CBUT-DT
CRTC | |
ERP | 88.5 kW |
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HAAT | 622.1 m (2,041 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′13″N 122°57′23″W / 49.35361°N 122.95639°W |
Links | |
Website | www |
CBUT-DT (channel 2) is a
History
The station first signed on the air on December 16, 1953; as such, CBUT is the first and oldest television station in
During the station's early years until 1976, CBUT's
In 1975, the CBC consolidated its Vancouver radio and television operations into one building. Prior to this, the CBC's Vancouver radio properties – CBU (690 AM), CBU-FM (105.7) and CBUF-FM (97.7) – had operated from a separate studio facility at 701 Hornby Street, within the basement of the Hotel Vancouver. Together, those stations formed the basis of the Regional Broadcast Centre at 700 Hamilton Street, a few blocks east of its previous radio and television facilities.
The station's IDs were changed in 1976 when CBUT changed its on-air branding to "CBC British Columbia", with the initial IDs featuring a totem pole superimposed over local landmarks, after which the totem pole zoomed out and turned into the letter "T" in the station brand.[citation needed]
In recent years, CBUT, as with all CBC-owned stations, has de-emphasized local programming in favour of national network programming distributed out of Toronto. As of 2002, the station only aired sporadic local non-news programming and dropped all use of local station identifications in favour of using only network IDs; in addition, due to budget cuts, the CBC integrated CBUT's master control operations (as it did for all of its other owned-and-operated stations) into the master control facility at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto. Recently, however, CBUT has increased its local programming with the introduction of a locally themed lifestyle program, Living Vancouver (which has since been cancelled), as well as the addition of several new local newscasts.[2]
Programming
CBUT currently produces a number of programs for CBC Television. Portions of
Sports programming
CBUT presents
Locally produced programs formerly aired on CBUT
Some of these programs were also seen on the CBC network, either regionally or nationally.[citation needed]
- The Beachcombers (drama)
- Canada Now (national supper-hour newscast)
- Cariboo Country (drama)
- Celebrity Cooks (cooking)
- Danger Bay (drama)
- Good Rockin' Tonite (music videos)
- Living Vancouver (lifestyles)
- Northwood (teen drama)
- Reach for the Top (quiz show)
- Rich Little's Christmas Carol (holiday special)
- Switchback(teen variety)
- Talk About (game show)
- The Urban Peasant (cooking)
- The Wolfman Jack Show (musical variety)
- ZeD (independent short films)
News operation
CBUT-DT presently broadcasts 8+1⁄2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 90 minutes each weekday and 30 minutes each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among CBC Television's stations (either owned-and-operated or affiliated), although it now has the lowest newscast output among the Vancouver–Victoria market's television stations – its weekly news total is far behind CTV O&O CIVT-DT (channel 32) (which airs 38 hours of newscasts each week) and Global O&O CHAN-DT (channel 8) (which broadcasts 46 hours each week).
In years past, the supper hour newscast (which was a completely locally produced program until the introduction of the national Canada Now) was known as Hourglass, Newscentre, CBC Evening News, Broadcast One and CBC News: Vancouver. On February 19, 2007, CBUT restored an hour-long local newscast to its schedule with the debut of a local edition of
In April 2010, CBC Television entered into a news share agreement with
As of June 2013, weather segments seen on CBUT's newscasts are broadcast in HD, while video from other studio and field cameras are transmitted in
On July 30, 2014, CBUT announced that Andrew Chang would begin anchoring the early evening newscasts starting September 1, succeeding Gloria Macarenko, who announced on her last day of her newscasts that she would become host of CBC Radio's The Story from Here. However, Macarenko will remain host of Our Vancouver while producing interview segments during CBUT's evening newscasts.[5]
Current on-air staff
- Anita Bathe – anchor of CBC Vancouver News at 6
- Gloria Macarenko – host of On the Coast on CBC Radio One; Our Vancouver host; also special assignment reporter
- Angela Sterritt – investigative reporter
Notable former on-air staff
- The National)
- The National)
- Gillian Findlay – reporter (1982–1985; now at the fifth estate)
- Dawna Friesen – reporter (now anchor of Global National)[6]
- CTV Vancouver and CKNW 980)
- Ian Hanomansing – anchor/reporter (1988–2010; reporter and now anchor for CBC News' The National; previous host of CBC News Now)
- Claire Martin – meteorologist
- Tony Parsons– 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. anchor (2010–2013; now retired)
- Jack Webster – reporter, Hourglass (deceased)
Technical information
Subchannel
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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2.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
CBUT-DT | Main CBUT-DT programming / CBC British Columbia |
Analogue-to-digital conversion
CBUT shut down its analogue signal, over
Post-transition, CBUT downconverted the high definition video resolution for its digital signal from 1080i to 720p.[9]
Spectrum repacking
In April 2017, Industry Canada posted new channel assignments for stations as a result of spectrum repacking due to the U.S. 600 MHz spectrum auction. CBUT-DT moved to channel 35 on May 1, 2020. Channel 35 was previously occupied by KVOS-TV; that station moved to channel 14 in October 2019.[10][11]
Former rebroadcasters
CBUT's over 85 analogue rebroadcast transmitters were located on the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Okanagan, and areas not previously occupied by a private CBC affiliate.
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.[12] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television rebroadcasters were converted to digital; CHAN-DT is the last major network station in Vancouver to operate rebroadcasters throughout the province.
Out-of-market cable coverage
In addition to its coverage in British Columbia, CBUT has a significant American audience in
References
- ^ a b Vancouver Sun TV listings – October 4, 1964
- ^ "A new face at noon". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2007.
- ^ "Tony Parsons joins CBC News Vancouver". CBC News. April 12, 2010. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022.
- ^ "CHEK 6 p.m. newscast – October 5, 2015". Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "Andrew Chang moves to CBC Vancouver to anchor supper hour TV news". CBC News. July 30, 2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023.
- ^ Infantry, Ashante (July 13, 2010). "Dawna Friesen named Global news anchor". Toronto Star.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for CBUT
- ^ "Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)". Archived from the original on November 19, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ^ Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums – View Single Post – CBC HD Switches To 720p From 1080i
- ^ Digital Television (DTV) Allotment Plan
- ^ Federal Communications Commission (November 3, 2014). "Post Incentive Auction Television Transition Data Files". fcc.gov. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
- ^ Comcast's list of 33 new HD channels includes MSNBC, MTV
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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External links
- Official website
- CBUT-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBUT-DT in the REC Canadian station database