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Television station in Saskatchewan, Canada (1971–2012)

CBKST Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Channels Analog: 11 (VHF) Branding CBC Television Programming Affiliations CBC Ownership Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sister stations CBK (AM), CBKS-FM History First air date October 17, 1971 (1971-10-17) Last air date July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31) Call sign meaning CBC Kelsey Saskatoon Television[1] Technical information ERP 325 kW HAAT 239.6 m (786 ft) Transmitter coordinates 52°10′28″N 106°26′5″W / 52.17444°N 106.43472°W / 52.17444; -106.43472

**CBKST** (channel 11) was a [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) station in [Saskatoon](/source/Saskatoon), Saskatchewan, Canada, which operated from 1971 to 2012. The station's [master control](/source/Master_control) facilities were located in the [Hutchinson Building](/source/Hutchinson_Building) on 2nd Avenue South (between 21 and 22 Streets East) in [Downtown Saskatoon](/source/Downtown_Saskatoon) after being relocated from an office tower above [Midtown Plaza](/source/Midtown_Plaza_(Saskatoon)). Its transmitter was located between [Highways 5](/source/Saskatchewan_Highway_5) and [41](/source/Saskatchewan_Highway_41).

CBKST was licensed as a rebroadcaster of [CBKT-DT](/source/CBKT-DT) in [Regina](/source/Regina%2C_Saskatchewan), even though it operated as a [semi-satellite](/source/Broadcast_relay_station#Semi-satellites) with its own associated network of repeaters; it aired separate commercials and (until the 1990s) its own local news broadcasts. On [cable](/source/Cable_television), the station was available on [Shaw Cable](/source/Shaw_Cable) channel 12 and [Sasktel Max](/source/Sasktel) channel 3.

While the CBC originally planned to discontinue CBKST's over the air feed on August 31, 2011 (as the corporation did not originally plan to convert rebroadcasters in mandatory transition markets like Saskatoon to digital),[2] the [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission) (CRTC) granted the CBC permission to allow transmitters in selected mandatory markets, including Saskatoon, to still operate an analogue feed until August 31, 2012. On July 17, 2012, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to delete CBKST from CBKT's licence, effective August 1, 2012.[3] On July 31, 2012, CBKST was shut down after more than 41 years on the air.

Since the closure of CBKST, cable and satellite providers have piped in CBKT (which took over CBKST's slots) and other CBC outlets for their customers. Due to the high penetration of cable and satellite in Saskatoon and elsewhere in central and northern Saskatchewan, few viewers actually lost access to CBC programming.

## History

As early as 1967, efforts were under way to secure a new CBC affiliate for Saskatoon. [CFQC-TV](/source/CFQC-DT), which had been the only station in Saskatoon since going on the air in December 1954, had wished to switch to [CTV](/source/CTV_Television_Network) once the federal government commissioned a new CBC station. In November 1967, however, the federal government declined an application by the CBC to establish a new station, with [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Lester B. Pearson](/source/Lester_B._Pearson) stating reasons including cost-cutting by the government and the fact CFQC already existed to provide CBC programming.[4]

After this and further delays, the CBC was finally approved to launch a new station in Saskatoon. In a move that would come back to haunt the station, however, it was not licensed as a full standalone station in its own right, but as a rebroadcaster of Regina's **CBKRT** (now CBKT). CBKST ultimately launched at 5:30 p.m. on October 17, 1971 as Saskatoon's second television station. CFQC, which had begun airing select CTV programming in off-hours since 1969, became an exclusive CTV affiliate at CBKST's launch. The first program aired was the religious music series *[Hymn Sing](/source/Hymn_Sing)*.[5]

Like most local CBC stations, in the 1970s and 1980s, CBKST had its own newsroom and aired local newscasts and other original programming, as well as locally-aired [syndicated](/source/Broadcast_syndication) reruns of off-network American shows outside of the network schedule. Notable personalities included veteran sportscaster Lloyd Saunders and newscaster Cathy Little. The station's studios were originally located on the fifth floor of CN Towers (renamed Tower at Midtown in 2006), an office block located above Saskatoon's [Midtown Plaza shopping centre](/source/Midtown_Plaza_(Saskatoon)). In August 1976, CBKST was temporarily knocked off the air for several days when several chunks of concrete, each weighing several thousand pounds, fell off the side of CN Towers and went crashing into the mall below; fortunately, businesses at the Plaza had closed for the day and no one was injured as there was no one inside the Plaza at that point.[6]

For several years from 1978 until December 31, 1985, CBKST used the brand "Saskatoon 11/12" on-air and in print, reflecting the station's respective over-the-air and cable channels in the city. At the time, the CBKST logo consisted of the name "SASKATOON" with the station's channel numbers contained within the "O"s.[7][8] That logo was retired when the CBC's reimaging program began on January 1, 1986.

In December 1990, nationwide cutbacks at the CBC resulted in many CBKST staff being laid off and its supper hour newscast cancelled. At this time, the station began sharing the "CBC Saskatchewan" branding with CBKT in Regina. In the early 2000s, the station moved into a new storefront studio facility, taking over the heritage Hutchinson Building, a few blocks away from CN Towers on 2nd Avenue South, which it shared with its [Radio-Canada](/source/Ici_Radio-Canada_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9) counterpart, [CBKFT](/source/CBKFT-DT).

In 2002, CBC purchased former [Prince Albert, Saskatchewan](/source/Prince_Albert%2C_Saskatchewan) affiliate [CKBI](/source/CKBI-TV) from previous owner [Bell Globemedia](/source/CTVglobemedia) (parent company of CTV), turning CKBI into a rebroadcaster of CBKST; prior to this, CKBI had been a separate CBC affiliate (despite the CTV-related ownership).

CBKST had ties to the CBC's longest-running import, *[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)*, according to the 2002 edition of the *[Guinness Book of Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records)* (and noted in previous editions), CBKST acquired 1,144 episodes of the British soap from [Granada Television](/source/Granada_Television) on May 31, 1971, the largest number of TV shows ever purchased in one transaction.[9] (CBC's English flagship, [CBLT](/source/CBLT-DT) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), was the first to televise *Coronation Street* in Canada, in 1966.[10])

On May 16, 2008, CBKST was given approval by the CRTC to delete its transmitters in [Big River](/source/Big_River%2C_Saskatchewan) and [Tisdale](/source/Tisdale%2C_Saskatchewan).[11] Viewers that had been served by the two stations were later served by two other CBKST transmitters, CBKST-TV-3 [Leoville](/source/Leoville%2C_Saskatchewan) and CBKST-TV-11 [Greenwater Lake](/source/Greenwater_Lake_Provincial_Park).

## Transmitters

CBKST had over 20 analog over-the-air television rebroadcasters in several northern Saskatchewan communities such as Prince Albert and [North Battleford](/source/North_Battleford).

Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analog transmitters, including CBKST, on July 31, 2012.[12] None of CBC or Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters were converted to digital.

### Former transmitters

City of licence Callsign Channel ERP (W)[13] Beauval CBKBT 7 (VHF) 7,700 Buffalo Narrows CBKDT 11 (VHF) 321 Fond-du-Lac CBKAT-2 10 (VHF) 402 Greenwater Lake CBKST-11 4 (VHF) 3,000 Île-à-la-Crosse CBKCT 9 (VHF) 105 La Loche CBKDT-2 13 (VHF) 180 La Ronge CBKST-2 12 (VHF) 60 Leoville CBKST-3 12 (VHF) 39,200 Montreal Lake CBKST-5 11 (VHF) 168 Nipawin CBKST-15 10 (VHF) 4,300 w North Battleford CBKST-10 7 (VHF) 10,000 w Palmbere Lake CBKDT-1 8 (VHF) 7 Patuanak CBKPT 5 (VHF) 45 Pinehouse Lake CBKST-6 10 (VHF) 7.7 Prince Albert CBKST-9 5 (VHF) 13,000 Southend CBKST-8 13 (VHF) 36 Spiritwood CBKST-13 2 (VHF) 5,000 Stanley Mission CBKST-4 8 (VHF) 333 Stony Rapids CBKAT-3 7 (VHF) 320 Stranraer CBKST-1 9 (VHF) 163,000 Uranium City CBKAT 8 (VHF) 370

## See also

- [List of CBC television stations](/source/List_of_CBC_television_stations)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kelsey_1-0)** ["Canadian Communications Foundation - Fondation des Communications Canadiennes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204640/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=236&historyID=80). Canadian Communications Foundation - Fondation des Communications Canadiennes. Archived from [the original](http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=236&historyID=80) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["CRTC: "CRTC allows CBC to continue broadcasting analogue television signals in 22 markets until August 2012", August 16, 2011"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130529235153/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110816.htm#). Archived from [the original](http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2011/r110816.htm#) on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2011-08-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-384](http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-384.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** King, Stirling (Nov 2, 1967). ["Pearson sidetracks CBC for city"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xy9gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=km8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2112%2C240511). *[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix](/source/Saskatoon_Star-Phoenix)*. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["TV and Radio Week (TV listings section)"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5HFjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aXkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2164%2C3293920). *[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix](/source/Saskatoon_Star-Phoenix)*. Oct 15, 1971. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Plunging concrete damages plaza](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75918855/plunging-concrete-damages-plaza/) – *[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix](/source/Saskatoon_Star-Phoenix)*, August 17, 1976

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [CBC Saskatoon (CBKST) *Newsday* open - June 18, 1984](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHqXZNlNvCo)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [CBC Sasaktoon (CBKST) *Par 27* open - 1984](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7c6Lnynho) (logo appears at 0:59)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [*Guinness World Records 2002*](https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec00guin_1/page/160). Guinness. 2001. p. [160](https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec00guin_1/page/160). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85112-124-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85112-124-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Walrus_10-0)** Groen, Danielle (January 2011). ["walrusmagazine.com/articles/2011.01-television-craving-corrie/1/"](http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2011.01-television-craving-corrie/1/). *[The Walrus](/source/The_Walrus)*.{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-104](http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-104.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan](http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/04/04/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tvf1988_13-0)** *TV & Cable Factbook* (56th ed.). [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.): Warren Communications News. 1988. p. B-171 and B-172.

## External links

- [CBKST](https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/saskatchewan/cbkst-tv/) at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [Canadian Communications Foundation](/source/Canadian_Communications_Foundation)

v t e Broadcast television in Saskatchewan Regina CKCK-DT 2 CTV CBKT-DT 9 CBC CFRE-DT 11 Global CBKFT-DT 13 Ici Radio-Canada Télé Saskatoon CFSK-DT 4 Global CFQC-DT 8 CTV Prince Albert CIPA-DT 9 CTV Yorkton CICC-DT 10 CTV Cable-only Citytv Saskatchewan Defunct stations Lloydminster CKSA-DT 2 Citytv CITL-DT 4 CTV Moose Jaw CHAB-TV 4Analog CBC/CTV Prince Albert CKBI-TV 5Analog CBC Saskatoon CBKST 11Analog CBC CBKFT-TV-1 13Analog Ici Radio-Canada Télé Swift Current CJFB-TV 5Analog CBC Yorkton CKOS-TV 5Analog CBC See also Alberta TV Manitoba TV Northern Canada TV Montana TV North Dakota TV

v t e Defunct television stations in Canada A station CKNX-TV Wingham (2009) 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) Citytv stations CKSA-DT Lloydminster (2025) CHAT-TV Medicine Hat (2025) CTV station CITL-DT Lloydminster (2025) 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) SRC stations CBEFT Windsor (2012) CKRN-DT Rouyn-Noranda (2018) CKRT-DT Rivière-du-Loup (2021) TVA station CFVO-TV Hull (1977) 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.

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