CBHT-DT: Difference between revisions

| digital = 32 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])

| erp = 82.62 [[Kilowatt|kW]]

| licensing_authority = [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]

CBHT-DT serves as CBC's [[Atlantic Time Zone]] [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]]. The station broadcasts the network's schedule in [[Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting#In Canada|local time]], except during live events.<ref name="note 1 about time zones">If a viewer has a digital cable box or satellite receiver, the CBHT feed shows regular network programming an hour before the Toronto feed, and four hours before the Vancouver feed, and is sometimes referred to as "time-shifting" by cable and satellite operators.</ref> CBHT also became [[Cape Breton Island]]'s CBC station, when '''CBIT-TV''' was closed in 2012 as part of the CBC's digital transition.

CBHT started broadcasting on December 20, 1954, using temporary studios at College Street School. In October 1956, CBHT moved into a brand-new 57,000-square-foot facility on Bell Road. It entered CBC's microwave network in 1958, and began colour programming in 1966.<ref name="CBHT History from CCF"/> CBHT eventually covered all of [[Nova Scotia]] with rebroadcast transmitters. The tower in the Halifax area on Geizer's Hill (called the CBC tower) is also used by CTV's [[CJCH-DT|CJCH-TV]], Global's [[CIHF-DT|CIHF-TV]], most local FM broadcast radio stations and other services. On August 31, 2011, the transition to digital [[Terrestrial television|terrestrial over-the-air]] broadcasting was complete when the station's analog transmitter was permanently shut down, ceasing broadcasts on analog VHF channel 3, and began broadcasting on digital UHF channel 39 (virtual 3.1).<ref name="CBHT History from CCF">{{cite web

On September 26, 1972, CBHT began broadcast operations for a branch station in [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]], covering all of [[Cape Breton Island]], and parts of eastern Nova Scotia, called '''CBIT-TV'''; its call sign meant "Cape Breton Island Television".<ref name="CBIT-TV history" /> It was forced to start operating the new station when [[CHUM Limited]] purchased the original local station [[CJCB-DT|CJCB-TV]], the first television station in Nova Scotia, and switched its affiliation to the CTV Television Network on that date.<ref name="CJCB first in NS">

*'''Studio 1''' – {{convert|4,800|sqft|m2|0}} – Constructed in 1993, this was for many years the only dedicated non-news multi-camera television production studio in Atlantic Canada. The studio was also used for non-CBC productions, such as the sketch-comedy show ''[[That's So Weird!]]'' and ATV’sATV's 11th IWK Telethon in 1995. The studio was fully equipped for HD production using [[Hitachi]] SK-3200 cameras, and though originally scheduled to close at the conclusion of the 2014–15 television season, it remained in operation for several additional years, hosting ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'' during the main television season, and the multi-camera dramatic anthology series ''Studio Black!'' during the summer. The studio hosted its final event, the taping of the season finale of ''22 Minutes'', in February 2020. Production of ''22 Minutes'' moved to a new multicamera production studio created as part of the Light House Arts Centre complex in downtown Halifax.

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| accessdateaccess-date = December 25, 2012