CBUT

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CBUT
city =
station_
station_slogan = Canada Lives Here
station_branding = CBC Television
analog = 2 (VHF)
digital = 58 (UHF - PSIP 2)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations = CBC
network =
airdate = December 16, 1953
location = Vancouver, British Columbia
callsign_meaning = Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
VancoUver
Television
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations = CBUFT, CBU (AM), CBU-FM, CBUF-FM, CBUX-FM
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
30.5 kW (digital)
HAAT = 593.1 m (analog)
615 m (digital)
coordinates = coord|49|21|13|N|122|57|24|W|type:landmark
homepage = [http://www.cbc.ca/bc/ CBC British Columbia]

CBUT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC-TV station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour.

As of February 19 2007, CBUT returned to an hour-long local newscast with the debut of a local edition of "CBC News at Six", retaining the "Canada Now" name and hosted by former national "Canada Now" hosts Ian Hanomansing and Gloria Macarenko; in past years, the supper hour newscast (which was fully local until the introduction of the national "Canada Now") was known as "Hourglass", "CBC Evening News", "Newscentre" and "Broadcast One". In July 2007, the newscast was renamed as "CBC News: Vancouver".

CBUT also currently produces a number of CBC Television programs. Portions of "Marketplace" and the program "Hemispheres" are produced at CBUT, as were the now-cancelled national version of "Canada Now" and the late-night independent film program "ZeD".

In addition to British Columbia, CBUT has a significant American audience in Washington state. It is available over the air in Bellingham. Nearly one million Comcast cable subscribers in the Puget Sound region can receive CBUT's programming.

History

CBUT is the oldest television station in Western Canada, first going on the air on December 16, 1953 from its original location at 701 Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver. From the station's launch until 1976, CBUT had broadcast mainly in English, with French-language shows aired on Sunday mornings; CBUT switched exclusively to English with the launch of CBUFT in 1976. CBUT was known mainly as Channel 2 from its inception until 1976. Since then, it has been known as CBC British Columbia.

During the station's early years until 1976, CBUT's station IDs consisted of slides of local Vancouver landmarks with the CBUT logo (the number 2 in Clarendon Bold typeface, contained within a stylized TV screen—see below) added, with the announcement "This is CBUT, Channel 2 in Vancouver", while the ID slide used at the end of local programs on CBUT was a larger version of the station logo on a navy blue background Fact|date=July 2007 with the announcement "This is CBC Television, Vancouver". Beginning with the introduction of CBC's "gem" logo in December 1974, CBUT (unlike other CBC O&Os, which continued using station IDs at the end of their local shows) began using the "gem" network ID at the end of all programming, network and local.

In 1975, CBUT, along with all of CBC's radio operations in Vancouver (which had been broadcasting out of the Hotel Vancouver up to that time, separate from the TV station), moved to their new Regional Broadcast Centre at 700 Hamilton Street, a few blocks east of their previous radio and television facilities. The station's IDs were changed in 1976 with CBUT's on-air rebranding as CBC British Columbia, with the initial IDs featuring a totem pole superimposed over local landmarks, followed by the totem pole zooming away from the viewer and turning into the letter T in the station brand. Fact|date=July 2007

In recent years, CBUT, as with all CBC-owned stations, had de-emphasized local programming in favour of network programming out of Toronto. As of 2002, the station only aired sporadic local non-news programming and dropped all use of local station IDs in favour of using only network IDs, and in budget cuts, the CBC integrated CBUT's master control (as did all other owned stations) into Toronto's master control. Recently, however, local programming on CBUT has increased with the introduction of a locally-themed lifestyles program, "Living Vancouver", as well as the addition of several new local newscasts. [http://www.canada.com/theprovince/columnists/story.html?id=14cd0ba9-b010-4950-a9d1-5a90edc19794]

Transmitters

The only retransmitters of CBUT are located on the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Okanagan, and areas not previously occupied by a private CBC affiliate.

"Semi-satellite are in bold italics"

Cable and Satellite only

Until the disaffiliation of CHBC, CBUT was available on cable in Kelowna. After the disaffiliation in 2006, new transmitters were installed. However, due to the ties with CFJC, this station also disaffiliated. CBUT did not replace the transmitters in Kamloops and its surrounding area. This left CBC dependent on cable and satellite to reach the area.

Until the disaffiliation of CKPG, CBUT was not available in Prince George. However, after the disaffiliation in 2008, the transmitters were never replaced. This also left CBC dependent on cable and satellite to reach the area.

Due to the availability of CFTK and CJDC in their markets, CBUT relies exclusively on satellite to reach Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Dawson Creek.

Programming

Locally produced programs on CBUT

* "CBC News: Vancouver at Noon" (local noon-hour newscast)
* "CBC News: Vancouver at Six" (local supper-hour newscast - formerly "Canada Now")
* "CBC News: Vancouver at Eleven" (local five-minute late-night news update)
* "CBC News: Vancouver Saturday" (local late-night weekend newscast. Airs at 10:30)
* "CBC News: Vancouver Sunday" (local late-night weekend newscast. Airs at 11:00)
* "Living Vancouver" (lifestyles)

Locally produced programs formerly aired on CBUT

Some of these programs were also seen on the CBC network, either regionally or nationally.

* "Aquarium" ("aquatic wildlife profiles")
* "@ The End" ("current affairs discussion")
* "BC Schools Telecasts" ("educational")
* "Bob Switzer Show/Switzer Unlimited" ("talk show")
* "Booked on Saturday Night" ("literature discussion")
* "Camera West" ("documentary films")
* "Canada Now" ("national supper-hour newscast")
* "Canadian Gardener" ("gardening")
* "Cariboo Country" ("drama")
* "Celebrity Cooks" ("cooking")
* "Dr. Bundolo" ("sketch comedy")
* "Doctor Doctor" ("medical issues")
* "Downtown Saturday Night" ("variety")
* "Good Rockin' Tonite" ("music videos")
* "Hockey Talk" ("sports talk")
* "Hourglass" ("local supper-hour newscast")
* "In The Company of Women" ("current affairs discussion")
* "Klahanie" ("outdoor activities")
* "Leo and Me" ("comedy")
* "Lotus Land" ("arts and entertainment magazine")
* "Night Final" ("local late-night newscast")
* "Northwood" ("teen drama")
* "Pacific Report" ("current affairs")
* "Reach For The Top" ("quiz show")
* "Rich Little's Christmas Carol" ("holiday special")
* "Ritters Cove" ("drama")
* "See BC on CBC" ("documentary films")
* "Sportfishing BC" ("outdoor activities")
* "Sportsline" ("sports highlights")
* "Switchback" ("teen variety")
* "Talkback Live" ("current affairs call-in")
* "The Beachcombers" ("drama")
* "The 11th Hour" ("sketch comedy")
* "The Inventors" ("inventions")
* "The Paul Anka Show" ("musical variety")
* "The Raes" ("musical variety")
* "The Score" ("sports talk")
* "This Week in BC" ("news review")
* "Urban Peasant" ("cooking")
* "Wok with Yan" ("Oriental cooking")
* "Wolfman Jack Show" ("musical variety")
* "ZeD" ("independent short films")
* "Zero Avenue" ("arts and entertainment magazine")

Digital television and high definition

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html] , CBUT will continue digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition channel number, 58. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CBUT virtual channel as 2.

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References

ee also

*List of CBC television stations
*CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/bc/ CBC British Columbia]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=59&historyID=101 Canadian Communications Foundation - CBUT History]
*RecnetCanada|CBUT