CBNT
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| St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Branding | CBC Television / CBC Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Slogan | "Canada's Own" |
| Channels | 8 (VHF) and Cable 3 St. John's analog |
| Translators | In St. John's: CBNT-42 channel 12 (VHF) Corner Brook:CBYT 5 Happy Valley-Goose Bay:CFLA-TV 8 |
| Affiliations | CBC Television |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Founded | October 1, 1964 |
| Call letters meaning | CBC Newfoundland Television |
| Former affiliations | None |
| Website | http://www.cbc.ca/nl/ |
CBNT is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. CBNT's terrestrial signal is on channel 8, while the cable system in St. John's carries the station on channel 3. CBNT also has an auxiliary transmitter in St. John's broadcasting on channel 12 under the callsign CBNT-42.
CBNT's schedule is the same as that of CBHT, with the exception of its local newscast, the restored CBC News: Here and Now (see below).
Probably one of the longest-running television shows in Newfoundland and Labrador is Land and Sea, having been broadcast since 1964. Other CBC programs produced in Newfoundland and Labrador include Reach for the Top, As Loved Our Fathers, Soundings, Yarns from Pigeon Inlet, and Skipper and Company, just to name a few.
On January 15, 2007, CBNT premiered a new local program, Living Newfoundland and Labrador. It airs at 1:30 PM (1:00 in Labrador) and since February 20, is repeated Tuesday to Friday at 7:00 PM (6:30 in Labrador). Land and Sea is seen on Mondays at 7:00/6:30.
CBNT went on the air on October 1, 1964, as previous CBC affiliate CJON switched networks to CTV.
[edit] Newscasts
CBNT's supper-hour newscast, Here & Now, is anchored in St. John's by Debbie Cooper and Jonathan Crowe. The hour-long Here and Now is aired in place of the half-hour CBC News at Six programs aired in most regions. To make room for the extra half hour, CBNT does not air programming that normally airs at 3:00 P.M. in the rest of the country. Here & Now was the name of the newscast for decades prior to 2000, when CBC budget cuts forced it to be cut to a half hour from an hour and integrated into Canada Now. CBNT restored its old newscast in late 2005. The final broadcast of Canada Now was on February 16, 2007.
When CBNT first signed on, its local newscast was known as CBC Regional News.
See also List of CBC television stations.
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