CBWT
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| CBWT (CBC) | ||
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| Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||
| Channel 6 / Cable 2
Digital Channel 27 (not yet on air) |
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| Owner | CBC | |
| Founded | 1954 | |
| Signal Radius | 916.76 kW (total) | |
| Callsign Meaning | CBC Winnipeg Television |
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| CBC Network | ||
| CBKT (Regina) |
CBWT (Winnipeg) |
CBET (Windsor) |
CBWT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the only network CBC station in Manitoba, although Brandon's CKX is a CBC affiliate.
CBWT is the CBC's flagship station for the Central time zone, airing the main CBC schedule one hour after the CBC stations in the Eastern time zone. This is different from the other Canadian television networks, whose stations in the Eastern and Central time zones air their schedules at the same time.
CBWT can be seen on several cable systems in northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota including cities such as Grand Forks, ND and Bemidji, MN.
Country Canada, CountryWide and a local edition of CBC News at Six (formerly the local segment of CBC News: Canada Now from 2000 to 2006 and 24Hours from 1969 to 2000) are produced out of CBWT. In addition The National has an investigative unit based at the station.
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[edit] History
Broadcasting for the first time on May 31, 1954[1], CBWT began as a bilingual station on channel 4.
Its first equipment consisted of an RCA Victor TT10AL Television Transmitter and a 196 foot 6-section Super Turnstile Type TF-6AM Television Antenna.[2]
In 1960, the station moved to channel 3 and became English-only, while French programming moved to the newly-launched CBWFT. On November 21, 1964, CBWT and CBWFT traded channels, with CBWT moving to channel 6 and CBWFT moving to channel 3.
On Sunday, September 30, 1956 it connected to the TransCanada microwave system, which allowed Winnipeggers to watch television programing from CBC television on the same day it was broadcast in Toronto and Montreal.[3]
Shortly after the Mulroney government came to power in 1984 they effected major cuts to the CBC, and as a result 86 person staff were let go at CBWT.[4]
Previous programs produced at CBWT include Fred Penner's Place, It's A Living, and Disclosure. Disclosure was cancelled in 2003.
Peter Mansbridge, anchor of The National, began his career at CBWT.
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 1981-1986 Logo |
[edit] Rebroadcast transmitters
Atikokan, Big Trout Lake, Churchill, Cross Lake, Cumberland House, Dauphin, Dryden, Ear Falls, Easterville, Fairford, Fisher Branch, Flin Flon, Fort Frances, Gillam, Gods Lake Narrows, Grand Rapids, Ignace, Island Falls, Jackhead, Kenora, Lac Du Bonnet, Leaf Rapids, Little Grand Rapids, Lynn Lake, Mafeking, Manigotagan, McCusker Lake, Moose Lake, Nelson House, Norway House, Osnaburgh, Oxford House, Pelican Narrows, Pickle Lake, Pikangikum, Piney, Pukatawagan, Red Lake, Sandy Lake, Savant Lake, Sioux Lookout, Sioux Narrows, Snow Lake, South Indian Lake, The Pas, Thompson, Waasagomach, Wabowden.
[edit] Local news
[edit] News at Noon
News at Noon was CBWT's 30 minute news program that ran until January 1985 when the network program Midday took up the timeslot.[5]
Midday ran till 2000, but local noon time news programming has not returned.
Arvel Gray was the primary news anchor and host of the cooking segment.
[edit] 24Hours
24Hours was an award-winning one-hour news and current affairs program between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m., begun in 1969 and ran till 2000. Although the reason why the newscast was called 24Hours is uncertain, advertising in the 1970s contained the slogan NEWS...Something to think about every 24Hours, something that would become less relevant since the 1980s with today's media choices.
The hour would begin with 10 to 13 minutes of news presented by Garth Dawley, the program's first newsreader till 1983, followed by a 2-minute weather update, followed by a 10-minute documentary or intervew. After a commercial break, national and international news would be presented, followed by a 5-minute sportscast. A full weather forecast of 5-minute duration would take place about 30-minutes into the program. Another documentary or interview segment would fill in the rest of the time. Closer to the hour's end would be a feature such as a review of an arts event, or a news-comedy skit. Each hour would end with a short summary of the day's news.
During the summer months in earlier years, 24Hours would switch to a 30-minute format with basic news, weather, and sports to give the documentary team time to cool down and then prepare for next season's documetaries.
At some point in the program's life, it moved from the 6:30-7:30 p.m. time to a more standard supper-hour of 6:00-7:00 p.m.
John Harvard, who was the program's first interviewer in 1969, returned the day after the November 1981 Provincial election, and remained till 1986. He interviewed the former interviewer from the 1977-1981 period, John Robertson.[6]
In September 1982 the chalkboard easel used for the 24Hours weather forecast regularly done by Murray Parker, was replaced with an electronic Telidon system. This was used for about 2 years when a regular CG system was put in place.[7]
Also in 1982, CBWT was a pioneer within CBC television stations to use Betacam ENG cameras. Prior to this time, reports were filed on 16mm film.[8]
In 1983, electronic slides replaced the film-type that accompanied the news anchor of the various local news programs. For example, a slide machine with a red rounded trim was used in 1982-83, while the rest of the news set was a cream colour.
In May 1984, Marv Terhoch was appointed Director of CBWT or of 24Hours.[9]
Also between these years, Kevin Evans was the interviewer for 24Hours, until KTHI was replaced with WDIV Detroit, that featured Mort Crim. To compete with that station, it hired former ABC correspondent Mike McCourt.
On October 2, 2000, as part of nationwide budget cuts, 24Hours was replaced by a 30-minute program, Canada Now.
On November 10, 2006 CBWT announced that CKY-TV news anchor Janet Stewart will become the 6 p.m. news anchor at the station.
On November 30, 2006, CBC announced that they would revert to the pre-2000 early-evening news model effective February 2007: Canada Now will be cancelled, while local newscasts nationwide will once again use an hour-long format.[10] It is uncertain if the newscast will retain the name CBC News at Six, or if it might revert back to 24Hours.
[edit] References
- ^ Henry, Ann. "Two Years of Plans Pays Off", The Winnipeg Tribune, June 1, 1954, pp. 1. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
- ^ "CBWT-Manitoba's First Television Station goes on the air with RCA Victor", Winnipeg Tribune, May 31, 1954, pp. 24.
- ^ CBC Archive - 1956 - Micro-wave of the future. Retrieved on 2006-09-08.
- ^ "CBC Manitoba loses 86 staff jobs in province", Winnipeg Free Press, December 12, 1984.
- ^ "Terhoch cautious about noon news", Winnipeg Free Press, July 31, 1984.
- ^ "Host meets former host on 24Hours: 'You blew it'", Winnipeg Free Press, November 19, 1981.
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- ^ "CBC appoints Terhoch director", Winnipeg Free Press, May 25, 1984.
- ^ "CBC to restore one-hour local news shows, cancel Canada Now", CBC News, November 30, 2006.
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CBWFT 3 (SRC) - CBWT 6 (CBC) - CKY 7 (CTV) - CKND 9 (Global) - CHMI 13 (Citytv) - CIIT 35 (OMNI) |
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| See Also: Television in the Brandon, Kenora, Grand Forks, and Fargo television markets. | ||
| CBWFT 2 (SRC) - CBWAT 8 (CBC) - CJBN 13 (CTV/Global) - CICO 44 (TVO) | ||
| Local cable television channel: NCC 10 | ||
| See also: Television in the Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay markets |
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CKPR 2 (Thunder Bay) - CBOT 4 (Ottawa) - CBLT 5 (Toronto) - CBWAT 8 (Kenora)1 - CBET 9 (Windsor) - CKWS 11 (Kingston) - |
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1CBWAT serves as a satellite of CBC O&O CBWT, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Note: Stations in bold text are CBC owned-and-operated stations. |
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| See also: CTV, Global, SRC and Other stations in Ontario | |
