CBYT is the 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...

 for the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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's television transmitter

Television station

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 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, broadcasting on channel 5. It is carried on cable channel 4 in Corner Brook.

CBYT launched as a full-fledged station on June 17, 1959 rebroadcasting the signal from CBHT

CBHT

CBHT is the flagship station of CBC Television in the Atlantic Time Zone of Canada. CBHT broadcasts on terrestrial channel 39 at 157.54 kW and cable channel 11 in the Halifax metro area...

 in Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

 until CBNT

CBNT

CBNT-DT, channel 8, is a television station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It serves as the CBC Television station for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The station went on the air on October 1, 1964, as previous CBC...

 in St. John's

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...

 launched in 1964. It was once a semi-satellite of CBNT, carrying a partially-separate newscast and producing some programs of its own. However, it is now a full rebroadcaster of CBNT, even carrying CBNT's commercials.

In 2002, CBYT ceased to exist as a separately licenced station; its transmitter was assigned to the licence of CBNT.

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
CBYT-1	Stephenville Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador Stephenville is a Canadian town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland....	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... )	48.23 kW	365.3 m	48°35′23"N 58°39′40"W
CBYT-2	Irishtown	7 (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... )	0.008 kW	NA	48°59′0"N 57°55′56"W
CBYT-3	Bonne Bay	2 (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... )	5.152 kW	33.4 m	49°33′12"N 57°53′20"W
CBYT-4	Port aux Basques Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland fronting on the eastern end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of...	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... )	0.84 kW	57 m	47°34′49"N 59°8′42"W
CBYT-5	St. Andrew's St. Andrew's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Andrew's is a settlement in the southwestern corner of the island of Newfoundland, in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador....	6 (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... )	1 kW	35 m	47°48′12"N 59°17′20"W
CBYT-6	Cow Head Cow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador Cow Head is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 493 in the Canada 2006 Census.The Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum in Cow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.-References:...	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... )	11.85 kW	62.8 m	49°55′11"N 57°48′54"W
CBYT-7	Trout River Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador Trout River is a small rural fishing village located on the southern coastal edge of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland. Trout River was settled in 1815 by George Crocker and his family, who were its only inhabitants until 1880. The community is served by Route 431....	13 (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... )	0.009 kW	NA	49°28′40"N 58°7′58"W
CBYT-8	Portland Creek Portland Creek, Newfoundland and Labrador Portland Creek is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador....	13 (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... )	10.332 kW	115.2 m	50°8′41"N 57°37′28"W
CBYT-9	Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Hawke's Bay is a town at the mouth of Torrent River southeast of Point Riche in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town was named after Edward Hawke by James Cook in 1766. This was to commemorate Hawke's victory in the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759...	4 (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... )	4.8 kW	65.6 m	50°38′58"N 57°17′47"W
CBYT-10	Harbour le Cou Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador Rose Blanche – Harbour le Cou is a small town on Newfoundland's southwest shore, about 45 km from Port aux Basques. This community is located in a barren area on the east side of a small bay...	5 (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... )	0.001 kW	NA	47°37′20"N 58°41′4"W
CBYT-11	Rose Blanche Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador Rose Blanche – Harbour le Cou is a small town on Newfoundland's southwest shore, about 45 km from Port aux Basques. This community is located in a barren area on the east side of a small bay...	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... )	0.284 kW	-7.3 m	47°36′58"N 58°41′26"W
CBYT-12	Gillams Gillams, Newfoundland and Labrador -See also:*List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...	13 (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... )	0.009 kW	NA	49°0′32"N 58°8′6"W
CBYT-13	Lark Harbour Lark Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Lark Harbour is small fishing community on the western coast of Newfoundland, on the south side of the Bay of Islands and west of the City of Corner Brook.Combined with neighbouring York Harbour, there is a population of about 1,100...	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... )	0.009 kW	NA	49°6′12"N 58°22′52"W
CBYT-14	York Harbour York Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador York Harbour is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Post Office was established in 1960. The first Postmistress was Mrs. Stella Wheeler. The population was 356 in 2006.;...	12 (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... )	0.001 kW	NA	49°3′30"N 58°19′34"W
CBYAT	Deer Lake Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador -External links:*...	12 (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... )	1.84 kW	87.5 m	49°14′22"N 57°28′26"W

External links

• CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CBYT History