CBKST is the television call sign for the CBC's television station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan which went on the air in 1971. 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 other uses see Saskatoon (disambiguation). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

CFQC, the previous Saskatoon CBC affiliate which began broadcasting a combined CBC/CTV schedule in 1969, switched exclusively to CTV in 1971 with the launch of CBKST. The station's studios were originally located on the fifth floor of CN Towers, an office block located above Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza shopping centre. In 1977 it was temporarily knocked off the air for several days when a several-ton chunk of concrete fell off the side of CN Towers and went crashing into the mall below, killing one person. CFQC is a Canadian television station, serving Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. ... CTV is a TLA that may stand for: CTV Television Network - a Canadian English language television network Channel Television - the main television broadcaster in the Channel Islands Chukyo TV. Broadcasting - a Japanese TV station in Nagoya This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

In the late 1980s, cutbacks at the CBC resulted in many staff being laid off and its supper hour newscast cancelled. In the early 2000s, the station moved into a new storefront studio facility a few blocks away, on 2nd Avenue.

In 2002, CBC purchased former Prince Albert, Saskatchewan affiliate CKBI from previous owner Bell Globemedia (parent company of CTV), turning CKBI into a rebroadcaster of CBKST. Downtown Prince Albert Prince Albert is the third largest city (after Saskatoon and Regina) with a population of just over 41 000 as of 2001, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. ... CKBI is a former Canadian television station, which broadcast in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. ... Bell Globemedia Inc. ...

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. ...

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