NationMaster - Encyclopedia: CBET

CBET is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Windsor, Ontario. It originally signed on the air in 1954 as CKLW-TV, owned by RKO General along with CKLW radio. They were RKO General's only Canadian stations. RKO of course, at the time also owned a few other television and radio stations as well. Those stations being: WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) and WOR-AM and WOR-FM (now WRKS-FM) in Secaucus, New Jersey; WHBQ-TV-AM-FM in Memphis, Tennessee; KFRC-AM-FM in San Francisco, California; KHJ-TV (now KCAL-TV) and KHJ-AM-FM (now KRTH-AM-FM) in Los Angeles, California; and WNAC-TV, later WNEV-TV (now WHDH-TV) and WRKO-AM and WROR-FM in Boston, Massachusetts. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... CBC logo - This work is copyrighted. ... }|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada location. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... }|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada location. ... CBLT - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... CBOT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... 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. ... }|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Windsor, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada location. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station broadcasting at 800 kHz located in Windsor, Ontario. ... WWOR-TV (UPN 9) is the flagship station of the UPN network. ... Secaucus is a town located in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 15,931. ... WHBQ-TV is channel 13 and serves as the Fox Television afflilate in Memphis, Tennessee and surrounding areas. ... City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area - Total - Water 763. ... KFRC is an AM and FM broadcast radio station in San Francisco, California in the United States. ... The downtown San Francisco skyline, looking east from the central part of the city. ... KCAL-TV (Channel 9) is an independent station in Los Angeles, California. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... WHDH-TV (7 NBC) is the NBC affiliate in the Boston, Massachusetts television market. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded -Incorporated September 17, 1630 1820, as a city County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area - Total - Water 232. ...

The station was bought by a consortium of CBC and Baton Broadcasting in 1970, with CBC owning 25% of CKLW and Baton owning the rest; CBC bought out Baton's ownership stake in 1975 and recalled the station as CBET. The Baton Broadcasting System (BBS) was a Canadian system of television stations located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. ...

See also: List of CBC television stations, CBEFT. The following is a list of television stations which are owned by or regional affiliates of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CBEFT is the Societé Radio-Canada station serving franco-ontarians in Windsor and Western Ontario. ...

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Broadcast television in the Detroit and Windsor, Ontario market
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