List of North American broadcast station classes Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Full-power stations in Canada === * Class A: UHF, 10 kW video/{{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[EHAAT]] * Class B: UHF, 100 kW video/{{convert|150|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[EHAAT]] * Class C: UHF, {{convert|1|MW|kW|abbr=on}} video/{{convert|300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[EHAAT]] (?) * Class D: UHF, more than {{convert|1|MW|kW|abbr=on}}/{{convert|300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[EHAAT]] * Class R: VHF, 100 kW low-band (channels 2β6), 325 kW high-band. (channels 7-13) * Class S: VHF, more than 100 kW low-band/325 kW high-band. Notes: * Official definitions of these classes are difficult to locate. The values above are inferred from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131207042211/http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/engineering/engdoc/baserad.zip Industry Canada database]. There is some ambiguity about the difference between Classes C and D. * Power-level limitations are not firmly enforced in Canada, and [[Industry Canada]] has been known to license stations for power levels much higher than the generally accepted limits. For example, [[CFRN-TV]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] operated on Channel 3 at over 600 kW but was not subject to international co-ordination due to its location {{convert|500|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the border. * In Canada, the callsigns of all private TV stations have the -TV suffix. Most [[CBC Television]] and [[Ici Radio-Canada TΓ©lΓ©]] TV callsigns end in the letter T and have no suffix. A few Radio-Canada stations, purchased by the CBC from private owners, retain the old -TV callsigns. * Canadian digital stations all receive the -DT suffix. (this includes CBC and Radio-Canada stations) The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131207042211/http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/engineering/engdoc/baserad.zip Industry Canada database] shows -PT suffixes for the channel allotments for permanent post-transition digital operation but when licences are issued for these permanent digital stations, -DT callsigns are used. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page