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| City of license | Toronto, Ontario |
| Branding | Radio-Canada Ontario-Outaouais |
| Slogan | Ici comme dans la vie |
| Channels | Analog: 25 (UHF) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | Radio-Canada |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| First air date | March 23, 1973[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Great Lakes Français Télévision |
| Transmitter Power | 615.6 kW (analog) 2.5 kW (digital) |
| Height | 491 m (both) |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.6425°N 79.38722°W |
| Website | Radio-Canada Ontario |
CBLFT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions.
The station airs on analogue broadcasts on channel 25, and digital broadcasts on channel 24 in the Toronto area.
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History
CBLFT was originally licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1972 as a standalone station, and launched on March 23, 1973. The station originally transmitted from the CBC's Jarvis Street transmitter site, but as with almost all other radio and television stations in Toronto, approval was given by the CRTC to move the transmitter site to the CN Tower on December 14.
Various rebroadcasters were added throughout Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s.
Since the early 1990s, all of the station's transmitters have been assigned to the license of CBOFT Ottawa. These transmitters continue to broadcast a separate local early-evening newscast, which is produced in Ottawa, but is only seen in that city via a late-night rebroadcast, similar to the morning-show split used at CBLA-FM.
Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 [2], CBLFT will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 24, to its post-transition and current analog channel number, 25. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CBLFT's virtual channel as 25.1.
Transmitters
References
- ^ Chouinard, Yvon (2004). "History of the Societe-Radio-Canada (SRC) Networks". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/networks/networks_SRC_Television.html. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html
External links
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBLFT History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBLFT
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