CJBR-DT
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HAAT | 283.4 m (930 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 48°19′40″N 68°50′7″W / 48.32778°N 68.83528°W |
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Website | ICI Est du Québec |
CJBR-DT,
CJBR-DT is the main station for three regions in eastern Quebec: Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Côte-Nord. It previously operated full-power satellites in Matane (CBGAT, channel 6) and Sept-Îles (CBST, channel 13), and rebroadcasters in other communities. On cable, CJBR-DT is available on Telus Optik TV channel 3. There is a high definition feed offered on Cogeco Cable digital channel 504, Cogeco does not carry a standard definition feed of the station.
History
CJBR
CJBR was launched on November 21, 1954, as a privately owned Radio-Canada affiliate owned by Lower St. Lawrence Radio Inc. and associated with Central Public Service Corp. Ltd., both companies owned by the family of
The Brillants would sell CJBR-AM-TV to Telemedia in 1970, who, in turn, would sell the stations to Radio-Canada on August 1, 1977.[1][2]
CJBR switched from channel 3 to channel 2 on March 12, 1984, but the Maritimes Edition of TV Guide still had it listed as channel 3 until the Maritimes Edition folded in 2005. CJBR, however, was seen on Cogeco cable channel 3 in the Rimouski area.
CBGAT
CBGAT was founded by Radiodiffusion de Matane (Matane Broadcasting) as CKBL-TV on August 19, 1958. In the beginning, the station was a semi-satellite to CJBR, and broadcast on channel 9. CKBL was linked to Radio-Canada's microwave network on November 15, 1958.
By 1961, the station moved its transmitter to a new location, which took the signal off the air for around a month. From 1962 to 1976, Hydro-Québec broadcast CKBL/CBGAT's signal on its own repeaters. Radio-Canada purchased the station on November 10, 1971, and the station received its current callsign sometime in 1972. Radio-Canada moved CBGAT's signal from channel 9 to channel 6 on November 29, 1978.
CBST
Radio-Canada launched CBST as a retransmitter of CBGAT on October 23, 1973, broadcasting on channel 13. CBST gained its own newscast on November 1, 1982.[3]
CBVT semi-satellites
On December 5, 1990, the CBC enacted substantial budget cuts across the organization. As part of the cutbacks, the CBC ended the local operations of CJBR-TV, CBGAT, and CBST. All three stations became full-time satellites of CBVT in Quebec City.
However, local news would return in a different form five years later. Starting in September 1995, a new regional newscast, entitled Québec Ce Soir Est, was launched,[4] which is now entitled Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec. This newscast was, however, produced in Quebec City at the studios of CBVT.
Return as separate stations
In 2009, Radio-Canada applied to the CRTC for permission to convert CJBR back into a full-fledged station, with CBGAT and CBST as its satellites. CJBR would once again provide distinct local news programming from CBVT.[5] The application was approved by the CRTC on March 19, 2010.[6]
On September 1, 2011, CJBR switched to digital broadcasting, broadcasting on digital channel 45 with a
Transmitters
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In addition to CBST and CBGAT, CJBR had approximately 45 analogue television rebroadcasters in on the Gaspé Peninsula and the Côte-Nord regions of Quebec.
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—including CBST and CBGAT—on July 31, 2012.[8] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television rebroadcasters were converted to digital.
Local programming
Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec, a separate weeknight newscast at 6:00 p.m., focuses on news in Eastern Quebec. While anchored from Quebec City, it uses Radio-Canada's bureaus across Eastern Quebec, with journalists in Rimouski, Sept-Îles, Baie-Comeau, Gaspé, Matane and Carleton-sur-Mer.[9] Until its closedown in August 2021, CKRT-DT in Rivière-du-Loup, which has long rebroadcast CJBR-TV's newscasts, also carried the program.
References
- ^ "CJBRT-TV Station History". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Histoire de CJBR: CJBR-TV". Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "CBST Station History". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Decision CRTC 98-107". Archived from the original on 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-461: #17.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-163.
- ^ "Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-406". 6 June 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
- ^ "Le téléjournal/Est du Québec: Équipe". Retrieved 2007-12-17.
External links
- ICI Est du Québec (in French)
- CJBR-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJBR-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJBR-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJBR-TV in the REC Canadian station database
- CBGAT in the REC Canadian station database
- CBST in the REC Canadian station database