CBC North
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CBC North is the name for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
's radio and television service in the Canadian Arctic. Originally known as the CBC Northern Service, its first operations began in 1958 with radio broadcasts including the takeover of CFYK
, originally a Royal Canadian Signal Corps-owned, community-run station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
, which began broadcasting in 1948. About the same time the CBC took over CHFC in Fort Churchill, then an army camp in northern Manitoba; the station had previously run a variety of programs including American AFRS shows. Peter Mansbridge
is its most distinguished alumnus. The station in Churchill was closed in the late 1970s, and moved to Rankin Inlet as CBQR-FM
.
CFFB
began operation in Frobisher Bay
(now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut
) on February 6, 1961. The service initially consisted of local programming in Inuktitut
, English and French, along with news and other programs from the CBC network received via shortwave. With the advent of the Anik (satellite)
series of satellites, Inuktitut and English radio programming from CFFB became accessible in most Eastern Arctic communities.
, South Slavey, Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun
, and Inuktitut
. The shows include news, weather and entertainment, providing a vital service to the many people in Northern Canada for whom English is not their first language.
In the Yukon
, a conventional CBC Radio One
schedule in English is aired on CFWH
. CFWH is, however, the only station in the network which uses the Saturday afternoon local arts program
block to air a French language
program, as the territory is not served by a Première Chaîne production centre or a local francophone community radio
station.
In the Northwest Territories
, afternoon programming is pre-empted; instead, CBC North airs special afternoon programming in First Nations
languages. On CFYK
in Yellowknife and the southern part of the territory, the afternoon schedule is as follows:
On CHAK
in Inuvik
and the northern Beaufort Delta area, afternoon programs include Nantaii in Gwich'in from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The Northwest Territories otherwise hears the conventional CBC Radio One schedule.
In Nunavut
, far greater differences occur on CFFB
. The Nunavut service is the only local/regional CBC Radio service which covers three time zones (Eastern, Central and Mountain). The local morning program, Qulliq, broadcast in Inuktitut and English segments, airs from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m., and is followed by abbreviated broadcasts of The Current
and Q
. At noon, a bilingual program, Nipivut, airs in Inuktitut
and English. In the afternoons, programming is in Inuktitut
and includes Tausunni from Iqaluit, Tuttavik from Kuujjuaq and Tusaajaksat from Rankin Inlet. Subsequently, in the evenings, Ullumi Tusaqsauqaujut presents highlights from the day's Inuktitut programs at 10 p.m. Eastern. At 10:30 p.m. Eastern Sinnaksautit features traditional Inuit storytelling. The nighttime edition of Q follows Sinnaksautit, after the 11pm news. The CBC Radio One network schedule continue through the night.
The Nunavut program service also carries a CBC North regional live music program called The True North Concert Series on Saturday afternoons at 5 pm Eastern Time. TNCS features concert recordings from across the three northern territories. There is also a music request show for youth, which airs on Sunday afternoons at 3 pm Eastern Time.
In the Nunavik
region of northern Quebec
, the program service from Nunavut
is heard on a network of community-owned FM transmitters, with some program differences. Weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. Quebec AM from CBVE-FM
Quebec City
is heard, and a repeat of Tuttavik from CBC in Kuujjuaq airs in the evening.
service, transmitted from the RCI
transmitter in Sackville, New Brunswick
on 9625 kHz at 100kW, and programmed from the CBC
studios in Montreal
.
Radio Nord Québec also airs a hybrid Radio One/Première Chaîne schedule mixed with programming in Cree
and Inuktitut
to the James Bay
region.
Two CBC Radio One stations, CFGB
in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
(with call sign
CKZN) and CBU
in Vancouver
, British Columbia
(with call sign CKZU) operate shortwave relay transmitters, but neither transmission site has the capability to reach the Arctic with usable signals year round.
signals on a fixed frequency.
CBC Radio One and CBC Northern Quebec shortwave relays can be quite difficult to receive due to increased terrestrial noise from modern electrical and electronic systems.
The primary CBC North television production centre is in Yellowknife (CFYK
), with smaller production centres in Whitehorse
(CFWH
) and Iqaluit (CFFB
). The CBC North television service is seen through a network of both CBC
-owned and community-owned rebroadcasters in virtually all communities in the Northwest Territories
, the Yukon
, and Nunavut
.
CBC North is practically a television system
within a larger network, airing largely the same programming as CBC Television
, with some exceptions. The station airs an hour long evening news program known as CBC News: Northbeat, anchored by Randy Henderson.
A daily newscast in Inuktitut, Igalaaq, is also aired at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Nunavut; 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Northwest Territories, with anchor Rassi Nashalik. A weekly Cree
newsmagazine, Maamuitaau, also airs on CBC North TV. These programs have also aired on APTN
, prior to that channel launching its own news operation.
Unlike the other owned-and-operated CBC stations, CBC North airs few local ads — instead airing additional promotions for other CBC programs and public service announcements.
There are two CBC North television feeds — one for the NWT and Nunavut providing a Mountain Time schedule and another for the Yukon on Pacific Time. All local CBC North programs originate from Yellowknife and other Arctic locales. Viewers with C-Band dishes used to enjoy CBC North in the clear until around 2000, when the CBC switched to a proprietary digital system, requiring a $3000 receiver.
Prior to the switch to digital transmission, the two CBC North TV satellite feeds originated in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
(which was seen in the Eastern Arctic) and Vancouver, British Columbia, (which was seen in the N.W.T. and Yukon). Those channels carried some regional programs originating from those areas to the North. With the new digital transmission system (now centralised at CBC Television's headquarters in Toronto
), the North no longer sees the regional east coast and west coast programs.
Some US communities offer CBC North on cable or low-powered TV; in Alexandria, Minnesota
, for example, Selective TV, Inc.
offers CBC North on one of their LPTV channels.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
's radio and television service in the Canadian Arctic. Originally known as the CBC Northern Service, its first operations began in 1958 with radio broadcasts including the takeover of CFYK
CFYK (AM)
CFYK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1340 AM in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network and locally produced programs.-Local programming:...
, originally a Royal Canadian Signal Corps-owned, community-run station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
, which began broadcasting in 1948. About the same time the CBC took over CHFC in Fort Churchill, then an army camp in northern Manitoba; the station had previously run a variety of programs including American AFRS shows. Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge, OC , a Canadian broadcaster and news anchor, is the CBC News Chief Correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. Mansbridge has received many awards and accolades for his journalistic work including an honorary doctorate from Mount Allison...
is its most distinguished alumnus. The station in Churchill was closed in the late 1970s, and moved to Rankin Inlet as CBQR-FM
CBQR-FM
CBQR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 105.1 FM in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. It is a station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.-Local programming:...
.
CFFB
CFFB (AM)
CFFB is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1230 AM in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network, and serves as the regional network centre for Nunavut for the CBC North Radio One network....
began operation in Frobisher Bay
Frobisher Bay
Frobisher Bay is a relatively large inlet of the Labrador Sea in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island...
(now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
) on February 6, 1961. The service initially consisted of local programming in Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
, English and French, along with news and other programs from the CBC network received via shortwave. With the advent of the Anik (satellite)
Anik (satellite)
The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuktitut, Anik means "little brother".-The Satellites:-Anik A:...
series of satellites, Inuktitut and English radio programming from CFFB became accessible in most Eastern Arctic communities.
Radio
CBC North Radio carries daily aboriginal language programming in Dene Suline, Tlicho, North SlaveyNorth Slavey
North Slavey may mean,*North Slavey people*North Slavey language...
, South Slavey, Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun, or Western Canadian Inuit language, Western Canadian Inuktitut, Western Canadian Inuktun comprises three Inuit dialects spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by those Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuk .Inuvialuktun is spoken by the Inuit of the Mackenzie River delta...
, and Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
. The shows include news, weather and entertainment, providing a vital service to the many people in Northern Canada for whom English is not their first language.
In the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, a conventional CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
schedule in English is aired on CFWH
CFWH (AM)
CFWH is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 570 AM in Whitehorse, Yukon. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North. CFWH's sister television station is CFWH-TV.-History:...
. CFWH is, however, the only station in the network which uses the Saturday afternoon local arts program
CBC Radio One local programming
Stations in Canada's CBC Radio One network each produce some local programming in addition to the network schedule.The amount of local programming may vary from station to station. For instance, some stations in smaller markets may produce their own morning show, but air an afternoon show from...
block to air a French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
program, as the territory is not served by a Première Chaîne production centre or a local francophone community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
station.
In the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
, afternoon programming is pre-empted; instead, CBC North airs special afternoon programming in First Nations
First Nations
First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...
languages. On CFYK
CFYK (AM)
CFYK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1340 AM in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network and locally produced programs.-Local programming:...
in Yellowknife and the southern part of the territory, the afternoon schedule is as follows:
- 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Tide Godi, DogribDogrib languageDogrib, the English translation of the indigenous name ' , is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the First Nations Tłı̨chǫ people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories...
- 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Le Got
' she deh, SlaveySlavey languageSlavey is an Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey First Nations of Canada in the Northwest Territories where it also has official status.... - 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Dene Dayalt
' i, Dene SulineDene Suline languageDene Suline or Chipewyan is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of central Canada. It is a part of the Athabaskan family...
On CHAK
CHAK (AM)
CHAK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 860 AM in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North.-History:...
in Inuvik
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Inuvik is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada and is the administrative centre for the Inuvik Region.The population as of the 2006 Census was 3,484, but the two previous census counts show wide fluctuations due to economic conditions: 2,894 in 2001 and 3,296 in 1996...
and the northern Beaufort Delta area, afternoon programs include Nantaii in Gwich'in from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The Northwest Territories otherwise hears the conventional CBC Radio One schedule.
In Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, far greater differences occur on CFFB
CFFB (AM)
CFFB is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1230 AM in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network, and serves as the regional network centre for Nunavut for the CBC North Radio One network....
. The Nunavut service is the only local/regional CBC Radio service which covers three time zones (Eastern, Central and Mountain). The local morning program, Qulliq, broadcast in Inuktitut and English segments, airs from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m., and is followed by abbreviated broadcasts of The Current
The Current (radio program)
The Current is a Canadian current affairs radio program, hosted by investigative reporter Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC Radio One. It airs weekdays starting at 8:37 a.m. local time and runs until 10 a.m. for most of the year, although during the summer the program airs until 9:30 a.m...
and Q
Q (radio show)
Q is a Canadian radio show, which airs on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, the program is a national arts magazine show. The program is also now syndicated to public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio International....
. At noon, a bilingual program, Nipivut, airs in Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
and English. In the afternoons, programming is in Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
and includes Tausunni from Iqaluit, Tuttavik from Kuujjuaq and Tusaajaksat from Rankin Inlet. Subsequently, in the evenings, Ullumi Tusaqsauqaujut presents highlights from the day's Inuktitut programs at 10 p.m. Eastern. At 10:30 p.m. Eastern Sinnaksautit features traditional Inuit storytelling. The nighttime edition of Q follows Sinnaksautit, after the 11pm news. The CBC Radio One network schedule continue through the night.
The Nunavut program service also carries a CBC North regional live music program called The True North Concert Series on Saturday afternoons at 5 pm Eastern Time. TNCS features concert recordings from across the three northern territories. There is also a music request show for youth, which airs on Sunday afternoons at 3 pm Eastern Time.
In the Nunavik
Nunavik
Nunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...
region of northern Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, the program service from Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
is heard on a network of community-owned FM transmitters, with some program differences. Weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. Quebec AM from CBVE-FM
CBVE-FM
CBVE-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network at 104.7 FM in Quebec City. The station's main transmitter for Quebec City is located at Mount Bélair....
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
is heard, and a repeat of Tuttavik from CBC in Kuujjuaq airs in the evening.
Shortwave services
CBC Radio Nord Québec also operates a shortwaveShortwave
Shortwave radio refers to the upper MF and all of the HF portion of the radio spectrum, between 1,800–30,000 kHz. Shortwave radio received its name because the wavelengths in this band are shorter than 200 m which marked the original upper limit of the medium frequency band first used...
service, transmitted from the RCI
Radio Canada International
Radio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
transmitter in Sackville, New Brunswick
Sackville, New Brunswick
Sackville is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.Mount Allison University is located in the town...
on 9625 kHz at 100kW, and programmed from the CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
studios in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Radio Nord Québec also airs a hybrid Radio One/Première Chaîne schedule mixed with programming in Cree
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...
and Inuktitut
Inuktitut
Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...
to the James Bay
James Bay
James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut...
region.
Two CBC Radio One stations, CFGB
CFGB-FM
CFGB-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 89.5 MHz from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A shortwave relay, CKZN rebroadcasts CFGB's signal to remote areas of Labrador.-History:The station was...
in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Happy Valley – Goose Bay is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Located in the central part of Labrador, the town is the largest population centre in that region. Incorporated in 1973, the town composes the former town of Happy Valley and the Local Improvement District of...
(with call sign
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
CKZN) and CBU
CBU (AM)
CBU is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network in Vancouver, British Columbia. The station broadcasts from Steveston on 690 AM and from Mount Seymour on 88.1 FM....
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
(with call sign CKZU) operate shortwave relay transmitters, but neither transmission site has the capability to reach the Arctic with usable signals year round.
Reception issues
Both Radio One transmitters broadcast 1 kW ERPEffective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
signals on a fixed frequency.
CBC Radio One and CBC Northern Quebec shortwave relays can be quite difficult to receive due to increased terrestrial noise from modern electrical and electronic systems.
Television
CFYK-TV
CFYK-TV is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is the flagship station of the CBC North television service....
), with smaller production centres in Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...
(CFWH
CFWH-TV
CFWH-TV is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Whitehorse, Yukon. Commencing transmissions on 26 November 1968, it was one of ultimately six Frontier Coverage Package stations in the Yukon; satellite delivery of colour television began on February 5,...
) and Iqaluit (CFFB
CFFB-TV
CFFB-TV is the television call sign for the CBC's television transmitter in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Programming on the transmitter is the CBC North Television service which consists of the regular national CBC Television schedule in Mountain Time, with the addition of the northern news programs CBC...
). The CBC North television service is seen through a network of both CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
-owned and community-owned rebroadcasters in virtually all communities in the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
, the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, and Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
.
CBC North is practically a television system
Television system
A television system is a Canadian term for a group of television stations which share common ownership, branding, and programming, but are not considered a full television network....
within a larger network, airing largely the same programming as CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
, with some exceptions. The station airs an hour long evening news program known as CBC News: Northbeat, anchored by Randy Henderson.
A daily newscast in Inuktitut, Igalaaq, is also aired at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time and again at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Nunavut; 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Northwest Territories, with anchor Rassi Nashalik. A weekly Cree
Cree language
Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...
newsmagazine, Maamuitaau, also airs on CBC North TV. These programs have also aired on APTN
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is a Canadian broadcast and cable television network. APTN airs and produces programs made by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples...
, prior to that channel launching its own news operation.
Unlike the other owned-and-operated CBC stations, CBC North airs few local ads — instead airing additional promotions for other CBC programs and public service announcements.
There are two CBC North television feeds — one for the NWT and Nunavut providing a Mountain Time schedule and another for the Yukon on Pacific Time. All local CBC North programs originate from Yellowknife and other Arctic locales. Viewers with C-Band dishes used to enjoy CBC North in the clear until around 2000, when the CBC switched to a proprietary digital system, requiring a $3000 receiver.
Prior to the switch to digital transmission, the two CBC North TV satellite feeds originated in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
(which was seen in the Eastern Arctic) and Vancouver, British Columbia, (which was seen in the N.W.T. and Yukon). Those channels carried some regional programs originating from those areas to the North. With the new digital transmission system (now centralised at CBC Television's headquarters in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
), the North no longer sees the regional east coast and west coast programs.
Some US communities offer CBC North on cable or low-powered TV; in Alexandria, Minnesota
Alexandria, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,820 people, however the most recent count suggests a population upwards of 10,000, which is displayed on Alexandria's city limits signs. The census lists 4,047 households, and 2,011 families residing in the city. The population density was 992.5 people per...
, for example, Selective TV, Inc.
Selective TV, Inc.
Selective TV, Inc. is an over-the-air broadcasting company in Alexandria, Minnesota. It is notable for retransmitting several pay television channels for free over the air, one of only a few known broadcasters to have such an arrangement Selective TV, Inc. is an over-the-air broadcasting company in...
offers CBC North on one of their LPTV channels.
External links
- CBC North
- LyngSat Address - CBC North TV
- CBC: 1950s history (including beginning of CBC Northern Service)
- CBC North True North Concert Series