CBKT

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CBKT
city =
station_
station_slogan = Canada Lives Here
station_branding = CBC Television
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = "allocated 26 (UHF)"
other_chs = see below
affiliations = CBC
network =
airdate = December 21, 1962
location = Regina, Saskatchewan
callsign_meaning = Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Henry Kelsey
Television [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=236&historyID=80 Canadian Communications Foundation - Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes ] ]
former_callsigns = CHRE-TV (1962-1969)
CBKRT (1969-1978)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations = CBK (AM), CBK-FM
former_affiliations = CBC (1959-1962)
CTV (1962-69)
effective_radiated_power = 250 kW
HAAT = 207.3 m
coordinates = coord|50|28|58|N|104|30|20|W|type:landmark
homepage = [http://www.cbc.ca/sask/ CBC Regina]

CBKT is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Regina, Saskatchewan.

History

:"See Also: CHAB-TV."CBKT first went on the air on July 7, 1959 as Moose Jaw station CHAB-TV, a privately owned CBC affiliate owned by radio station CHAB. CHAB joined CTV on August 25, 1962 and signed on CHRE in Regina as a semi-satellite on December 21 that year.

On May 30, 1968, shares in CHAB and CHRE were transferred to Moffat Broadcasting, the owner of Winnipeg CTV station CJAY, with the condition that Moffat had one year to apply to find a third party to buy the stations. An attempt to sell CHAB and CHRE to Western Broadcast Management Ltd. was denied on July 18, 1969 by the CRTC, which instead approved the sale of the stations to the CBC. On September 13, CBC officially assumed control of CHRE and CHAB, made the Regina station the main station, and recalled the stations as CBKRT and CBKMT respectively. CKCK, the previous Regina CBC affiliate, switched to CTV upon the CBC's purchase of CHRE and CHAB from Moffat. The station received its current call letters (with CBKMT recalled CBKT-1) in 1978.

In 2002, CBC purchased former privately owned affiliates CJFB in Swift Current and CKOS in Yorkton, turning both into rebroadcasters of CBKT.

Newscasts

The station produces a nightly regional newscast, "CBC News at Six", anchored by Costa Maragos, which airs stories happening in Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Yorkton and Prince Albert. Before the launch of "Canada Now" in 2000, the CBC Saskatchewan newscast was known as "CBC News Hour". Previously local newscasts on CBKT were known as "FYI", "24 Hours", and "Newsday".

Past news anchors include Allan Bonner, George Dawes, Sherv Shragge, Sheldon Turcotte, Richard Perry, Holly Preston, and Kristy Snell. Sportscasts were anchored by Beattie Martin, Steve Ruddick, and Glenn Reid.

Weather segments currently originate from the CBC's national weather centre. In the past, weather was delivered locally by Bill Conley, Bryce Eckstein, Howard Thornton, Marilyn Maki, and Sandra Batson.

Branding

During the latter half of the 1960s the station generally branded itself as Channel 9. After the switch to the CBC, the brand used was "9&4" or "CBC 9&4", to signify both the Regina and Moose Jaw channel numbers. After a brief flirtation with "TV9 Regina", the station returned to "9&4" in the 1980s, this time to signify the station's cable channel position.

Today the station is branded just as "CBC" or "CBC Saskatchewan".

Transmitters

Note: CJFB-TV had two other repreaters: CJFB-TV-1 Eastend and CJFB-TV-2 Val Marie. These were not needed since the CBC had transmitters in the area already, and were deleted.

Current CBKT personalities

* Costa Maragos, news anchor "CBC News at Six"

ee also

* List of CBC television stations.

References

External links

* [http://www.cbc.ca/sask/ CBC Regina]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=92&historyID=94 Canadian Communications Foundation - CBKT History]
*RecnetCanada|CBKT