CBUT
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| CBUT (CBC) | ||
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| Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Channel 2 / Cable 3 | ||
| Owner | CBC external link (http://vancouver.cbc.ca) | |
| Founded | 1953 | |
| Signal Radius | 100 kW (total) | |
| Callsign Meaning | C B C Vancouver Television | |
| CBC Network | ||
| CBUT (Vancouver) | CBRT (Calgary) | CBXT (Edmonton) |
CBUT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the flagship CBC-TV station for the Pacific Time zone. CBUT is the oldest television station in Western Canada, first going on the air on December 16, 1953. From the station's launch until 1976, CBUT had broadcast mainly in English, with French-language shows aired on Sunday mornings; CBUT switched exclusively to English with the launch of CBUFT in 1976.
CBUT currently produces a number of CBC Television programs. The supperhour national newscast Canada Now, hosted by Ian Hanomansing broadcasts out of CBUT, as does the local portion hosted by Gloria Macarenko, who is also a substitute anchor on the national newscast. The late-night independent film program ZeD is also produced at CBUT, as are portions of Marketplace and the program Hemispheres.
In recent years, CBUT, as with all CBC-owned stations, has de-emphasized local programming in favor of network programming out of Toronto. As of 2002, the station only airs sporadic local programming and has dropped all use of local station IDs in favor of using only network IDs; and in recent budget cuts, has integrated its master control (as have all other owned stations) into Toronto's master control.
In addition to British Columbia, CBUT has a significant American audience in Washington State. Nearly one million Comcast Cable subscribers in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Olympia, Everett, and Bellingham can receive CBUT's programming.