CJBR-DT
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| City of license | Rimouski, Quebec |
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| Branding | Radio-Canada Est-du-Québec |
| Slogan | Ici comme dans la vie |
| Channels | Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 2.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | Radio-Canada |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| First air date | November 21, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | Canada Jules Brillant Rimouski |
| Sister station(s) | CBRX-FM, CJBR-FM |
| Former callsigns | CJBR-TV (1954-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 3 (1954-1984) 2 (1984-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 110.22 kW |
| Height | 283.4 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 48°19′40″N 68°50′7″W / 48.32778°N 68.83528°W |
| Website | Radio-Canada Est du Québec |
CJBR-DT (or, unofficially, CJBRT) is a Radio-Canada owned and operated television station in Rimouski, Quebec, broadcasting on channel 45, using a PSIP of 2.1. Known on-air as Télévision de Radio-Canada Est du Québec, it is the main station for three regions in eastern Quebec: Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and the Côte-Nord, with satellites in Matane (CBGAT channel 6) and Sept-Îles (CBST channel 13), and rebroadcasters in other communities.
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[edit] History
[edit] CJBR
CJBR was launched on November 21, 1954 as a privately-owned Radio-Canada affiliate owned by Lower St. Lawrence Radio Inc. and associated with Central Public Service Corp. Ltd., both companies owned by the family of Jules Brillant, who also owned CJBR radio. The station would later be linked to Radio-Canada's microwave network, on August 7, 1957, and would add a repeater in Edmundston, New Brunswick, CJBR-TV-1 (now CBAFT-2) on April 1, 1962.
The Brillants would sell CJBR-AM-TV Telemedia in 1970, who, in turn, would sell the stations to Radio-Canada on August 1, 1977.[1][2]
CJBR switched from channel 3 to channel 2 on March 12, 1984, but the Maritimes Edition of TV Guide still had it listed as channel 3 until the Maritimes Edition folded in 2005. CJBR, however, is seen on Cogeco cable channel 3 in the Rimouski area.
On September 1, 2011, CJBR switched to digital broadcasting, broadcasting on digital channel 45 with a PSIP of 2.1. However, Radio-Canada was not obligated to convert or close down this station, as Rimouski was not a mandatory market for digital conversion.[3]
[edit] CBGAT
Radiodiffusion de Matane (Matane Broadcasting) founded the station as CKBL-TV on August 19, 1958. In the beginning, the station was a semi-satellite to CJBR, and broadcast on channel 9. CKBL was linked to Radio-Canada's microwave network on November 15, 1958.
By 1961, the station moved its transmitter to a new location, which took the signal off the air for around a month. From 1962 to 1976, Hydro-Québec broadcast CKBL/CBGAT's signal on its own repeaters. Radio-Canada purchased the station on November 10, 1971, and the station received its current callsign sometime in 1972. Radio-Canada moved CBGAT's signal from channel 9 to channel 6 on November 29, 1978, where it remains to this day.
[edit] CBST
Radio-Canada launched CBST as a retransmitter of CBGAT on October 23, 1973, broadcasting on channel 13 in Sept-Îles. CBST gained its own newscast on November 1, 1982.[4]
[edit] CBVT semi-satellites
On December 5, 1990, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation enacted substantial budget cuts across the organization. As part of the cutbacks, the CBC ended the local operations of CJBR-TV, CBGAT, and CBST. All three stations became full-time satellites of CBVT in Quebec City.
However, local news would return in a different form five years later. Starting in September 1995, a new regional newscast, entitled Québec Ce Soir Est, was launched,[5] which is now entitled Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec. This newscast was, however, produced in Quebec City at the studios of CBVT.
[edit] Return as separate stations
However, in 2009, Radio-Canada applied to the CRTC for permission to convert CJBR back into an originating station with CBGAT and CBST as its satellites. CJBR would once again provide distinct local news programming from CBVT.[6] The application was approved by the CRTC on March 19, 2010.[7]
[edit] Transmitters
[edit] Local programming
Le Téléjournal/Est du Québec, a separate weeknight newscast at 6:00 p.m., focused on news in Eastern Quebec. While anchored from Quebec City, it uses Radio-Canada's bureaus across Eastern Quebec, with journalists in Rimouski, Sept-Îles, Baie-Comeau, Gaspé, Matane and Carleton-sur-Mer.[8] CKRT-TV in Rivière-du-Loup, which has long rebroadcast CJBR-TV's newscasts, also carries the program.
[edit] References
- ^ "CJBRT-TV Station History". http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=134&historyID=91. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Histoire de CJBR: CJBR-TV". http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/bas-st-laurent/Dossiers/portrait11_3744.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-406". http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-406.htm. Retrieved 2011=03-14.
- ^ "CBST Station History". http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=168&historyID=180. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Decision CRTC 98-107". http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/frn/Decisions/1998/DB98-107.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-461: #17.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-163.
- ^ "Le téléjournal/Est du Québec: Équipe". http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/bas-st-laurent/Tele/Equipe_estduquebeccesoir.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
[edit] External links
- Radio-Canada Est du Québec (French)
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CJBR-TV History
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBGAT History
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CBST History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJBR-TV
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBGAT
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBST
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CJBR
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CBGAT
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CBST
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