CBCT-DT is the call sign for the CBC's television station in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, broadcasting on terrestrial channel 13 and local cable channel 11.
CBCT first went on the air on July 1, 1956 as CFCY-TV, under the ownership of the Rogers family and their company, Island Radio Broadcasting, along with CFCY radio (AM 630, now FM 95.1). Family patriarch Col. Keith Rogers had long dreamed of building a television station, but died two years before channel 13 signed on.
CBC bought the station in 1968 and recalled it CBCT on August 1 of that year, as the province's small population did not warrant a second full-fledged television station. CBCT remains the only television station based in Prince Edward Island. All other television service in the province is provided by rebroadcasters of stations from New Brunswick.
CBCT acts as a semi-satellite station of Halifax's CBC station, CBHT. The flagship newscast, CBC News: Compass, is anchored by Bruce Rainnie, and enjoys very high ratings throughout Prince Edward Island. As the only PEI-specific newscast in the province, it is one of the few local CBC newscasts that consistently beats CTV's local newscasts in the ratings. Broadcaster (now Senator) Mike Duffy began his career at CBCT.
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