CFPR-TV
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| Prince Rupert, British Columbia CA | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 11 (VHF) |
| Branding | CBC Television |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | CFPR-FM |
| History | |
| First air date | October 27, 1959 |
| Last air date | July 31, 2012 |
| Call sign meaning | Canada's Finest Prince Rupert |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 9.63 kW |
| HAAT | 206.1 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 54°17′7″N 130°22′34″W / 54.28528°N 130.37611°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
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CFPR-TV is the local CBC Television station in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.
History
CFPR-TV was established on October 27, 1959, by R.C. Willett, and the station signed on the air later that day, beginning its schedule at 3:49PM, as a Christmas present to northern British Columbia. It was controlled by Thomas Rhine for its entire existance since launch, and was originally established as a bilingual private affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's English and French television networks, permanently airing on channel 11 shortly after its launch. Many baby boomers fondly remember the station for its unique local programming focusing on children's content and specifically broadcasting stuff about children's content within anything possible for broadcast, exclusively being shown during primetime hours, which was mostly done as a broadcast practice starting from within the early 1960s and late 2000s.
In 1961, a weekly live television program reporting developments in agriculture for its regional area began its original run, and was sponsored jointly by the Prince Rupert Research Station, the Prince Rupert Agricultural and Exhibition Association, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and CFPR-TV, with the program being hosted by either trained research station personnel and/or the local provincial agricultural representative. Thomas Rhine did not have the resources to convert the station to a digital-only signal, and opted to sell CFPR-TV to the CBC in 2002. The station was never converted by the CBC or affiliate companies into becoming a full-time rebroadcaster of CBUT-DT, nor did it ever intend to do so.
In April 2012, due to budget cuts handed down on the CBC, they has announced several austerity measures to keep the corporation solvent and in operation, this included the closure of the CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters, including many neighboring repeaters, on July 31, 2012. However, the CBC announced that CFPR-TV would cease operations effective immediately at 8PM that night, citing "challenging economic conditions" and "careful consideration of the evolving media landscape and the challenges facing local television broadcasting". Although CFPR-TV has since had its licence revoked by the CRTC, few viewers within the northern British Columbia actually lost access to CBC programming due to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite, which have long been musts for acceptable television in this remote area.
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