CBAT-TV
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Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada |
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| Branding | CBC New Brunswick (general) CBC New Brunswick News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Love CBC |
| Channels |
Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 4.1 () |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | March 22, 1954 (in Saint John, moved to Fredericton in 1994) |
| Call letters' meaning |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic Television |
| Sister station(s) | CBA-FM, CBAM-FM, CBD-FM, CBZ-FM, CBZF-FM |
| Former callsigns | CHSJ-TV (1954-1994) |
| Former affiliations | Global (1988-1994; Secondary) |
| Transmitter power | 7.36 kW |
| Height | 102.8 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°28′39″N 66°13′59″W / 45.47750°N 66.23306°W |
| Website | CBC New Brunswick |
CBAT-DT is the CBC Television owned-and-operated television station for the province of New Brunswick. Licensed to Fredericton, its studios are located on Regent Street and Vanier Highway in downtown Fredericton.
It broadcasts a high-definition over-the-air digital signal on UHF channel 31 (or virtual channel 4.1 via ). There is a high definition feed offered on Rogers Cable digital channel 514 and Bell Aliant TV channel 400. This station can also be seen on Rogers Cable, Bell Aliant TV channel 3 and Bell TV channel 196. It originally broadcast from a transmitter located on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and operated a network of rebroadcasters throughout the province.
The station first went on the air on March 22, 1954 as CHSJ-TV, owned by the Irving family's New Brunswick Broadcasting Company along with CHSJ radio (AM 1150, now at FM 94.1) and located in Saint John. The Irvings also owned Saint John's main newspaper, The Telegraph-Journal. Its network of rebroadcasters was built up between 1961 and 1978.
Originally, CHSJ was the CBC affiliate for southern New Brunswick while CKCW-TV in Moncton served the northern and eastern portion. However, in 1969, CKCW switched to CTV and signed on a full-time satellite in Saint John, CKLT-TV. Since CHSJ needed time to build rebroadcasters in the southern part of the province, three of CKCW's rebroadcasters continued to air some CBC programming until 1976.
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