CBNLT

CBNLT was the local CBC Television owned-and-operated station (O&O) for Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was an analogue semi-satellite of CBNT-DT, the CBC owned and operated station in St. John's and originally produced limited amounts of local programming. The station was originally founded by the Iron Ore Company of Canada Aviation, Limited, and was co-owned with nearby sister station CFKL-TV 7 in Schefferville, Quebec (which later became repeater CBSET-1, which repeated CBMT Montreal).

History

1970s

On July 28, 1970, the licences for the two stations (CJCL-TV and CFKL-TV) were renewed for only two years. The Iron Ore Company of Canada Aviation, Limited was considered ineligible to hold a broadcast television station license, as 60% of the company's shares were owned by American companies. Although both stations were private CBC affiliates, they aired the whole CBC schedule on videotape. At the time, both stations were bilingual (English and French), with 73% of their programming in English, and the other 27% in French. Since it was considered very unlikely another company would be willing to buy these stations, their licenses were renewed temporarily under the existing ownership.