Vancouver, British Columbia Canada |
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Branding | ICI Colombie-Britannique |
Slogan | ICI Radio-Canada Télé, c'est ma télé |
Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 26 () |
Subchannels | 26.1 Ici Radio-Canada Télé |
Affiliations | Ici Radio-Canada Télé (O&O; 1976–present) |
Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
First air date | September 27, 1976 |
Call letters' meaning |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation VancoUver Français Télévision |
Sister station(s) |
TV: CBUT-DT Radio: CBU (AM), CBU-FM, CBUF-FM, CBUX-FM |
Former callsigns | CBUFT (1976–2011) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 26 (UHF, 1976–2011) |
Transmitter power | 27.52 kW |
Height | 615.4 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′13″N 122°57′24″W / 49.35361°N 122.95667°WCoordinates: 49°21′13″N 122°57′24″W / 49.35361°N 122.95667°W |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
Website | ICI Colombie-Britannique |
CBUFT-DT, UHF channel 26, is a Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated television station located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which serves the province's Franco-Columbian population. The station is owned by the Société Radio-Canada subsidiary of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as part of a twinstick with CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBUT-DT (channel 2). The two stations maintain studio facilities located at the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in downtown Vancouver; CBUFT maintains transmitter facilities located atop Mount Seymour.
On cable, the station available on Shaw Cable in standard definition and on Telus TV in high definition. On satellite, the station is available on Bell TV channel 120 and in high definition on channel 1832.
The station first signed on the air on September 27, 1976 on UHF channel 26 – as Vancouver's second UHF television station after CKVU (channel 21, now on channel 10); it took Radio-Canada programming from CBUT (channel 2), which had previously aired select programs from the network on weekend mornings, and exclusively began airing English-language programs from that point onward.