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  Station Logo
  Station Slogan Canada's Own
  Station Branding ''CBC Television''
  Analog 5 ( VHF ) over the air 6 ( VHF ) via cable
  Digital 20 ( HDTV , UHF )
  Affiliations CBC
  Founded 1952
  Location Toronto, Ontario
  Callsign Meaning '''C''' '''B''' C<BR>Great '''L'''akes<BR>'''T'''elevision
  Owner CBC
  Former Callsigns None
  Former Affiliations None
  Effective Radiated Power 100 kW (analog)
  Homepage http://torontocbcca


CBLT is the Television Call Sign for the CBC 's Television Station in Toronto, Ontario . It is the oldest television station in Toronto, and the second oldest in Canada after its SRC sister station CBFT in Montreal .

CBLT originally broadcast on Channel 9 until the late-1950s, when it moved to Channel 6. Then in 1972, it switched to its current VHF channel, Channel 5 in order to allow two new stations (in Paris and Deseronto ) to use the frequency. It currently broadcasts from the CN Tower from studios at the CBC English network headquarters on Front Street . However, it originally broadcast from a series of smaller studios (which now house the National Ballet School ) on Jarvis Street next to its transmitter.

CBLT has used a variety of on-air brands since its inception. From 1957 to 1972, it was known as Channel 6. Following its move to Channel 5 in 1972, it became known as "CBLT Five", later shortened to "CBLT/5". In the late 1970s it was known as "Toronto/5". During the 1980s it was known mainly as CBLT-TV, although it used a "CBC 5" logo. Starting in late 1985 the station was identified in print ads as "CBC Television Toronto/5", but the CBLT branding was used for its local programs including its supperhour newscast ''CBLT Newshour''. By the 1990s it was known simply as "CBC Toronto", although the CBLT calls were used from time to time in local programming, and on the CBC website.

CBLT newscasts have consistently faced very stiff competition in the Toronto market, consistently behind CTV affiliate CFTO since it surged to the Number One spot in 1970, and behind CITY-TV since 1982. As of Spring 1995, according to BBM Canada, CBLT's evening newscast ''CBC Evening News'' had 117,000 viewers in the Toronto-Hamilton market, putting it in fourth place behind ''Global News'' on CIII at 141,000, CITY's ''CityPulse'' at 229,000, and CFTO's ''World Beat News'' at 409,000. Only CHCH , the only other station based in the market with a 6 PM newscast, had less viewers throughout Toronto-Hamilton than CBLT, at 77,000 viewers. (Up-to-date BBM figures are not available.)

See also List Of CBC Television Stations , CBLFT .


REBROADCASTERS


CBLT serves much of Ontario through a network of rebroadcast transmitters, including all of Northeastern Ontario and most of Western Ontario with the exception of Windsor . The station only served Southern Ontario and a few rural Northern Ontario communities until 2003 , when it took over the CBC affiliates of the MCTV Twinstick .


1 -- Replacement following CKVR-TV flipping to independent.

2 -- Replacement following CFPL-TV and CKNX-TV flipping to independent.

3 -- Originally a repeater for CBLFT-TV ; Radio-Canada moved to channel 53 to make ch.40 available for CBC.


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