# |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://torontosavvy.me/2018/01/27/the-first-image-on-cbc-english-television-in-canada-was-an-upside-down-id-slide/ | title=The First Image on CBC English Television in Canada Was an Upside Down Station Id-Slide | date=January 27, 2018 }}</ref> |
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CBLT originally broadcast from a series of smaller studios |
CBLT originally broadcast from a series of smaller studios with the main one on Mutual Street nicknamed unofficially as "The Barn" next to the [[CBC Jarvis Street Tower|transmitter tower]] (the old management building, nicknamed "The Kremlin", is now part of the [[National Ballet School]] on Jarvis Street). On January 19, 1953, a microwave link between [[Buffalo, New York]] and Toronto was activated, allowing the live telecast of programs from the American television networks. A few months later, on May 14, 1953, CBC Television's stations in Montreal (CBFT) and [[Ottawa]] ([[CBOT-DT|CBOT]]) became the first connections within the [[Trans-Canada Microwave]] system. |
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In 1956, CBLT moved to VHF channel 6 and increased its [[effective radiated power]] from 25 to 100 kW. The change in frequency was made to accommodate the eventual licensing of a second privately owned local station for Toronto, which eventually became [[ |
In 1956, CBLT moved to VHF channel 6 and increased its [[effective radiated power]] from 25 to 100 kW. The change in frequency was made to accommodate the eventual licensing of a second privately owned local station for Toronto, which eventually became [[CFTO]] (channel 9) when that station was licensed at the end of 1960. Then in 1972, CBLT relocated to channel 5 in order to allow two new stations – CKGN (now [[CIII-DT]]) in [[Paris, Ontario|Paris]] and a repeater of Ottawa-based [[CJOH]] in [[Deseronto]] – to use channel 6.<ref name="Wind681004">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50704124/2-new-tv-channels-allotted/|date=October 4, 1968|page=1|title=2 new TV channels allotted|newspaper=The Windsor Star|location=Windsor, Ontario, Canada|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 10, 2022}}</ref><!-- Fri --> |
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CBLT moved its transmitter facilities to the [[CN Tower]] when it opened in 1976; its signal was transmitted from the tower for the first time on May 31, 1976. It moved its operations to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] on [[Front Street (Toronto)|Front Street]] in 1992. |
CBLT moved its transmitter facilities to the [[CN Tower]] when it opened in 1976; its signal was transmitted from the tower for the first time on May 31, 1976. It moved its operations to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] on [[Front Street (Toronto)|Front Street]] in 1992. |
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==Branding== |
==Branding== |
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[[File:CBC Toronto Logo.png|thumb|left|Former logo used for local promotions and/or programs, used from |
[[File:CBC Toronto Logo.png|thumb|left|Former logo used for local promotions and/or programs, used from 2015 to 2019]] |
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CBLT has used a variety of on-air brands since its inception. From 1957 to 1972, it was known as "Channel 6". Following its move to channel 5 in 1972, it rebranded as "CBLT Five", later simplifying it to "CBLT/5". In the late 1970s, the station was branded as "Toronto/5", with the then-new CBC logo substituting for one of the O's in "Toronto". During the 1980s, it was known mainly as CBLT-TV, although it used a "CBC 5" logo. Starting on January 1, 1986, the station was identified in print ads as "CBC Television Toronto/5", but the CBLT name was used for its local programs including its supper hour newscast ''CBLT Newshour''. By the 1990s, it was known simply as "CBC Toronto", although the CBLT calls were used from time to time in local programming, and on the CBC website. As with most Canadian television stations, the use of the analogue channel placement was phased out of the station's logo and advertising, as most cable placements did not match up with its VHF frequency. |
CBLT has used a variety of on-air brands since its inception. From 1957 to 1972, it was known as "Channel 6". Following its move to channel 5 in 1972, it rebranded as "CBLT Five", later simplifying it to "CBLT/5". In the late 1970s, the station was branded as "Toronto/5", with the then-new CBC logo substituting for one of the O's in "Toronto". During the 1980s, it was known mainly as CBLT-TV, although it used a "CBC 5" logo. Starting on January 1, 1986, the station was identified in print ads as "CBC Television Toronto/5", but the CBLT name was used for its local programs including its supper hour newscast ''CBLT Newshour''. By the 1990s, it was known simply as "CBC Toronto", although the CBLT calls were used from time to time in local programming, and on the CBC website. As with most Canadian television stations, the use of the analogue channel placement was phased out of the station's logo and advertising, as most cable placements did not match up with its VHF frequency. |
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==News operation== |
==News operation== |
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CBLT-DT currently broadcasts 10 hours, 40 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours each weekday, a half-hour on Saturdays and ten minutes on Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the lowest local newscast output out of any English-language television station in the immediate Toronto market and the second lowest among the stations in the expanded Toronto–[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]–[[Barrie]] market as a whole (behind [[CTV 2]] owned-and-operated station [[CKVR-DT]], which airs seven hours of newscasts each week). CBLT's newscasts have consistently faced very stiff competition in the Toronto market, consistently rating behind [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] station CFTO since it surged to the number one spot in 1970, and behind [[ |
CBLT-DT currently broadcasts 10 hours, 40 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours each weekday, a half-hour on Saturdays and ten minutes on Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the lowest local newscast output out of any English-language television station in the immediate Toronto market and the second lowest among the stations in the expanded Toronto–[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]–[[Barrie]] market as a whole (behind [[CTV 2]] owned-and-operated station [[CKVR-DT]], which airs seven hours of newscasts each week). CBLT's newscasts have consistently faced very stiff competition in the Toronto market, consistently rating behind [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] station CFTO since it surged to the number one spot in 1970, and behind [[CITY-TV]] (channel 57) since 1982. |
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On September 10, 1984, CBLT debuted one of the only locally produced morning television programs in Canada, ''CBLT Morning'', which aired weekdays from 7 |
On September 10, 1984, CBLT debuted one of the only locally produced morning television programs in Canada, ''CBLT Morning'', which aired weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. The program was co-hosted by [[Dale Goldhawk]] and Leslie Jones, with news reported by Kevin Marsh.<ref>{{cite news|last= McLean |first= Ross|title= New morning show off to shaky start |publisher=The Globe and Mail |page= P13 |date= September 22, 1984}}</ref> At the time of the program's cancellation on April 4, 1986, it was watched by 20,000 viewers, more than the Canadian viewership of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'', but less than that of CTV's ''[[Canada AM]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= News, drama programs saved from knife|publisher=Globe and Mail|page=A18|date=April 4, 1986}}</ref> |
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In the spring of 1995, according to [[BBM Canada]], CBLT's evening newscast ''CBC Evening News'' had a total audience of 117,000 viewers in the Toronto-Hamilton market, putting it in fourth place behind ''[[Global News]]'' on CIII at 141,000, CITY's ''[[ |
In the spring of 1995, according to [[BBM Canada]], CBLT's evening newscast ''CBC Evening News'' had a total audience of 117,000 viewers in the Toronto-Hamilton market, putting it in fourth place behind ''[[Global News]]'' on CIII at 141,000, CITY's ''[[CityPulse]]'' at 229,000, and CFTO's ''World Beat News'' at 409,000. Only [[CHCH]] (channel 11), the only other station based in the Toronto–Hamilton market with a 6 p.m. newscast, had lower viewership at 77,000 viewers. |
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On October 15, 2011, CBLT debuted a half-hour 6 |
On October 15, 2011, CBLT debuted a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays; the station then launched a ten-minute news bulletin on Sundays at 11 p.m. the following day. A 30-minute newscast at 11 p.m. on weeknights was introduced on September 17, 2012. The additional local newscasts were part of a five-year strategic plan by the CBC called "2015: Everyone, Every Way", which featured local service improvements across the CBC's television, radio and internet platforms.<ref>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-toronto-launches-expanded-weekend-news-service/1000628266/ CBC Toronto Launches Expanded Weekend News Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204090820/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-toronto-launches-expanded-weekend-news-service/1000628266/ |date=December 4, 2011 }}, ''Broadcaster Magazine'', October 14, 2011.</ref> |
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===Notable current on-air staff=== |
===Notable current on-air staff=== |
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* [[Guido Basso]] – [[music director]] (1963–1967) |
* [[Guido Basso]] – [[music director]] (1963–1967) |
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* [[Bill Cameron (journalist)|Bill Cameron]] – news anchor (1992–1995) |
* [[Bill Cameron (journalist)|Bill Cameron]] – news anchor (1992–1995) |
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* [[Sharon Dunn]] – anchor of ''Newshour'' and ''Newsfinal''/host of ''[[Reach for the Top]]'' (1979–1984) |
* [[Sharon Dunn]] – anchor of ''Newshour'' and ''Newsfinal''/host of ''[[Reach for the Top]]'' (1979–1984) |
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* [[Bill Harrington (broadcaster)|Bill Harrington]] – legislative reporter |
* [[Bill Harrington (broadcaster)|Bill Harrington]] – legislative reporter |
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* [[Ross Hull]] – meteorologist (2013–2014) |
* [[Ross Hull]] – meteorologist (2013–2014) |
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* [[Fraser Kelly]] – co-host of ''Newshour'' (1981–1986) |
* [[Fraser Kelly]] – co-host of ''Newshour'' (1981–1986) |
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* [[Jeffrey Kofman]] – anchor/reporter |
* [[Jeffrey Kofman]] – anchor/reporter |
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* [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)|Claire Martin]] – |
* [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)|Claire Martin]] – weeknight meteorologist |
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* [[Anne-Marie Mediwake]] – weeknights anchor (2010–2016) |
* [[Anne-Marie Mediwake]] – weeknights anchor (2010–2016) |
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* [[Suhana Meharchand]] – news anchor ( |
* [[Suhana Meharchand]] – news anchor (1995–2022) |
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* [[Steve Paikin]] – Queen's Park correspondent |
* [[Steve Paikin]] – Queen's Park correspondent |
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* [[Percy Saltzman]] – CBLT's first weather person (1952–1972) |
* [[Percy Saltzman]] – CBLT's first weather person (1952–1972) |
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* [[Alex Trebek]] – news anchor/host of ''Reach for the Top'' (1962–1974) |
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* [[Adam Vaughan]] – reporter (1994–2000) |
* [[Adam Vaughan]] – reporter (1994–2000) |
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==Technical information== |
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==Digital television== |
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On January 30, 2004, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) granted CBLT permission to broadcast a digital signal on UHF channel 20; CBLT's began broadcasting programming in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on March 5, 2005. |
On January 30, 2004, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) granted CBLT permission to broadcast a digital signal on UHF channel 20; CBLT's began broadcasting programming in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on March 5, 2005. |
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CBLT shut down its analogue signal, over VHF channel 5, on August 31, 2011, the official date |
CBLT shut down its analogue signal, over VHF channel 5, on August 31, 2011, the official date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]]. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20,<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735205509/1298735205543 Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120000114/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735205509/1298735205543 |date=November 20, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 5. |
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==Coverage== |
===Coverage=== |
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The station's signal from its CN Tower transmitter adequately covers the immediate [[Greater Toronto Area]], from [[Oshawa]] in the east, out to [[Halton Hills]] and [[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]] in the west, and from Hamilton and [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] in the south, to roughly [[Bradford, Ontario|Bradford]]. |
The station's signal from its CN Tower transmitter adequately covers the immediate [[Greater Toronto Area]], from [[Oshawa]] in the east, out to [[Halton Hills]] and [[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]] in the west, and from Hamilton and [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] in the south, to roughly [[Bradford, Ontario|Bradford]]. |
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In addition, CBLT serves as the default CBC |
In addition, CBLT serves as the default CBC Television station for cable and satellite subscribers in markets previously served over-the-air by CBLT's rebroadcast transmitters (see [[#Transmitters|below]]), as well as the [[Thunder Bay]] and [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]] television markets, after [[CKPR-DT]] in Thunder Bay disaffiliated from the network September 1, 2014, and [[CHEX-DT]] in Peterborough and its sister station [[CHEX-TV-2]] in Oshawa both followed August 31, 2015, in both cases to become affiliates of the CTV Television Network. |
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The station is also carried on cable in several American communities, similar to sister stations [[CBUT-DT|CBUT]] in [[Vancouver]], [[CBET-DT|CBET]] in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] and CBMT in Montreal. |
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The station is also carried on cable in several American communities, similar to sister stations [[CBUT]] in [[Vancouver]], [[CBET-DT|CBET]] in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] and CBMT in Montreal. |
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===Former transmitters=== |
===Former transmitters=== |
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CBLT served much of Ontario through a network of over 35 rebroadcast transmitters, including all of [[Northeastern Ontario]] and most of [[Southwestern Ontario]], with the exception of Windsor since CBET-DT serves the Windsor area. The station only served [[Southern Ontario]] and a few rural [[Northern Ontario]] communities until 2002, when it took over the CBC affiliates of the [[CTV Northern Ontario|MCTV]] [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-303.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-303]</ref> CBLGT in [[Greenstone, Ontario|Geraldton]] and the CBLAT transmitters had operated since the early 1970s, while others were added as other CBC affiliates disaffiliated from the network or were bought by CBC. |
CBLT served much of Ontario through a network of over 35 rebroadcast transmitters, including all of [[Northeastern Ontario]] and most of [[Southwestern Ontario]], with the exception of Windsor since CBET-DT serves the Windsor area. The station only served [[Southern Ontario]] and a few rural [[Northern Ontario]] communities until 2002, when it took over the CBC affiliates of the [[CTV Northern Ontario|MCTV]] [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-303.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-303]</ref> CBLGT in [[Greenstone, Ontario|Geraldton]] and the CBLAT transmitters had operated since the early 1970s, while others were added as other CBC affiliates disaffiliated from the network or were bought by the CBC. |
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On August 16, 2011, the CRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 analogue repeaters within mandatory markets, including those in [[London, Ontario|London]] and [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]. These analogue transmitters were given an extension until August 31, 2012 to continue in operation, by which time the transmitters had to be converted to digital or shut down. CBC did not seek an extension for its Barrie transmitter, which it shut down on August 31, 2011; however, the remaining satellite rebroadcast stations remained in operation. |
On August 16, 2011, the CRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 analogue repeaters within mandatory markets, including those in [[London, Ontario|London]] and [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]. These analogue transmitters were given an extension until August 31, 2012, to continue in operation, by which time the transmitters had to be converted to digital or shut down. The CBC did not seek an extension for its Barrie transmitter, which it shut down on August 31, 2011; however, the remaining satellite rebroadcast stations remained in operation. |
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Reportedly due to federal funding reductions to the CBC in April 2012, the CBC made substantial cuts to their transmitting budget, including shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan]</ref> This included shutting down all the remaining CBC and Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters that had been "held over" using analogue transmitters during 2011–12. All of them have been decommissioned by the CBC, leaving rural Canadians and U.S. border regions with no free over-the-air CBC coverage, and those viewers have been instructed to subscribe to a cable or satellite provider or have been directed to the website available through pay internet providers.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/08/01/cbc-analogue-gone.html CBC-TV, TVO end analog transmission]</ref> |
Reportedly due to federal funding reductions to the CBC in April 2012, the CBC made substantial cuts to their transmitting budget, including shutting down the CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan]</ref> This included shutting down all the remaining CBC and Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters that had been "held over" using analogue transmitters during 2011–12. All of them have been decommissioned by the CBC, leaving rural Canadians and U.S. border regions with no free over-the-air CBC coverage, and those viewers have been instructed to subscribe to a cable or satellite provider or have been directed to the website available through pay internet providers.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/08/01/cbc-analogue-gone.html CBC-TV, TVO end analog transmission]</ref> |
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====Rebroadcasters of CBLT==== |
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! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/analogue-tv/analogue-transmitters-emetteurs-analogiques.pdf “Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”]. [[ |
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/analogue-tv/analogue-transmitters-emetteurs-analogiques.pdf “Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”]. [[CBC/Radio-Canada]]. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref> |
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| Originally a CBC-owned repeater of CBC private affiliate [[CKPR-TV]]/[[Thunder Bay]] (currently a [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] affiliate) |
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| Operated as CHNB-TV, a separate station from 1955 to 1970, then it became part of the [[CTV Northern Ontario|MCTV-CBC]] regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in 2002. |
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| [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]] |
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| [[CJIC-TV|CBLT-5]] |
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| 37,900 |
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| Operated as CJIC-TV, a separate station from |
| Operated as CJIC-TV, a separate station from 1955 to 1970, then it became part of the [[CTV Northern Ontario|MCTV-CBC]] regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in 2002. This repeater also provided analogue service to the easternmost portions of [[Michigan]]'s [[Upper Peninsula]] in the United States. |
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| Operated as CFCL-TV, a separate station from |
| Operated as CFCL-TV, a separate station from 1956 to 1970, then it became part of the [[CTV Northern Ontario|MCTV-CBC]] regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in early 2002. |
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The following is a list of transmitters that originally rebroadcast London, Ontario-based CBC outlet CBLN-TV. CBLN-TV first signed on in 1988 as a CBC outlet for southwestern Ontario outside of Windsor, broadcasting on UHF channel 40, replacing [[CFPL-TV]] as an affiliate. CBLN-TV carried local advertising and very few programming variations, but otherwise produced no programming of its own and was a ''de facto'' rebroadcaster of CBLT. |
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* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/ontario/toronto-and-vicinity/CBLT-DT CBLT-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]] |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | CBC Toronto |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | CBC Television |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| CBLFT-DT, CBL-FM, CBLA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 8, 1952 |
Former call signs | CBLT (1952–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 9 (VHF, 1952–1956), 6 (VHF, 1956–1972), 5 (VHF, 1972–2011) |
Call sign meaning | CBC Great Lakes Television |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 106.9 kW |
| HAAT | 491.0 m (1,611 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.64250°N 79.38722°W |
| Links | |
| Website | CBC Toronto |
CBLT-DT (channel 5) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the English-language service of CBC Television. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé outlet CBLFT-DT (channel 25). The two stations share studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in downtown Toronto, which is also shared with national cable news channel CBC News Network and houses the studios for most of the CBC's news and entertainment programs. CBLT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
History
The station first signed on the air on September 8, 1952, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 9. It is the oldest television station in the province of Ontario, and the second oldest in Canada after Ici Radio-Canada Télé flagship station CBFT in Montreal. The station's first broadcast was prefaced by the inadvertent incorrect display of the CBC's national network logo; conflicting accounts say it was either displayed upside-down or backwards, due to the incorrect insertion of the slide. No such error was made two days earlier when CBFT signed on.[1][2]
CBLT originally broadcast from a series of smaller studios with the main one on Mutual Street nicknamed unofficially as "The Barn" next to the transmitter tower (the old management building, nicknamed "The Kremlin", is now part of the National Ballet School on Jarvis Street). On January 19, 1953, a microwave link between Buffalo, New York and Toronto was activated, allowing the live telecast of programs from the American television networks. A few months later, on May 14, 1953, CBC Television's stations in Montreal (CBFT) and Ottawa (CBOT) became the first connections within the Trans-Canada Microwave system.
In 1956, CBLT moved to VHF channel 6 and increased its effective radiated power from 25 to 100 kW. The change in frequency was made to accommodate the eventual licensing of a second privately owned local station for Toronto, which eventually became CFTO (channel 9) when that station was licensed at the end of 1960. Then in 1972, CBLT relocated to channel 5 in order to allow two new stations – CKGN (now CIII-DT) in Paris and a repeater of Ottawa-based CJOH in Deseronto – to use channel 6.[3]
CBLT moved its transmitter facilities to the CN Tower when it opened in 1976; its signal was transmitted from the tower for the first time on May 31, 1976. It moved its operations to the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street in 1992.
Branding
CBLT has used a variety of on-air brands since its inception. From 1957 to 1972, it was known as "Channel 6". Following its move to channel 5 in 1972, it rebranded as "CBLT Five", later simplifying it to "CBLT/5". In the late 1970s, the station was branded as "Toronto/5", with the then-new CBC logo substituting for one of the O's in "Toronto". During the 1980s, it was known mainly as CBLT-TV, although it used a "CBC 5" logo. Starting on January 1, 1986, the station was identified in print ads as "CBC Television Toronto/5", but the CBLT name was used for its local programs including its supper hour newscast CBLT Newshour. By the 1990s, it was known simply as "CBC Toronto", although the CBLT calls were used from time to time in local programming, and on the CBC website. As with most Canadian television stations, the use of the analogue channel placement was phased out of the station's logo and advertising, as most cable placements did not match up with its VHF frequency.
News operation
CBLT-DT currently broadcasts 10 hours, 40 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours each weekday, a half-hour on Saturdays and ten minutes on Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the lowest local newscast output out of any English-language television station in the immediate Toronto market and the second lowest among the stations in the expanded Toronto–Hamilton–Barrie market as a whole (behind CTV 2 owned-and-operated station CKVR-DT, which airs seven hours of newscasts each week). CBLT's newscasts have consistently faced very stiff competition in the Toronto market, consistently rating behind CTV station CFTO since it surged to the number one spot in 1970, and behind CITY-TV (channel 57) since 1982.
On September 10, 1984, CBLT debuted one of the only locally produced morning television programs in Canada, CBLT Morning, which aired weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. The program was co-hosted by Dale Goldhawk and Leslie Jones, with news reported by Kevin Marsh.[4] At the time of the program's cancellation on April 4, 1986, it was watched by 20,000 viewers, more than the Canadian viewership of ABC's Good Morning America, but less than that of CTV's Canada AM.[5]
In the spring of 1995, according to BBM Canada, CBLT's evening newscast CBC Evening News had a total audience of 117,000 viewers in the Toronto-Hamilton market, putting it in fourth place behind Global News on CIII at 141,000, CITY's CityPulse at 229,000, and CFTO's World Beat News at 409,000. Only CHCH (channel 11), the only other station based in the Toronto–Hamilton market with a 6 p.m. newscast, had lower viewership at 77,000 viewers.
On October 15, 2011, CBLT debuted a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays; the station then launched a ten-minute news bulletin on Sundays at 11 p.m. the following day. A 30-minute newscast at 11 p.m. on weeknights was introduced on September 17, 2012. The additional local newscasts were part of a five-year strategic plan by the CBC called "2015: Everyone, Every Way", which featured local service improvements across the CBC's television, radio and internet platforms.[6]
Notable current on-air staff
- Dwight Drummond – weeknight anchor
Notable former on-air staff
- Guido Basso – music director (1963–1967)
- Hilary Brown – anchor of Newshour (1984–1991)
- Bill Cameron – news anchor (1992–1995)
- Sharon Dunn – anchor of Newshour and Newsfinal/host of Reach for the Top (1979–1984)
- Dale Goldhawk – co-host of CBLT Morning (1984–1986)
- Bill Harrington – legislative reporter
- Ross Hull – meteorologist (2013–2014)
- Fraser Kelly – co-host of Newshour (1981–1986)
- Jeffrey Kofman – anchor/reporter
- Claire Martin – weeknight meteorologist
- Anne-Marie Mediwake – weeknights anchor (2010–2016)
- Suhana Meharchand – news anchor (1995–2022)
- Steve Paikin – Queen's Park correspondent
- Percy Saltzman – CBLT's first weather person (1952–1972)
- Alex Trebek – news anchor/host of Reach for the Top (1962–1974)
- Adam Vaughan – reporter (1994–2000)
Technical information
Subchannel
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming[7] |
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| 5.1 | 720p | 16:9 | CBLT-DT | Main CBLT-DT programming / CBC Television |
Analogue-to-digital conversion
On January 30, 2004, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted CBLT permission to broadcast a digital signal on UHF channel 20; CBLT's began broadcasting programming in high definition on March 5, 2005.
CBLT shut down its analogue signal, over VHF channel 5, on August 31, 2011, the official date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20,[8] using virtual channel 5.
Coverage
The station's signal from its CN Tower transmitter adequately covers the immediate Greater Toronto Area, from Oshawa in the east, out to Halton Hills and Georgetown in the west, and from Hamilton and Niagara Falls in the south, to roughly Bradford.
In addition, CBLT serves as the default CBC Television station for cable and satellite subscribers in markets previously served over-the-air by CBLT's rebroadcast transmitters (see below), as well as the Thunder Bay and Peterborough television markets, after CKPR-DT in Thunder Bay disaffiliated from the network September 1, 2014, and CHEX-DT in Peterborough and its sister station CHEX-TV-2 in Oshawa both followed August 31, 2015, in both cases to become affiliates of the CTV Television Network.
The station is also carried on cable in several American communities, similar to sister stations CBUT in Vancouver, CBET in Windsor and CBMT in Montreal.
Former transmitters
CBLT served much of Ontario through a network of over 35 rebroadcast transmitters, including all of Northeastern Ontario and most of Southwestern Ontario, with the exception of Windsor since CBET-DT serves the Windsor area. The station only served Southern Ontario and a few rural Northern Ontario communities until 2002, when it took over the CBC affiliates of the MCTV twinstick.[9] CBLGT in Geraldton and the CBLAT transmitters had operated since the early 1970s, while others were added as other CBC affiliates disaffiliated from the network or were bought by the CBC.
On August 16, 2011, the CRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 analogue repeaters within mandatory markets, including those in London and Kitchener. These analogue transmitters were given an extension until August 31, 2012, to continue in operation, by which time the transmitters had to be converted to digital or shut down. The CBC did not seek an extension for its Barrie transmitter, which it shut down on August 31, 2011; however, the remaining satellite rebroadcast stations remained in operation.
Reportedly due to federal funding reductions to the CBC in April 2012, the CBC made substantial cuts to their transmitting budget, including shutting down the CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012.[10] This included shutting down all the remaining CBC and Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters that had been "held over" using analogue transmitters during 2011–12. All of them have been decommissioned by the CBC, leaving rural Canadians and U.S. border regions with no free over-the-air CBC coverage, and those viewers have been instructed to subscribe to a cable or satellite provider or have been directed to the website available through pay internet providers.[11]
Rebroadcasters of CBLT
| City of licence[12] | Call sign[13] | Channel | ERP (W) |
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| Attawapiskat | CBLET | 12 (VHF) | 10 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Beardmore | CBLAT-5 | 9 (VHF) | 8 | |
| Chapleau | CBCU-TV | 7 (VHF) | 101 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Elliot Lake | CBEC-TV | 7 (VHF) | 34,000 | Formerly CKNC-TV-1; originally a repeater of CKNC-TV/Sudbury until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Fort Albany | CBLDT | 8 (VHF) | 491 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Fort Hope | CBLHT | 12 (VHF) | 10 | This transmitter once repeated CBC North through CBNT of St. John's, NL |
| Fraserdale | CBLCT | 7 (VHF) | 10 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Geraldton | CBLGT | 13 (VHF) | 22,000 | Formerly CBLAT |
| Hearst | CBCC-TV | 5 (VHF) | 5,300 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Hornepayne | CBLAT-6 | 13 (VHF) | 30,000 | |
| Huntsville | CBLT-TV-2 | 8 (VHF) | 115 | Formerly CKVR-TV-2, originally repeated present-day CTV 2 affiliate CKVR-TV/Barrie |
| Kapuskasing | CBLT-9 | 2 (VHF) | 17 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Kearns | CBLT-8 | 2 (VHF) | 70,000 | Also served Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec in lieu of CBMT Montreal; originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Little Current | CBCE-TV | 16 (UHF) | 23,700 | |
| Manitouwadge | CBLAT-1 | 8 (VHF) | 22,000 | |
| Marathon | CBLAT-4 | 11 (VHF) | 7,500 | |
| Moosonee | CBCO-TV-1 | 9 (VHF) | 9 | Originally a repeater of CFCL-TV/Timmins until that station became a CBLT repeater in 2002. |
| Nipigon | CBLK-TV | 16 (UHF) | 2,300 | Originally a CBC-owned repeater of CBC private affiliate CKPR-TV/Thunder Bay (currently a CTV affiliate) |
| North Bay | CBLT-4 | 4 (VHF) | 100 | Operated as CHNB-TV, a separate station from 1955 to 1970, then it became part of the MCTV-CBC regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in 2002. |
| Parry Sound | CBLT-TV-3 | 18 (UHF) | 50 | The CBLT repeater was launched on channel 18 on September 1, 1995 [14] the same day CKVR/Barrie disaffiliated from the CBC and kept its channel 12 repeater at Parry Sound as an independent station. [15] |
| Sault Ste. Marie | CBLT-5 | 5 (VHF) | 37,900 | Operated as CJIC-TV, a separate station from 1955 to 1970, then it became part of the MCTV-CBC regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in 2002. This repeater also provided analogue service to the easternmost portions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the United States. |
| Sudbury | CBLT-6 | 9 (VHF) | 115,500 | Operated as CKNC-TV, a part of the MCTV-CBC regional network from 1971 until the CBC's acquisition in 2002. |
| Timmins | CBLT-7 | 6 (VHF) | 100,000 | Operated as CFCL-TV, a separate station from 1956 to 1970, then it became part of the MCTV-CBC regional network from 1970 until the CBC's acquisition in early 2002. |
| Wawa | CBLAT-3 | 9 (VHF) | 16,000 | |
| White River | CBLAT-2 | 12 (VHF) | 304 |
Rebroadcasters of CBLN-TV
The following is a list of transmitters that originally rebroadcast London, Ontario-based CBC outlet CBLN-TV. CBLN-TV first signed on in 1988 as a CBC outlet for southwestern Ontario outside of Windsor, broadcasting on UHF channel 40, replacing CFPL-TV as an affiliate. CBLN-TV carried local advertising and very few programming variations, but otherwise produced no programming of its own and was a de facto rebroadcaster of CBLT.
| City of licence[12][16] | Call sign | UHF Channel[16] | Notes |
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| Chatham | CBLN-TV-3 | 64 | |
| London | CBLN-TV | 23[17] | Began operation in 1988; formerly on channel 40 |
| Normandale | CBLN-TV-6 | 44 | |
| Paris/Kitchener/Waterloo | CBLN-TV-1 | 29[17] | Formerly on UHF channel 56 |
| Sarnia/Oil Springs (Port Huron, Michigan) |
CBLN-TV-2 | 34 | |
| Wiarton | CBLN-TV-5 | 20 | |
| Wingham | CBLN-TV-4 | 45 | Replaced CKNX-TV as a CBC affiliate |
See also
References
- ^ "Canadian Communications Foundation – Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
- ^ "The First Image on CBC English Television in Canada Was an Upside Down Station Id-Slide". January 27, 2018.
- ^ "2 new TV channels allotted". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. October 4, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McLean, Ross (September 22, 1984). "New morning show off to shaky start". The Globe and Mail. p. P13.
- ^ "News, drama programs saved from knife". Globe and Mail. April 4, 1986. p. A18.
- ^ CBC Toronto Launches Expanded Weekend News Service Archived December 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Broadcaster Magazine, October 14, 2011.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for CBLT
- ^ Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) Archived November 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-303
- ^ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
- ^ CBC-TV, TVO end analog transmission
- ^ a b TV & Cable Factbook (65th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. 1997. p. B-308 and B-309.
- ^ “Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Decision CRTC 94-744, Applications to establish new rebroadcasting transmitters of CBLT Toronto at Barrie, Huntsville and Parry Sound - Approved, CRTC, September 14, 1994
- ^ Decision CRTC 94-745, Disaffiliation of CKVR-TV Barrie from the CBC English-language television network - approved, CRTC, September 14, 1994
- ^ a b CBLN 40 Sign-Off 1993. capnvid47. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-494 CRTC. August 16, 2011.
External links
- CBC Toronto official website
- CBLT-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBLT in the REC Canadian station database