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CBMT-DT (channel 6) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, broadcasting the English-language service of CBC Television. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation alongside Ici Radio-Canada Télé flagship CBFT-DT (channel 2). The two stations share studios at Maison Radio-Canada on René Lévesque Boulevard East in Downtown Montreal; CBMT-DT's transmitter is located atop Mount Royal.
The station was branded in the late 1970s and early 1980s as "Montreal 6", becoming "CBC Television Montreal 6" by the mid-1980s, and "CBC Television Montreal" during the 1990s. Since 1997, CBMT has been the only full-fledged CBC station in the province of Quebec. Previously, the only other CBC station in the province had been Quebec City's CKMI-TV. However, in 1997, CKMI switched its affiliation to the Global Television Network. CBMT set up a full-power rebroadcaster, CBVE, on CKMI's old channel 5, while CKMI moved to channel 20.
CBMT transmits from the Mount Royal candelabra tower, in Mount Royal Park, overlooking the city of Montreal. As a result, channel 6 experiences severe multipath interference in parts of the city and South Shore.
It was also previously seen unscrambled on C-band satellite until the early-2000s, when it switched to a proprietary digital satellite signal. When the signal was sent unscrambled on the C-band, many American satellite viewers tuned into CBMT for a variety of news, entertainment, and sports – particularly the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada and Olympic Games television broadcasts, which gave a different perspective than the American broadcasts. That Canadian signal is still available, but it requires the purchase of a dedicated and expensive receiver, or a grey market subscription to a Canadian satellite service.
Due to several cutbacks over the years, master control for the station is now based at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto.
Anchor Debra Arbec won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Anchor at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: News, Entertainment & Sports". Broadcast Dialogue, May 28, 2024.
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Due to federal funding reductions to the CBC, in April 2012, the CBC responded with substantial budget cuts, which included shutting down the CBC's and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters on July 31, 2012. Speaking notes for Hubert T. Lacroix regarding measures announced in the context of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan None of the CBC or Radio-Canada's rebroadcasters were converted to digital.
Transmitters in mandatory markets were required to go digital or be taken off the air by the transition deadline of August 31, 2011. The CBC had originally decided that none of its rebroadcasters will transition to digital and instead will remain in analogue. The CBC had rebroadcasters of CBMT in the following mandatory markets:
On August 16, 2011, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted the CBC permission to continue operating 22 repeaters in mandatory markets, including the above, in analogue until August 31, 2012, by which time the transmitters had to be converted to digital or shut down.
| Alma | CBJET-1 | 32 (UHF) | 4,000 | |
| Baie-Comeau | CBMIT | 28 (UHF) | 4,200 | |
| Blanc-Sablon | CBMST | 5 (VHF) | 150 | |
| Chandler | CBVB-TV | 23 (UHF) | 184 | |
| Chibougamau | CBMCT | 4 (VHF) | 276 | |
| Chicoutimi (Saguenay) | CBJET | 58 (UHF) | 10,000 | |
| Chisasibi | CBMGT | 12 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Escuminac | CBVA-TV | 18 (UHF) | 5,200 | |
| Fermont | CBMRT | 9 (VHF) | 18 | |
| Gaspé | CBVG-TV | 18 (UHF) | 5,000 | |
| Harrington Harbour | CBMUT | 13 (VHF) | 129 | |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | CBMYT | 7 (VHF) | 2,900 | |
| La Tabatiere | CBMLT | 10 (VHF) | 62 | |
| La Tuque | CBMET | 9 (VHF) | 103 | |
| Malartic | CBVD-TV | 5 (VHF) | 9,300 | |
| Maniwaki | CBVU-TV | 15 (UHF) | ||
| Mistissini | CBMDT | 12 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Murdochville | CBMMT | 21 (UHF) | 30 | |
| New Carlisle | CBVN-TV | 45 (UHF) | 5,300 | |
| New Richmond | CBVR-TV | 27 (UHF) | 6,000 | |
| Nouveau-Comploir | CBMNT | 12 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Old Fort Bay | CBMVT | 13 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Perce | CBVP-TV | 14 (UHF) | 3,700 | |
| Port Daniel | CBVF-TV | 16 (UHF) | 1,310 | |
| Quebec City | CBVE-TV | 5 (VHF) | 13,850 | Formerly CKMI-TV |
| Rivière-Saint-Paul | CBMPT | 11 (VHF) | 23 | |
| Schefferville | CBSET-1 | 7 (VHF) | 89 | |
| Sept-Îles | CBSET | 3 (VHF) | 1,500 | |
| Sherbrooke | CBMT-3 | 50 (UHF) | 11,000 | |
| St. Augustin (Saguenay) | CBMXT | 7 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Saguenay | CBJET | 58 (UHF) | ||
| Thetford Mines | CBMT-4 | 32 | 1,140 | |
| Trois-Rivières | CBMT-1 | 28 (UHF) | 13,000 | |
| Wakeham | CBVH-TV | 24 (UHF) | 100 | |
| Waskaganish | CBMHT | 12 (VHF) | 10 | |
| Waswanipi | CBVW-TV | 10 (VHF) | 5 | |
| Wemindji | CBMNT | 12 (VHF) |
| Armstrong | CBLIT | 10 | Part of the licence for CBLT-DT/Toronto, but it repeated CBMT's signal. |
| Brochet | CBDE-TV | 9 (VHF) | |
| Poplar River | CBDI-TV | 13 (VHF) | 10 |
| Shamattawa | CBDG-TV | 9 (VHF) | 10 |
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