| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| CIVT ( CTV) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Channel 32 / Cable 9 | ||
| Owner | Bell Globemedia | |
| Founded | 1997 | |
| Joined CTV | 2001 | |
| Signal Radius | 2000 kW Greater Vancouver only | |
| Callsign Meaning | C IV ( Roman numeral for four, meaning Vancouver's fourth English language Television station) | |
| Former Affiliations | None | |
| CTV Network | ||
| CIVT ( Vancouver) | CFCN ( Calgary) | CFRN ( Edmonton) |
CIVT is a Bell Globemedia television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a part of the CTV Television Network.
CIVT's studios are located at the former site of the Vancouver Public Library , at the corner of Robson Street and Burrard Street. The station broadcasts a 2 MW terrestrial signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter on Mount Seymour, making it the only CTV network station to broadcast on UHF. Although CIVT is the only CTV television station in British ColumbiaBritish Columbia or simply B. French: la Colombie-Britannique is the westernmost of Canada's provinces. It was the sixth province to join the confederation of Canada (in 1871). As of 2004, the population was 4,168,123 British Columbians . Geography Its ca, its terrestrial signal only reaches Greater Vancouver. The station relies exclusively on cableCable television or Community Antenna Television CATV (and often shortened to 'cable') is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers through fixed coaxial cables, rather than by the older and more widespread rad and satelliteDirect broadcast satellite or DBS is a relatively recent development in the world of television distribution. Direct broadcast satellite" can either refer to the communications satellites themselves that deliver DBS service or the actual satellite televis distribution to reach the rest of the province. CIVT uses its primary cable channel in southwestern B.C., channel 9, as a formal on-air identification.
CIVT first went on the air as Vancouver Television or VTV on September 22, 1997. The station started out as an independent, but already began broadcasting parts of CTV's network schedule, covering up the CTV bug at the lower-right corner of the screen with its own logo.
CIVT's news operation started out similar to that of Citytv in Toronto, with a breakfast-period television show and an evening newscast where the anchors stood up and moved throughout the studio. Around 1999, CIVT began moving towards a more conventional news operation. On September 1, 2001, as part of a major network shuffle in southwestern B.C.'s television market, CIVT became a full CTV network station.
Canadian television stations