CBYT (TV)

For the CBC Radio One repeater in Campbell River, British Columbia that uses the CBYT-FM calls, see CBCV-FM.

CBYT
(defunct)

City	Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding	CBC Television
Slogan	Canada Lives Here
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF)
Translators	see below
Affiliations	CBC
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
First air date	June 17, 1959
Last air date	July 31, 2012
Call letters' meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Y Television
Sister station(s)	CBY, CBN-FM
Transmitter power	15.7 kW
Height	149.4 m
Transmitter coordinates	48°56′2″N 57°57′57″W / 48.93389°N 57.96583°W / 48.93389; -57.96583

CBYT was the call sign for the CBC's television transmitter in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, broadcasting on channel 5. It was carried on cable channel 4 in Corner Brook.

CBYT launched as a full-fledged station on June 17, 1959 rebroadcasting the signal from CBHT in Halifax until CBNT in St. John's launched in 1964. It was once a semi-satellite of CBNT, carrying a partially separate newscast and producing some programs of its own. However, at its closure, the station was a full rebroadcaster of CBNT, even carrying CBNT's commercials.

In 2002, CBYT ceased to exist as a separately licensed station; its transmitter was assigned to the licence of CBNT.^[1]

Due to budget cuts handed down on the CBC in April 2012, the CBC announced several austerity measures to keep the corporation solvent and in operation; this included the closure of the CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters, including CBYT and its transmitters, on July 31, 2012.^[2]

Transmitters

References

External links

• Canadian Communications Foundation - CBYT History
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBYT
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CBYT

Defunct television stations in Canada
A station	CKNX Wingham (2009)
CBC stations	CJSS Cornwall (1963) CHAB/CBKMT Moose Jaw (1978) CBIT Sydney (1991) CBNLT Labrador City (1991) CFKL Schefferville (1991) CFLA Goose Bay (1991) CFCL Timmins (2002) CBYT Corner Brook (2002) CJFB Swift Current (2002) CJIC Sault Ste. Marie (2002) CKBI Prince Albert (2002) CHNB North Bay (2002) CKNC Sudbury (2002) CKOS Yorkton (2002) CKX Brandon (2009) CBKST Saskatoon (2012) CFFB Iqaluit (2012) CFWH Whitehorse (2012) CHAK Inuvik (2012)
E! station	CHCA Red Deer (2009)
Independent stations	CHOY Saint-Jérôme (Late 1980s) CIAN-TV Calgary (2011) CJAL-TV Edmonton (2011) CKXT Toronto (2011) CIER Ear Falls (2012)
TVA station	CFVO Hull (1977)
SRC station	CBEFT Windsor (2012)
Stations are grouped by the affiliation it had at its closure. Bold denotes stations that did not become a rebroadcaster of another station when it closed.