CBC launches Western Canada’s very first television station. CBUT Channel 2 began airing at 6 p.m. from a converted car dealership on West Georgia Street located a few blocks from the existing radio (CBU) studios in the Hotel Vancouver, and was broadcasted via an 80-metre-tall transmitter set up on Mount Seymour.
Prior to CBUT, the only television stations available to Lower Mainland residents originated from Washington State. In 1975, the CBC consolidated its local radio and television operations into one building and shortly after rebranded the TV station “CBC British Columbia” although the call letters are still in use.
