CBMT-DT
- For the radio station in La Tabatière, Quebec that uses the calls "CBMT-FM", see CBVE-FM.
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| City of license | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Branding | CBC Television |
| Slogan | Canada Lives Here |
| Channels | Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 6.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | January 10, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Montreal Television |
| Transmitter power | 107 kW (digital) |
| Height | 259.9 m (analog) 300 m (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′19″N 73°35′29″W / 45.50528°N 73.59139°W |
| Website | CBC Montreal |
CBMT-DT is the CBC's television station in Montreal, Quebec. Programming on CBMT is seen on a network of more than 50 rebroadcasters throughout Quebec and in three communities in northern Manitoba: Brochet, Poplar River, and Shamattawa.
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[edit] History
CBMT was Montreal's second television station; previously English and French-language programs had shared time on CBFT, Canada's first television station.
By the end of 1953, Canada had about a dozen television stations either licensed or under construction, and American competition was about to arrive in Montreal with the construction of WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont and WIRI-TV in Plattsburgh, New York (now known as WPTZ). The CBC decided that it was imperative to stop time-sharing in English and in French, so CBMT was included in the network's expansion plans for television.
This station was branded in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Montreal 6, becoming CBC Television Montreal 6 by the mid 1980s, and CBC Television Montreal during the 1990s.
Since 1997, CBMT has been the only full-fledged CBC station in Quebec province. Previously, the only other CBC station in the province had been Quebec City's CKMI-TV. However, in 1997, CKMI switched its affiliation to the Global Television Network. CBMT set up a full-power rebroadcaster, CBVE, on CKMI's old channel 5, while CKMI moved to channel 20.
CBMT transmits from the Mount Royal candelabra tower, in Mount Royal Park, overlooking the city of Montreal. As a result, channel 6 experiences severe multipath interference in parts of the city and South Shore.
It was also previously seen unscrambled on C-band satellite but this has since ended in the early-2000s, when it switched to a proprietary digital satellite signal. When the signal was sent unscrambled on the C-band, many American satellite viewers tuned into CBMT for a variety of news, entertainment, and sports — particularly CBC's Olympic Games TV broadcasts, which gave a different perspective than the American broadcasts. That Canadian signal is still available, but it requires the purchase of a dedicated and expensive receiver, or a grey market subscription to a Canadian satellite service. CBMT is also still available on many cable systems in Northern Vermont, Northern New York State, as far east as Belfast, Maine, and as far west as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
[edit] News operation
Like most other CBC stations, CBMT has an evening local newscast from 5 to 6:30 p.m. entitled CBC News: Montreal at Five/5:30/Six (title depending on time), anchored by Debra Arbec, Andrew Chang and Frank Cavallaro.
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- Hourglass (1960s–1970s)
- The City at 6/The City Tonight (1970s–1980s)
- Newswatch (1980s–2000)
- Canada Now (2000–2006)
- CBC News: Montreal (2006–present)[1]
[edit] Station slogans
- "Canada Lives Here" (2006–2011)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.[edit] News team[2]
Anchors
- Debra Arbec - CBC News: Montreal (weeknights at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m.)
- Andrew Chang - CBC News: Montreal (weeknights at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m.)
- Jennifer Hall - CBC News: Montreal (weeknights at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m.)
- Amanda Margison - CBC News: Montreal Late Night (weeknights at 10:55 p.m.)
Weather
- Frank Cavallaro (member, CMOS) - lead meteorologist; CBC News: Montreal (weeknights at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m.) and CBC News: Montreal Late Night (weeknights at 10:55 p.m.)
- Kristin Falcao - weather specialist; fill-in
Sports
- Andie Bennett - sports reporter; also heard on Daybreak Montreal on CBC Radio One
Reporters
- Peter Akman - senior video journalist
- Shawn Apel - investigative reporter ("I-Team")
- Anna Askimakopulos - arts reporter
- Catherine Cullen - video journalist
- Daniel Halton - general assignment reporter
- Shari Okeke - general assignment reporter
- Lynne Robson - general assignment reporter
[edit] Transmitters
[edit] Audience outside Canada
CBMT also has substantial viewership in the United States, mostly from Maine to northeastern New York. It is also seen via cable TV in Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota — CBMT is the CBC station of choice for Charter Communications CATV systems in Bay City, Midland, Mount Pleasant, Alpena and Marquette.
CBMT is also broadcast in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago on Flow Cable[3] and in the Bahamas on Cable Bahamas.[4]
[edit] Digital television and high definition
| Analog Channel | Virtual Channel | Digital Channel | Programming |
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| 6 | 6.1 | 21.1 | main CBMT programming / CBC |
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which takes place on August 31, 2011,[5] CBMT has move from its pre-transition channel number, 20, to its post-transition channel number, 21. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CBMT's virtual channel as 6.1. Digital frequencies and their PSIPs for CBMT's repeaters may vary.
Transmitters in mandatory markets were required to go digital or be taken off the air by the transition deadline of August 31, 2011. The CBC had originally decided that none of its rebroadcasters will transition to digital and instead will remain in analog. The CBC has rebroadcasters of CBMT in the following mandatory markets:
- CBVE-TV Quebec City
- CBJET Saguenay
- CBMT-3 Sherbrooke
- CBMT-1 Trois-Rivières
However, on August 16, 2011, the CRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 repeaters in mandatory markets, including the above, in analogue until August 31, 2012, in which by then they must either convert to digital or close down. This is pending the corporation's license renewal process, which will include an evaluation of its transition plans.[6]
The requirement remains for any of corporation's full power transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 to either relocate to channels 2 to 51 or become low power transmitters. In some cases, CBC has opted reduce the power of existing transmitters to low power transmitters, which will result in signal loss for some viewers.
CBMT has been broadcasting a digital signal over-the-air since February 21, 2005.[7] The analogue channel 6 was silenced at 12:01 am on September 1, 2011.
[edit] See also
- CBFT-DT (Radio-Canada Montréal)
- List of Quebec media
- List of CBC television stations
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- CBC Montreal
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBMT History
- CBMT at TV Hat
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBMT
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CBMT
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