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CFFB-TV
(defunct)
Iqaluit, Nunavut; Canada;
Channels	Analog: Formerly 8 (VHF);
Branding	CBC North
Programming
Affiliations	CBC
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	February 1, 1972; 52 years ago
Last air date	July 31, 2012; 12 years ago; (40 years, 181 days)
Call sign meaning	Canada's Finest Frobisher Bay; (Frobisher Bay, former name of Iqaluit)
Technical information
ERP	0.01 kW
HAAT	NA
Transmitter coordinates	63°44′21″N 68°33′21″W / 63.73917°N 68.55583°W

CFFB-TV was the television call sign for the former CBC's television transmitter in Iqaluit, Nunavut. It repeated the CBC North service, which consisted of the regular national CBC Television schedule in Mountain Time, with the addition of the northern news programs CBC Igalaaq in Inuktitut at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and CBC Northbeat in English at 8 p.m. (Eastern Time).

No television programs originated at CFFB-TV.

History

During its life, CFFB-TV was always licensed as a repeater; in its last year before its closedown, it was licensed by the CRTC as a repeater of CFYK-TV in Yellowknife.^[1] As a result, CFFB and its network of rebroadcasters was one of many CBC and Radio-Canada's remaining analogue transmitters closed on July 31, 2012, as part of several austerity measures announced in April 2012 to keep the corporation solvent and in operation.^[2] As a result, this leaves almost the entirety of Nunavut without any terrestrial CBC television service, with only community-owned rebroadcasters of CFYK remaining in Arctic Bay,^[3] Clyde River,^[4] and Whale Cove,^[5] along with one carrying Radio-Canada's Montreal station CBFT-DT in Iqaluit.^[6] However, CFYK maintains a bureau at CFFB's former studios that produces Nunavut-focused stories for Igalaaq and Northbeat. Additionally, few viewers in Nunavut actually lost access to CBC programming due to the extremely high penetration of cable and satellite, a must for acceptable television in this remote area.

Transmitters

Other communities in Nunavut received the same service, delivered to transmitters in the communities by satellite from the main CBC network.

CFFB-TV had 12 analog television re-transmitters throughout the territory of Nunavut.

None of CBC or Radio-Canada's television re-transmitters were converted to digital.

City of license	Callsign	Channel
Arviat	CBEHT	9 (VHF)
Baker Lake	CBEIT
Cambridge Bay	CBENT
Cape Dorset	CBEJT
Gjoa Haven	CBERT
Igloolik	CBII-TV
Kugluktuk	CBEOT
Pangnirtung	CBEKT
Pond Inlet	CBELT
Rankin Inlet	CBECT
Resolute Bay	CBEMT
Taloyoak	CBEQT