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CBOT (TV)
Encyclopedia
CBOT-DT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
television station
in Ottawa
, Ontario
. The station's studios are located in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre
.
, CBOT went on the air for the first time on June 2, 1953. Before the launch of Télévision de Radio-Canada
station CBOFT
, CBOT aired both English language
and French language
programs.
Weather team
Sports
Reporters
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
, which takes place on August 31, 2011, CBOT will continue digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition and post-transition channel number, 25. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers will display CBOT's virtual channel
as 4.1.
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...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
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...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. The station's studios are located in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre
CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre
The CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre is located on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is home to the head office of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the CBC's various English and French language operations in the National Capital Region...
.
History
The third television station in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, CBOT went on the air for the first time on June 2, 1953. Before the launch of Télévision de Radio-Canada
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 CBOFT
CBOFT
CBOFT-DT is the Radio-Canada station serving Franco-Ontarians in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, and the Québécois in the Outaouais region of Quebec.-History:CBOFT went to air in 1955 as the first French language television station in Ontario...
, CBOT aired both English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and 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...
programs.
Station branding
During the late 1970s into the early 1980s, CBOT was known as "CBC 4 Ottawa", and its newscasts were known as "CBC 4 News". In 1980, CBC 4 News at six was anchored by Ab Douglas, and by Joe Spence at 11:27, following The National. In the mid-1980s the station was known as "CBOT 4", then as "CBC Ottawa".News operation
Newscast titles
- CBC 4 News (1970s–1980s)
- NewsDay/NewsDay Final (1980s–2000)
- CBC News: Ottawa (2000–present)
Station slogans
- "Canada's Own" (2001–2006)
- "Canada Lives Here" (2006–present)
News team
Anchors- Adrian Harewood - CBC News: Ottawa at Five/5:30/SixCBC News at SixCBC News produces a variety of local newscasts for CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations throughout Canada. On most stations, the local news operation is currently titled CBC News: [city/province name], such that the 6:00 p.m. newscast on CBLT is named CBC News: Toronto at 6...
anchor - Lucy van Oldenbarneveld - CBC News: Ottawa at Five/5:30/SixCBC News at SixCBC News produces a variety of local newscasts for CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations throughout Canada. On most stations, the local news operation is currently titled CBC News: [city/province name], such that the 6:00 p.m. newscast on CBLT is named CBC News: Toronto at 6...
anchor - Karina Roman - fill-in anchor
- Lynn Douris - fill-in anchor
Weather team
- Ian BlackIan Black (meteorologist)Ian Black is a meteorologist for CBOT, the CBC outlet in Ottawa.Black joined the local evening news broadcast along with anchor Peter Van Dusen in 1989 and holds the position today...
(CMOS-endorsed weathercaster) - lead meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. - Teri Loretto - weather anchor; fill-in
Sports
- Dan Seguin - sports anchor; weeknights at 6 p.m.
Reporters
- Dian Duthie - general assignment reporter; occasional news anchor
- Steve Fischer - general assignment reporter
- Simon Gardner - general assignment reporter
- Danny Globerman - general assignment reporter
- Paul Morrisset - general assignment reporter
- Cory O'Kelly - general assignment reporter
Past on-air staff
- Rita CelliRita CelliRita Celli is a Canadian journalist and radio presenter. Celli graduated with high honours in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with a minor in Classics in 1991....
- former CBC News: Ottawa at Six anchor - Lynn Douris - former CBC News: News at 11 anchor
- Lloyd RobertsonLloyd RobertsonLloyd Robertson, OC is the currently the co-host of CTV's weekly magazine series, W5. Robertson previously served as the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV's national evening newscast, CTV News with Lloyd Robertson, until September, 2011, when he retired from the CTV National News...
- Peter Van Dusen - former CBC News: Ottawa at Six anchor
News personnel
- Pierre Trottier - video production editor
- Lynn Douris - senior producer, news
Transmitters
| 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 |
| CBOT-1 | Foymount Foymount, Ontario Foymount is a small community situated in the township of Bonnechere Valley, Ontario, Canada, located on the Opeongo Road in Renfrew County, west of Eganville.Foymount is Ontario's highest populated point at above sea level.... |
59 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
66.7 kW | 229.2 m | 45°25′48"N 77°18′14"W |
| CBOT-2 | Barry's Bay Barry's Bay, Ontario Barry's Bay is a community in the township of Madawaska Valley, Ontario, Canada, located two hours west of Ottawa on the shores of Kamaniskeg Lake, with a population of approximately 1,300 people... |
19 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
8.6 kW | 170.4 m | 45°29′23"N 77°42′56"W |
| CBOT-3 | Whitney | 9 (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 | 45°29′18"N 78°12′22"W |
| CBOT-4 | Maynooth | 51 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
1.535 kW | 121.5 m | 45°13′37"N 77°52′29"W |
| CBOT-5 | McArthur's Mills | 33 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
4.286 kW | 125.3 m | 45°5′18"N 77°38′49"W |
| CBOT-6 | Pembroke Pembroke, Ontario Pembroke is a city in the province of Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley... |
3 (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... ) |
43.3 kW | 152.2 m | 46°2′40"N 77°28′4"W |
Digital programming
| Analog Channel | Virtual Channel | Digital Channel | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4.1 | 25.1 | main CBOT programming / CBC |
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
Digital 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, CBOT will continue digital broadcasts on its current pre-transition and post-transition channel number, 25. 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 CBOT'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 4.1.