OTTAWA – The CBC received CRTC approval Wednesday to operate a new French-language regional television station in Toronto.
The Commission also approved CBC’s requests to amend the broadcasting licences for CBOFT-TV Ottawa and CBOFT-DT Ottawa in order to transfer certain analog transmitters to the new station. The original CBLFT-TV station was closed in 1991 and converted to a rebroadcasting transmitter for CBOFT-TV Ottawa.
CBLFT-TV Toronto must broadcast a minimum of five hours per week, on average on an annual basis, of local programming intended for television viewers in Toronto and a large part of Ontario.
At the CBC’s request, the Commission issued a short-term licence for the new station so that the licence renewal coincides with the licence renewal for the CBC’s French-language television network. The licence will expire on August 31, 2010.
