CBNLT

CBNLT
(defunct)

City	Labrador City,Newfoundland and Labrador
Channels	Analog:13 (VHF)
Branding	CBC Television
Programming
Affiliations	CBC
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	August 22, 1965(August 22, 1965)
Last air date	July 31, 2012(July 31, 2012)
Former call signs	CJCL-TV(1965–1973)
Call signmeaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Newfoundland Labrador City Television
Technical information
ERP	1.34 kW
HAAT	4.1 m
Transmitter coordinates	52°56′51″N66°55′0″W
Translator(s)	CBNLT-1Churchill FallsVHF 9

CBNLTwas the localCBC Televisionowned-and-operated station(O&O) forLabrador City,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. It was an analogsemi-satelliteofCBNT-DT,the CBC owned and operated station inSt. John's.Until 1985, it produced limited amounts of local programming. The station was founded by the Iron Ore Company of Canada Aviation, Ltd, and was co-owned with nearby sister stationCFKL-TVinSchefferville, Quebec(which later became repeaterCBSET-1,which repeatedCBMTMontreal).

History

1970s

On July 28, 1970, the licences for the two stations (CJCL-TVandCFKL-TV) were renewed for only two years. The Iron Ore Company of Canada Aviation, Limited was considered ineligible to hold abroadcasttelevision station licence, as 60% of the company's shares were owned by American companies. Although both stations were private CBC affiliates, they aired the whole CBC schedule onvideotape.At the time, both stations werebilingual(English and French), with 73% of their programming in English, and the other 27% in French. Since it was considered very unlikely another company would be willing to buy these stations, their licences were renewed temporarily under the existing ownership.

On March 30, 1973, theCanadian Broadcasting Corporationwas given approval to purchase CJCL and CFKL. CJCL would continue to operate as it did when it was a private affiliate: on channel 13, with aneffective radiated powerof 214 watts (video), and 43 watts audio, using a directional antenna. Full CBC network programming would now be received viasatellitetransmissions, instead of having videotapes flown in. CJCL becameCBNLT.

1980s

In 1985, theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) considered an application to amend CBNLT's licence so it could receive all of its programming directly from CBNT inSt. John's.This would relieve CBNLT of its requirement to provide local programming (such as news segments) for Labrador City. In the application, the CBC told the CRTC that it would close CBNLT's local studio to save money, effective March 31, 1985. This meant the station would cease production of its localpublic affairsand information programming, which aired 15 minutes per day, Monday to Friday. This programming had aired for over 10 years, and was inserted in the provincial weekday evening news programHere and Now.This closure also resulted in the elimination of roughly 230 minutes per week ofpublic service announcements.

The CBC had proposed that anews reportersupported by a technical crew would prepare news stories regarding Labrador City and WesternLabrador,and send the tapes directly to CBNT in St. John's (the master control facilities), where the program editor would select which material would be broadcast.

The CRTC had expressed serious concerns the following year that the CBC had discontinued the production of 75 minutes of local live television programming in Labrador City, as of March 31, 1985, without prior notification to the community of Labrador City, or authorization from the CRTC. Due to budget cuts, it was agreed that it would be unreasonable to expect the CBC to reinstate completely the former level of local origination at CBNLT. The station was told, however, to continue to originate programming from Labrador City. The CRTC maintained that the programs broadcast by CBNLT andCBNLT-1(itsbroadcast translatorinChurchill Fallson Channel 9, at 0.0089 kW) be received from studios located at Labrador City.

In 1987, the CBC had notified the CRTC that it intended to introduce regular weekday local newscasts on CBNLT as of August 4.

On September 13, 1988,CBMRT(Channel 9, 0.089 kW) inFermont, Quebecwas authorized to change its program source fromCBMTin Montreal to CBNLT in Labrador City.

1990s

On February 22, 1991, CBNLT-1 in Churchill Falls was authorized to change its program source from CBNLT Labrador City, to the CBC Televisionnetwork feedreceived viasatellite.It would also air local programs produced by CBNT St. John's. The CBC indicated the change was necessary because theQuebec North Shore and Labrador RailwayCompany Inc. would abandon itsmicrowavefacilities on February 9. These facilities provided the feed to Churchill Falls.

Also on this date, CBNLT andCFLA-TVGoose Baybecame rebroadcasting transmitters of CBNT.

Closure of CBNLT

Due to budget cuts handed down on the CBC in April 2012, the CBC has announced several austerity measures to keep the corporation solvent and in operation; this included the closure of the CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters, including CBNLT and CBNLT-1, which occurred on July 31, 2012.

See also

• List of CBC television stations

External links

• CBNLTat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
• CBNLTin the REC Canadian station database