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{{Short description|Television station in Regina}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CBKFT-DT
| city                   =
| logo                   = File:ICI Saskatchewan logo 2018.svg
| logo_size              = 240px
| branding               = ICI Saskatchewan
| digital                = 13 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 13
| affiliations           = {{nowrap|[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]}}
| translators            = 
| subchannels            = 
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1976|9|27|p=y}}
| location               = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = CBC [[Henry Kelsey]] [[Canadian French|Français]] Télévision<ref name="Kelsey">{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=236&historyID=80 |title=Canadian Communications Foundation – Fondation Des Communications Canadiennes |access-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204640/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=236&historyID=80 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| former_callsigns       = CBKFT (1976–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 13 (VHF, 1976–2011)
| owner                  = [[Société Radio-Canada]]
| licensee               = 
| sister_stations        = [[CBKT-DT]], [[CBK (AM)]], [[CBK-FM]], [[CBKF-FM]]
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 27.1 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|183.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|50|28|58|N|104|30|20|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{URL|http://ici.radio-canada.ca/saskatchewan/|ICI Saskatchewan}} 
}}

'''CBKFT-DT''' (channel 13) is an [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] station in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada, serving the province's [[Fransaskois]] population. It is part of a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] with [[CBC Television]] station [[CBKT-DT]] (channel 9). The two outlets share studios with [[sister station|sister]] radio stations [[CBK (AM)|CBK]], [[CBK-FM]] and [[CBKF-FM]] at the CBC Regina Broadcast Centre at 2440 Broad Street in Downtown Regina; CBKFT-DT's transmitter is located near McDonald Street/[[Saskatchewan Highway 46|Highway 46]], just northeast of Regina proper.

==History==
CBKFT was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) on June 9, 1975 and launched on September 27, 1976<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75795729/cbkft-regina-launch-september-27-1976/ CBKFT Regina launch September 27, 1976]</ref> by the CBC as a rebroadcaster of [[CBWFT]] in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], with reception in both Regina and [[Saskatoon]] (though reception in Saskatoon was initially spotty, with the city not receiving CBKFT's complete broadcast schedule at first). In 1985, CBKFT was granted a licence with 11 new transmitters and began operating as its own television station separate from CBWFT.

Initially the station was based solely out of Regina, but it now has studio facilities in the [[Hutchinson Building]] in Saskatoon; the same building as the now-defunct [[Canadian English|English-language]] CBC station [[CBKST]], which closed in July 2012.

==Technical information==
===Subchannel===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Subchannel of CBKFT-DT}}
! scope = "col" | Channel
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=CBKFT#station RabbitEars TV Query for CBKFT]</ref> 
|-
! scope = "row" | 13.1 
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || || [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]], CBKFT [[flash cut]] its digital signal into operation on [[VHF]] channel 13 in order for those repeaters/stations to avoid interference from the Regina and Saskatoon stations. Through the use of [[PSIP]], television receivers will list CBKFT-DT's virtual channel number as 13.1.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735461349/1298735461380 |title=Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) |access-date=2013-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707154737/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298735461349/1298735461380 |archive-date=2013-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

CBC had originally decided that none of its rebroadcasters will transition to digital. Also, the CBC had originally planned to not convert any non-originating stations in mandatory markets to digital, which would have forced CBKFT-1 in Saskatoon to sign off on the transition date. On August 16, 2011, the CRTC granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 repeaters in mandatory markets, including CBKFT-1, in analog until August 31, 2012, by which time the transmitter had to convert to digital or shut down. ([[Lloydminster]], another mandatory market, had no local Radio-Canada transmitter.)

===Former transmitters===
CBKFT operated 12 analog over-the-air television rebroadcasters broadcasting in Saskatchewan. 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.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/ Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan]</ref> None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television rebroadcasters were converted to digital.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City of license 
! Callsign 
! scope = "row" | Channel 
|-
| [[Bellegarde, Saskatchewan|Bellegarde]] 
| CBKFT-9
| 26 ([[UHF]]) 
|-
| [[Debden, Saskatchewan|Debden]]  
| CBKFT-3
| 22 (UHF)
|- 
| [[Gravelbourg]] 
| CBKFT-6
| 39 (UHF) 
|- 
| [[Leoville, Saskatchewan|Leoville]] 
| CBKFT-11
| 31 (UHF) 
|- 
| [[Moose Jaw]] 
| CBKFT-10
| 16 (UHF) 
|- 
| [[North Battleford]] 
| CBKFT-12
| 41 (UHF) 
|- 
| [[Ponteix]] 
| CBKFT-7
| 22 (UHF) 
|- 
| [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]] 
| CBKFT-2
| 3 (VHF) 
|- 
| [[Saskatoon]] 
| CBKFT-1
| 13 (VHF) 
|- 
| [[St. Brieux]] 
| CBKFT-4
| 8 (VHF) 
|- 
| [[Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan|Willow Bunch]] 
| CBKFT-8 
| 21 (UHF)
|- 
| [[Zenon Park]] 
| CBKFT-5
| 21 (UHF) 
|- 
|}

==See also==
* [[CBKT-DT]]
* [[Fransaskois]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://ici.radio-canada.ca/saskatchewan/ ICI Saskatchewan] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/saskatchewan/CBKFT-DT CBKFT-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
* {{RecnetCanada|CBKFT}}

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