CBOFT
Encyclopedia
CBOFT-DT is the Radio-Canada
station serving Franco-Ontarian
s in Ottawa
and Eastern Ontario
, and the Québécois
in the Outaouais region of Quebec
.
For a brief time during 1977 and 1978, until CHOT opened, CBOFT also carried some TVA
programs, after Ottawa's first TVA affiliate, CFVO-TV
(whose channel 30 frequency is now occupied by CIVO
) went bankrupt.
Due to cost-cutting measures at the CBC in the early 1990s, local programming on Toronto
's CBLFT and its rebroadcasters, as well as CBLFT semi-satellite CBEFT
in Windsor
was discontinued in 1991. All Radio-Canada transmitters in Ontario were reclassified as rebroadcasters of CBOFT, under the name "[Societé] Radio-Canada Ontario-Outaouais". The station produced two distinct newscasts through the 1990s and 2000s, one for the Ottawa region and one for the remainder of Ontario.
In 2010, the CBC applied to the CRTC to have CBLFT relicensed as a separate station, which would again produce a separate newscast for broadcast in most of the province outside of CBOFT's market. The application was approved on April 28, 2010, leading to CBLFT resuming newscast production from Toronto, and most of the network's transmitters in Ontario, outside of the Ottawa region, reassigned to CBLFT's license. Following this split in the network, CBOFT and its Quebec transmitters became "Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau", while most other Ontario transmitters became part of the "Radio-Canada Ontario" network.
Prior to the arrival of the Ottawa Senators
NHL team, the station would broadcast the Montreal Canadiens
games on Saturday nights, while the English counterpart, CBOT, would carry the Toronto Maple Leafs
games during the Saturday Hockey Night in Canada
slot.
.
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CBOFT will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 22, to its post-transition and current analog channel number, 9. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers will display CBOFT's virtual channel
as 9.1.
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
station serving Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarian
Franco-Ontarians are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as "Ontarois"....
s in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River...
, and the Québécois
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
in the Outaouais region of 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....
.
History
CBOFT went to air in 1955 as the first French language television station in Ontario. Previously, CBOT aired both CBC and Radio-Canada programs.For a brief time during 1977 and 1978, until CHOT opened, CBOFT also carried some TVA
TVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
programs, after Ottawa's first TVA affiliate, CFVO-TV
CFVO-TV
CFVO-TV is a defunct television station that broadcast from Hull, Quebec. It was the immediate predecessor to today's CHOT-TV, and launched on September 1, 1974 under the ownership of a company known as La Coopérative de Télévision de l'Outaouais...
(whose channel 30 frequency is now occupied by CIVO
Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
) went bankrupt.
Due to cost-cutting measures at the CBC in the early 1990s, local programming on 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...
's CBLFT and its rebroadcasters, as well as CBLFT semi-satellite CBEFT
CBEFT
CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:...
in Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
was discontinued in 1991. All Radio-Canada transmitters in Ontario were reclassified as rebroadcasters of CBOFT, under the name "[Societé] Radio-Canada Ontario-Outaouais". The station produced two distinct newscasts through the 1990s and 2000s, one for the Ottawa region and one for the remainder of Ontario.
In 2010, the CBC applied to the CRTC to have CBLFT relicensed as a separate station, which would again produce a separate newscast for broadcast in most of the province outside of CBOFT's market. The application was approved on April 28, 2010, leading to CBLFT resuming newscast production from Toronto, and most of the network's transmitters in Ontario, outside of the Ottawa region, reassigned to CBLFT's license. Following this split in the network, CBOFT and its Quebec transmitters became "Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau", while most other Ontario transmitters became part of the "Radio-Canada Ontario" network.
Prior to the arrival of the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
NHL team, the station would broadcast the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
games on Saturday nights, while the English counterpart, CBOT, would carry the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
games during the Saturday Hockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada is the branding used for CBC Sports' presentations of the National Hockey League...
slot.
News staff and reporters
- Michel Picard, News anchor, 6 PM news week
- Nathalie Tremblay, News Anchor, 12 PM news
- Daniel Bouchard, Reporter, news anchor 6 PM week end
- Elise Brunet, Reporter
- Frédérica Dupuis, Reporter
- Réné Petit, Reporter
- Mathieu Nadon, Reporter
- Denis Babin, Reporter (Hawkesbury)
- Michel-Denis Potvin, Reporter
- Cindy Demontigny, Reporter
- Mélanie Riendeau, Entertainment
Transmitters
All of the following transmitters are located in QuebecQuebec
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....
.
| Station | City of licence City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channel Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... |
ERP Effective 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... |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| CBOFT-1 | Chapeau Chapeau, Quebec Chapeau is a village in the Canadian province of Quebec, located along the Culbute Channel of the Ottawa River in the municipality of L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in Pontiac Regional County Municipality.... |
11 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
4.75 kW | 114 m | 45°55′29"N 77°4′22"W |
| CBOFT-2 | Rapides-des-Joachims Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec Rapides-des-Joachims is a municipality and village in western Quebec, Canada, part of Pontiac County in the Outaouais region. The village is situated on Rapides-des-Joachims Island on the Ottawa River, about 100 km northwest of Fort-Coulonge... |
8 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
0.74 kW | 20.1 m | 46°11′58"N 77°42′39"W |
| CBOFT-3 | Notre-Dame-du-Laus Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec Notre-Dame-du-Laus is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.The municipality is characterized by hilly forests with a great number of lakes, rivers, and creeks. The eastern portion of its territory is part of the... |
10 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
0.01 kW | NA | 46°4′38"N 75°36′7"W |
Digital television and high definition
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversionDigital television in Canada
Digital television in Canada is transmitted using the ATSC standards developed for and in use in the United States. Because Canada and the U.S...
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CBOFT will move from its current pre-transition channel number, 22, to its post-transition and current analog channel number, 9. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers will display CBOFT's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 9.1.