CBWFT-DT
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada |
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| Branding | ICI Manitoba |
| Slogan | ICI Radio-Canada Télé, c'est ma télé |
| Channels |
Digital: 51 (UHF) Virtual: 3.1 () |
| Affiliations | Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| First air date | April 24, 1960 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg Français Télévision |
| Sister station(s) | CBWT-DT |
| Former callsigns | CBWFT (1960–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1960–1964) 3 (VHF, 1964–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 7.6 kW |
| Height | 138.9 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°53′43″N 97°08′17″W / 49.89528°N 97.13806°W |
| Website | ICI Manitoba |
CBWFT-DT, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 51), is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated television station located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station is owned by the Société Radio-Canada arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as part of a twinstick with CBC Television outlet CBWT-DT (channel 6). The two stations share studios located on Portage Avenue and Young Street in Downtown Winnipeg, and its transmitter is located near Red Coat Trail/Highway 2) in Macdonald. This station can also be seen on Shaw Cable and MTS TV channel 10, and Bell TV channel 118. There is a high definition feed offered on Shaw Cable digital channel 214 and MTS TV channel 448.
The CBC announced on February 17, 1959 that they would appear before the BBG (predecessor to the CRTC) in Ottawa on March 18 to apply for a license to extend Radio-Canada's television signal into the Winnipeg area.
CBWFT first signed on at 3 p.m. on April 24, 1960, using channel 6 with an EIRP of 2,800 watts. At the same time two VTRs, worth $75,000 each were installed at the station. It was the first francophone television station west of Ontario. Its opening broadcast was a ceremony held at the Notre Dame Auditorium in St. Boniface. Dignitaries included in attendance were Lieutenant-Governor Errick Willis, Premier Duff Roblin, CBC President Alphonse Ouimet, Marcel Ouimet, general manager of Radio-Canada, J. R. Finlay, CBC Prairie Region Director, and Leo Remillard, CBWFT's program director.
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