branding cbc nova scotia general cbc nova scotia news newscasts slogan love cbc channels digital 39 uhf virtual 3.1 psip affiliations cbc television owner canadian broadcasting corporation first air date december 20 1954 call letters meaning canadian broadcasting corporation halifax television sister station s cbh fm cbha fm former callsigns cbht 1954 2011 former channel number s 3 1954 2011 transmitter power 157.54 kw height 266.5 m transmitter coordinates 44 39 3 n 63 39 26 w 44.65083 n 63.65722 w 44.65083 ; 63.65722 cbht website cbc nova scotia cbht dt is the cbc television owned and operated television station in halifax nova scotia canada . it broadcasts a digital high definition terrestrial over the air signal on uhf channel 39 from a transmitter located on washmill lake drive near bently drive in halifax . it also became cape breton island s cbc station when cbit tv was closed in 2012 as part of the cbc s digital transition . owned by the canadian broadcasting corporation it serves as the network s atlantic time zone flagship station . the station broadcasts the cbc network schedules in local time except during live events . 1 its studios and master control centre are located on 7067 chebucto road in halifax . the station can also be seen on eastlink tv channel 11 and bell aliant tv channel 3 . there is a high definition feed offered on eastlink tv digital channel 601 bell aliant tv channel 400 and bell tv channel 1010 . on shaw direct the channel is available on 300 classic or 058 advanced and in high definition on channel 051 classic or 551 advanced . contents 1 history 1.1 cbit tv 2 studios at bell road 3 studios at chebucto road 4 productions 4.1 news programming 4.2 former on air staff 5 transmitters 5.1 post shutdown coverage in newfoundland and labrador 6 references 7 external links history edit cbht started broadcasting on december 20 1954 using temporary studios at college street school . in october 1956 cbht moved into brand new 57 000 square foot facility on bell road . it entered cbc s microwave network in 1958 and began colour programming in 1966 . 2 cbht eventually covered all of nova scotia with rebroadcast transmitters . the tower in the halifax area on geizer s hill called the cbc tower is also used by ctv s cjch tv global s cihf tv most local fm broadcast radio stations and other services . on august 31 2011 the transition to digital terrestrial over the air broadcasting was complete when the station s analog transmitter was permanently shutdown ceasing broadcasts on analog vhf channel 3 and began broadcasting on digital uhf channel 39 virtual 3.1 . 2 in november 2014 cbht moved to a new 44 000 square foot facility on chebucto road in halifax located inside a former hudson s bay department store joined by cbc s halifax radio stations which had previously been located in the cbc radio building . 3 originally plans called for the new facility to completely replace the larger bell road studios which were to close at the end of the 2014 15 television season . despite this studio 1 at bell road remains in operation indefinitely accommodating productions which are too complex to be produced at chebucto road particularly this hour has 22 minutes . cbit tv edit on september 26 1972 cbht began broadcast operations for a branch station in sydney covering all of cape breton island and parts of eastern nova scotia called cbit tv ; its call sign meant cape breton island television . 4 it was forced to start operating the new station when chum limited purchased the original local station cjcb tv the first television station in nova scotia and switched its affiliation to the ctv television network on that date . 5 cbit broadcast on terrestrial channel 5 and local cable channel 3 . 4 cbit had its own newscast until 1990 when it was cancelled and replaced with cbht s first edition . since then cbit was cbht s full time repeater station in that market . 4 as part of the cbc s transition to digital transmission cbit was shut down on july 31 2012 along with the rest of cbht s repeaters resulting in cbc television abandoning over the air service in those markets . 2 studios at bell road edit studio 1 4 800 square feet 446 m constructed in 1993 this is the only dedicated non news multi camera television production studio in atlantic canada . the studio has also been used for non cbc productions such as the sketch comedy show that s so weird . the studio is fully equipped for hd production and though originally scheduled to close at the conclusion of the 2014 15 television season it remains in operation indefinitely hosting this hour has 22 minutes during the main television season and the multi camera dramatic anthology series studio black during the summer . studio 2 2 400 square feet 224 m2 this smaller studio was opened in 1956 and for decades was cbht s only production studio used for drama comedy variety and news programming . after the opening of studio 1 it became a dedicated studio for cbht s news programming . it was closed in november 2014 when the news division moved to cbc halifax s new studios on chebucto road . studios at chebucto road edit studio 50 used for cbht s television news broadcasts . studio 51 used for cbht s television weather reports . studio 60 2 500 square feet 232m2 multipurpose television and radio production studio capable of handling multi camera television shows or radio productions . the nationally televised competition series short film face off is taped here as well as several other local and national programs . productions edit the station has been responsible for the production of numerous regional and national programs including the long running this hour has 22 minutes 1992 present . other national programs produced at cbht have included don messer s jubilee singalong jubilee countrytime take time with noel harrison street cents and mary walsh open book . notable regional programs have included switchback and land and sea . 2 news programming edit logo used for news programming news programming has been a major component of the station s efforts since its founding . cbht airs a 60 minute nova scotia newscast each weekday starting at 6 00pm . in addition it airs regional includes cape breton new brunswick prince edward island and newfoundland & labrador newscasts at 11 o clock on weeknights and sundays and at 7 o clock on saturday evenings . in 2000 its local newscast first edition was cancelled and replaced with canada now anchored in halifax by norma lee macleod . the latest version of the newscast for nova scotia is called cbc nova scotia news hosted by tom murphy and amy smith along with meteorologist kalin mitchell who also does the weather forecast for cbc news at 6 for new brunswick via satellite from cbc s studio in halifax . former on air staff edit sharon dunn ian hanomansing now at cbc vancouver linden macintyre later with the fifth estate now retired transmitters edit cbht had over 30 analog television rebroadcasters in several nova scotian communities such as sydney and truro . 2 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 analog transmitters on july 31 2012 . 6 none of cbc or radio canada s television rebroadcasters were converted to digital . post shutdown coverage in newfoundland and labrador edit as a result of the closedown of the repeater network some cable systems in newfoundland and labrador owned by eastlink replaced the province s regional cbc outlet cbnt dt with cbht due to what eastlink claimed were technical issues involving cbnt . 7 references edit if a viewer has a digital cable box or satellite receiver the cbht feed shows regular network programming an hour before the toronto feed and four hours before the vancouver feed and is sometimes referred to as time shifting by cable and satellite operators . a b c d e dulmage bill october 2012 . nova scotia cbht dt cbc tv halifax canadian broadcasting corp. . television station history . toronto canadian communications foundation . archived from the original on 2012 12 26 . retrieved 2012 12 25 . power bill october 28 2014 . inside cbc s new halifax digs . the chronicle herald . retrieved 2015 06 15 . a b c dulmage bill july 2012 . nova scotia cbit tv cbc tv sydney canadian broadcasting corporation . television station history . toronto canadian communications foundation . archived from the original on 2012 12 26 . retrieved 2012 12 26 . dulmage bill december 2011 . nova scotia cjcb tv sydney ctv television network . television station history . toronto canadian communications foundation . archived from the original on 2012 12 26 . retrieved 2012 12 25 . lacroix hubert t. 2012 04 04 . speaking notes for hubert t. lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the deficit reduction action plan . ottawa canadian broadcasting corporation . retrieved 2012 12 25 . cbc staff 2012 08 02 . rural viewers upset about losing cbc tv . cbc news . st. john s newfoundland . retrieved 2012 12 25 . external links edit coverage map cbc halifax digital cbc halifax s digital transition query the rec s canadian station database for cbht query the rec s canadian station database for cbit query tv fool s coverage map for cbht coordinates 44 38 47.7 n 63 35 13.9 w 44.646583 n 63.587194 w 44.646583 ; 63.587194 cbht studio v t e broadcast television in nova scotia halifax dtv cbht 3.1 cbc cjch 5.1 ctv cihf 8.1 global defunct cbhft 13 radio canada other areas ch ticamp chne 36 ind isle madame cimc 10 ind sydney cjcb 4 ctv cable only ctv two atlantic eastlink tv sportsnet east legislative television see also list of television stations in nova scotia v t e cbc television stations in canada owned and operated stations cbat fredericton cbct charlottetown cbet windsor cbht halifax cbkt regina cblt toronto cbmt montreal cbnt st. john s cbot ottawa cbrt calgary cbut vancouver cbwt winnipeg cbxt edmonton cfyk yellowknife see also ici radio canada t l tv stations list of cbc television stations list of ici radio canada t l television stations retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cbht dt & oldid 740136629 categories cbc television stationstelevision stations in nova scotiatelevision channels and stations established in 1954media in halifax nova scotia1954 establishments in nova scotiahidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version 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