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| Channels | |
| Branding | ICI Acadie |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| CBAF-FM,CBAX-FM,CBAT-DT,CBCT-DT,CBHT-DT,CBNT-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | December 21, 1959 (65 years ago) (1959-12-21) |
Former call signs | CBAFT (1959–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 11 (VHF, 1959–2011) |
Call sign meaning | CBC AtlanticFrançais Télévision |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 17.65kW |
| HAAT | 227.5 m (746 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°8′37″N64°54′8″W / 46.14361°N 64.90222°W /46.14361; -64.90222 (CBAFT) |
| Links | |
| Website | ICI Acadie |
CBAFT-DT (channel 11) is anIci Radio-Canada Télé station inMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada, servingAcadians inthe Maritimes andFranco-Newfoundlanders inNewfoundland and Labrador. It is part of atwinstick withFredericton-basedCBC Television stationCBAT-DT (channel 4). CBAFT-DT's studios are located on Main Street in Moncton, adjacent to theDieppe border and theCF Champlain shopping centre, and its transmitter is located on Timberline Road in Moncton.
Prior to September 2, 2008, the station was known asTélévision de Radio-Canada Atlantique. It was rebranded toTélévision de Radio-Canada Acadie and laterICI Acadie as part of the public broadcaster's efforts to better reflect the region it serves.[1]
The station was launched at 6:25 p.m. on December 21, 1959, from Moncton on channel 11. The station slowly added rebroadcasters, such as one serving Fredericton andSaint John in 1973 on channel 5.[2] Radio-Canada later convertedCJBR-TV-1Edmundston, a retransmitter of a former affiliate inRimouski, Quebec on channel 13, to a rebroadcaster of CBAFT.
The station operates additional news bureaus in Edmundston,Bathurst,Caraquet,Fredericton and Saint John;[3]Halifax, Nova Scotia;[4]St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador;[5] andCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[6]
Unlike all other Radio-Canada stations, programming in the Atlantic region airsone hour later than its scheduled time in the rest of Canada; this noted by the phraseUne heure plus tard dans les Maritimes, present on nearly all Radio-Canada network promos. (Due to Newfoundland's small Francophone population, thecorrect time for programs there is only noted on local promos.)
In May 2010, it was announced that CBAFT will be exchanging news stories and reporters withTélé Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (call sign: FQN), the RFO outlet for theFrenchoverseas collectivity ofSaint Pierre and Miquelon, in an agreement made withFrance Télévisions, the public broadcaster that oversees RFO (since renamedLa Première, with the local affiliate calledSaint Pierre and MiquelonLa Première). In addition, Télé Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon will also broadcastLe Téléjournal/Acadie to local viewers there, as well as onFrance Ô, which showcases RFO programming for viewers inMetropolitan France. In consequence, due to Télé Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon's availability on Canadian cable and satellite, the program will be available to viewers across Canada as well. This exchange was following the arrival of the aerialTNT digital television service to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which offers only RFO and Metropolitan France channels, unlike the local cable system, which offers Canadian and American channels, including CBAFT.[8][9]
CBAFT had 21 analog television rebroadcasters throughout the Maritimes.
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.[10] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters were converted to digital.
Transmitters in mandatory markets were required to go digital or be taken off the air by the transition deadline of August 31, 2011. The CBC decided that none of its rebroadcasters would switch to digital. The following CBAFT rebroadcasters were in mandatory markets:
On August 16, 2011, theCRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 repeaters in mandatory markets, including the above, in analogue until August 31, 2012, by which time they must either convert to digital or shut down.
| Call sign[11] | City of licence | Channel | ERP (W)[12] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBAFT-1 | Fredericton (Saint John) | 5 (VHF) | 60,000 | |
| CBAFT-2 | Edmundston (Madawaska, Maine,USA) | 13 (VHF) | 36,000 | |
| CBAFT-3 | Allardville | 3 (VHF) | 9,400 | |
| CBAFT-4 | Grand Falls/Grand Sault | 12 (VHF) | 36,000 | |
| CBAFT-7 | Campbellton | 9 (VHF) | 100,800 | |
| CBAFT-8 | St-Quentin | 21 (UHF) | 579 | |
| CBAFT-9 | Kedgwick | 44 (UHF) | ||
| CBAFT-10 | Fredericton | 19 (UHF) | 7,800 |
| Call sign | City of licence | Channel | ERP (W) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBFJ-TV | St. John's | 4 (VHF) | 291 | Formerly CBNFT |
| Call sign | City of licence | Channel | ERP (W)[13] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBHFT | Halifax | 13 (VHF) | 4 | Was the parent transmitter for Nova Scotia's Radio-Canada service as a separate station. |
| CBHFT-1 | Yarmouth | 3 (VHF) | 19 | |
| CBHFT-2 | Mulgrave | 7 (VHF) | 106,000 | |
| CBHFT-3 | Sydney | 13 (VHF) | 4,500 | |
| CBHFT-4 | Cheticamp | 10 (VHF) | 7,900 | |
| CBHFT-5 | Middleton | 46 (UHF) | 120,000 | |
| CBHFT-6 | Digby | 58 (UHF) | 3 | |
| CBHFT-7 | New Glasgow | 15 (UHF) | 6,400 | |
| CBHFT-8 | Weymouth | 34 (UHF) | 100 |
| Call sign | City of licence | Channel | ERP (W)[14] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBAFT-5 | Charlottetown | 31 (UHF) | 28,000 | |
| CBAFT-6 | St. Edward | 9 (VHF) | 100 |