CBAT is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Fredericton, New Brunswick. CBC logo - This work is copyrighted. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... For the Canadian federal electoral district of the same name, see Fredericton (electoral district) Coat of arms of Fredericton Fredericton, population 47,560 (greater Fredericton 81,346, both per 2001 census), although unofficial reports more around 50,750 (greater Fredericton 84,523), is the capital of the province of New...
The station first went on the air in 1954 as CHSJ, then owned by New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. (itself owned by the Irving family) and located in Saint John, New Brunswick; CBC bought the station in 1994, recalled it as CBAT, and relocated it to Fredericton. New Brunswick was the last province without an owned-and-operated CBC station. Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ...
See also List of CBC television stations. The following is a list of television stations which are owned by or regional affiliates of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
The MPC and CBAT are non-profit organizations headed by astronomer Brian Marsden and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for the 8,000-member International Astronomical Union.
CBAT has an even longer history, having been founded by the International Astronomical Union in 1920 in Brussels, one year after the IAU itself was established.
From 1922 to 1964, CBAT was based in Copenhagen until it moved to the CFA in 1965.
The CBAT proposal has arisen from the fact that airmen have sometimes been placed in combat zones in recent military conflicts.
CBAT would train airmen in combat skills which aren't covered by the normal Air Force basic training.
He said CBAT will be implemented in three phases, potentially starting in fiscal year 2011 with 48 instructors, 19 base support personnel and 1,400 students.
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