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CBKST is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan which went on the air in 1971.
CFQC, the previous Saskatoon CBC affiliate which began broadcasting a combined CBC/CTV schedule in 1969, switched exclusively to CTV in 1971 with the launch of CBKST. The station's studios were originally located on the fifth floor of CN Towers, an office block located above Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza shopping centre. In the late 1980s, cutbacks at the CBC resulted in many staff being laid off and its supper hour newscast cancelled. In the early 2000s, the station moved into a new storefront studio facility elsewhere in downtown Saskatoon.
In 2002, CBC purchased former Prince Albert, Saskatchewan affiliate CKBI from previous owner Bell Globemedia (parent company of CTV), turning CKBI into a rebroadcaster of CBKST.
See also List of CBC television stations.
External Link
- CBC Saskatoon (http://sask.cbc.ca)