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, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station signed on the air on July 7, 1959, under the ownership of CHAB Ltd., the parent company of Moose Jaw radio station

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. It was originally a

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affiliate. On August 25, 1962, as part of an agreement with

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in Regina, CHAB-TV switched to CTV and signed on CHRE-TV on the air as a

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in Regina on December 21 that year. In return, CKCK-TV signed on a rebroadcaster in Moose Jaw. On May 30,

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, Moffat Broadcasting, owner of

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's CTV affiliate, CJAY-TV, bought CHAB Ltd. The

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(CRTC), however, told Moffat to sell CHAB-TV and CHRE to a new owner within one year. Moffat tried to sell CHAB and CHRE to Western Broadcast Management Ltd., owner of

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. However, the CRTC denied this bid on July 18,

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, in favour of a counteroffer from the CBC. On September 13, CBC officially assumed control of CHRE and CHAB and recalled the stations as CBKRT and CBKMT, respectively. CBKRT was made the main station, with CBKMT as a semi-satellite. On July 31, 1978, CBKRT was recalled

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. On the same date, CBKMT ceased to exist as a separate station. Its transmitter became part of the Regina station's licence and continued in operation as CBKT-1, a full-time rebroadcaster of CBKT; rebroadcasters in

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and Willow Bunch were also transferred to the new licence. However, CBKMT maintained its own local television newsroom until 1984 when it became a full repeater of CBKT-TV in Regina and when CBKT opened the CBC Southwest Saskatchewan Broadcast Centre on Broad Street in Regina. The transmitter was finally shut down on July 31, 2012, due to austerity measures implemented at the CBC.

References

External links

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