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CFFB-TV
(defunct)
Iqaluit, Nunavut; Canada;
Channels	Analog: Formerly 8 (VHF);
Branding	CBC North
Programming
Affiliations	CBC
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	February 1, 1972; 52 years ago
Last air date	July 31, 2012; 12 years ago; (40 years, 181 days)
Call sign meaning	Canada's Finest Frobisher Bay; (Frobisher Bay, former name of Iqaluit)
Technical information
ERP	0.01 kW
HAAT	NA
Transmitter coordinates	63°44′21″N 68°33′21″W / 63.73917°N 68.55583°W

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CFFB-TV was the television call sign for the former CBC's television transmitter in Iqaluit, Nunavut. It repeated the CBC North service, which consisted of the regular national CBC Television schedule in Mountain Time, with the addition of the northern news programs CBC Igalaaq in Inuktitut at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and CBC Northbeat in English at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time).

No television programs originated at CFFB-TV.

History

During its life, CFFB-TV was always licensed as a repeater; in its last year before its closedown, it was licensed by the CRTC as a repeater of CFYK-TV in Yellowknife.^[1] As a result, CFFB and its network of rebroadcasters was one of many CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters closed on July 31, 2012, as part of several austerity measures announced in April 2012 to keep the corporation solvent and in operation.^[2] As a result, this leaves almost the entirety of Nunavut without any terrestrial CBC television service, with only community-owned rebroadcasters of CFYK remaining in Arctic Bay,^[3] Clyde River,^[4] and Whale Cove,^[5] along with one carrying Radio-Canada's Montreal station CBFT-DT in Iqaluit.^[6] However, CFYK maintains a bureau at CFFB's former studios that produces Nunavut-focused stories for Igalaaq and Northbeat. Additionally, few viewers in Nunavut actually lost access to CBC programming due to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite, a must for acceptable television in this remote area.

Transmitters

Other communities in Nunavut received the same service, delivered to transmitters in the communities by satellite from the main CBC network.

CFFB-TV had 12 analog television re-transmitters throughout the territory of Nunavut.

None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television re-transmitters were converted to digital.

City of license	Callsign	Channel
Arviat	CBEHT	9 (VHF)
Baker Lake	CBEIT
Cambridge Bay	CBENT
Cape Dorset	CBEJT
Gjoa Haven	CBERT
Igloolik	CBII-TV
Kugluktuk	CBEOT
Pangnirtung	CBEKT
Pond Inlet	CBELT
Rankin Inlet	CBECT
Resolute Bay	CBEMT
Taloyoak	CBEQT

References

External links

CBC North
CFFB-TV at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation

[1] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-107, February 18, 2011.

[2] CBC/Radio-Canada Speech Transcript: "Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada, regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan (DRAP)", April 4, 2012. Archived April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] FCCdata.org's database entry for CH4584

[4] Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2986

[5] Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2334

[6] Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2260

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+{{short description|Former television station in Nunavut, Canada}}
-{{Infobox broadcast |
+{{Infobox television station
-  call_letters             = CFFB-TV|
+| callsign         = CFFB-TV<br><small>(defunct)</small>
-  city                     = [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]|
-  station_logo             = [[File:CBC Television 2009.svg|120px]]|
+| location         = [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]
-  station_slogan           = Canada Lives Here|
+| country          = Canada
-  station_branding         = CBC Television|
+| logo             = CBC Television 2009.svg
+| logo_size        = 120px
-  analog                   = Formerly 8 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])|
-  affiliations             = [[CBC Television|CBC]]|
+| branding         = CBC North
-  network                  = |
+| analog           = Formerly 8 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
+| affiliations     = [[CBC Television|CBC]]
-  airdate                  = February 1, 1972|
-  location                 = |
+| airdate          = {{start date and age|1972|02|01}}
+| last_airdate     = {{end date and age|2012|07|31}}<br>({{age in years and days|1972|02|01|2012|07|31}})
-  callsign_meaning         = '''C'''anada's '''F'''inest '''F'''robisher '''B'''ay<br>(''Frobisher Bay - former name of Iqaluit'')|
+| callsign_meaning = '''C'''anada's '''F'''inest '''F'''robisher '''B'''ay<br>(Frobisher Bay, former name of Iqaluit)
-  former_callsigns         = |
+| owner            = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
-  former_channel_numbers   = |
-  owner                    = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|
+| erp              = 0.01 [[watt|kW]]
-  licensee                 = |
+| haat             = NA
+| coordinates      = {{coord|63|44|21|N|68|33|21|W|type:landmark}}
-  sister_stations          = |
-  former_affiliations      = |
-  effective_radiated_power = 0.01 [[kilowatt|kW]]|
-  HAAT                     = NA|
-  coordinates              = {{coord|63|44|21|N|68|33|21|W|type:landmark}}|
-  homepage                 = |
 }}
-'''CFFB-TV''' was the [[television call sign]] for the former [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s [[television transmitter]] in [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]].  It repeated the [[CBC North|CBC North Television]] service, which consisted of the regular national CBC Television schedule in Mountain Time, with the addition of the [[CBC Television local newscasts|northern news programs]] CBC Igalaaq in [[Inuktitut]] at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and CBC Northbeat in English at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time).
+'''CFFB-TV''' was the television [[call sign]] for the former [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s [[television transmitter]] in [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]. It repeated the [[CBC North]] service, which consisted of the regular national CBC Television schedule in Mountain Time, with the addition of the [[CBC Television local newscasts|northern news programs]] CBC Igalaaq in [[Inuktitut]] at 6 p.m. and 7:30&nbsp;p.m. (Eastern Time) and CBC Northbeat in English at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time).
 No television programs originated at CFFB-TV.
+==History==
-During its life, CFFB-TV was always licensed as a repeater; in its last year before its closedown, it was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] as a repeater of [[CFYK-DT|CFYK-TV]] in [[Yellowknife]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-107.pdf Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-107, February 18, 2011.]</ref> As a result, CFFB-TV and its network of rebroadcasters was one of many CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters closed on July 31, 2012, as part of several austerity measures announced in April 2012 to keep the corporation solvent and in operation.<ref>[http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/speeches/20120404.shtml CBC/Radio-Canada Speech Transcript: "Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada, regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan (DRAP)", April 4, 2012.]</ref> As a result, this leaves almost the entirety of Nunavut without any aerial CBC television service, with only community owned rebroadcasters remaining in [[Clyde River, Nunavut|Clyde River]]<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2986 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2986]</ref> and [[Whale Cove, Nunavut|Whale Cove]],<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2334 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2334]</ref> along with one carrying [[Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada]] in Iqaluit.<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2260 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2260]</ref>  However, CFYK maintains a bureau at CFFB's former studios that produces Nunavut-focused stories for ''Igalaaq'' and ''Northbeat''.
+During its life, CFFB-TV was always licensed as a repeater; in its last year before its closedown, it was licensed by the [[CRTC]] as a repeater of [[CFYK-DT|CFYK-TV]] in [[Yellowknife]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-107.pdf Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-107, February 18, 2011.]</ref> As a result, CFFB and its network of rebroadcasters was one of many CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters closed on July 31, 2012, as part of several austerity measures announced in April 2012 to keep the corporation solvent and in operation.<ref>[http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/speeches/20120404.shtml CBC/Radio-Canada Speech Transcript: "Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada, regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan (DRAP)", April 4, 2012.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407221422/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/speeches/20120404.shtml |date=April 7, 2012 }}</ref> As a result, this leaves almost the entirety of Nunavut without any terrestrial CBC television service, with only community-owned rebroadcasters of CFYK remaining in [[Arctic Bay]],<ref>[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&cantv=CH4584 FCCdata.org's database entry for CH4584]</ref> [[Clyde River, Nunavut|Clyde River]],<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2986 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2986]</ref> and [[Whale Cove, Nunavut|Whale Cove]],<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2334 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2334]</ref> along with one carrying [[Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada]]'s Montreal station [[CBFT-DT]] in Iqaluit.<ref>[http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?cantv=CH2260 Query the REC's Canadian station database for CH2260]</ref>  However, CFYK maintains a bureau at CFFB's former studios that produces Nunavut-focused stories for ''Igalaaq'' and ''Northbeat''. Additionally, few viewers in Nunavut actually lost access to CBC programming due to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite, a must for acceptable television in this remote area.
 ==Transmitters==
 Other communities in Nunavut received the same service, delivered to transmitters in the communities by satellite from the main CBC network.
-CFFB had 12 analog television re-transmitters throughout the territory of Nunavut.
+CFFB-TV had 12 analog television re-transmitters throughout the territory of Nunavut.
 None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television re-transmitters were converted to digital.
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+! City of license
+! Callsign
+! Channel
+|-
+| [[Arviat, Nunavut|Arviat]]
+| CBEHT
+| rowspan=12| 9 (VHF)
+|-
+| [[Baker Lake, Nunavut|Baker Lake]]
+| CBEIT
+|-
+| [[Cambridge Bay, Nunavut|Cambridge Bay]]
+| CBENT
+|-
+| [[Cape Dorset, Nunavut|Cape Dorset]]
+| CBEJT
+|-
+| [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]]
+| CBERT
+|-
+| [[Igloolik, Nunavut|Igloolik]]
+| CBII-TV
+|-
+| [[Kugluktuk, Nunavut|Kugluktuk]]
+| CBEOT
+|-
+| [[Pangnirtung, Nunavut|Pangnirtung]]
+| CBEKT
+|-
+| [[Pond Inlet, Nunavut|Pond Inlet]]
+| CBELT
+|-
+| [[Rankin Inlet, Nunavut|Rankin Inlet]]
+| CBECT
+|-
+| [[Resolute Bay, Nunavut|Resolute Bay]]
+| CBEMT
+|-
+| [[Taloyoak, Nunavut|Taloyoak]]
+| CBEQT
+|-
+|}
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.cbc.ca/north CBC North]
-*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=170&historyID=181 Canadian Communications Foundation - CFFB-TV History]
+* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/nunavut/CFFB-TV CFFB-TV] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
 {{Northern Canada TV}}
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:CFFB-TV}}
-[[Category:CBC television stations|FFB]]
 [[Category:Television stations in Nunavut|FFB]]
-[[Category:Media in Iqaluit]]
+[[Category:Mass media in Iqaluit]]
-[[Category:Defunct Canadian television stations]]
+[[Category:Defunct television stations in Canada|FFB]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1972]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012]]
 [[Category:1972 establishments in Canada]]
 [[Category:2012 disestablishments in Nunavut]]
+[[Category:Defunct mass media in Nunavut|FFB-TV]]

v t e Defunct television stations in Canada
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CBC stations	CJSS-TV Cornwall (1963) CHAB-TV/CBKMT Moose Jaw (1978) CBIT-TV Sydney (1991) CBNLT Labrador City (1991) CFKL-TV Schefferville (1991) CFLA-TV Goose Bay (1991) CFCL-TV Timmins (2002) CBYT Corner Brook (2002) CJFB-TV Swift Current (2002) CJIC-TV Sault Ste. Marie (2002) CKBI-TV Prince Albert (2002) CHNB-TV North Bay (2002) CKNC-TV Sudbury (2002) CKOS-TV Yorkton (2002) CKX-TV Brandon (2009) CBKST Saskatoon (2012) CFFB-TV Iqaluit (2012) CFWH-TV Whitehorse (2012) CHAK-TV Inuvik (2012)
E! station	CHCA-TV Red Deer (2009)
Global station	CJBN-TV Kenora (2017)
Independent stations	CHOY-TV Saint-Jérôme (Late 1980s) CIAN-TV Calgary (2011) CJAL-TV Edmonton (2011) CKXT-DT Toronto (2011)
TVA station	CFVO-TV Hull (1977)
SRC stations	CBEFT Windsor (2012) CKRN-DT Rouyn-Noranda (2018) CKRT-DT Rivière-du-Loup (2021)
Stations are grouped by the affiliation it had at its closure. Bold denotes stations that did not become a rebroadcaster of another station when it closed.