cbc edmonton general cbc edmonton news newscasts slogan love cbc channels digital 42 uhf virtual 5.1 psip affiliations cbc owner canadian broadcasting corporation first air date october 1 1961 call letters meaning canadian broadcasting corporation x television sister station s cbxft dt cbx am cbx fm former callsigns cbxt 1961 2011 former channel number s analog 5 vhf 1961 2011 transmitter power 131.71 kw height 233.1 m transmitter coordinates coordinates 53 32 37.1 n 113 29 28.1 w 53.543639 n 113.491139 w 53.543639 ; 113.491139 cbc television website cbc edmonton map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf cbxt dt virtual channel 5 uhf digital channel 42 is a cbc television owned and operated television station located in edmonton alberta canada . the station is owned by the canadian broadcasting corporation as part of a twinstick with ici radio canada t l owned and operated station cbxft dt channel 11 through the cbc s soci t radio canada arm . the two stations share studios on 75th street west at the edmonton city centre across from winston churchill square in downtown edmonton ; cbxt s transmitter is located in sherwood park . this station can also be seen on shaw cable channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 209 . on shaw direct the channel is available on 307 classic or 019 advanced and in high definition on channel 012 classic or 512 advanced . this station is also available on bell tv channel 230 and in high definition on channel 1120 and on telus optik tv channel 621 . contents 1 history 2 news operation 3 transmitters 4 digital television 4.1 digital channel 4.2 analogue to digital conversion 5 references 6 external links history edit the station first went on the air on october 1 1961 as edmonton s second television station ; the previous cbc affiliate cfrn channel 3 switched to the newly established ctv on the same day . initially it was branded as cbxt 5 or channel 5 . after being known as edmonton 5 in the late 1970s it became known as xtv in 1980 . it reverted to the edmonton 5 brand in the mid 1980s and then by 1990 became cbc television edmonton . its local newscasts were originally known as metro . when cbxt signed on it was the first television station in canada to use television cameras that could be remotely controlled from a control room and did not need constant adjustment . in 2004 the cbc s edmonton operations moved into a new digital broadcast facility downtown bringing all operations of radio and television under one roof . the old television facility on 75th street was 70 000 square feet 6 500 m2 while the radio building on 51st ave. was 48 000 square feet 4 500 m2 . the new combined facility at the edmonton city centre totals 38 700 square feet . at the same time master control was consolidated with those of cbrt in calgary into a single facility presently based at the cbc studios in calgary . when red deer s ckrd tv disaffiliated from cbc television in 2005 switching to ch reverting to its original calls chca tv cbxt was given control of the transmitter in coronation alberta ckrd 1 on channel 10 . cbxt added a transmitter on channel 22 in red deer broadcasting the full cbxt cbc schedule to red deer and central alberta . news operation edit cbxt dt airs 11 hours of local news programming two hours on weekdays and 30 minutes on saturday and sunday ; in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming it is the lowest local newscast output out of any english language television station in the edmonton market . the station airs at 90 minute newscast from 5pm to 6 30pm on weekdays and a half hour 30 minute newscast at 11pm from sunday to friday and 11 30pm on saturdays . transmitters edit cbxt had nearly 30 analog television rebroadcasters in certain central and northern albertan communities such as red deer and fort mcmurray . 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 . 1 none of cbc or radio canada s television rebroadcasters were converted to digital . digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 5.1 1080i 16 9 cbxt dt main cbxt dt programming cbc television analogue to digital conversion edit on april 1 2011 cbxt began broadcasting its digital signal on uhf channel 42 . on august 31 2011 when canadian television stations in crtc designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts 3 the station s digital signal remained on uhf channel 42 . through the use of psip digital television receivers will display cbxt s virtual channel as 5.1 . references edit speaking notes for hubert t. lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the deficit reduction action plan rabbitears tv query for cbxt digital television office of consumer affairs oca external links edit cbc edmonton canadian communications foundation cbxt history query the rec s canadian station database for cbxt query tv fool s coverage map for cbxt v t e broadcast television in alberta calgary dtv cict 2.1 global cfcn 4.1 ctv ckal 5.1 city cbrt 9.1 cbc ckcs 32.1 yes tv cjco 38.1 omni edmonton dtv cfrn 3.1 ctv cbxt 5.1 cbc cbxft 11.1 ici radio canada citv 13.1 global ckem 17.1 city ckes 30.1 yes tv cjeo 56.1 omni other areas cardston cfso 32 ind high prairie cire 12 ind lethbridge dtv cisa 7.1 global cfcn dt 5 12.1 ctv cjil 17.1 religious ind ckal dt 1 42.1 city lloydminster dtv cksa 2.1 global citl 4.1 ctv maskwacis chob 43 ind medicine hat chat 6 city red deer cfrn tv 6 8 ctv cbxt 13 22 cbc citv dt 1 10.1 global dtv ckem tv 1 4 city cable only ctv two alberta shaw tv calgary shaw tv edmonton sportsnet west tsn1 persona tv newschannel 7 grande prairie fairchild tv calgary feed shaw multicultural channel shaw tv defunct stations calgary cian 13 edu . ind ctv two 1 cbrft 16 ici radio canada edmonton cjal 9 edu . ind ctv two 1 red deer chca 6 cbc ch e 1over the air transmissions ceased on august 31 2011 ; available on cable and satellite only 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 cbxt dt & oldid 735916122 categories cbc television stationstelevision stations in edmontontelevision channels and stations established in 19611961 establishments in albertahidden categories use mdy dates from may 2012coordinates on wikidatalists of coordinatesgeographic coordinate listsarticles with geo 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 23 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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