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Ici Radio-Canada Télé

Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada [SRC]), the national public broadcaster. Its English-language counterpart is CBC Television.

Not to be confused with CFHD-DT, branded as ICI Television.

Type

Canada

Canada (available in northern United States by cable or antenna and Worldwide)

French

720p HDTV (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)

September 6, 1952 (1952-09-06)

Its headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT, as well as the master control facilities of all of its owned-and-operated stations nationwide. Until the 2012 closedown of the CBC / Radio-Canada rebroadcaster network, it was the only francophone network in Canada to broadcast terrestrially in all Canadian provinces.

Like CBC Television, ICI Télé also airs a morning programming block named Zone Jeunesse and Zone des petits from 5:30am to 9:00 am (weekdays) and 6:00am to 10:00am (weekends)

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The most popular children's show on Radio-Canada was , which was in production for 10 years and broadcast until 1987. It was for some time a co-production with Radio-Québec.

Passe-Partout

1966–1973: Regardez bien regardez Radio-Canada (Watch carefully, watch Radio-Canada)

1973–1979: Partout pour nous, Radio-Canada est là (Radio-Canada is in everywhere for us)

1979–1980: Faut voir ça (Must see that)

1980–1981: Je choisis Radio-Canada (I choose Radio-Canada)

1981–1982: Radio-Canada d'abord (Radio-Canada first)

1982–1983: Soyez au poste (Be at the station)

1983–1985(?): Vous méritez ce qu'il y'a de mieux (You deserve the best)

1985 La Télévision de l'heure (The television of the hour)

1989–1990: Pour Vous Avant Tout (Everything for you)

1994–2006: (System cue/closedown): Le réseau national (The national network/Public broadcasting)

1992–late 2004: Ici Radio-Canada (This is Radio-Canada): This is what the announcer says during the system cue, when the network logo is displayed on-screen, but in the early 2000s, it became a promotional slogan in its own right, and by 2013, was repurposed as a brand for all Radio-Canada operations.

2005: Vous allez voir (You are going to see/You will see).

2006: Ici comme dans la vie (Here as in life) and Radio-Canada, source d'information (Radio-Canada, source of information) for news promos.

2007: On l'aime déjà (We already love it)

2008: Bienvenue à Radio-Canada

2009: Mon monde est à Radio-Canada (My world is on Radio-Canada)

2013: Tout est possible (Everything is possible)

2016: Pour toute la vie Ici Radio Canada Télé (For life, Ici Radio Canada Télé)

since 2022: Plein la vie (full of life)

Ombudsmen[edit]

The ombudsman of Radio-Canada has been Pierre Tourangeau since July 2011. He was preceded by Julie Miville-Dechêne (2007–2011) Renaud Gilbert (2000–2007), Marcel Pépin (1997–1999), Mario Cardinal (1993–1997) and Bruno Gauron (1992).

Quebec City: 12 (11.1)

Montreal: 19 (2.1)

Ottawa: 22 (9.1)

Toronto: 24 (25.1)

Vancouver: 26 (26.1)

On March 5, 2005, Télévision de Radio-Canada launched an HD simulcast of its Montreal station CBFT-DT. Since that time they have also launched HD simulcasts in Quebec City (CBVT-DT), Ottawa (CBOFT-DT), Toronto (CBLFT-DT) and Vancouver (CBUFT-DT). The HD feed is available through both pay television services, and through ATSC digital terrestrial television on the following channels:


On September 10, 2007, the network (as well as sister cable news network RDI) began broadcasting all programming solely in the 16:9 aspect ratio with few exceptions, and began letterboxing its widescreen feed for standard definition viewers.

International coverage[edit]

Certain shows such as Virginie and Le Téléjournal are carried on international francophone channels TV5Monde.


As with CBC Television, Ici Télé stations can be viewed over-the-air in the northern United States including the border areas of eastern Maine via CBAFT-DT Moncton or CKRT-DT Rivière-du-Loup; northern and central New England via CKSH-DT Sherbrooke; the border areas of New York and Vermont via CBFT-DT Montreal, CBOFT-DT Ottawa-Gatineau or CBLFT-DT Toronto; or in northwest Washington via CBUFT-DT Vancouver.

— televised news editor-in-chief and director[20][21]

Marcel Desjardins

— sports journalist[22]

Pierre Dufault

— journalist, television presenter and producer[23][24]

Pierre Nadeau

(in French)

Official website

CBC/Radio-Canada corporate site