CBWFT

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CBWFT
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Branding	Radio-Canada Manitoba
Slogan	Ici comme dans la vie
Channels	3 (VHF) / Cable 10 in Winnipeg analog, 51 (UHF) (proposed) digital
Affiliations	Radio-Canada
Owner	Societé Radio-Canada
Founded	April 24, 1960
Call letters meaning	C B C Winnipeg French Television
Transmitter Power	59kw
Website	Radio-Canada Manitoba

CBWFT is the Societé Radio-Canada French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Contents 1 History 2 Logos 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The CBC announced on February 17, 1959 that they would appear before the BBG (predecessor to the CRTC) in Ottawa on March 18th to apply for a license to extend Radio-Canada's television signal into the Winnipeg area.^[1]

It first signed on at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 24, 1960, using channel 6.

Its opening broadcast was a ceremony held at the Notre Dame Auditorium in St. Boniface, Manitoba. Dignitaries included in attendance were Lieutenant-Governor Errick Willis, Premier Duff Roblin, CBC President Alphonse Ouimet, Marcel Ouimet general manager of Radio-Canada, J. R. Finlay CBC Prairie Region Director, and Leo Remillard CBWFT's program director.^[2]

At first CBWFT's broadcast day ran beween 6 and 12 hours , with a longer programming day on weekends. Over the years this was extended to encompass most of the day.

Initially Radio-Canada's microwave link didn't reach as far as Winnipeg. Instead videotapes and films were "bicycled" from Montreal and delayed by one week, except for News and Live events like HNIC. ^[3]

From 1964 till the early 1980s it referred to itself as "CBWFT. Canal trois. Winnipeg." During the early 1980s, CBWFT was known as "CBWFT 3/10", signifying its position on Channel 3, Cable 10 in Winnipeg. By 1986 it was known as "Radio-Canada Manitoba".

Several months after the first Anik A satellite was launched in 1972, CBWFT switched to the satellite feed of Radio-Canada and dropped the microwave feed, except to distribute its signal within its coverage area — Manitoba and northwest Ontario, and part of Saskatchewan.

In 1976, a re-broadcast transmitter of CBWFT programming for Regina, Saskatchewan became CBKFT. In 1985, CBKFT was issued a separate license to broadcast its own Ce Soir regional news program.

In 2005 the long-running Ce Soir news program was renamed to Le Telejournal, which is the same name of the French national news program on Radio-Canada. The Le Telejournal local edition is normally 30 minutes in length, however the Wednesday version is 60 minutes. Also it is rebroadcast at 11 p.m.

The station also has a number of rebroadcast transmitters in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario (in the parts of that region which fall in the Central Time Zone):

• Brandon - 32
• Dryden, ON - 6
• Flin Flon - 3
• Fort Frances, ON / International Falls, MN - 15
• Kenora, ON - 2
• Oak Lake - 32
• The Pas - 6
• Pine Falls - 11
• St-Lazare - 13
• Ste-Rose-du-Lac - 3
• Thompson - 5

[edit] Logos

CBWFT logo from early 1980s

CBWFT logo from 1986 to 1992

Present CBWFT logo, used from 2001

[edit] References

1. ^ Phillips, Bruce. "CBC Asks to Build TV in St. Boniface", Winnipeg Tribune, February 17, 1959, pp. 1.
2. ^ "French TV Channel Here Now Operating Full-Scale", Winnipeg Tribune, April 25, 1960, pp. 15.
3. ^ "French TV On April 24", Winnipeg Tribune, April 8, 1960, pp. 5.

[edit] External links

• Radio-Canada Manitoba