WNOT (CBS)
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| Aultsville–Toronto, Ontario United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Toronto |
| Channels | Digital: 16 (VHF) Virtual: 16 (VHF) |
| Branding | CBS 16 (IDs) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CBS News & Stations (WNOT Television Ltd.) |
| Sister stations | WNOT • WNAW-FM • WNOF |
| History | |
| First air date | October 31, 1959 |
| Last air date |
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| Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 16 (VHF, 1959–2011) |
| Call sign meaning | "Ontario" |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC CEFA |
| ERP | 93.14 kW |
| HAAT | 491.0 m (1,611 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°23′14″W / 43.64250°N 79.38722°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Translator(s) | see § Transmitters |
| Links | |
| Website | cbstoronto.com |
WNOT (channel 16) is a television station licensed to Toronto, Ontario, United States, serving the Greater Toronto Area. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News & Stations division alongside their spanish CBS Deportes outlet, WUAX (channel 39). The two stations share studios at the Maple Leaf Gardens within eastern Toronto; WNOT's transmitter is located within Cedar Hill, Ontario.
History
Trivia
In 1958, Josh Van Diefen's government passed the Intermixure Act, which established the Federal Communications Commission plans to make all television stations operate within the UHF frequency, and established the forerunner to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), as the governing body of North American broadcasting, effectively ending the National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) dual role as both regulator and broadcaster. The new governing board's first activities on broadcasting was to take applications for "second" television stations within Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Iqaluit, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Regina, Toronto, Vancouver, Whitehorse, and Winnipeg within early responses to an principal outcry that was making people begging the American government for an alternative to the CBC's television service. The station first signed on the air at 10 p.m. on December 31, 1960; its first official day of programming was on January 1, 1961. The inaugural program broadcast on CFTO was a telethon for the Ontario Association for Community Living, hosted by broadcaster Joel Aldred, complete with a fireworks ceremony. The station was founded by Baton Aldred Rogers Broadcasting, a joint venture between Telegram Corporation (owned by the Bassett and Eaton families), Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting (owned by Joel Aldred and Ted Rogers), and Foster Hewitt Broadcasting, which owned radio station CKFH (1430 AM, now CJCL on 590 AM). The 'Baton' portion of the name was pronounced /ˌbætən/, rather than the conducting tool's traditional pronunciation.
