Canadian Broadcasting Corporation facts for kids
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Type | Crown corporation Public broadcasting Broadcast Radio network Television network Online |
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Country | Canada |
Availability | National; available on terrestrial and cable systems in American border communities; available internationally via Internet and Sirius Satellite Radio |
Headquarters | CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Owner | Government of Canada |
Key people | Hubert Lacroix (CEO) Heather Conway (EVP English Networks) Louis Lalande (EVP French Networks) |
Launch date | November 2, 1936 (radio) September 6, 1952 (television) |
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC, is a national television and radio broadcasting company in Canada.It was formed in 1936 and is a Canadian Crown corporation, which means it is owned by the Canadian government.
CBC Television Shows
CBC Stations
- CBHT Halifax, Nova Scotia
- CBUT Vancouver, British Columbia
- CBWT Winnipeg, Manitoba
Images for kids
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Journalists in a CBC newsroom in Montreal in November 1944
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CBC North studios in Iqaluit in 2011
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Radio Canada International transmitter site (CKCX) in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2009. The site was closed in 2012.
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CBC News journalist and camera crew reporting on an rally in support of Alexei Navalny outside the Russian consulate in Montreal, January 2021
See also
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