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{{Short description|Television station in Vancouver}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = CBUT-DT
| logo = CBUT-DT Logo.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| image = CBC Regional Broadcast Centre 2018.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = CBC Vancouver's studios at the [[CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver|CBC Regional Broadcast Centre]] in [[downtown Vancouver]].
| branding = CBC Vancouver
| digital = 35 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 2
| subchannels = 
| affiliations = '''2.1:''' [[CBC Television]]
| owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| location = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia
| country = Canada
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1953|12|16|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = {{ubl|CBC Vancouver Television|-or-|Bute Street (the original street at which CBUT was headquartered)}}
| sister_stations = {{ubl|'''TV:''' [[CBUFT-DT]]|'''Radio:''' [[CBU (AM)]], [[CBU-FM]], [[CBUF-FM]], [[CBUX-FM]]}}
| former_callsigns = CBUT (1953–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analogue:''' 2 ([[VHF]], 1953–2011)|'''Digital:''' 58 (UHF, 2006–2011), 43 (UHF, 2011–2020)}}
| former_affiliations = [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé|Radio-Canada]] (secondary, 1964–1976)<ref name="Sun TV listings">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZhlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O4oNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117%2C856478 Vancouver Sun TV listings – October 4, 1964]</ref>
| erp = 88.5 [[Watt|kW]]
| haat = {{convert|622.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|49|21|13|N|122|57|23|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia}}
}}

'''CBUT-DT''' (channel 2, cable channel 3) is a [[television station]] in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] of [[CBC Television]]. It is part of a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#In Canada|twinstick]] with [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] station [[CBUFT-DT]] (channel 26). The two stations share studios at the [[CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver|CBC Regional Broadcast Centre]] on Hamilton Street in [[downtown Vancouver]]; CBUT-DT's transmitter is located atop [[Mount Seymour]] in the district municipality of [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|North Vancouver]].

==History==
{{stack|[[File:CBUT ID 60s.svg|thumb|CBUT logo, used in station IDs and print ads during most of the 1960s.]]}}
The station first signed on the air on December 16, 1953; as such, CBUT is the first and oldest television station in [[Western Canada]]. The station's original studio facilities were located inside a converted automotive dealership at 1200 West Georgia Street (on the intersection of Bute Street) in downtown Vancouver. However, CBUT was not the first television station to serve Vancouverites; [[KVOS-TV]] (channel 12, now a [[Univision]] affiliate), across the border in [[Bellingham, Washington]], had signed on months earlier as a [[CBS]] affiliate. CBUT has broadcast exclusively in [[Canadian English|English]] for most of its existence, except for a period from 1964<ref name="Sun TV listings"/> to 1976 when [[Canadian French|French language]] programs from [[Télévision de Radio-Canada]] aired on weekend mornings; this secondary affiliation ended when CBUFT (channel 26) signed on in September 1976. CBUT was known mainly as "Channel 2" from its inception until 1976.

During the station's early years until 1976, CBUT's [[station ID]]s consisted of slides of local Vancouver landmarks with the CBUT logo (the number "2" in Clarendon Bold typeface, contained within a stylized television screen) overlaid, accompanied by the announcement "This is CBUT, Channel 2 in Vancouver"; the ID slide used at the end of local programs on CBUT featured a larger version of the station's logo on a navy blue background,{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} accompanied by the announcement "This is CBC Television, Vancouver". Beginning with the introduction of CBC's "gem" logo in December 1974, CBUT (unlike other CBC Television O&Os, which continued using their own station IDs at the end of their local programs) began using the "gem" network ID at the end of all programming, both network-distributed and locally produced.

{{stack|[[File:CBUT ID 70s.svg|thumb|upright|Updated CBUT logo, used in station IDs and print ads from the late 1960s to 1976. This version was based on the logo CBUT used during the 1960s.]]}}
In 1975, the CBC consolidated its Vancouver radio and television operations into one building. Prior to this, the CBC's Vancouver radio properties – [[CBU (AM)|CBU]] (690 AM), [[CBU-FM]] (105.7) and [[CBUF-FM]] (97.7) – had operated from a separate studio facility at 701 Hornby Street, within the basement of the [[Hotel Vancouver]]. Together, those stations formed the basis of the Regional Broadcast Centre at 700 Hamilton Street, a few blocks east of its previous radio and television facilities.

[[File:CBC British Columbia 1976 logo.svg|thumb|CBUT logo (as CBC British Columbia), used in station IDs and print ads from 1976 to at least 1980. The letter T in the logo is represented by a stylized totem pole.]]
The station's IDs were changed in 1976 when CBUT changed its on-air branding to "CBC British Columbia", with the initial IDs featuring a [[totem pole]] superimposed over local landmarks, after which the totem pole zoomed out and turned into the letter "T" in the station brand.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}

In recent years, CBUT, as with all CBC-owned stations, has de-emphasized local programming in favour of national network programming distributed out of [[Toronto]]. As of 2002, the station only aired sporadic local non-news programming and dropped all use of local station identifications in favour of using only network IDs; in addition, due to budget cuts, the CBC integrated CBUT's [[master control]] operations (as it did for all of its other owned-and-operated stations) into the master control facility at the [[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] in [[downtown Toronto]]. Recently, however, CBUT has increased its local programming with the introduction of a locally themed lifestyle program, ''Living Vancouver'' (which has since been cancelled), as well as the addition of several new local newscasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/columnists/story.html?id=14cd0ba9-b010-4950-a9d1-5a90edc19794 |title=A new face at noon |access-date=May 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111613/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/columnists/story.html?id=14cd0ba9-b010-4950-a9d1-5a90edc19794 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Programming==
CBUT currently produces a number of programs for CBC Television. Portions of ''[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]]'' are produced at CBUT, as were portions of the program ''[[Hemispheres (TV program)|Hemispheres]]'', the now-cancelled national version of ''[[Canada Now]]'' and the late-night independent film program ''[[ZeD]]''.

===Sports programming===
CBUT presents [[Vancouver Canucks]] hockey games when Canucks games are featured on CBC Television's ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' [[NHL]] package produced by [[NHL on Sportsnet|Sportsnet]], the regional TV and radio rightsholder for the Canucks. Additionally, CBUT presents the Winter and Summer Olympics as part of [[CBC Olympic broadcasts|CBC's rights deal]] with the [[International Olympic Committee]].

===News operation===
[[File:CBC Vancouver Logo.png|thumb|Former logo used for local programming and station identification, 2015–2019]]
CBUT-DT presently broadcasts {{frac|8|1|2}} hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 90 minutes each weekday and 30 minutes each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among CBC Television's stations (either owned-and-operated or affiliated), although it now has the lowest newscast output among the Vancouver–Victoria market's television stations – its weekly news total is far behind CTV O&O [[CIVT-DT]] (channel 32) (which airs 38 hours of newscasts each week) and Global O&O CHAN-DT (channel 8) (which broadcasts 46 hours each week).

In years past, the supper hour newscast (which was a completely locally produced program until the introduction of the national ''Canada Now'') was known as ''Hourglass'', ''Newscentre'', ''CBC Evening News'', ''Broadcast One'' and ''CBC News: Vancouver''. On February 19, 2007, CBUT restored an hour-long local newscast to its schedule with the debut of a local edition of ''[[CBC News at Six]]'' (which was later retitled ''CBC News: Vancouver'' in July of that year), which retained the ''Canada Now'' name and was originally anchored by former national ''Canada Now'' anchors [[Ian Hanomansing]] and [[Gloria Macarenko]]. In September 2009, the early evening newscast expanded to 90 minutes, with the addition of an hour-long block at 5&nbsp;p.m. and the removal of the 6:30&nbsp;p.m. half-hour of the program.

In April 2010, CBC Television entered into a news share agreement with [[CHEK]], in which both stations share news story content and resources. [[Tony Parsons (Canadian journalist)|Tony Parsons]] also joined the CBC to anchor both CBUT's early evening news block and CHEK's 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast, remaining with both stations until his retirement in 2013. In addition, CHEK formerly carried a simulcast of ''CBC News: Vancouver at 6'' and ''Vancouver at 11'' while CBUT also produced a weekend 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast for that station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Parsons joins CBC News Vancouver |date=April 12, 2010 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211074553/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tony-parsons-joins-cbc-news-vancouver-1.947199 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tony-parsons-joins-cbc-news-vancouver-1.947199}}</ref> As of April 10, 2016, CHEK no longer carries CBUT's newscasts; on October 5, 2015, CHEK replaced the 6&nbsp;p.m. airing of ''CBC News: Vancouver'' (since renamed as ''CBC Vancouver News'') with its own half-hour 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast, hosted by former CTV and Global TV reporter Ben O'Hara-Byrne,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cheknews.ca/6pm-newscast-oct-5-2015-118260/ |title=CHEK 6 p.m. newscast – October 5, 2015 |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630172345/http://www.cheknews.ca/6pm-newscast-oct-5-2015-118260/ |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while on April 10, 2016, CHEK dropped the 11&nbsp;p.m. airing of ''CBC Vancouver News'' in favour of an encore presentation of the 10&nbsp;p.m. CHEK newscast on weeknights and various programming on Sundays.

As of June 2013, weather segments seen on CBUT's newscasts are broadcast in HD, while video from other studio and field cameras are transmitted in [[standard definition]] and are upconverted to a [[16:9]] [[widescreen]] format.

On July 30, 2014, CBUT announced that [[Andrew Chang]] would begin anchoring the early evening newscasts starting September 1, succeeding Gloria Macarenko, who announced on her last day of her newscasts that she would become host of [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[The Story from Here]]''. However, Macarenko will remain host of ''Our Vancouver'' while producing interview segments during CBUT's evening newscasts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Chang moves to CBC Vancouver to anchor supper hour TV news |date=July 30, 2014 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004911/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/andrew-chang-joins-cbc-vancouver-as-tv-news-anchor-1.2722758 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |url-status=live |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/andrew-chang-joins-cbc-vancouver-as-tv-news-anchor-1.2722758}}</ref>

===Current on-air staff===
* [[Gloria Macarenko]] – host of ''On the Coast'' on [[CBC Radio One]]; ''Our Vancouver'' host; also special assignment reporter

===Notable former on-air staff===
* [[Adrienne Arsenault]] – reporter (1993–1998)
* [[Anita Bathe]] – anchor of ''CBC Vancouver News at 6'' (2016–2025)
* [[Andrew Chang]] – anchor (2014-2017)
* [[Gillian Findlay]] – reporter (1982–1985)
* [[Dawna Friesen]] – reporter<ref name=Global>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/printarticle/835209|title=Dawna Friesen named Global news anchor|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=July 13, 2010|first=Ashante|last=Infantry}}</ref>
* [[Bill Good]] – anchor
* [[Ian Hanomansing]] – anchor/reporter (1988–2010)
* [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)|Claire Martin]] – meteorologist
* [[Tony Parsons (Canadian journalist)|Tony Parsons]] – 5, 5:30 and 6&nbsp;p.m. anchor (2010–2013)
* [[Jack Webster (journalist)|Jack Webster]] – reporter, ''Hourglass''
* [[Angela Sterritt]] – investigative reporter

==Technical information==

===Subchannel===
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! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#Canada|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 2.1 
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || CBUT-DT || [[CBC Television]]
|-
|}

===Analogue-to-digital conversion===
CBUT shut down its analogue signal, over [[VHF]] channel 2, on August 31, 2011, the official date on which Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory [[media market|markets]] [[Digital television in Canada|transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts]]. The station's digital signal was relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to post-transition channel 43, using [[virtual channel]] 2.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734754616/1298734754746 |title=Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119235800/http://digitaltv.gc.ca/eng/1298734754616/1298734754746 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Post-transition, CBUT downconverted the high definition video resolution for its digital signal from [[1080i]] to 720p.<ref>[http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=1310207&postcount=919 Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums – View Single Post – CBC HD Switches To 720p From 1080i]</ref>

===Spectrum repacking===
In April 2017, Industry Canada posted new channel assignments for stations as a result of spectrum repacking due to the U.S. 600&nbsp;MHz spectrum auction. CBUT-DT moved to channel 35 on May 1, 2020. Channel 35 was previously occupied by KVOS-TV; that station moved to channel 14 in October 2019.<ref>[https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11281.html#sA Digital Television (DTV) Allotment Plan]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Federal Communications Commission|date=November 3, 2014|title=Post Incentive Auction Television Transition Data Files|url=https://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=fcc.gov}}</ref>

===Former rebroadcasters===
{{main article|List of former CBUT-DT transmitters}}
CBUT's over 85 analogue rebroadcast transmitters were located on the Lower Mainland, [[Vancouver Island]], the [[Okanagan]], and areas not previously occupied by a private CBC affiliate.

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 analogue 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; [[CHAN-DT]] is the last major network station in Vancouver to operate rebroadcasters throughout the province.

==Out-of-market cable coverage==
In addition to its coverage in British Columbia, CBUT has a significant American audience in [[Washington state]]. The station's signal is receivable over-the-air in the city of [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. It is also available on cable to nearly one million [[Comcast]] subscribers in the [[Puget Sound region]]; Comcast's Puget Sound system also began offering CBUT's digital signal in [[High-definition television|high definition]] in July 2009.<ref>[http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/07/Comcasts_list_of_33_new_HD_channels_includes_MSNBC_MTV51297032.html Comcast's list of 33 new HD channels includes MSNBC, MTV]</ref> CBUT is also available in both standard and high definition in Western and Central Washington on [[Wave Broadband]]'s systems in Western Washington as well as [[Lake Chelan]] area systems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadstripe.com/files/lineup/Chelan.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002182530/http://www.broadstripe.com/files/lineup/Chelan.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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