This is a list of former CBUT-TV transmitters that were used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to expand the coverage area of a station to include remote rural areas throughout the Canadian province of British Columbia. These transmitters served as rebroadcasters of CBUT's main signal that originates from Vancouver. Due to budget cuts, the CBC decommissioned these transmitters, along with its other 600+ over-the-air analogue television transmission network on July 31, 2012.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384, Revocation of licences for the rebroadcasting stations CBIT Sydney and CBKST Saskatoon and licence amendment to remove analog transmitters for 23 English- and French-language television stations, CRTC, July 17, 2012CRTC Approves CBC Application to Remove All Analog Transmitters, broadcastermagazine.com, July 17, 2012Decommissioning Our Analogue Television Transmission Network Safely and Responsibly, CBC/Radio-Canada, September 11, 2013Accelerating the shutdown of analogue transmitters“CBC-TV, TVO to end analog transmission”. CBC News. August 1, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
Unless otherwise specified, these transmitters have all gone off the air on July 31, 2012.
Former rebroadcasters CBUT Vancouver Callsigns“Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019. City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUT-1 Courtenay 9 (VHF) 625 watts Began operation June 1962 CBUT-2 Chilliwack 3 (VHF) 590 watts Began operation May 12, 1966 CBUT-3 Port Alberni 4 (VHF) 10 watts Began operation December 10, 1966 CBUT-4 Bowen Island 13 (VHF) Began operation in mid-1967 CBUT-5 Squamish 11 (VHF) 5 watts CBUT-6 Hope 7 (VHF) 10 watts CBUT-7 Ucluelet 7 (VHF) 54.5 watts CBUT-8 Campbell River 3 (VHF) CBUT-10 Sayward 4 (VHF) 28 watts CBUT-12 Gold River 7 (VHF) 10 watts CBUT-13 Woss Camp 12 (VHF) 155 watts CBUT-14 Tahsis 9 (VHF) 8.6 watts CBUT-16 Alert Bay 11 (VHF) 30.3 watts CBUT-17 Port Alice 10 (VHF) 77.4 watts CBUT-18 Port McNeill 2 (VHF) 27 watts CBUT-19 Port Hardy 6 (VHF) 29.2 watts CBUT-20 Coal Harbour 8 (VHF) 7.3 watts CBUT-22 Tofino 10 (VHF) 8.9 watts CBUT-23 Harrison Hot Springs 13 (VHF) 30 watts CBUT-25 Chilliwack 36 (UHF) 5 watts CBUT-26 Ruby Creek 25 (UHF) 5 watts CBUT-27 Mount McDonald 59 (UHF) 48 watts CBUT-28 Sooke 3 (VHF) 5 watts CBUT-30 Phoenix 15 740 watts CBUT-31 Greenwood 31 (UHF) 60 watts CBUT-32 Midway 7 (VHF) 22 watts CBUT-33 Rock Creek 33 (UHF) 100 watts CBUT-34 Brackendale 35 (UHF) 5 watts CBUT-35 Sechelt 18 875 watts CBUT-36 Madeira Park 31 (UHF) 334 watts CBUT-37 Grand Forks 5 (VHF) 60 watts CBUT-38 Kelowna 45 (UHF) Launched in 2005 after the CBC ended its affiliation with CHBC-TV. CBUT-39 Braeloch 15 (UHF) CBUT-40 Penticton 17 (UHF) CBUT-41 Vernon 18 (UHF) CBUT-42 Oliver 6 (VHF) CBUT-43 Salmon Arm 3 (VHF) CBUT-44 Enderby 26 (UHF) CBUT-46 Revelstoke 11 (VHF) Launched after the CBC ended its affiliation with CHBC-TV.
CBUAT Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUAT Trail 11 (VHF) 3,340 watts Began operation November 3, 1960 CBUAT-1 Nelson 9 (VHF) 940 watts Began operation November 26, 1960 CBUAT-2 Castlegar 3 (VHF) 10 watts Began operation on January 31, 1964 CBUAT-3 Fruitvale 9 (VHF) 85 watts Began operation July 1967 CBUAT-5 Salmo 10 (VHF) 5 watts CBUAT-7 Christina Lake 13 (VHF) 110 watts
CBUBT Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUBT Cranbrook 10 1,100 watts Began operation August 6, 1962 CBUBT-1 Canal Flats 12 (VHF) 510 watts CBUBT-2 Golden 13 (VHF) 11,400 watts CBUBT-3 Invermere 2 (VHF) 8.9 watts CBUBT-4 Donald Station 3 (VHF) 6 watts CBUBT-5 Radium Hot Springs 17 (VHF) 79 watts CBUBT-6 Spillimacheen 69 (UHF) 1,640 watts Began operation February 3, 1973. CBUBT-7 Cranbrook 10 (VHF) 900 watts CBUBT-8 Fernie 21 (VHF) 29.5 watts CBUBT-9 8 (VHF) 58.5 watts CBUBT-10 Sparwood 11 (VHF) CBUBT-13 Field 11 (VHF) 30 watts CBUBT-14 Moyie 6 (VHF) 76.5 watts
CBUCT Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUCT Nelson 9 (VHF) 940 watts CBUCT-1 Crawford Bay 5 (VHF) 842 watts CBUCT-2 Creston 3 (VHF) 142 watts CBUCT-3 Winlaw 12 (VHF) 45 watts CBUCT-4 Crescent Valley 33 (UHF) 180 watts CBUCT-5 Slocan 39 (UHF) 214.2 watts CBUCT-6 New Denver 17 (UHF) 696 watts
CBUHT Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUHT-1 Purden Lake 10 (VHF) 194 watts CBUHT-3 McBride 6 (VHF) 24 watts CBUHT-4 Tete Jaune 10 21 watts CBUHT-5 Valemount 12 (VHF) 112 watts
CBUIT Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBUIT-1 Bella Bella 13 (VHF) 10 watts CBUIT-3 Bella Coola 7 (VHF) CBUIT-4 Hagensborg 11 (VHF)
CBCB-TV Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBCB-TV-1 Vanderhoof 18 (UHF) 10 watts Originally a repeater of now-CityTV affiliate CKPG-TV in Prince George when it was a private CBC affiliate; became a CBUT repeater in 2008 when CKPG joined the CH television system. CBCB-TV-2 Fort Fraser 13 (VHF) 35 watts CBCB-TV-3 Fort St. James 7 (VHF) 5 watts
CBCD-TV Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBCD-TV-1 Pouce Coupe 7 (VHF) 10 watts Originally a repeater of present-day CTV2 affiliate CJDC-TV in Dawson Creek. This rebroadcaster was CBC owned, but it repeated CJDC during its tenure as a private CBC affiliate. CBCD-TV-2 Chetwynd 7 (VHF) 16 watts CBCD-TV-3 Fort St. John 9 (VHF) 180 watts Originally a repeater of CJDC-TV in Dawson Creek. This rebroadcaster was CBC owned, but it repeated a private CBC affiliate. In December 2017, this transmitter was acquired by Bell Media and reactivated as CJDC-TV-1 to repeat CTV2 programming from CJDC. CBCD-TV-4 Taylor 12 (VHF) 10 watts
CBCY-TV Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBCY-TV Houston 2 (VHF) 98 watts Originally CBCH-TV-1, a repeater of CFTK-TV in Terrace. CBCY-TV-1 Burns Lake 4 (VHF) 117 watts Formerly CBCH-TV-2 CBCY-TV-2 Smithers 5 (VHF) 27 watts Formerly CBCH-TV-3; acquired by Bell Media in 2017 and reactivated as CFTK-TV-2, a repeater of CFTK-TV/Terrace CBCY-TV-3 Moricetown 4 (VHF) 10 watts Formerly CBCH-TV-4
Other CBUT satellites in British Columbia Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBCG-TV Princeton 6 (VHF) 5 watts Formerly CBCV-TV CBCJ-TV Blue River 7 (VHF) 10 watts CBUDT Bonnington Falls 13 (VHF) 22 watts CBUGT Fort Nelson 8 (VHF) 50 watts CBUO-TV Bamfield 4 (VHF) 10 watts CBUPT Pemberton 4 (VHF) 41 watts CBUWT Whistler 13 107 watts
CBUT programming on CBC North stations From 1973 on, through the facilities of the Anik Telecommunications Satellite, these transmitters in the Northwest Territories, along with the repeaters of CFYK-TV/Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and the now-defunct CFWH-TV/Whitehorse, Yukon and CHAK-TV in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, aired some of CBUT's programming as part of the CBC North television service transmitters, originally known as the Frontier Package.
These rebrodcasters, and those of CFYK, CFWH and CHAK received the network feed from CBUT. Callsigns City of license Channel ERP Notes CBEDT Coppermine 9 10 watts Existed until 2011 CBEBT Pine Point 4 (VHF) 3,000 watts Began broadcasting as CBTE-TV on August 8, 1969 CBELT Pond Inlet 9 (VHF) 10 watts
Additionally, prior to 1982, repeater stations CBKAT in Uranium City, Saskatchewan, and CHFC-TV in Churchill, Manitoba, aired some of CBUT's programs on their signals as they were originally part of CBC North. CHFC later became a repeater of CBWT/Winnipeg in 1980, while CBKAT became a repeater of CBKST/Saskatoon in 1982.
See also List of former rebroadcasters of CFWH-TV List of former rebroadcasters of CFYK-DT List of defunct CBC and Radio-Canada television transmitters
References
External links CBC Vancouver