CBXT-DT

CBXT-DT
Brand	CBC Edmonton (general) CBC Edmonton News (newscasts)
City of License	Edmonton, Alberta
Market	Northern Alberta
Channel	42 digital, 5 virtual Formerly: 5 analog (1961-2011)
Network Affiliation	CBC Television
Founded	October 1, 1961
Company	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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CBXT-DT is a Canadian local station in Edmonton, Alberta, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and affiliated with CBC Television. It broadcasts on digital channel 42, displaying on tuners as virtual channel 5.

History

CBXT was signed on by the CBC on October 1, 1961 as Edmonton's second TV station and Alberta's first CBC-owned station, on the same day previous Edmonton affiliate CFRN-TV switched to the new CTV network. It first went by the on-air brand CBXT 5 before switching to become Edmonton/5 on air in the mid-1970s.

In 1980, CBXT adopted the on-air brand XTV (a brand similar to the type used by many independent TV stations in North America). It became known on-air as CBC Edmonton on January 1, 1986 as part of a new on-air corporate identity for network-owned stations. Since 2002, CBXT, along with all other CBC-owned stations, has used the generic CBC Television network identity. When Red Deer CBC affiliate CKRD-TV left the network to join the CH system (later the original Canadian version of E!, now defunct) in 2005 and returned to its original call sign CHCA-TV, CBXT added a rebroadcaster, CBXT-13, in Red Deer and took over the former CKRD rebroadcaster in Coronation (CKRD-TV-1), which was renamed CBXT-14.

On August 31, 2011, as part of the transition of Canadian television broadcasting from analog to digital, CBXT's channel 5 analog signal went off the air while CBXT-DT's digital signal signed on at channel 42. All of CBXT's analog rebroadcasters shut down on July 31, 2012 as part of the overall shutdown of all CBC-owned analog retransmitters due to budget cuts, resulting in CBXT becoming available on cable and satellite only in northern and central Alberta outside of Edmonton.

CBXT's local programming is limited to the supper-hour newscast CBC Edmonton News, anchored by Adrienne Pan, CBC Edmonton News at 11, a half-hour late update anchored by Sandra Batson, CBC Alberta News Late Night, a provincial weekend late news update anchored by Alicia Asquith (seen on both CBXT and CBRT in Calgary), and a TV simulcast of the first hour of Edmonton AM, a morning show aired on Edmonton CBC Radio One station CBX.

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Note: Schedule is subject to change due to live sports coverage and special programming.

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	Murdoch Mysteries		Plan B		The National		CBC News: Edmonton at 11
Tuesday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Still Standing	Animal Control	The New Wave of Standup	The National		CBC News: Edmonton at 11
Wednesday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	The Knowing		The Passionate Eye		The National		CBC News: Edmonton at 11
Thursday	Coronation Street	Schitt's Creek	Dragons' Den		My Mum, Your Dad		The National		CBC News: Edmonton at 11
Friday	Coronation Street	Coronation Street	Marketplace	About That with Andrew Chang	The Fifth Estate		The National		CBC News: Edmonton at 11
Saturday	Hockey Night in Canada								CBC News: Alberta Late Night
Sunday	Heartland		The Great Canadian Baking Show		Crime Scene Kitchen		The National		CBC News: Alberta Late Night

External Sites

• CBC Edmonton