CBOT-DT

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CBOT-DT
Ottawa, Ontario

Branding	CBC Television (general) CBC News: Ottawa (newscasts)
Slogan	Canada Lives Here
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 4.1 (PSIP)
Affiliations	CBC Television
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	June 2, 1953
Call letters' meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ottawa Television
Sister station(s)	CBO-FM, CBOQ-FM
Former callsigns	CBOT (1953–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2011)
Transmitter power	165 kW
Height	332.9 m
Transmitter coordinates	45°30′9″N 75°50′59″W / 45.50250°N 75.84972°W / 45.50250; -75.84972 (CBOT)
Website	CBC Ottawa

CBOT-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (UHF channel 25), is a CBC Television owned-and-operated television station located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as part of a twinstick with Télévision de Radio-Canada station CBOFT-DT (channel 9), which is operated through its Société Radio-Canada arm. The two stations share studios at the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, alongside the main corporate offices of the CBC, CBOT's transmitter is located on the Ryan Tower at Camp Fortune in Gatineau, Quebec. This station can also be seen on Rogers Cable channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 514. This station is also available on Bell TV channel 208 and in high definition on channel 1040.

History

Channel 4 logo used by CBOT for several years in the early 1980s.

CBOT went on the air for the first time on June 2, 1953, becoming the third television station in Canada. Before the launch of Télévision de Radio-Canada station CBOFT, CBOT aired both English language and French language programs.

During the late 1970s into the early 1980s, CBOT was known as "CBC 4 Ottawa", and its newscasts were known as CBC 4 News. In 1980, CBOT's 6 p.m. newscast was anchored by Ab Douglas, and by Joe Spence at 11:27, following The National. During the mid-1980s, the station was known as "CBOT 4", then as "CBC Ottawa".

News operation

CBOT-DT presently broadcasts ten hours and 40 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours on weekdays, a half-hour on Saturdays and ten minutes on Sundays). CBOT airs local news programming in the form of a 90-minute newscast from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a half-hour newscast at 11 p.m. on weekdays. On weekends, the station airs a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays and a ten-minute summary airs on Sundays at 11 p.m.

News team

Current on-air staff^[1]

Anchors

David Gerow - Saturdays at 6 and Sundays at 11 p.m.
Adrian Harewood - weeknights at 5 and 11 p.m.
Lucy van Oldenbarneveld - weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m.

Weather team

Ian Black (CMOS-endorsed weathercaster) - meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
Teri Loretto - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6 and Sundays at 11 p.m., also weekday fill-in meteorologist

Sports

Dan Seguin - sports anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m.

Reporters

Sandra Abma - general assignment reporter
Ashley Burke - general assignment reporter
Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco - general assignment reporter
Steve Fischer - general assignment reporter
Simon Gardner - general assignment reporter
Cory O'Kelly - general assignment reporter
Waubgeshig Rice - general assignment reporter

Notable former on-air staff

Rita Celli - former CBC News: Ottawa at Six anchor
Lynn Douris - former CBC News: News at 11 anchor
Dian Duthie - former occasional anchor
Danny Globerman
Paul Morrisset
Lloyd Robertson (later anchor of CBC News: The National; now retired)
Peter Van Dusen - former CBC News: Ottawa at Six anchor

Transmitters

CBOT operated six analog television rebroadcasters in Eastern Ontario and included communities such as Pembroke. Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters on July 31, 2012.^[2] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television rebroadcasters were converted to digital.

Digital television

Digital channel

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[3]
4.1	720p	16:9	CBOT-DT	Main CBOT-DT programming / CBC Television

Analogue-to-digital conversion

On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,^[4] the station's digital signal remained on UHF channel 25. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display CBOT-DT's virtual channel as 4.1.

References

External links

v t e Broadcast television in the Ottawa-Gatineau market

Ottawa _DTV	CBOT (4.1 CBC) CIII-DT-6 (6.1 Global) CBOFT (9.1 Ici Radio-Canada) CHCH-DT-1 (11.1 Ind) CJOH (13.1 CTV) CJMT-DT-2 (14.1 Omni) CICO-DT-24 (24.1 TVO) CITS-DT-1 (42.1 CTS) CHRO-DT-43 (43.1 CTV Two) CFMT-DT-2 (60.1 Omni) CITY-DT-3 (65.1 City)

Gatineau _DTV	CIVO (30.1 Télé-Québec) CFGS (34.1 V) CHOT (40.1 TVA)

Pembroke / Chapeau _DTV	CHRO 5 (CTV Two)^Analog CIVP _DTV (23.1 Télé-Québec) CJOH-TV-47 47 (CTV)

Cable television	Sportsnet East Rogers TV (English) TV Rogers (French) TFO TVCogeco MATV

Defunct stations	Gatineau: CFVO 30 (TVA) Ottawa: CKXT-DT-3 _DTV (20.1 SNN)

See also: List of television stations in Ontario List of television stations in Quebec Ontario TV Montreal TV Quebec TV Watertown TV

v t e CBC Television stations in Canada

CBC owned-and-operated stations	CBAT Fredericton CBCT Charlottetown CBET Windsor CBHT Halifax CBKT Regina CBLT Toronto CBMT Montreal CBNT St. John's CBOT Ottawa CBRT Calgary CBUT Vancouver CBWT Winnipeg CBXT Edmonton CFYK Yellowknife

Privately-owned CBC affiliates	CFTK Terrace CHEX Peterborough CHEX-2 Oshawa CJDC Dawson Creek CKPR Thunder Bay CKSA Lloydminster CKWS Kingston

See also	Ici Radio-Canada Télé TV stations List of CBC television stations List of Ici Radio-Canada Télé television stations

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