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CHAN-DT

CHAN-DT (channel 8), branded Global British Columbia or Global BC (formerly British Columbia Television or BCTV), is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Global Television Network, a division of Corus Entertainment. The station has studios on Enterprise Street (across from the Lake City…

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Owner
Corus Entertainment · (Corus Television Limited Partnership)
Affiliations
8.1: Global
Branding
Global BC (general) · Global News (newscasts)
Call sign meaning
"Channel"
Channels
Digital: 22 (UHF) · Virtual: 8
ERP
40 kW

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CHAN-DT

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Triples56
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
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CHAN-DT

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related to News operation · 16
CHAN-DT → Burnaby, Canadian, CHAN, December, Global, Global National, Global National Mandarin, Global's, Global's Vancouver-based English, Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH-DT, Saturdays, Shaw Multicultural Channel Mandarin, Sundays, The, Unlike
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 13
CHAN-DT → April, August, Canadian, CHAN, CHAN's, CRTC-designated, ERP, January, On June, The, UHF, Vancouver, VHF
related to External links · 6
CHAN-DT → CHAN-TV/BCTV Archived August, Entertainment, Official, Radio Museum, REC Canadian, Wayback MachineCHAN-DT
Branding · 2
CHAN-DT → Global BC (general), Global News (newscasts)
Channels · 2
CHAN-DT → Digital: 22 (UHF), Virtual: 8
Former affiliations · 2
CHAN-DT → CTV (secondary 1961–1965, primary 1965–2001), Independent (1960–1965)
Owner · 2
CHAN-DT → (Corus Television Limited Partnership), Corus Entertainment
Sister stations · 2
CHAN-DT → Radio: CKNW, CFOX-FM, CFMI-FM, TV: Global News: BC 1, CHBC-DT
Affiliations · 1
CHAN-DT → 8.1: Global
Call sign meaning · 1
CHAN-DT → "Channel"

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station chan news global ctv vancouver newscast channel newscasts television local bctv 2001 station's chan's network also british bc became

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CHAN-DTAffiliations8.1: Global1.00infobox
CHAN-DTBrandingGlobal BC (general)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTBrandingGlobal News (newscasts)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTCall sign meaning"Channel"1.00infobox
CHAN-DTChannelsDigital: 22 (UHF)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTChannelsVirtual: 81.00infobox
CHAN-DTERP40 kW1.00infobox
CHAN-DTFirst air dateOctober 31, 1960 (1960-10-31)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTFormer affiliationsIndependent (1960–1965)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTFormer affiliationsCTV (secondary 1961–1965, primary 1965–2001)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTFormer call signsCHAN-TV (1960–2011)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTFormer channel numbersAnalog: 8 (VHF, 1960–2011)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTHAAT656 m (2,152 ft)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTLicensing authorityCRTC1.00infobox
CHAN-DTOwnerCorus Entertainment1.00infobox
CHAN-DTOwner(Corus Television Limited Partnership)1.00infobox
CHAN-DTSister stationsTV: Global News: BC 1, CHBC-DT1.00infobox
CHAN-DTSister stationsRadio: CKNW, CFOX-FM, CFMI-FM1.00infobox
CHAN-DTTranslator(s)see § Transmitters1.00infobox
CHAN-DTTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
CHAN-DTWebsiteglobalnews.ca/bc1.00infobox

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