CBFT-DT

CBFT-DT, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 19), is the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé, licensed to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), as part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBMT-DT (channel 6). The two stations share studios at Maison Radio-Canada on René Lévesque Boulevard East in Downtown Montreal; CBFT-DT's transmitter is located atop Mount Royal.

CBFT-DT
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
ChannelsDigital: 19 (UHF)
Virtual: 2.1 (PSIP)
BrandingICI Grand Montréal
SloganPour toute la vie, ICI Radio-Canada Télé
Programming
AffiliationsIci Radio-Canada Télé (O&O)
Ownership
OwnerSociété Radio-Canada
CBMT-DT, CBME-FM, CBM-FM, CBF-FM, CBFX-FM
History
First air date
September 6, 1952 (1952-09-06)
Former channel number(s)
Analogue:
2 (VHF) (1952–2011)
Secondary:
CBC (1952–1954)
Call sign meaning
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Français
Télévision
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP25 kW
HAAT300 m (984 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°30′19″N 73°35′29″W
Links
WebsiteICI Grand Montréal

On cable, the station is available on Vidéotron Illico digital cable channel 2 in standard definition and channel 602 in high definition in the Montreal area, Charter Spectrum channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York and Comcast Xfinity channel 22 in Burlington, Vermont. CBFT-DT is also seen on direct broadcast satellite throughout Canada.

History

CBFT was the first permanent television station in Canada (an experimental station, VE9EC, had been on the air in Montreal from 1931 to 1935). It launched on September 6, 1952 at 4 p.m., beating CBLT in Toronto by two days. The station went on the air with the movie Aladdin and His Lamp, followed by a cartoon, and then a French film, a news segment and a bilingual variety show.[1] The station aired programming in both French (60 percent) and English (40 percent), a practice common for many stations in Quebec at the time.

This continued until January 10, 1954, when CBMT was launched on VHF channel 6. At that time, all English programming moved to CBMT, while CBFT became a purely French-language station as the flagship of the Télévision de Radio-Canada network for francophone viewers. CBMT's sign-on was hastened by the planned launch of television stations across the border in Burlington and Plattsburgh, Vermont.

Through its translator network that existed prior to the digital transition, CBFT's over-the-air footprint extended across most of Quebec, parts of Ontario, and most of northern Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut). Due to a lack of sources for alternative programming, most Radio-Canada stations—both O&Os and affiliates—are effectively semi-satellites of CBFT. For the most part, their schedules are largely identical to those of CBFT, other than commercials and regional news.

Digital television

Digital channel
Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
2.1720p16:9CBFT-DTMain CBFT-DT programming / Ici Radio-Canada Télé

Analogue-to-digital conversion

CBFT began broadcasting its digital signal on March 22, 2005.[3] On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,[4] the station's digital signal remained on UHF channel 19. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display CBFT-DT's virtual channel as 2.1.

Former rebroadcasters

CBFT had over 30 analogue television rebroadcasters throughout rural Quebec and Labrador. Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012.[5] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters were converted to digital.

Quebec
City of licence Call sign[6] Channel ERP
(W)[7]		 Notes
Aguanish CBST-7 8 (VHF) 326
Baie-Comeau CBST-19 7 (VHF) 1,590
Baie-Johan-Beetz CBST-8 7 (VHF) 1
Bearn/Fabre CKRN-TV-3 3 (VHF)
Beauceville CBVT-6 6 (VHF) 4
Blanc-Sablon CBST-17 3 (VHF) 150
Cap-Chat CBGAT-6 2 (VHF) 39
Carleton CBGAT-14 2 (VHF) 3,200
Causapscal CBGAT-5 9 (VHF) 11
Chandler CBGAT-15 8 (VHF) 184
Chapais CBFAT-1 12 (VHF) 5
Chibougamau CBFAT 5 (VHF) 665
Chisasibi CBFGT 9 (VHF) 10
Clermont CBSAT 21 (VHF) 10
Cloridorme CBGAT-16 8 (VHF) 85
Fermont CBFT-13 7 (VHF) 20 Formerly CBST-5
Gaspe CBGAT-17 9 (VHF) 1,800
Gethsémani/La Romaine CBST-9 9 (VHF) 10
Grande-Vallee, Quebec CBGAT-3 6 (VHF) 587
Cros-Morne CBGAT-9 4 (VHF) 5
Harrington-Harbour CBST-11 8 (VHF) 129
Havre-St-Pierre CBST-1 12 (VHF) 16
Ile du Havew Aubert CBIMT-1 16 (UHF) 55
Iles-de-la-Madeline CBIMT 12 (VHF) 2,800
Inukjuak CBFI-TV 9 (VHF)
Kuujjuaq CBFQ-TV 9 (VHF)
Kuujjuarapik CBFK-TV 9 (VHF)
La Tabatière CBST-13 4 (VHF) 78
La Tuque CBFT-14 3 (VHF) 15,400 Formerly CBVT-3
Lac-Etchemin CBVT-4 55 (UHF) 400
Lac-Humqui CBGAT-19 24 (UHF) 100
Lac-Megantic CBVT-3 12 (VHF) 10
L'Anse-a-Valleau CBGAT-18 10 (VHF) 10
Les Mechins CBGAT-23 10 (VHF)
Longue-Pointe-De-Min CBST-18 6 (VHF) 98
Manouane CBFT-5 5 (VHF) 10
Marsoui CBGAT-8 12 (VHF) 10
Matane CBGAT 6 (VHF) 3,700
Mistassini CBFMT 9 (VHF) 10
Mont-Climont CBGAT-1 13 (VHF) 709
Mont-Laurier CBFT-2 3 (VHF) 13,700
Mont-Louis CBGAT-4 2 (VHF) 62
Mont-Louis-en-Haut CBGAT-10 19 (UHF) 5,100
Mont-St-Michel CBFT-9 16 (UHF) 3,000
Mont-Tremblant CBFT-1 11 (VHF) 1,600
Murdochville CBGAT-2 10 (VHF) 1,530
Notre-Dame-Des-Monts CBSNT 40 (UHF) 100
Obedjiwan CBFT-6 10 (VHF) 1
Old Fort Bay CBST-15 7 (VHF) 5
Parent CBFT-4 12 (VHF) 10
Percé CBGAT-28 11 (VHF) 20
Port Daniel CBGAT-21 7 (VHF) 170
Povungnituk CBFP-TV 9 (VHF) 10
Radisson CBFRT 8 (VHF) 180
Riviere-A-Claude CBGAT-13 4 (VHF) 10
Riviere-Au-Renard CBGAT-22 2 (VHF) 2,900
Riviere-au-Tonnerre CBST-6 7 (VHF) 1,600
Riviere-St-Paul CBST-16 21 (UHF) 89
Salluit CBFS-TV 9 (VHF) 10
Schefferville CBFT-8 9 (VHF) 89
Sept-Îles CBST 13 (VHF) 8,400
St-Augustin CBST-14 2 (VHF)
Ste-Anne-des-Monts CBGAT-11 8 (VHF) 45,000
St-Fabien-de-Panet CBVT-5 13 (VHF)
St-Marc De Latour CJBR-TV-1 9 (VHF)
St-Michel-des-Saints CBFT-3 7 (VHF)
Stoneham CBVT-8 44 (UHF) 5
St-Pamphile CBSPT 3 (VHF)
St-Rene-de-Matane CBGAT-7 30 (UHF)
Témiscaming CBFST-2 12 (VHF) 7,000
Tête-à-la-Baleine CBST-12 6 (VHF) 5
Tewkesbury CBVT-7 7 (VHF) 5
Thetford Mines CBVT-9 21 (UHF) 5
Ville-Marie CKRN-TV-2 6 (VHF) 5
Waskaganish CBFHT 9 (VHF)
Waswanipi CBFV-TV 10 (VHF) 5
Wemindji CBFWT 9 (VHF)
Weymont CBFT-7 6 (VHF)

Labrador
City of licence Call sign Channel ERP
(W)		 Notes
Churchill Falls CBFT-11 13 (VHF) 5 Formerly CBST-4[8]
Labrador City CBFT-12 11 (VHF) Formerly CBST-3[8]
Port Au Port CBFNT 13 (VHF) 14,000[9]
CBFNT-1 4 (VHF) 291[9]

See also
  • List of Ici Radio-Canada Télé television stations

References
  1. "CBC Television debuts". CBC.ca. January 19, 2011.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for CBFT-DT
  3. "Télévision de Radio-Canada Montreal (CBFT-TV)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  4. "Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)". Archived from the original on 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  5. Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
  6. “Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  7. TV & Cable Factbook (65th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. 1997. p. B-349, B-350, and B-351.
  8. TV & Cable Factbook (65th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. 1997. p. B-323.
  9. TV & Cable Factbook (65th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. 1997. p. B-324.
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