is the
CBC 's
Television Station in
Vancouver, British Columbia , and the flagship CBC-TV station for the Pacific
Time Zone . CBUT is the oldest television station in Western
Canada , first going on the air on
December 16 ,
1953 . From the station's launch until 1976, CBUT had broadcast mainly in
English , with
French -language shows aired on Sunday mornings; CBUT switched exclusively to English with the launch of
CBUFT in
1976 .
CBUT currently produces a number of CBC Television programs. The supperhour national newscast ''
Canada Now ,'' hosted by Ian Hanomansing broadcasts out of CBUT, as does the local portion hosted by Gloria Macarenko, who is also a substitute anchor on the national newscast. The late-night independent film program ''
ZeD '' is also produced at CBUT, as are portions of ''
Marketplace '' and the program ''
Hemispheres ''.
CBUT was known mainly as Channel 2 from its inception until 1976. Since then, it has been known as CBC British Columbia.
In recent years, CBUT, as with all CBC-owned stations, has de-emphasized local programming in favor of network programming out of Toronto. As of 2002, the station only airs sporadic local programming and has dropped all use of local station IDs in favor of using only network IDs; and in recent budget cuts, has integrated its master control (as have all other owned stations) into Toronto's master control.
In addition to British Columbia, CBUT has a significant American audience in
Washington State. It is available over the air in
Bellingham . Nearly one million
Comcast Cable subscribers in
Seattle ,
Bellevue ,
Tacoma ,
Olympia ,
Everett , and Bellingham can receive CBUT's programming.
