CBCT-DT

CBCT-DT
Brand	CBC Prince Edward Island (general) CBC Compass (newscasts)
City of License	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Market	Prince Edward Island
Channel	digital 13 Formerly: 13 analog (1956-2011)
Network Affiliation	CBC Television
Founded	July 1, 1956 (as CFCY-TV)
Company	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows
Former Call Signs	CFCY-TV (1956-68)

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CBCT-DT is a Canadian local station in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and affiliated with CBC Television. It broadcasts on digital channel 13.

History

CBCT began operations on July 1, 1956 as CFCY-TV, under the ownership of Island Radio Broadcasting, the parent company of Charlottetown radio station CFCY. Island Radio's founder, Col. Keith Rogers, had hoped to get a TV station on the air in Charlottetown, but he died in 1954 before he could do so, leaving his family to realize his plans and launch the station two years later.

CFCY-TV's original studio location, along with its transmitter, was west of Charlottetown on the Trans-Canada Highway. In 1961, the studios relocated to an addition to the CFCY radio building on Kent Street in Charlottetown. Future political commentator and broadcaster Mike Duffy began his career at CFCY-TV as the host of a Saturday afternoon teen dance show.

During its early years, in addition to CBC network programming, CFCY-TV also aired locally-produced and syndicated shows. The station began airing network programming in color with the arrival of color television in Canada in September 1966. As the population of Prince Edward Island was too small to warrant establishing a second originating station in the province, the CBC purchased CFCY-TV in 1968 and recalled it to its current call sign on August 1 that year.

CBCT is the only originating TV station operating in Prince Edward Island, as all other TV service in the province is provided by rebroadcasters of stations in neighboring New Brunswick. It also currently functions as a semi-satellite of Halifax station CBHT-DT, with the exception of local advertising, CBCT's main newscast, CBC News: Compass, and a TV simulcast of the first hour of Island Morning, which airs on Charlottetown CBC Radio One station CBCT-FM.

Effective August 31, 2011, CBCT's digital signal, CBCT-DT, flash cut to the old analog signal's channel number, 13.

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Note: Schedule is subject to change due to live sports coverage and special programming.

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	Murdoch Mysteries		Plan B		The National		Atlantic Tonight
Tuesday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Still Standing	Animal Control	The New Wave of Standup	The National		Atlantic Tonight
Wednesday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	The Knowing		The Passionate Eye		The National		Atlantic Tonight
Thursday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	Dragons' Den		My Mum, Your Dad		The National		Atlantic Tonight
Friday	Coronation Street	Coronation Street	Marketplace	About That with Andrew Chang	The Fifth Estate		The National		Atlantic Tonight
Saturday	Hockey Night in Canada								Atlantic Tonight
Sunday	Heartland		The Great Canadian Baking Show		Crime Scene Kitchen		The National		Atlantic Tonight

External Sites

• CBC Prince Edward Island