CBEFT

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CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving franco-ontarians in Windsor.

It first aired on channel 78 in 1976, making it one of Canada's highest-numbered UHF station following the launch of Citytv in 1972 on channel 79.

CBEFT was the first non-English TV station to sign-on in the Detroit-Windsor market -- it would be later joined by Spanish-language SIN affiliate W66BV in the early-1980s. (Univision returned in 2004 on WUDT ch.23.)

CBEFT moved to channel 54 in 1982, when TV channels above 69 were removed from the TV spectrum. Though it was part of the regional "Ontario-Outaouais" network since the late-1980s at earliest, the station officially ceased to exist around 1996, when it became a full rebroadcaster of CBOFT Ottawa.

CBEFT offered the full Radio-Canada line-up, except for some American series (due to Detroit rights, even though the channel's in French) and most Montreal Expos baseball games (due to the Detroit Tigers).

On cable, CBEFT can be seen on Cogeco Windsor channel 12. It is not seen on Comcast Detroit or Bright House Livonia. The station broadcasts at 144kw, with a directional antenna; it can be picked up to some degree in the Detroit area, as far west as Washtenaw and Lenawee counties.