CFWH-TV
kW | |
HAAT | 420.5 m |
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Transmitter coordinates | 60°39′34″N 134°53′4″W / 60.65944°N 134.88444°W |
Translator(s) | see main article |
CFWH-TV was the
Prior to the launch of CFWH-TV and for several years thereafter, Whitehorse's WHTV cable TV system (now part of Northwestel Cable) carried a mix of prerecorded CBC, CTV and syndicated programs on Channel 4 on its system,[1] offered up to two weeks after their initial broadcasts on stations in southern Canada.[2]
History
During its life, CFWH-TV was always licensed as a repeater. For most of its existence, this station was part of a "radiocommunication distribution undertaking" that included CFYK-TV in Yellowknife and CFFB-TV in Iqaluit. The CRTC did not license it as a television station, but merely as a transmitter to redistribute CBC North. In 2011, CFYK-TV was licensed as a full television station, with CFWH and CFFB as repeaters.[3]
CFWH-TV was licensed as a rebroadcaster of CFYK-TV, even though it operated as a semi-satellite with its own network of rebroadcasters. As a result, CFWH-TV and its network of rebroadcasters was one of many CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters closed on July 31, 2012, as part of several austerity measures announced in April 2012 to keep the corporation solvent and in operation.[4] As a result, this leaves almost the entirety of the Yukon without any aerial CBC television service, the only exception being a community owned broadcaster in Upper Liard, CH2986 channel 9.[5] However, few viewers in the Yukon actually lost access to CBC programming due to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite.
CFYK still operates a Yukon bureau at the CBC's studio in Whitehorse.
Transmitters
CFWH-TV had five over the air VHF analog rebroadcasters throughout the territory of Yukon before they were decommissioned on July 31, 2012.
City of license | Callsign[6] | Channel | ERP[7] | Notes[7] |
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Clinton Creek | CBDCT | 8 | 5 watts | Began operation as CBTE-TV-2 on July 28, 1969; defunct as of 1980 |
Dawson City | CBDDT | 7 | 5 w[6] | Began operation as CBTE-TV-3 on August 8, 1964 as a CBUT transmitter; became a CFWH transmitter by 1974 |
Elsa | CBKHT-1 | 9 | Began operation as CBTE-TV-5 on November 27, 1969 | |
Faro | CBDBT | 8 | Began operation as CBTE-TV-6 on August 9, 1971 | |
Keno Hill
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CBKHT | 13 | 10 w | Began broadcasting on November 27, 1973 |
Mayo | CBKHT-2 | 7 | 5 w | |
Watson Lake | CBDAT | 8 | 35 w | Began operation as CBTE-TV-1 on February 19, 1969 |
See also
References
- ^ Whitehorse Star TV listings, January 2, 1969 at Newspapers.com
- ^ TV Program Extended to Daytime at Newspapers.com
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-107, February 18, 2011.
- ^ CBC/Radio-Canada Speech Transcript: "Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada, regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan (DRAP)", April 4, 2012. Archived April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2986
- ^ a b "List of Broadcasting Stations in Canada". CRTC. 1975.
- ^ a b TV & Cable Factbook (48th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Warren Communications News. 1979. p. 1126-b.
External links
- CBC North
- CFWH-TV at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CFWH-TV in the REC Canadian station database