 Saskatchewan  CBKT-TV, Regina, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
1959
On September 13, CHAB-TV and CHRE-TV became CBKMT Moose Jaw and CBKRT Regina, and was known as "9&4". The CTV affiliation moved to CKCK-TV in Regina and CKMJ-TV in Marquis (Moose Jaw). The local supper-hour news on 9&4 was renamed from Our World to Evening News. The CBC received approval to operate a rebroadcast transmitter at La Ronge to receive programming on a delayed basis. It would broadcast over channel 12 with a power of five watts.
1977 In October, the CBC Regina studios and offices moved from 1840 McIntyre Street to 2440 Broad Street. The facility was to have opened in 1979-80. The new building accommodated both English and French radio and television studios. The CBC Saskatchewan broadcast centre included TV studios of 3,500 and 1,800 square feet, a packaging studio, two automated on-air booths and central equipment room. There were also seven remote electronic field production units, three electronic editing suites, six quad VTR's, three telecine chains, character generators and electronic slide store units. The radio facilities included nine studios, multi-track mixing consoles, 16 listening/editing rooms and automated switching systems. 1986 Evan Purchase became director of TV at CBC Regina. He had been manager of radio at CBC Windsor (ON). 1989 CBKT operated the following rebroadcast transmitters: CBKT-1 Moose Jaw, CBKT-2 Willow Bunch, CBKT-3 Fort Qu'Appelle, CBKGT Gravelbourg and CBKPT Patuanak. 1990 On March 28, CBKT was authorized to delete CBKPT Patuanak from its list of rebroadcasters. It would now operate as a transmitter of CBKST Saskatoon. 1991 The CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the program source of CBKST to originate from the studios of CBKT Regina. While CBKST would no longer produce any locally-originated programming, the CBC would continue to operate CBKST as a contributing bureau and maintain master control facilities in Saskatoon allowing the station to continue to broadcast station identification (including call sign channel designation and location) as required by the Department of Industry, as well as public service announcements, occasional specials and commercial messages. 1995 CBC cut 20 jobs at its Saskatchewan operations - 17 in English radio and TV and three in SRC's French language operations. 2000 As of 2000, CBKT Regina operated the following rebroadcast transmitters: CBKT-3 Fort Qu'appelle, CBKGT Gravelbourg, CBKT-1 Moose Jaw, and CBKT-2 Willow Bunch. 2002 On May 31, the CRTC revoked the licence of CJFB-TV Swift Current. Swift Current Telecasting Co. Ltd. had informed the Commission that, as of May 31, it would cease the operation of CJFB-TV Swift Current (on air since December 23, 1957) and its transmitters CJFB-TV-1 Eastend, CJFB-TV-3 Riverhurst and CJFB-TV-2 Val Marie. CJFB-TV and its transmitters were affiliated with the CBC. On the same date, CBKT Regina received approval to operate new transmitters at Riverhurst (Channel 10 – 390 watts video) and Swift Current (channel 5 – 13,300 watts video). CFJB-TV-1 Eastend and CJFB-TV-2 Val Marie would be closed as the CBC already had transmitters in these areas. When the CBC took over CJFB-TV, the call sign was changed to CBKT-4. CFJB-TV-3 became CBKT-5. On October 10, CBKT was authorized to add transmitters in Warmley (CFSS-TV - ch 3 - 56,000 watts video – on air since November 30, 1979), Wynyard (CHSS-TV - ch 6 - 11,000 watts video – on air since January 19, 1962) and Yorkton (CKOS-TV - ch 5 - 54,600 watts video – on air since June 19, 1958). The transmitters were owned and operated by CTV Television Inc. as CBC affiliated stations. Following negotiations with CTV, the CBC agreed to purchase the transmitters in order to provide the full CBC television network service to these communities. CFSS-TV became CBKT-7, CHSS-TV became CBKT-8 and CKOS-TV became CBKT-6. On December 9, CBKT-TV was authorized to operate transmitters in Cypress Hills (channel 2 - 2,450 watts video – on air since November 14, 1979), Ponteix (ch 3 - 10,500 watts video – on air since June 25, 1980) and Shaunavon (ch 7 - 4,500 watts video – on air since December 22, 1968). These transmitters used to be authorized to rebroadcast programming of CBC affiliate CJFB-TV Swift Current. 2003 On June 16, CBKT was granted authority to operate transmitters in Fond du Lac (CBKAT-2 – channel 10 – 823 watts – on air since October 4, 1977), Stony Rapids/ Black Lake (CBKAT-3 – ch 7 – 702 watts – on air since November 1, 1977) and Uranium City (CBKAT – ch 15 – 8 watts – on air since October 30, 1968). These transmitters had operated as radiocommunication distribution undertakings, rebroadcasting the programming of the CBC Northern Television Service. On the same date, the CBC was authorized to operate the following transmitters: Norquay (CKOS-TV-2 – channel 13 – 15,000 watts – on air since April 1, 1977 – would become CBKT-9) and Hudson Bay (CKOS-TV-1 – ch 9 – 420 watts – on air since April 1, 1977 – would become CBKT-10). These transmitters had operated as radiocommunication distribution undertakings, offering programs from CKOS-TV Yorkton. CKOS-TV was previously licensed to CTV. In 2002, CKOS-TV was purchased by the CBC and added to the licence of CBKT Regina, as a transmitter of the Regina station. It was now no longer necessary to hold a separate RDU licence for Norquay and Hudson Bay.
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