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| Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Branding | Radio-Canada Ontario-Outaouais |
| Slogan | Ici comme dans la vie |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 9.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | Radio-Canada |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| First air date | June 24, 1955 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ottawa Français Télévision |
| Sister station(s) | CBOF-FM, CBOX-FM |
| Former affiliations | TVA (secondary, 1977-1978) |
| Transmitter Power | 252 kW (analog) 66 kW (digital) |
| Height | 424.9 m (analog) 332.9 m (digital) |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 45°30′9″N 75°50′59″W / 45.5025°N 75.84972°W |
| Website | Radio-Canada Ottawa |
CBOFT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec. It is also the flagship of the provincewide "Ontario-Outaouais" network. ("Outaouais" is French for "Ottawa", usually in reference to the river and the valley, and not the capital, which francophones call "Ottawa", like the English.)
It is the network's primary affiliate in Ontario. Toronto's CBLFT and its rebroadcasters, including the previously-separate CBEFT in Windsor, are now officially designated as repeaters of CBOFT, and both stations now carry a "local" newscast which is produced by the Ottawa station. The station identifies itself as "[Societé] Radio-Canada: Ontario-Outaouais" on-air, reflecting its de-facto status as driving a repeater chain feeding all of Ontario and part of Quebec (Ottawa-Gatineau and the National Capital Region being divided between two provinces). Prior to the arrival of the Ottawa Senators NHL team, the station would broadcast the Montreal Canadiens games on Saturday nights, while the English counterpart, CBOT, would carry the Toronto Maple Leafs games during the Saturday night Hockey Night in Canada slot.
Before CBOFT went to air in 1955, CBOT aired both CBC and SRC programs.
For a brief time during 1977 and 1978, until CHOT opened, CBOFT also carried some TVA programs, after Ottawa's first TVA affiliate, CFVO-TV (whose channel 30 frequency is now occupied by CIVO) went bankrupt.
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News staff and reporters
- Michel Picard, News anchor, 6 PM news week
- Nathalie Tremblay, News Anchor, 12 PM news
- Daniel Bouchard, Reporter, news anchor 6 PM week end
- Elise Brunet, Reporter
- Frédérica Dupuis, Reporter
- Réné Petit, Reporter
- Mathieu Nadon, Reporter
- Denis Babin, Reporter (Hawkesbury)
- Michel-Denis Potvin, Reporter
- Cindy Demontigny, Reporter
- Mélanie Riendeau, Entertainment
Transmitters
All of the following transmitters are located in Quebec.
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates |
| CBOFT-1 | Chapeau | 11 (VHF) | 4.75 kW | 114 m | 45°55′29″N 77°4′22″W / 45.92472°N 77.07278°W |
| CBOFT-2 | Rapides-des-Joachims | 8 (VHF) | 0.74 kW | 20.1 m | 46°11′58″N 77°42′39″W / 46.19944°N 77.71083°W |
| CBOFT-3 | Notre-Dame-du-Laus | 10 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | 46°4′38″N 75°36′7″W / 46.07722°N 75.60194°W |
Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 [1], CBOFT will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 22, to its post-transition and current analog channel number, 9. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CBOFT's virtual channel as 9.1.
References
External links
- Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBOFT History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBOFT
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