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CHAN-DT
CHAN-DT's Current Logo as Global BC.
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
Branding Global BC (general)
Global News (newscasts)
Slogan We are BC's news
TV for BC (formerly)
Channels Digital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 8.1 ()
Subchannels 8.1 Global
Translators See list
Affiliations Global (O&O; 2001–present)
Owner Corus Entertainment
(Shaw Television Limited Partnership)
First air date October 31, 1960
Call letters' meaning CHANnel
Sister station(s) TV: Global News: BC 1, CHBC-DT
Radio: CKNW, CHMJ, CFOX-FM, CFMI-FM
Former callsigns CHAN-TV (1960–2011)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
8 (VHF, 1960–2011)
Former affiliations Independent (1960–1961)
CTV (1961–2001)
Transmitter power 40 kW
Height 656 m
Transmitter coordinates 49°21′26″N 122°57′13″W / 49.35722°N 122.95361°W / 49.35722; -122.95361
Licensing authority CRTC
Website Global BC

CHAN-DT, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, which serves as the West Coast flagship station of the network. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CHAN maintains studio facilities (alongside Global's national news centre) located on Enterprise Street in the suburb of Burnaby, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour.

On cable, the station is available on Shaw Cable channel 11. On satellite, the station is also available on Bell TV channel 252, Shaw Direct channel 336 on the classic lineup and channel 5 on the advanced lineup, and Rogers Personal TV channel 119. There is also a high definition feed available on Shaw Cable digital channel 211, and Shaw Direct on classic lineup channel 002 or advanced lineup channel 502. The station is available throughout British Columbia through a large network of rebroadcasters.

The station first signed on the air at 4:45 p.m. on October 31, 1960. Founded by Vantel Broadcasting, it originally operated as an independent station. It acquired several programs from CTV upon that network's launch on October 1, 1961; it would eventually join the network formally in 1965. The station operated from a temporary studio housed at 1219 Richards Street in Downtown Vancouver, until its full-time studio facility at 7850 Enterprise Street in Burnaby was completed in early 1961. Soon after the station's launch, CHAN began installing relay transmitters across the province, and now reaches 96% of British Columbia. Through its over-the-air signal, CHAN also reaches an American audience in neighbouring Whatcom County, Washington.


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