CBOT-DT (channel 4) is a
CBC Television station in
Ottawa, Ontario
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, Canada. It is part of a
twinstick
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United States
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with
Ici Radio-Canada Télé station
CBOFT-DT
CBOFT-DT (channel 9) is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is part of a twinstick with CBC Television station CBOT-DT (channel 4). Both stations share studios at the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre on Queen Street (acr ...
(channel 9). Both stations share studios at the
CBC Ottawa Production Centre
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on
Queen Street (across from the
Confederation Line
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light rail station
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) in
Downtown Ottawa
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, alongside the main corporate offices of the CBC; CBOT-DT's transmitter is located on the
Ryan Tower at
Camp Fortune
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in
Chelsea, Quebec
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, north of Gatineau.
History
![CBOT 1982 logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/CBOT_1982_logo.svg)
CBOT went on the air for the first time on June 2, 1953, becoming the third television station in Canada. Before the launch of Télévision de Radio-Canada station CBOFT, CBOT aired both
English
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and
French-language programs.
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, CBOT's 6 p.m. newscast was anchored by Ab Douglas, and by Joe Spence at 11:27, following ''
The National''. During the mid-1980s, the station was known as "CBOT 4", now "CBC Ottawa".
News operation
CBOT-DT presently broadcasts 10 hours, 40 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with two hours each weekday, a half-hour on Saturdays and ten minutes on Sundays). CBOT airs local news programming in the form of a 90-minute newscast from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a half-hour newscast at 11 p.m. on weekdays. On weekends, the station airs a half-hour 6 p.m. newscast on Saturdays and a ten-minute summary airs on Sundays at 11 p.m.
Notable current on–air staff
Notable former on–air staff
*
Ian Black (
CMOS-endorsed weathercaster) – meteorologist
*
Rita Celli
Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian radio journalist, currently the host since 2006 of ''Ontario Today'' on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario. During her tenure, the show has earned a number of awards including three Gracie ...
– former ''CBC News: Ottawa at Six'' anchor
*
Lloyd Robertson
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(later anchor of ''
CBC News: The National'' and the ''
CTV National News''; now retired)
Technical information
Subchannel
Analogue-to-digital conversion
On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory
markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,
[Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)](_blank)
the station's digital signal remained on
UHF channel 25. However, through the use of
PSIP
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, digital television receivers display CBOT-DT's
virtual channel
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as 4.1.
Transmitters
CBOT operated six analog television rebroadcasters in
Eastern Ontario
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and included communities such as
Pembroke. Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters on July 31, 2012.
Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan
/ref> None of CBC's or Radio-Canada's television rebroadcasters were converted to digital.
Former rebroadcasters of CBOT
References
External links
CBC Ottawa
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Television channels and stations established in 1953
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