Maison Radio-Canada (English: ''CBC House'') is the broadcast headquarters, studios and

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for all French-language radio and television services of the

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(known in French as ''Société Radio-Canada''/SRC) including its flagship station

CBFT-DT CBFT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in Fre ...

. It is also the main studio for Montreal's local English-language CBC services ( CBMT-DT,

CBME-FM CBME-FM is an English-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Owned and operated by the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 88.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective r ...

, and

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) and the headquarters of

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, the CBC's digital

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service. The street address of Maison Radio-Canada is 1400

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East, named for former premier

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who was once a reporter and commentator for the CBC. The building is situated near the studios of

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(

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(

CFJP-DT CFJP-DT (channel 35) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language Noovo network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside CTV outlet CFCF-DT (channel 12). Bo ...

), RDS,

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, LCN, and TVA (

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) which are at the intersection of Papineau Avenue. The analogous facility for CBC's English-language networks is the

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. CBC's corporate headquarters for both languages are in

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at the

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Geography

The building is accessible within walking distance east of

Beaudry station Beaudry is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is in Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-Sud d ...

of the

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. For the building itself to be built, most of the Faubourg à m'lasse working-class neighbourhood had to be demolished. On October 1, 1963, the last house was evacuated so the demolition project could go ahead to clear land for the facility.

Redevelopment

As of November 2008, consultations are underway to redevelop the area around Maison Radio-Canada. The new plans for the eastern part of the present site includes 2000 housing units, offices, commercial space, and public spaces at 1450 René Lévesque Boulevard East, which will cover about three city blocks. Furthermore, the new development would relink the street grid through the site, following the 1960s razing of a working-class neighbourhood popularly known as

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to make way for the Radio-Canada complex. As of May 2015, the project was halted. The project was relaunched in November 2016, with Broccolini Group selected to construct the new building and Groupe Mach chosen to take over the existing building and reconvert it to new uses. The project finally reached completion in 2020."Montreal's new Maison de Radio-Canada is smaller but better, execs say"
''

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'', April 26, 2019.

References

External links

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Geography

Redevelopment

See also

References

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