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{{Short description|Television station in Windsor, Ontario}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CBET-DT
| city                   = 
| logo                   = CBC Windsor 2017.svg
| logo_size              = 220px
| branding               = CBC Windsor
| digital                = 9 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 9
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = [[CBC Television]]
| owner                  = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| licensee               = 
| location               = [[Windsor, Ontario]]
| country                = Canada
| airdate                = {{Start date and age|1954|09|16|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = CBC [[Essex County, Ontario|Essex County]] Television
| sister_stations        = [[CBEW-FM]], [[CBE-FM]], [[CBEF]]
| former_callsigns       = CKLW-TV (1954–1975)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 9 (VHF, 1954–2011)
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|'''Both secondary:'''|[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1954–1956)|[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] (1970–early 1980s)}}
| erp                    = 26 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|190.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|42|9|9|N|82|57|5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor|CBC Windsor}} 
}}

'''CBET-DT''' (channel 9) is a [[CBC Television]] station in [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada. The station's studios are located on Riverside Drive West and Crawford Avenue (near the [[Detroit River]]) in Downtown Windsor, and its transmitter is located near Concession Road 12 in [[Essex, Ontario|Essex]].

Residents of the U.S. city of [[Detroit]], Michigan, also receive CBET over-the-air as well as on [[cable television|cable]].

==History==
===As CKLW-TV===
By 1953, CBC Television's distribution throughout Canada was growing. The Windsor market, however, was already being served by the Detroit stations across the border. That same year, Western Ontario Broadcasting Company, Ltd., parent company of CKLW radio ([[CKLW|800 AM]] and 93.9 FM, now [[CIDR-FM]]), applied for a television license for Windsor. The city's Chamber of Commerce approved the deal, feeling that the market was lacking in a television station that was distinctly Canadian in nature.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/cbet-dt|title=CBET-DT {{!}} History of Canadian Broadcasting|website=www.broadcasting-history.ca|accessdate=June 23, 2017}}</ref>

The station first signed on the air at 2:50&nbsp;p.m.<ref>The first program was an afternoon prayer, followed by a community billboard, then the ''[[Paul Dixon Show]]'' at 3 p.m.</ref> on September 16, 1954, as CKLW-TV. Channel 9, which was the first television station in Windsor, originally operated as a CBC [[network affiliate|affiliate]], though it also maintained a secondary affiliation with the [[DuMont Television Network]]<ref name=":0"/> (which was shared with Detroit's [[WJBK]], channel 2) until that network's demise in 1956.

In 1956, American industrial and communications firm [[General Tire and Rubber]] purchased a controlling interest in Western Ontario Broadcasting. This move, done through General Tire's broadcasting subsidiary General Teleradio, made the CKLW stations perhaps the only stations in Canada to be owned by an American company.<ref name=":0"/> In 1959, General Teleradio was renamed [[RKO General]]. In 1963, RKO bought out Western Ontario Broadcasting's other shareholders and gained full ownership of the CKLW stations. CKLW-AM-FM-TV was now fully integrated with RKO General's American broadcast interests, located in [[New York City]], [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Boston]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Hartford, Connecticut]], among other cities. CKLW-TV transmitted its programming in black and white until 1968 when it upgraded its transmitter and began broadcasting in [[Color television|colour]].

====Programming====
Under RKO's ownership, CKLW-TV aired only the minimum block of CBC programming. During this period, the CBC carried a number of American originated shows that were also broadcast on the Detroit stations; these programs, however, were [[Blackout (broadcasting)|blacked out]] on CKLW-TV because Windsor was, then as now, considered part of the Detroit market. The blackout of American network shows allowed RKO General an opportunity to reach the more lucrative American audience across the border. Outside of network programming, most of channel 9's schedule consisted of the standard fare of [[Independent station (North America)|independent stations]] in the United States—old [[feature film|movies]], [[animated cartoon|cartoons]], children's programs and off-network syndicated programming. Its lineup was similar to the programming on RKO's two American independent stations, WOR-TV in New York City (now [[MyNetworkTV]] O&O [[WWOR-TV]] in [[Secaucus, New Jersey]]) and KHJ-TV in Los Angeles (now [[KCAL-TV]]). Much like its radio counterparts (especially CKLW-AM, which became a [[Top 40]] powerhouse in the Detroit market in the mid-1960s), the station looked more American than Canadian.

There was some local programming and personalities during this era, including Toby David as ''Captain Jolly'', Art Cervi as ''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (who would later move to WJBK), and [[Bill Kennedy (actor)|Bill Kennedy]] hosting ''Bill Kennedy's Showtime'' (which would soon relocate to [[WKBD-TV]] (channel 50) under that name, renamed ''Bill Kennedy at the Movies'' by the start of 1972;<ref>[https://vintagetoledotv.com/wkbdtv-50-movie-ads-3-bill-kennedy Vintage Toledo TV: WKBD's Bill Kennedy ads]</ref> CKLW would retain the ''Showtime'' title). Another popular show on CKLW-TV during the 1960s was ''[[Swingin' Time]]'', a local teenage dance party show similar to ''[[American Bandstand]]'', hosted by WKNR (now [[WDTW (AM)|WDTW]]) radio personality Robin Seymour (and also, for a time, CKLW radio's Tom Shannon). The show featured recording artists, both nationally and locally popular, lip-synching to their latest releases while teenagers showcased the latest dances on the show's huge dance floor. Due to the show's connection to Detroit's popular rock-and-roll AM radio stations, ''Swingin' Time'' was used by many artists, especially local acts such as [[The Supremes]], [[Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]], the [[MC5]], and [[Mitch Ryder]], to reach a substantially larger teen audience than they could have achieved through solely working the record hop circuit.

====Transition====
Through the 1968 ''Broadcasting Act'', the Canadian Radio-television Commission (the forerunner to today's [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC)) decreed that broadcast stations licensed within Canada must be at least 80 percent owned by Canadians. With this ordinance in effect, RKO General was forced to put the CKLW stations up for sale. Western Ontario Broadcasting's licence to operate the stations was renewed for only one year, and in 1969, General Tire decided to get out altogether rather than accept a 20 percent share.

Two Canadian broadcasting firms, [[Maclean Hunter]] (which owned [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] station [[CFCN-TV]] in [[Calgary]]), and Baton Broadcasting (owners of [[Toronto]]'s CTV flagship station [[CFTO-TV]]), made a joint offer to purchase the stations, but were turned down by the CRTC. Both Maclean Hunter and Baton wanted to convert CKLW-TV into a CTV affiliate, which was an unrealistic prospect, given the large number of American imports on CTV's schedule. Maclean Hunter also owned [[CFCO]] in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham]] (also in the Windsor–Detroit market), and neither company could agree whether to sell CFCO or the CKLW stations. Baton was undeterred in its quest and reapplied again, and with a new partner—the CBC, which had wanted an owned-and-operated station in southwestern Ontario for some time. Baton and CBC formed a holding company, known as St. Clair River Broadcasting Ltd., which was 75 percent owned by Baton; the CBC held the remaining 25 percent. This time, the CRTC approved the application, and in 1970 the CBC/Baton alliance took control of CKLW-TV. St. Clair River was granted a five-year licence by the CRTC to operate the station, after which Baton would sell full ownership to the CBC. Meanwhile, Baton took sole control of CKLW-AM-FM, operating them until they were sold to [[CUC Broadcasting]] in 1984 and to [[CHUM Limited]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=362&historyID=148 |title=Canadian Communications Foundation - Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=April 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050424220501/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=362&historyID=148 |archive-date=April 24, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The radio outlets are now owned by [[Bell Media Radio]], successor-in-interest to Baton, after Bell acquired CHUM in 2007.

When CBC/Baton took over, more Canadian-produced programming was added to channel 9's schedule, including programs from CTV, such as ''People in Conflict'', ''Here Come the '70s'', ''[[The Pig and Whistle]]'' and ''[[The Starlost]]''. The CTV programming was mainly seen in place of CBC's American programming as a result of border protection rules prohibiting the broadcast of American programs to which Detroit stations had superior broadcast rights. Channel 9 also carried CTV's mid-week [[NHL]] hockey telecasts, as well as games from the [[Stanley Cup]] playoffs and finals, when [[NHL on CTV|CTV held the rights]]. Before the sale, and especially before Detroit's WKBD-TV went on the air in 1965, CKLW-TV was often likely to preempt games involving the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] if the [[Montreal Canadiens]] hosted the [[Detroit Red Wings]] on ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''.

After its sale, CKLW-TV also produced a significant amount of local programming that ranged from music and [[variety show|variety]] to daytime [[talk show|talk]], sports, agriculture, current affairs and documentaries. CKLW-TV was the first CBC station (and, prior to 2009, maybe the only station) to produce a 90-minute local, national and international newscast during the supper hour. During the 1972 football season, CKLW-TV aired the weekly ''Alex Karras Football Show'', hosted by former [[Detroit Lion]] [[Alex Karras]].<ref>Per the July 29, August 4, 1972 ''TV Guide'' ad at [http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-cklw/ Vintage Toledo TV: CKLW & CBET-TV 9 Print ads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727051700/http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-cklw/ |date=July 27, 2012 }}</ref>

===As CBET===
[[File:Cbet-building.jpg|thumb|200px|right|CBC studios in [[Windsor, Ontario]]]]
The Baton/CBC partnership in CKLW-TV ended in May 1975 when, per the original 1970 arrangement, the CBC purchased Baton's 75 percent ownership stake in St. Clair River Broadcasting. Channel 9 became a CBC [[owned-and-operated station]] on September 1, 1975, and changed its call letters to CBET. The station's schedule did not change much early on; it still featured the same formula of CBC and CTV programs, along with British and American television shows (mostly reruns and movies) with Detroit rights. CBET also carried some special programming aimed at American viewers, such as the annual ''Weekend With the Stars'' [[telethon]] for [[United Cerebral Palsy]] in the early 1980s.<ref>Per TV Guide ad at http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-cklw/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727051700/http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-cklw/ |date=July 27, 2012 }}</ref> CTV content on CBET would remain at some capacity through the 1980s, despite the fact that after the CBC took full control of channel 9 in 1975, [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]-based CTV affiliate [[CKCO-TV]] signed on a [[Broadcast relay station|repeater]] transmitter in [[Sarnia]] on channel 42, with a signal that reached Windsor at least marginally.

The station also sometimes purchased rights to sports programming, such as Maple Leafs games from [[CHCH-TV]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] in the early 1980s, after CHCH picked up the mid-week rights from CFTO in 1977. CBET was known as "CBET 9" when it first adopted the new call letters, and later branded as "TV 9 Windsor".

====Budget cuts====
In 1985, a major budget reduction decimated all locally produced programs by the CBC except for news, even though CBET was one of the few profitable CBC stations in Canada.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} The 90-minute evening news program ''Newsday'' remained as well as late and weekend news programs, but the music, variety, daytime talk and the popular ''[[Reach for the Top]]'' were all cancelled. On December 5, 1990, CBC closed down most of CBET's newsroom, leaving with a small news bureau.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Ted |title=It's lights out at CBET-TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-its-lights-out-at-cbet/177572644/ |access-date=July 27, 2025 |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=February 7, 1995 |location=Windsor, Ontario |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-its-lights-out-at-cbet/177573658/ A4] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It resulted in protests from Windsor area residents. A large rally of about 5,000 citizens marched down Riverside Drive West to the station in protest.

A "Save Our Station" committee was formed and politicians on every level lobbied both CBC and the Canadian government to preserve the Windsor operation. Only three reporters remained at CBET, who produced stories for the early evening newscast on Toronto sister station CBLT. First came ''5:30 Live'', which was followed by ''CBC Evening News with [[Bill Cameron (journalist)|Bill Cameron]]'' (which earlier was known as ''CBC at 6'' on CBLT).

====The Windsor experiment====
With an editorial and tech staff of about 32, CBC reinstated local news in pilot project form. New operating methods and new technologies were introduced. This meant videojournalists (cross-skilling) multi-skilling, and the use of non-linear editing technology (AVID {{proper name|NewsCutters}} and air-play for news item playback). The Windsor Council was also formed. This group made up of managers and union reps oversaw the progress of the "experiment" and dealt with issues that arose on an almost weekly basis. The new methods of the operation paved way for some of the new language in the collective agreements reached in 1996–97.

Windsor was not only in the spotlight in the CBC, but was also of interest to many other broadcasters and union leaders across the country. Two local half-hour news programs were produced when CBET presented the ''Windsor Evening News'', anchored by [[Carole MacNeil]], at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. and the ''Windsor Late News'' at 11 p.m. (CBET would continue to show the Toronto-based ''CBC Evening News'' at 6 p.m.)

In the mid-1990s, the CBC increased the amount of Canadian-produced programming on its schedule. However, the few American shows left on CBC Television had disappeared from CBET some years before. These shows were replaced with older CBC programs or shows from other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth countries]], such as the popular British television drama ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (a national CBC program) and the Australian drama, ''[[Neighbours]]'' (exclusive to CBET at first, but which later began to be distributed nationally).

The station had also moved its transmitter tower from Downtown Windsor to near [[McGregor, Ontario|McGregor]] in 2002, by dismantling the top {{convert|600|ft|m}} and erecting it up as a new structure. The bottom {{convert|400|ft|m}} still remained for the analogue signal on channel 9, while the new tower houses the digital signals for CBET (post-transition digital channel 9) and CICO-TV-32 ([[TVOntario]]), and for unrealized digital facilities for [[CBEFT]] (post-transition digital channel 35, or virtual channel 54.1).

====Sale of studio====
On September 8, 2014, it was announced that the CBC would be selling its Riverside Drive studio complex to Clayland Developments Ltd. of [[London, Ontario]] for $1,425,000. The CBC will continue its operations at the complex, leasing 13,000 square feet of the 32,000 square-foot complex from Clayland on a ten-year lease. While employees would relocate out of areas not leased by the CBC, the transition is not expected to be noticed by viewers and listeners. The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/uncategorized/cbc-sells-longtime-home-on-riverside-drive|title=CBC sells longtime home on Riverside Drive &#124; Windsor Star|date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

====Sports====
The CBC's sports programming, including ''Hockey Night in Canada'' and its coverage of the [[Olympic Games]], has historically been quite popular in the Detroit area, sometimes even more popular than American network coverage of the same events.<ref name="torstar-cbcwindsorohio">{{cite web|title=U.S. cable jingle thanks CBC for bringing Olympics coverage to Toledo|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2014/02/13/us_cable_jingle_thanks_cbc_for_bringing_olympics_coverage_to_toledo.html|work=Toronto Star|accessdate=May 14, 2016}}</ref>

During the CBC's original run of [[Toronto Blue Jays]] telecasts (before [[Sportsnet]]'s 2004 takeover), Jays games were often subject to blackout on CBET in order to protect [[Detroit Tigers]] home games available on broadcast stations. During [[2007 Toronto Blue Jays season|2007]], CBC carried eight Jays games; CBET was able to air all CBC Jays games that season. However, blackouts returned during the [[2008 Toronto Blue Jays season|2008 season]]. Jays telecasts on CBC was discontinued beginning with the [[2009 Toronto Blue Jays season|2009 season]], with Sportsnet and [[The Sports Network|TSN]] having exclusive carriage within Canada.

Conversely, CBC's National Hockey League coverage is not subject to local blackout. During ''Hockey Night in Canada'', CBET often aired games involving the Detroit Red Wings in lieu of Ontario's designated game when available, during both the regular season and the playoffs (such as a Western Conference quarter-final series in [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|2006]] against the [[Edmonton Oilers]], many of which were originally designated to air regionally on Edmonton's CBC station [[CBXT]]). As [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15 season]], with [[Rogers Communications]] taking over the production of ''HNIC'' and [[NHL on Sportsnet|broadcasting]] other games on its services, Red Wings games only air on CBET during ''Hockey Night'' if they are involved in the game allotted to CBC, as games are no longer split regionally.

====American programming preemptions and other variances====
As Windsor is part of the Detroit market, CBET is required to preempt American shows on the CBC network schedule of which exclusive rights are claimed by American stations in the market. Most American programming that was part of the CBC schedule throughout Canada (except for children's programs that met [[E/I]] regulations{{cn|date=June 2024}}) could not be broadcast by CBET and, thus, was replaced by other programming.

As of the 2011–12 season, these programs were ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' (which aired on the national CBC schedule at 4:30&nbsp;p.m.) and ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (7:30&nbsp;p.m.). These preemptions are due to Detroit rightsholder [[WDIV-TV]] (channel 4), which airs both programs during the 7 p.m. hour. This ended at the start of the 2012-13 season, as the CBC decided not to renew its rights to ''Wheel'' and ''Jeopardy!'' when its contract to run both shows expired, and replaced the shows with Canadian-produced programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbc-jettison-game-shows-homegrown-73392|title=CBC to Jettison U.S. Game Shows for Homegrown Fare|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="CBCCancellation">{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/91994-cbc-axes-jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune|title=CBC axes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune|work=[[The Chronicle Herald]]|date=May 2, 2012|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref>

CBET handled these anomalies (as well as its one-hour 6&nbsp;p.m. local newscast, which as noted below differs from most CBC stations) by airing repeats of ''[[Rick Mercer Report]]'' or ''[[22 Minutes]]'' at 4:30&nbsp;p.m., various documentaries from the CBC library at 5&nbsp;p.m. (different from the ones aired across the network at 1&nbsp;p.m.), and ''Coronation Street'' from 7 to 8 p.m. (whereas ''Corrie'' airs from 6:30 to 7:30 on most other stations).

Following the CBC's removal of ''Wheel'' and ''Jeopardy!'' in the fall of 2012, some evening programming variations remain, with ''Rick Mercer Report'' at 5&nbsp;p.m., various programming (specials, documentaries, and repeats of other shows) at 5:30&nbsp;p.m., and the one-hour 6&nbsp;p.m. local newscast, with the remainder of the schedule in pattern with the other CBC stations (including ''Coronation Street'', which is reduced to a single episode weeknights at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. on the CBC network). After CBET's expansion of its supper-hour newscast in September 2013, variances involve ''Rick Mercer Report'' at 5&nbsp;p.m. (seen on other stations at 6:30&nbsp;p.m.), and a simulcast of the 11 p.m. newscast from sister station [[CBLT-DT]] in Toronto instead of its own late news program.

Despite all of the U.S. preemptions, however, some shows on the [[CBC Kids]] lineup, including ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', ''[[Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood]]'', and ''[[Molly of Denali]]'' (which could also be seen on [[PBS]] member station [[WTVS]] in Detroit), are not affected due to them being E/I compliant,{{cn|date=June 2024}} and thus are not subject to preemption on CBET.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/daily/2020/01/29/cbc_television/?t=1580298284347|title=CBC Program Schedule for January 29, 2020, with Windsor selected as location|work=CBC.ca|date=January 29, 2020|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref>

==News operation==
CBET-DT presently broadcasts 5 hours, 50 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 1 hour, 10 minutes each weekday); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the lowest local newscast output among CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations. On October 2, 2000, local news programming on CBET and other CBC owned-and-operated stations was reduced to a half-hour each weeknight, and late newscasts were cancelled. With the introduction of ''[[Canada Now]]'' (which began at CBET before it went national), CBC's new hybrid hour-long dinnertime newscast at 6 p.m. made its debut. National news segments originated from Vancouver and were anchored by [[Ian Hanomansing]], with the Windsor segment broadcast from the CBET studios presented by Blake Roberts.

Carole MacNeil would move to Toronto to anchor the Toronto segment there; she would later co-anchor with [[Evan Solomon]] on the CBC network's Sunday morning news program, ''[[CBC News: Sunday]]'', and its nighttime complement, ''[[CBC News: Sunday Night]]''. As a result of the dinnertime news change, CBC's local news operations faced some layoffs—especially CBET, which terminated ten of its 29 news staffers. Prior to the 2006 format change, ''Canada Now'' was last locally anchored by [[Susan Pedler]] with [[Tony Doucette]] from a state-of-the-art news set inside the CBET newsroom.

On January 9, 2006, under the CBC's local programming expansion initiative, CBET's newscasts were renamed as ''[[CBC News at Six]]'', with the national half-hour remaining as ''Canada Now''. Most CBC owned-and-operated stations also began offering expanded local newscasts under the ''CBC News at Six'' name.

On November 30, 2006, CBC announced plans to discontinue ''Canada Now'' in February 2007, in favour of hour-long early evening local newscasts on its stations. While [[CBCT-DT]] in [[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island]], decided to name its new supper hour newscast ''[[CBC News: Compass|Compass]]'' and [[CBUT-DT]] in Vancouver kept the ''Canada Now'' title, CBET retained the ''CBC News at Six'' brand rather than returning to its original ''Newsday'' title. Susan Pedler would continue as lead anchor, with Jim Lagogians on sports and Tara Weber reporting on weather. CBET later renamed its newscast to ''CBC News: Windsor at Six'', following the lead of most of its sister stations across Canada by inserting the city's name into the newscast title.

In September 2009, most CBC stations began to carry a 90-minute block of local news from 5 to 6:30&nbsp;p.m. each weeknight; however, CBET opted to keep its hour-long newscast at 6 p.m. In addition to the main 6 p.m. newscast, CBET introduced a 10-minute late night newscast ''CBC News: Windsor Late Night'' on October 26, 2009, which aired at 10:55&nbsp;p.m. each weeknight following ''The National''. On July 3, 2012, Pedler announced that she would take a leave of absence for a year, as she was adopting a baby girl.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/cbc-windsor-s-susan-pedler-says-good-bye-for-now-1.1138419 CBC News: "CBC Windsor's Susan Pedler says good-bye for now", July 3, 2012.]</ref>

On September 2, 2013, CBET expanded its early evening newscast to 90 minutes from 5:30 to 7 p.m., while it discontinued its 11 p.m. newscast in turn; besides differing from the early evening newscast slot of most CBC Television stations (5:30 to 7 p.m. on CBET, as opposed to 5 to 6:30&nbsp;p.m. elsewhere), this differed from most CBC O&Os in other markets where stations carry both an early and late evening newscast;<ref>[http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/06/25/cbc-windsor-to-expand-evening-news/ CBC Windsor to expand evening news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729184510/http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/06/25/cbc-windsor-to-expand-evening-news/ |date=July 29, 2013 }}, ''[[The Windsor Star]]'', June 25, 2013.</ref> in lieu of its own 11 p.m. newscast, CBET simulcasts the newscast from CBLT instead. [[Asha Tomlinson]], who previously worked the breaking news desk at [[CBC News Network]], became anchor of the expanded newscast;<ref name=pearson>Craig Pearson, "CBC Windsor has new anchor". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', August 10, 2013.</ref> she replaced Amanda Ferguson (who became anchor during Pedler's maternity leave) as anchor.

==Technical information==

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===Analogue-to-digital conversion===
CBET shut down its analogue signal at 11:58&nbsp;p.m. on August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]], and [[flash-cut]] its digital signal into operation on [[VHF]] channel 9 three minutes later at 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on September 1.<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734909857/1298734909954 Digital Television - Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120000117/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734909857/1298734909954|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> While the CBC originally planned on requesting that analogue operations for CBET and some of its other stations be extended by one year, taking those stations digital in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themothercorp.com/todigital|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826110718/http://www.themothercorp.com/todigital|url-status=dead|title=TheMotherCorp.com: "CBC/Radio-Canada releases plan for the transition to over-the-air digital television", August 6, 2010.|archivedate=August 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/pdf/dtv_plan.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429112840/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/newsreleases/pdf/dtv_plan.pdf|url-status=dead|title=CBC/Radio-Canada: "2011-2012 Digital Transition Plan", August 6, 2010.|archivedate=April 29, 2011}}</ref> the corporation later revised its plan, and converted all of its originating stations to digital in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/Windsor_CBC.shtml|title=CBC Television Windsor (Digital TV)|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=May 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321201125/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/Windsor_CBC.shtml|archivedate=March 21, 2012}}</ref>

==Coverage==
Over-the-air, CBET can be received in [[Cleveland]] and [[Toledo, Ohio]], with a really strong and reliable rooftop and/or indoor antenna. The station was also listed in some ''[[TV Guide]]'' editions in northern Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcsittel.com/html/tvg-noh.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050629235813/http://www.mcsittel.com/html/tvg-noh.htm|url-status=usurped|title=STL News &#124; Breaking News &#124; Latest News &#124; St Louis News &#124; News Videos|archivedate=June 29, 2005|website=STL.News}}</ref> Prior to July 31, 2012, CBET was the only CBC-owned station not to have any repeaters; transmitters in Sarnia and Chatham instead relayed [[CBLN-TV]], which was CBC's [[London, Ontario|London]]-based Southwestern Ontario repeater network, rebroadcasting Toronto's CBLT, but with variations in advertising and some programming.

CBET is carried on cable providers in Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan, as far away as [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] and [[East Lansing]]. In Northwest Ohio, CBET is carried on Toledo-based [[Buckeye Broadband]], which serves areas as far east as [[Sandusky, Ohio|Sandusky]]. During a [[carriage dispute]] with the market's local NBC affiliate [[WNWO-TV]], Buckeye temporarily moved CBET to WNWO's standard and high-definition channel allotments to ensure that viewers would still have access to coverage of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]].<ref name="torstar-cbcwindsorohio"/><ref name="blade-wnwodeal">{{cite web|title=Buckeye, WNWO reach deal|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2014/07/15/Buckeye-WNWO-reach-deal.html|website=Toledo Blade|accessdate=December 26, 2016}}</ref>

Until January 2009, CBET maintained cable coverage as far south as [[Findlay, Ohio]]. This ended when [[Time Warner Cable]] (now [[Charter Spectrum]]) dropped CBET as well as [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]' [[CBS]] affiliate, [[WBNS-TV]], from its Northwestern Ohio systems. CBET is still carried on Spectrum's system in [[Port Clinton, Ohio|Port Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://charter.am4m.com/eccharterweb/Aspx/SpectrumLineupView.aspx?DocID=11898|title=Spectrum TV Packages - Port Clinton|publisher=[[Charter Communications]]|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[CBEFT]] ''(now-defunct [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio-Canada]] outlet)''
*[[List of CBC television stations]]
*[[Media in Windsor, Ontario]]
*[[Media in Detroit]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor Official website]
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/ontario/ontario-western/CBET-DT CBET-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CBET}}

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