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{{Short description|Television station in Winnipeg}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CBWT-DT
| city                   =
| logo                   = CBWT-DT 2017.svg
| logo_size              = 220px
| branding               = {{ubl|CBC Manitoba (general)|''CBC Winnipeg News'' (newscasts)}}
| digital                = 27 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 6
| translators            = 
| subchannels            = 
| affiliations           = [[CBC Television]]
| airdate                = {{Start date and age|1954|05|31|p=y}}
| location               = [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = CBC Winnipeg Television
| former_callsigns       = CBWT (1954–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 4 ([[VHF]], 1954–1958), 3 (VHF, 1958–1964), 6 (VHF, 1964–2011)
| owner                  = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| licensee               = 
| sister_stations        = [[CBW (AM)|CBW]], [[CBW-FM]], [[CKSB-10-FM]], [[CKSB-FM]], [[CBWFT-DT]]
| former_affiliations    = [[Paramount Television Network]] (secondary, 1954–1956)
| erp                    = 42 [[watt|kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|138.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|49|53|43|N|97|08|17|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{URL|http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba|CBC Manitoba}} 
}}

'''CBWT-DT''' (channel 6) is a [[CBC Television]] station in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada. It has common ownership with [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] station [[CBWFT-DT]] (channel 3). The two stations share studios on Portage Avenue and Young Street in [[Downtown Winnipeg]]; CBWT-DT's transmitter is located near Red Coat Trail/[[Manitoba Highway 2|Highway 2]] in [[Macdonald, Manitoba|Macdonald]].

==History==
[[File:Cbcwinnipeg building2010.png|thumb|right|220px|CBC Winnipeg Building at 541 Portage Avenue]]
Planning for CBWT started in November 1952, when the Government of Canada announced its intention of setting up a television station in [[Winnipeg]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nash|first=Knowlton|title=The Microphone Wars: A History of Triumph and Betrayal at the CBC|publisher=McClelland & Stewart Inc.|isbn=0-7710-6712-7|year=1994|location=Toronto|pages=[https://archive.org/details/microphonewarshi0000nash/page/241 241]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/microphonewarshi0000nash/page/241}}</ref> The station was announced by J.&nbsp;R. Finlay at a Cosmopolitan Club meeting at the Marlborough Hotel on September 16, 1953. At the time, the station was projected to become western Canada's first television station (before Vancouver's [[CBUT]]), but was delayed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winnipeg's TV Station Goes Into Action Starting Monday|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=1|date=May 29, 1954}}</ref> There was an entry for CBWT in the 1953 [[Bell MTS|MTS]] telephone book.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV To Storm City Homes In Winter|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|pages=1, 9|date=September 16, 1953}}</ref> In September 1953, CBC Winnipeg moved into a new {{convert|50000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on|order=flip}} facility at 541 Portage Avenue.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winnipeg Is Hub of CBC System|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=47|date=May 6, 1958}}</ref>

A few months later, on May 31, 1954,<ref>{{cite news|title=CBWT Makes A Triumphant Debut Here: Two Years Of Plans Pays Off|last=Henry|first=Ann|date=June 1, 1954|newspaper=The Winnipeg Tribune|page=15}}</ref> CBWT began as a bilingual station on channel 4 with an [[effective radiated power]] of 60,000 watts.<ref>{{cite news|first=J. R.|last=Finlay|title=Television ... Another CBC Service|newspaper=CBC Times|date=May 30, 1954}}</ref> In the same year  [[KRDK-TV|KXJB-TV]] began broadcasting on channel&nbsp;4 from [[Fargo, North Dakota]], and there were concerns of interference between the two stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winnipeg Fears Valley City TV Will Fog Theirs|newspaper=Bismarck Tribune|page=7|date=May 29, 1954}}</ref> CBWT's first equipment consisted of an [[RCA Victor]] TT10AL transmitter and a {{convert|196|ft|m|0|adj=on|order=flip}} six-section Super Turnstile Type TF-6AM antenna, located atop the station's roof.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBWT-Manitoba's First Television Station goes on the air with RCA Victor|page=24|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|date=May 31, 1954}}</ref>

One of CBWT's first large mobile production was ''Ice Revue'', broadcast from the Winnipeg Winter Club in March&nbsp;1956.<ref>{{cite video|people=Petrie, Anne|title=24Hours LateNight: CBWT's 35th Anniversary Look Back|medium=television news|publisher=CBWT (CBC)|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|date=May 31, 1989|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPcVXmu-SbU}}</ref> However, the equipment was different and there were complains of television receivers becoming stuck in the vertical or horizontal hold when the mobile unit switched cameras. Older tube-television sets had a sync generator which was blamed for the reception problem.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tv Flip-Flop? Here's an Answer|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=8|date=March 14, 1956}}</ref>

On September 30, 1956, the station connected to the [[Trans-Canada Microwave]] Relay System, which allowed Winnipeggers to watch CBC Television programming on the same day it was broadcast in Toronto and Montreal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-1139-6258/science_technology/telephones/clip4|title=CBC Archive – 1956 – Micro-wave of the future|access-date=September 8, 2006|work=CBC News}}</ref> To celebrate this link, CBC Television produced a special one-hour program, ''Along the Tower Trail'', the Winnipeg segment featured a view of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CPR]]'s Marshalling Yards, the [[Saint Boniface Cathedral]], a prairie harvest clip, and a musical piece sung by the [[Andrew Mynarski]] School choir.<ref>{{cite news|title=Opening Show Hops Half A Continent|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=34|date=September 29, 1956}}</ref> By late 1957, it was decided to move CBWT from channel&nbsp;4 to channel&nbsp;3.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 20, 1957|title=CBWT To Switch TV Channel In New Year|page=3|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press}}</ref> The changeover occurred in April&nbsp;1958.

''Eye-To-Eye'' was a weekly local current affairs program broadcast from 10:15 to 11&nbsp;p.m. every Tuesday and was the predecessor to ''[[24Hours (TV program)|24Hours]]''. It debuted on October&nbsp;20, 1959, and was similar in style to ''[[Close-Up]]'' on the national network. The first topics covered were: "The Slums of Winnipeg", "Civic Politics – A Sick Joke" and "Interview – Two Young Ladies".<ref>{{cite news|title=CBWT Turns It's 'Eye-To-Eye' On Manitoba|page=10|date=October 20, 1959|newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press}}</ref> ''Eye-To-Eye'' was produced by Ken Black and [[Warner Troyer]].

On April 24, 1960, the station became [[Canadian English|English]]-only, while [[Canadian French|French]] programming moved to the newly launched [[CBWFT]]. At the same time two video tape recorders, worth $75,000 each, were installed at the station to replace the [[kinescope]] system used previously.<ref>{{cite news|title=Viewers To Get Choice Of Channels This Year|page=31|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=April 26, 1960}}</ref> The local version of ''[[Reach for the Top]]'' debuted in 1962 and was hosted by [[Bill Guest]], alternately by Ernie Nairn. The program ran until 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jager|first=Manfred|title=Reach for the Top Returning to TV|page=31|work=Winnipeg Free Press}}</ref>

On November 16, 1964, CBWT swapped channels with CBWFT and higher-powered transmitters were installed on a new {{convert|1064|ft|m|0|adj=on|order=flip}} antenna mast near [[Starbuck, Manitoba]]. This enabled reception as far as {{convert|113|km|mi|0}} away,<ref>{{cite news|title=October Set As Target Date For Change In CBC Channels|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press – TV-Radio|page=15|date=April 15, 1964}}</ref> and improved reception in the towns of [[Portage la Prairie]], [[Gimli, Manitoba|Gimli]], [[Carman, Manitoba|Carman]], [[Winkler, Manitoba|Winkler]], [[Morden, Manitoba|Morden]], [[Morris, Manitoba|Morris]], [[Letellier, Manitoba|Letellier]], [[Emerson, Manitoba|Emerson]], [[Altona, Manitoba|Altona]], and [[Dominion City]]. It continues to be the tallest free-standing structure in the province.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBWT Will Switch to Channel 6|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=3|date=November 5, 1964}}</ref> The move to VHF channel&nbsp;6 also permitted people in the coverage area to hear the English feed's audio on FM radios tuned to 87.7; this option was no longer available after the station shifted to digital and shut down the analogue transmitter.

There was a large [[National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians]] (NABET) [[strike action|strike]] throughout the CBC organization in the spring of 1981, and production of ''24Hours'' was halted. Strike action began at 10:30&nbsp;p.m. on May&nbsp;3.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC Struck, pickets out in Winnipeg|newspaper= Winnipeg Free Press|pages=1, 4|date= May 4, 1981}}</ref> Shortly after the [[Brian Mulroney|Mulroney]] government came to power in 1984, they made major cuts to the CBC, and as a result, 86 staff members were let go at CBWT.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC Manitoba loses 86 staff jobs in province|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=December 12, 1984}}</ref> A second round of major cuts in December&nbsp;1990, had a negative effect on local production, especially on the resources of ''24Hours''.

On February 27, 1997, CBC Manitoba announced that it would update and expand its studio facilities by {{convert|2,700|m2|sqft|0}} at a cost of $2.8&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|first= Glen|last=MacKenzie|title=CBC to erect new quarters, combine into two buildings|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=A4|date=January 27, 1997}}</ref> In 1998, CBC Manitoba's newsroom and studios were expanded into a new building, after essentially using portables and an abandoned church for many years. The new studio featured a window looking down onto [[Portage Avenue|Portage]]. It was one of the first CBC stations to transition to a new digital [[Betacam SX]] format. The first television broadcast from the new studio occurred on Monday, September&nbsp;21, 1998.

Previous programs produced at CBWT include ''[[Fred Penner's Place]]'', ''[[It's a Living (Canadian TV series)|It's a Living]]'', and ''[[CBC News: Disclosure|Disclosure]]''.

==Programming==
CBWT is CBC Television's [[flagship station]] for the [[Central Time Zone]], airing the main CBC schedule one hour after stations in the [[Eastern Time Zone]]. This differs from other Canadian television networks, whose Eastern and Central time zones stations air programs simultaneously.

''[[CBC News: Country Canada|Country Canada]]'', ''CountryWide'' and a local edition of ''[[CBC News at Six]]'' (formerly the local segment of ''[[Canada Now|CBC News: Canada Now]]'' from 2000 to 2006 and ''24Hours'' from 1970 to 2000) have been produced at CBWT. In addition, ''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'' has an investigative unit based at the station.

===Local programming===
''Country Canada'' was one of the longest-running programs in Canadian television history and is broadcast nationally. It began as ''Country Calendar'' in 1954. The program name was carried over to a new digital [[specialty channel]] called [[CBC Country Canada]], which first launched in September 2001. ''Spotlight'' was one of CBWT's first news interview programs, which aired Monday through Saturdays between 7:15 and 7:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref>{{cite news | title = Here's A Week Of TV Viewing | newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | date = June 2, 1954}}</ref>

''3's Company'' was a local program broadcast in the early 1960s, hosted by Mary Liz Bayer, Bill Guest, and Jose Poneira, and similar to ''Living Winnipeg''.<ref>{{cite news | title = February 1961 National Electrical Week | newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | page = 12 | date = February 6, 1961}}</ref> Bayer had become the host of her own show, ''The Mary Liz Show'', one year earlier. ''The Medicine Show'' was a local production shown nationally from January 1980 to August 1982. ''Show Business'', hosted by Tom McCulloch, and ''Ten O'Clock Live'', a music program from a local bar, were produced by CBWT in 1981.<ref>{{cite news | first = Randal | last = McIlroy | title = Local TV is in 'slow lane' | newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | page = 14 | date = May 9, 1981}}</ref>

''In Search of the Perfect Summer'' was a summertime series produced by Sean Sullivan and was co-hosted by Anne Harding and Laurie Mustard in the 1982 season. It was nominated ''Best Variety Program on Television'' in the 1982 Winnipeg Broadcast Awards.<ref>{{cite news |first= Marilyn |last= MacKinnon |title= Broadcast awards nominees selected|newspaper= Winnipeg Free Press |page= 17 |date= September 27, 1982}}</ref> Mustard won ''Best Host/Interviewer'' for the series.<ref>{{cite news |first= Marilyn |last= MacKinnon|title= Awards show goes on despite technical snafus |newspaper= Winnipeg Free Press |page= 31 |date= October 6, 1982}}</ref>

Between 1983 and 1986, Mustard hosted the Winnipeg edition of a Sunday morning program for kids called ''Switchback''. By 1989, the Winnipeg program was cancelled and amalgamated with the [[CBKT]] [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] edition of ''Switchback'', contributing a portion of the program content.

The end of regional non-news programming came in 2000–01, when ''Breakaway'', a program profiling Manitoba towns which had aired since June&nbsp;1987,<ref>{{cite news |title= Coleman new co-host for CBC's Breakaway |newspaper= Winnipeg Free Press |page= 33 |date= June 12, 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Spirit of Breakaway rises: Coleman starts new series of folksy features |newspaper= Winnipeg Free Press |page= C7 |date= October 28, 1993}}</ref> was canceled in a round of CBC budget cuts. Co-host Sandi Coleman went on to host the morning program on [[CFWH (AM)|CBC Radio One Yukon]].

CBWT broadcast ''[[Living (2007 TV program)|Living Winnipeg]]'', another regional non-news program, weekdays from January 15, 2007, until the program was cancelled across the network in 2009.

===News operation===
As of March 2024, CBWT-DT broadcasts 5 hours of locally produced newscasts each week. CBWT airs a 60-minute supper hour newscast from 6 to 7&nbsp;p.m. CBC Radio One's ''Information Radio'' program is also simulcast on CBC Television weekdays from 6 to 7&nbsp;a.m.<ref>{{cite web | title=Program Guide | website=CBC.ca | date=September 8, 2015 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/information_radio_cc_hd_e | access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> CBWT-DT used to produce a 10-minute summary at 11 p.m. on weeknights, however as of March 2024, the station now airs a rebroadcast of the 6 p.m. newscast at 11 p.m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly Schedule |url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/weekly/2024/03/17/cbc_television/?t=1710731673201 |publisher=CBC |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>

The first big news story CBWT covered was on June&nbsp;8, 1954, about one week after the station opened, when the Time Building at 333 Portage Avenue caught fire.<ref>{{Cite news|last=MacPherson|first=Bill|date=June 8, 1954|title=City's Greatest Fire|page=1|work=The Winnipeg Tribune}}</ref> The Time Building was across from the [[Eaton's]] building.

{{anchor|IMTV}}At one time, Western Manitoba Broadcasters (a subsidiary of [[Craig Media]]) and CBC Manitoba had an agreement where the Dauphin retransmitter (CBWST&nbsp;8) would carry a local newscast in place of the Winnipeg news, under the branding of Intermountain Television (IMTV).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/db89-114.htm|title=CRTC Decision 89–114|date=April 6, 1989}}</ref> The program was called ''IMTV The Report'' and was broadcast at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/db89-111.htm|title=CRTC Decision 89–111|date=April 6, 1989}}</ref>

''News at Noon'' was CBWT's half-hour news program that ran until January&nbsp;1985, when the network program ''[[Midday (Canadian TV program)|Midday]]'' took the timeslot.<ref>{{cite news | title = Terhoch cautious about noon news| newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | date = July 31, 1984}}</ref> It had been previously called ''Noon Hour'', which was a 60-minute program.<ref>{{cite news | first = Donald| last = Floyd | title = Tough training pays off for CBC's Murray Parker | newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press | page = 17 | date = June 13, 1977}}</ref> ''Midday'' ran until 2000, but local news programming has not returned during the noon hour. ''24Hours'', an hour-long news and current affairs program, had run from 1970 to 2000. 

On January 5, 2024, longtime CBC Manitoba meteorologist John Sauder signed off for the final time. Sauder had been with the CBC for 16 years, joining in 2008 from rival broadcaster [[CKY-TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBC's John Sauder calls for low pressure, more relaxation as sun sets on 39-year career|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/john-sauder-retirement-weather-meteorologist-career-1.7073423|website=CBC News|first=Darren|last=Bernhardt|date=January 5, 2024|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}</ref>

On April 5, 2024, weeknight anchor Janet Stewart announced she would be leaving the television broadcast for a year to host ''Radio Noon'' on CBC Radio One. In May 2024, the corporation announced that Brittany Greenslade would host the 6 p.m. broadcast for one year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 27, 2024 |title=CBC MANITOBA ANNOUNCES NEW HOST FOR NEWS AT SIX |url=https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/press-release/cbc-manitoba-announces-new-host-for-news-at-six }}</ref>

====Notable current on-air staff====
* [[Bartley Kives]] – reporter
* [[Janet Stewart (broadcaster)|Janet Stewart]] – weeknight anchor (currently hosting CBC Radio One's ''Radio Noon'')

====Notable former on-air staff====
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Maurice Burchell]] – CBWT's first news reader
* [[Sandy Cushin]] – former host of ''Country Canada'' (1975–2000)
* [[Garth Dawley]] – former ''24Hours'' newsreader (1970–1983)
* [[Arvel Gray]] – former ''24Hours'' weather forecaster
* [[Liz Grogan]] – co-hosted ''Noon Hour'' in the 1970s
* [[Bill Guest]] – former station announcer, host of ''Reach for the Top'' quiz show, co-hosted ''Tandem'' (early 1960s)
* [[John Harvard (politician)|John Harvard]] – former ''24Hours'' interviewer
* [[Peter Herrndorf]] – worked for CBWT (1965–?)
* [[Peter Jordan (presenter)|Peter Jordan]] – former host of ''It's a Living'' and "W six" segment on ''CBC News Winnipeg''
* [[Peter Mansbridge]] – former anchor of ''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'', began his career at CBWT.
* [[Terry Matte]] – former ''24Hours'' reporter
* [[Mike McCourt]] – former ''24Hours'' interviewer (1986–1991)
* [[Tom McCulloch]] – hosted ''Show Business'' (early 1980s)
* [[Bill Morgan (producer)|Bill Morgan]], original producer of ''24Hours''
* [[Sheila North]] – former host of ''CBC Winnipeg Late Night'', left for unsuccessful run for [[Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Former CBC Manitoba host running to be next grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs | website=CBC.ca | date=September 21, 2022 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6590756 | access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Scott Oake]] – former ''24Hours'' and CBC Sports anchor and reporter
* [[Fred Penner]] – children's entertainer
* [[Anne Petrie]] – former host of ''24Hours Late Night'' (1985–1989)
* [[Aarti Pole]] – ''CBC News Winnipeg'' news reporter and substitute anchor
* [[Üstün Bilgen-Reinart|Üstün Reinart]] – former ''24Hours'' interviewer/reporter
* [[John Robertson (journalist)|John Robertson]] – former ''24Hours'' interviewer (1977–1981)
* [[Lloyd Robertson]] – began his television career here (1954–1957)
* [[Ed Russenholt]] – CBWT's first weather person on ''Spotlight''
* [[Murray Parker (broadcaster)|Murray Parker]] (1966–1992 and 2007–2008) longtime staff announcer, ''Let's Go!'', ''Reach for the Top'', host of ''Around Town'' (late 1960s), CBC Sports (anchored nightly national round-up during [[1976 Summer Olympics|'76 Olympics]]), and best known as the ''24Hours'' weatherman until his retirement in 1992. 
* [[Diana Swain]] – former ''24Hours'' news anchor and interviewer (1995–2000)
* [[Rosemary Thompson]] – former ''24Hours'' reporter
* [[Warner Troyer]] – former ''Eye-To-Eye'' producer
* [[Judy Waytiuk]] – former ''24Hours'' reporter
* [[Jack Wells (sportscaster)|Jack Wells]] – former sports anchor of ''Spotlight''
* [[Bob Willson]] – original host of ''Spotlight''

{{div col end}}

====Notable former on-air staff of IMTV====
* [[Darren Dutchyshen]] – former ''IMTV The Report'' sports anchor (late 1980s)

==Technical information==
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===Analogue-to-digital conversion===
CBWT switched from analogue to [[digital television]] broadcasting on December 9, 2011, from its Winnipeg transmitter atop the [[Richardson Building (Winnipeg)|Richardson Building]]. There had been several delays in the switchover, due to issues involving antenna erection.<ref>CBC (n.d.), "[http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/Winnipeg_CBC.shtml CBC Television Winnipeg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121211844/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/Winnipeg_CBC.shtml |date=2011-11-21 }}" at cbc.radio-canada.ca, accessed 2011-10-04, December 9, 2011.</ref> CBWT's former analog transmitter was located southwest of Winnipeg at {{coord|49|53|43|N|97|08|17|W|type:landmark}}. CBWT's digital signal operates on [[UHF]] channel 27. Through the use of [[PSIP]], digital television receivers will display CBWT's [[virtual channel]] as 6.1.

===Former transmitters===
CBWT operated approximately 50 analogue television rebroadcasters throughout the province of Manitoba (e.g. [[The Pas]] and [[Thompson, Manitoba|Thompson]]), the Central Time Zone portion of [[Northern Ontario]] (e.g. [[Kenora]]), and portions of [[Saskatchewan]]. Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April&nbsp;2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July&nbsp;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 rebroadcasters were converted to digital.

CBWT began extending its signal using various methods, beginning in June&nbsp;1962 with CBWBT in Flin Flon and CBWBT-1 in The Pas using kinescope recordings from CBWT. Later on, CBTA in Lynn Lake became part of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation#Frontier Coverage Package|Frontier Coverage Package]] in September&nbsp;1967. From 1968 onwards, CBWT used the province-wide microwave system to provide live television signals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Microwave Hook-Up Gives North Live TV|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|page=28|date=April 29, 1969}}</ref>

At one time, CBWAT in Kenora offered separate local news programming from CBWT, which was discontinued in 1979–80 when [[CJBN-TV]] went on the air.

====Manitoba====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[City of licence]]<ref name=tvf1997>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=TV & Cable Factbook |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |publisher=Warren Communications News |edition=56th |page=B-140 |date=1988 }}</ref>
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/analogue-tv/analogue-transmitters-emetteurs-analogiques.pdf “Microsoft Word - Analogue transmitters - emetteurs analogiques.docx”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103012607/http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/_files/cbcrc/documents/analogue-tv/analogue-transmitters-emetteurs-analogiques.pdf |date=January 3, 2018 }}. [[CBC/Radio-Canada]]. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref> 
! Channel 
! [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />([[watt|W]])
! Notes 
|- 
| [[Baldy Mountain (Manitoba)|Baldy Mountain]]<br>([[Dauphin, Manitoba|Dauphin]])
| CBWST
| 8 ([[VHF]])
| 120,000<ref name=crtc1975>"List of Broadcasting Stations in Canada". ''CRTC''. 1975.</ref>
| Began operation on June 19, 1960
|- 
| [[Churchill, Manitoba|Churchill]]
| CHFC-TV
| 8 (VHF)
| 8.9 
| Previously a [[CBC North]] transmitter until 1981; began operation as CHGH-TV on May 17, 1965<ref name=1972TF>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Television Factbook |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |publisher=Warren Communications News |edition=42nd |pages=985–b, 986-b |date=1972 }}</ref>
|- 
| [[Cross Lake, Manitoba|Cross Lake]] 
| CBWNT
| 12 (VHF) 
| 8.9
|
|- 
| [[Easterville, Manitoba|Easterville]] 
| CBWHT-2
| 11 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|- 
| [[Fairford (electoral district)|Fairford]] 
| CBWGT-2
| 11 (VHF)
| 2,000
| 
|- 
| [[Fisher Branch, Manitoba|Fisher Branch]] 
| CBWGT
| 10 (VHF)
| 27,400<ref name=crtc1975/>
| Formerly CBWT-1; began operation January 31, 1967<ref name="tvf1967">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=TV & Cable Factbook |date=1967 |publisher=Warren Communications News |edition=37th |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=869–b}} [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/Television-Factbook-1967-Page-Range-Guide.htm]</ref>
|- 
| [[Flin Flon]]
| CBWBT
| 10 (VHF)
| 68
| Began operation June 8, 1962<ref name=tvf1967/>
|- 
| [[Gillam, Manitoba|Gillam]] 
| CBWLT<ref name=crtc1975/>
| 8 (VHF)
| 5
| Began operation October 3, 1969{{r|1972TF}}
|- 
| [[Gods Lake Narrows]] 
| CBWXT
| 13 (VHF)
| 2,400
|
|-
| [[Grand Rapids, Manitoba|Grand Rapids]] 
| CBWHT
| 8 (VHF)
| 5
| Began operation November 29, 1968
|-
| [[Jackhead, Manitoba|Jackhead]]
| CBWGT-15
| 5 (VHF)
| 3,400
| Began operation June 7, 1977
|- 
| [[Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba|Lac de Bonnet]] 
| CBWT-2
| 4 (VHF)
| 8,400
| Began operation May 27, 1968{{r|1972TF}}
|-
| [[Leaf Rapids]] 
| CBWQT
| 13 (VHF)
| 260
| 
|-
| [[Little Grand Rapids]] 
| CBWZT
| 9 (VHF)
| 230
|
|-
| [[Lynn Lake]] 
| CBWRT
| 8 (VHF)
| 8.9 
| Began operation as CBTA-TV on September 18, 1967{{r|1972TF}}
|- 
| [[Mafeking, Manitoba|Mafeking]] 
| CBWYT
| 2 (VHF)
| 4,000
| 
|- 
| [[Manigotagan, Manitoba|Manigotagan]] 
| CBWGT-3
| 22 ([[UHF]])
| 151
| 
|-
| [[McCusker Lake, Manitoba|McCusker Lake]]
| CBWUT
| 10 (VHF) 
| 240
| 
|-
| [[Moose Lake, Manitoba|Moose Lake]] 
| CBWIT-1
| 9 (VHF) 
| 8.9 
|
|-
| [[Nelson House, Manitoba|Nelson House]] 
| CBWPT
| 11 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|-
| [[Norway House]] 
| CBWOT
| 9 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|-
| [[Oxford House, Manitoba|Oxford House]] 
| CBWVT
| 8 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|- 
| [[Pickle Lake, Manitoba|Pickle Lake]]
| CBWDT-6
| 7 (VHF)
| rowspan=2 | 5
|
|- 
| [[Pikangikum, Manitoba|Pikangikum]]
| CBWDT-5
| 9 (VHF)
|
|- 
| [[Piney, Manitoba|Piney]] 
| CBWT-3
| 29 (UHF)
| 25,000
|
|-
| [[Pukatawagan]]
| CBWBT-1
| 11 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|- 
| [[Red Lake, Manitoba|Red Lake]] 
| CBWET
| 10 (VHF) 
| 570
|
|- 
| [[Snow Lake, Manitoba|Snow Lake]] 
| CBWKT
| 8 (VHF)
| 5
| Began operation on February 22, 1969{{r|1972TF}}
|- 
| [[South Indian Lake]]
| CBWQT-1
| 10 (VHF) 
| 8.9
| 
|- 
| [[The Pas]] 
| CBWIT
| 7 (VHF)
| 288 
| Formerly CBWBT-1; began operation June 13, 1962<ref name=tvf1967/>
|- 
| [[Thompson, Manitoba|Thompson]] 
| CBWTT
| 7 (VHF)
| 296
| Began operation April 1, 1965{{r|1972TF}}
|-
| [[Wabowden]]
| CBWMT
| 10 (VHF)
| 8.9
| 
|- 
| [[Wassagomach, Manitoba|Wassagomach]]
| CBWWT
| 9 (VHF) 
| 3,400
| 
|- 
|}

====Northwest Ontario====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City of licence 
! Call sign 
! Channel 
! ERP<br />(W)<ref name=tvf1997/>
! Notes 
|-
| [[Atikokan]] 
| CBWCT-1
| 7 (VHF)
| 2,800
| Began broadcasting November 3, 1964
|- 
| [[Big Trout Lake, Ontario|Big Trout Lake]] 
| CBWT-1
| 13 (VHF)
| 10
| 
|- 
| [[Dryden, Ontario|Dryden]]
| CBWDT
| 9 (VHF)
| 8,900
| Began operation March 26, 1963
|-
| [[Ear Falls, Ontario]]
| CBWJT
| 13 (VHF)
| 10
| 
|- 
| [[Fort Frances]]
| CBWCT
| 5 (VHF)
| 50,500
| Began broadcasting July 30, 1964; also served border regions of north-central [[Minnesota]], including [[International Falls]]
|- 
| [[Ignace, Ontario|Ignace]]
| CBWDT-2
| 13 (VHF)
| 8.9
| 
|- 
| [[Kenora]] 
| CBWAT
| 8 (VHF)
| 8,000
| Began broadcasting December 5, 1959
|- 
| [[Osnaburgh, Ontario|Osnaburgh]] 
| CBWDT-4
| 13 (VHF)
| 8.9
| 
|-
| [[Red Lake, Ontario|Red Lake]]
| CBWET
| 10 (VHF)
| 570
| Began broadcasting on July 27, 1954
|- 
| [[Sandy Lake, Ontario|Sandy Lake]] 
| CBWDT-7
| 10 (VHF)
| 10
| 
|- 
| [[Savant Lake]] 
| CBWDT-3
| 8 (VHF)
| 8.9
| 
|-
| [[Sioux Narrows]] 
| CBWAT-1
| 4 (VHF)
| 8.9
|
|- 
|}

====Northeast Saskatchewan====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City of licence<ref name=tvf1997/>
! Call sign 
! Channel 
! ERP<br />(W)
|- 
| [[Cumberland House, Saskatchewan|Cumberland House]] 
| CBWIT-2
| 9 (VHF)
| 8.9 
|- 
| [[Island Falls, Saskatchewan|Island Falls]] 
| CBWBT-2
| 7 (VHF)
| 330 
|- 
| [[Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan|Pelican Narrows]] 
| CBWBT-3
| 5 (VHF)
| 13.2 
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba CBC Manitoba]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/manitoba/CBWT-DT CBWT-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
* {{RecnetCanada|CBWT}}

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