Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
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Branding | CBC Ottawa (general) CBC Ottawa News (newscasts) |
Slogan | Love CBC |
Channels |
Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 4.1 () |
Affiliations | CBC Television |
Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
First air date | June 2, 1953 |
Call letters' meaning |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ottawa Television |
Sister station(s) | CBOFT-DT, CBO-FM, CBOQ-FM |
Former callsigns | CBOT (1953–2011) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2011) |
Transmitter power | 165 kW |
Height | 332.9 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′9″N 75°50′59″W / 45.50250°N 75.84972°W |
Website | CBC Ottawa |
CBOT-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (UHF channel 25), is a CBC Television owned-and-operated television station located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as part of a twinstick with Télévision de Radio-Canada station CBOFT-DT (channel 9), which is operated through its Société Radio-Canada arm. The two stations share studios at the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre on Sparks Street in Downtown Ottawa, alongside the main corporate offices of the CBC. CBOT's transmitter is located on the Ryan Tower at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec, north of Gatineau. This station can also be seen on Rogers Cable channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 514 and on Vidéotron cable 6 and in high definition on digital channel 606 in Gatineau. This station is also available on Bell TV channel 208 and in high definition on channel 1040.
CBOT-DT serves as the default CBC affiliate for the Kingston, Ontario area, after longtime CBC affiliate CKWS-DT switched affiliations to CTV on August 31, 2015.
CBOT went on the air for the first time on June 2, 1953, becoming the third television station in Canada. Before the launch of Télévision de Radio-Canada station CBOFT, CBOT aired both English language and French language programs.