CBEFT

CBEFT
Semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT, Toronto
Channels
BrandingRadio-Canada Ontario
Programming
AffiliationsRadio-Canada
Ownership
OwnerSociété Radio-Canada
CBET-DT, CBEW-FM, CBE-FM, CBEF
History
First air date
July 16, 1976 (1976-07-16)
Last air date
August 1, 2012 (2012-08-01)
(36 years, 16 days)
Former channel number(s)
78 (7/16/1976–9/29/1982)
54 (9/29/1982–8/31/2011)
Call sign meaning
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation
Essex County
Français
Télévision
Technical information
ERP36 kW
HAAT206.8 m
Transmitter coordinates42°9′12″N 82°57′11″W / 42.15333°N 82.95306°W / 42.15333; -82.95306
Links
WebsiteRadio-Canada Ontario

CBEFT was the Radio-Canada owned-and-operated television station serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it later operated as a semi-satellite of Toronto station CBLFT-DT. It broadcast an analogue signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter near Concession Road 12 in Essex.

Owned by the Société Radio-Canada arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it was a sister to CBC Television outlet CBET-DT and operated master control facilities at that station's studios on Riverside Drive West and Crawford Avenue (near the Detroit River) in downtown Windsor.

On cable, CBEFT was seen on Cogeco Windsor channel 12. It was not seen on the Detroit-area systems, such as Comcast Detroit nor Bright House Livonia. The station broadcast at 144 kW with a directional antenna, relatively low for a full-powered analogue station on the UHF band. It could be picked up to some degree in the Detroit area, as far west as Washtenaw and Lenawee counties and as far south as Sandusky and Port Clinton, Ohio.