- Canadian Broadcasting Centre
The Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in
Toronto, Ontario , is the broadcast headquarters andmaster control point for theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation 's English-languagetelevision andradio services. It also contains studios for local and regionalFrench language productions and is also home to theNorth American Broadcasters Association .History
The 13-storey complex, which opened in 1993 and was constructed at a cost of $350 million, was designed in order to accommodate CBC employees who were housed at various buildings throughout downtown Toronto at the time. The building required over 12 years of planning and another four years of construction. Television production is located on the upper floors (with many programs recorded in the three rooftop studios), and radio on the second and third floors. Some of the larger sound stages are rented out to outside movie and television productions, such as Global's Canadian versions of "Deal or No Deal" and "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?". The building sits on rubber pads to reduce unwanted noise and vibrations. It is for that reason that all of the studios are located in the core of the buildingFact|date=February 2007.
The atrium was named for
Barbara Frum , a noted Canadian journalist. It is used as the venue for special broadcasts, including federal election coverage and the "CBC 2000 Today " millennium special, as well as episodes of "Canadian Antiques Roadshow ".The building contains the
Glenn Gould Studio , aperformance andrecording studio . TheCBC Museum , which is dedicated to preserving the memories and physical artifacts of the national broadcaster's heritage, is located on the first floor of the building. A Toronto campus of theInternational Academy of Design and Technology , focusing on film production is also contained within the building.The Canadian Broadcasting Centre is located at 250 Front Street West in downtown
Toronto , directly across the street from theMetro Toronto Convention Centre . It is within walking distance of Union Station, theRogers Centre , and theCN Tower . Public tours are available on occasion.The analogous facility for CBC's French-language networks is
Maison Radio-Canada inMontreal . The CBC's corporate headquarters are located inOttawa in theCBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre .Facts and figures
*Architects:
Bregman + Hamann Architects & Engineers andPhilip Johnson & Alan Richie Architects
*Development/Design Guidelines and Outline Specifications completed by architectBarton Myers in 1985
*Floors: 13
*Completed: 1992
*Floor space: 1.72 millionsquare feet Upon completion it contained 3 radio studios (including the Glenn Gould Theatre), 19 radio production studios, 3 television studios, 2 local television studios, 2 all purpose studios, and one national news studio.External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/museum/ CBC Museum]
* [http://www.glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/ Glenn Gould Studio]
* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=250+Front+St+W,+Toronto,+ON&spn=0.004993,0.012394&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en Google Maps placemark file for the Canadian Broadcast Centre]
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