| City of license | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
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| Branding | CBC Television |
| Slogan | Canada Lives Here |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | October 1, 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Newfoundland Television |
| Sister station(s) | CBFJ-TV, CBN, CBN-FM, CBAF-FM-17, CBAX-FM-2 |
| Former callsigns | CBNT (1964-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 8 (Analog, 1964-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 14.54 kW |
| Height | 252.9 m |
| Website | CBC Newfoundland and Labrador |
CBNT-DT, channel 8, is a television station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It serves as the CBC Television station for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The station went on the air on October 1, 1964, as previous CBC affiliate CJON-TV switched networks to CTV.
CBNT is carried on Rogers Cable channel 3 in the St. John's area, and has additional broadcast and cable coverage throughout the province. Studios are located at 95 University Avenue in St. John's, near the intersection of Westerland Road and the Prince Philip Parkway.
The station normally uses the Atlantic Time Zone feed of the CBC network schedule; as a result, most CBC programs air half an hour "later" on the island, which is on the Newfoundland Standard Time Zone, compared to elsewhere in Canada. The station's local newscast, CBC News: Here and Now, airs from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. NT.
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CBNT began broadcasting from the Browning Harvey Building on Water Street West in downtown St. John's. It was the second TV station to sign on in the Metro Area (CJON, the previous CBC affiliate, was the first to open just nine years earlier in 1955). In 1966, the present TV building, located on 95 University Avenue, opened.
On April 30, 2007, CBC Radio's operations out of the old Avalon Telephone building on 342 Duckworth Street in downtown St. John's were moved to the TV building on the Parkway after renovations to accommodate the radio broadcasts were completed.
CBNT's supper-hour newscast, CBC News: Here & Now, is anchored in St. John's by Debbie Cooper and Jonathan Crowe. The title Here and Now is used in place of the "CBC News: (region) at (time)" monikers now used in most other regions. The ninety-minute program airs at 5:30 p.m. NT / 5:00 p.m. AT (Atlantic Time being the time zone used in most of Labrador). The first 30 minutes are referred to orally as Here & Now: Early Edition, although the CBC's centrally-produced on-screen graphics refer to it as Here & Now at 5:30 (and the remaining portion as Here & Now at 6).
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, with Canada Now airing at 7:00 NT until February 16, 2007. When CBNT first signed on, its local newscast was known as CBC Regional News. In the mid 1970s, it adopted the Here and Now name. The current Here & Now originally aired from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. until September 2009, when most CBC stations expanded their local news programming.
Current non-news local programming on CBNT includes Land and Sea, a regional documentary series in production since 1964, making it likely one of the longest-running television shows in Newfoundland and Labrador. Land and Sea is currently aired on Sunday afternoons. On January 15, 2007, CBNT premiered a new local program, Living Newfoundland and Labrador; it aired at 3:30 p.m. NT (3:00 Labrador), and was repeated Tuesday to Friday at 7:00 (6:30 Labrador). Living was cancelled in August 2009.
Since 1984, CBNT has been the home of the annual Janeway Children's Miracle Network Telethon, which usually airs the weekend following the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. Up until the early 90s, the telethon was produced in cooperation with Avalon Cablevision Cable 9 (now Rogers TV). It was taped at the Avalon Cablevision studio, using CBC personalities, and Cable 9 volunteers. The Cable 9 feed was simulcast on CBC stations across the province, until the rebranding of Avalon Cablevision Ltd. to Cable Atlantic. At that time, the Cable Atlantic offices and studio underwent major renovations. CBNT then started using their own studio facilities.
Other CBC programs previously produced in Newfoundland and Labrador include Reach for the Top, which was hosted by Bob Cole for many years, then later by Art Andrews and Peter Miller; As Loved Our Fathers, written by Tom Cahill [1]; Soundings; Yarns from Pigeon Inlet, TV adaptations of stories written by Ted Russell; Skipper and Company, which featured Ray Bellew; Where Once They Stood, a community profile series [2]; Yesterday's Heroes [3]; the 1997 five-part series East of Canada: The Story of Newfoundland [4]; the Ryan's Fancy show [5]; and from 1982 until the late '90s with a brief gap in the middle of the decade, Newsfinal (CBC's local late night news show, anchored at times by Deborah Collins, Karl Wells, Glenn Tilley, etc.); just to name a few.
CBNT generally adheres to the network's Atlantic Time feed.
Until September 2009, to accommodate Here and Now's 6:00 p.m. timeslot, the network provided a separate Newfoundland Time feed of its weekday afternoon schedule between 4:00 and 6:00 local. The 7:00 p.m. NT timeslot was then taken by Land and Sea (Monday) and repeats of Living Newfoundland and Labrador (Tuesday-Friday). As a result, the network program normally aired at 3:30 local (such as the Great Canadian Food Show) was pre-empted entirely. With few exceptions, this separate feed ended when Here & Now expanded to 90 minutes in September 2009.
As CBNT's master control operations are now handled directly from the CBC's facilities in Toronto, it is unlikely there is any remaining direct technical obstacle to the station carrying a full Newfoundland Time schedule. However, given the added difficulty of coordinating such a schedule with live national news or sports broadcasts (e.g. The National), as well as viewer familiarity with the current scheduling practices across all channels, such a switch is not likely in the near future.
Note: This list includes reporters from CBC Radio 1. Also, it is in need of a major update.
Note: some of these people are still at CBC Newfoundland, but in different capacities.
CBNT has a very large system of rebroadcast transmitters, spread throughout the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The transmitter directory is listed below.
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates | Notes |
| CBNT-1 | Port Rexton | 13 (VHF) | 32 kW | 210.4 m | ||
| CBNT-2 | Placentia | 12 (VHF) | 18.2 kW | 170.9 m | ||
| CBNT-3 | Marystown | 5 (VHF) | 96.2 kW | 237.8 m | ||
| CBNT-4 | St. Alban's | 9 (VHF) | 2.4 kW | 54.6 m | ||
| CBNT-5 | Fermeuse | 11 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-6 | St. Mary's | 10 (VHF) | 2.72 kW | 116.4 m | ||
| CBNT-7 | Elliston | 4 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-8 | Little Heart's Ease | 11 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-9 | Wesleyville | 5 (VHF) | 0.754 kW | 52.9 m | ||
| CBNT-10 | Clarenville | 7 (VHF) | 0.7 kW | 114.9 m | ||
| CBNT-11 | North West Brook | 4 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-12 | St. Jones Within | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-13 | Glovertown | 3 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-14 | Gambo/Middlebrook | 8 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-15 | Wellington | 24 (UHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-16 | Trinity | 2 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-17 | Musgravetown | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-18 | Hickman's Harbour | 4 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-19 | Random Island | 43 (UHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-20 | Lumsden | 12 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-21 | Cartwright, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-22 | Harbour Breton | 13 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-23 | Belleoram | 7 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-24 | Hermitage | 4 (VHF) | 50 kW | 242.9 m | ||
| CBNT-25 | Ramea | 13 (VHF) | 7.45 kW | 67.4 m | ||
| CBNT-26 | St. Vincent's | 7 (VHF) | 12.814 kW | 104.9 m | ||
| CBNT-27 | Bay L'Argent | 8 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-28 | St. Lawrence | 12 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-29 | Harbour Mille | 13 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-30 | St. Bernard's | 6 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-31 | Swift Current | 5 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-32 | Port Blandford | 2 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-33 | Fortune | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-34 | Lord's Cove | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-35 | Lamaline | 18 (UHF) | 0.1 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-36 | Lawn | 6 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-37 | Petty Harbour | 13 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-38 | Ferryland | 4 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-39 | Trepassey | 4 (VHF) | 0.423 kW | 73.4 m | ||
| CBNT-40 | Riverhead | 16 (UHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNT-41 | Sunnyside | 9 (VHF) | 1.6 kW | 125.2 m | ||
| CBNAT | Grand Falls | 11 (VHF) | 317 kW | 250.9 m | ||
| CBNAT-1 | Baie Verte | 3 (VHF) | 12.2 kW | 276.5 m | ||
| CBNAT-2 | Buchans | 13 (VHF) | 0.005 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-4 | St. Anthony | 6 (VHF) | 12.74 kW | 180.1 m | ||
| CBNAT-5 | Millertown | 9 (VHF) | 0.69 kW | 86.6 m | ||
| CBNAT-6 | Fogo Island | 2 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-7 | Carmanville | 7 (VHF) | 14.8 kW | 96.4 m | ||
| CBNAT-8 | Conche | 12 (VHF) | 1.2 kW | 135.9 m | ||
| CBNAT-9 | Mount St. Margaret | 9 (VHF) | 46.25 kW | 283.8 m | ||
| CBNAT-10 | Fox Harbour, Lab. | 7 (VHF) | 34.5 kW | 177.4 m | ||
| CBNAT-11 | Musgrave Harbour | 9 (VHF) | 4.42 kW | 48.5 m | ||
| CBNAT-12 | Port Hope Simpson, Lab. | 12 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-13 | Springdale | 13 (VHF) | 0.519 kW | -21 m | ||
| CBNAT-14 | Ming's Bight | 10 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-15 | Seal Cove | 7 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-16 | Coachman's Cove | 8 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-17 | Pacquet | 6 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-18 | Brent's Cove | 10 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-19 | Harbour Round | 12 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-20 | Fleur de Lys | 5 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-21 | La Scie | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNAT-22 | Roddickton | 11 (VHF) | 2.14 kW | 17.1 m | ||
| CBNAT-23 | Hampden | 13 (VHF) | 0.662 kW | -78.6 m | ||
| CBNAT-24 | Baie Verte | 12 (VHF) | 0.008 kW | NA | ||
| CBNBT | Nain, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNHT | Hopedale, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNLT | Labrador City, Lab. | 13 (VHF) | 1.34 kW | 4.1 m | formerly privately-owned CBC affiliate CJCL-TV | |
| CBNLT-1 | Churchill Falls, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBNMT | Makkovik, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBNPT | Postville, Lab. | 9 (VHF) | 0.01 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT | Corner Brook | 5 (VHF) | 15.7 kW | 149.4 m | ||
| CBYT-1 | Stephenville | 8 (VHF) | 48.23 kW | 365.3 m | ||
| CBYT-2 | Irishtown | 7 (VHF) | 0.008 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT-3 | Bonne Bay | 2 (VHF) | 5.152 kW | 33.4 m | ||
| CBYT-4 | Port aux Basques | 3 (VHF) | 0.84 kW | 57 m | ||
| CBYT-5 | St. Andrew's | 6 (VHF) | 1 kW | 35 m | ||
| CBYT-6 | Cow Head | 8 (VHF) | 11.85 kW | 62.8 m | ||
| CBYT-7 | Trout River | 13 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT-8 | Portland Creek | 13 (VHF) | 10.332 kW | 115.2 m | ||
| CBYT-9 | Hawke's Bay | 4 (VHF) | 4.8 kW | 65.6 m | ||
| CBYT-10 | Harbour le Cou | 5 (VHF) | 0.001 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT-11 | Rose Blanche | 9 (VHF) | 0.284 kW | -7.3 m | ||
| CBYT-12 | Gillams | 13 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT-13 | Lark Harbour | 3 (VHF) | 0.009 kW | NA | ||
| CBYT-14 | York Harbour | 12 (VHF) | 0.001 kW | NA | ||
| CBYAT | Deer Lake | 12 (VHF) | 1.84 kW | 87.5 m | ||
| CFLA-TV | Goose Bay, Lab. | 8 (VHF) | 9.63 kW | 206.1 m | operated by US Air Force until 1973 |
As part of Canada's transition to digital television, CBNT flash-cut to digital on August 31, 2011, using its existing signal on channel 8.
Originally, channel 21 had been allocated to sister Radio-Canada transmitter CBFJ-DT, although (as with the CBC's other non-originating rebroadcasters in mandatory markets) the corporation does not currently plan to convert that transmitter to digital, and simply shut it down. As of August 5, 2011, local broadcaster CJON (NTV) has been broadcasting on channel 21.
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