CFCF-DT

:For the real-life CTV owned-and-operated station on channel 12, see on Wikipedia.
CFCF-DT (channel 3) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the main flagship of the Central Television Network. Owned and operated by the network's Central Networks Corporation division alongside CHTR-DT (channel 11), RTF's flagship station. Both stations share studios at the Maison de Télévision réseau de central in Downtown Montreal, while its transmitter is located atop Mount Royal.
==Programming==
As CFCF serves as Central's flagship station, its schedule is virtually identical to the Central network schedule. A largely identical schedule is used on the other Central stations in Southern Quebec, CHAN-DT in Ottawa and CJSG in Saguenay, as CFCF acts as master control for these stations. Any discrepancies with other stations would generally be limited to local infomercials and religious programming on Sunday mornings.
As of 2021, CFCF's first-run syndicated programs include Tamron Hall, Rachael Ray, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
==News operation==
CFCF-DT presently broadcasts 43 hours, 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday and 5½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).
Channel 3 is also best known for bringing the Eyewitness News format to Canada, which began using it in 1970.
===Titles===
*Channel 3 Eyewitness News (1970-2005, 2009–present)
*CFCF 3 Eyewitness News (2005-2009)
===Theme history===
*Cool Hand Luke: The Tar Sequence - Lalo Schifrin (1970-1987)
*News Series 2000 - Gari Media Group (1987-1993)
*News on the Hour - Rick Krizman (1993-1995)
*Eyewitness News - Gari Media Group (1995–present)
==Gallery==
CFCF circle 3.svg|Circle 3 logo used since 1967
CFCF 1986 open.png|6 and 11PM newscast open from 1986-1994
CFCF 1994 open.png|Generic open (1994-1999)
CFCF 1998 ID.png|Localized version of Central's The One and Only ad campaign from 1998
CFCF 1.svg
CFCF-WCON.svg|Alternate standalone logo
Newsnight (Central News Special Report) graphics 1996.png|On-screen bug (1998-2006) aired during Central Newsnight (2001)
CFCF news open 2008.png|Channel 3 Eyewitness News open (2008-2013)
CFCF open.png|11pm open (frame A, 2016–present)
CFCF 2016.png|Generic open as of January 2016
CFCF watermark.svg|Watermark, used during syndicated and re-runs of Central programming
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect Ratio	PSIP short name	Programming
3.1 	1080p	16:9 	CFCF-DT 	Main CFCF-DT programming / Central
3.2 	1080p	16:9 	NWLD 	NWLD MTL
3.3 	1080p	4:3 	AVG 	Avant Garde Network
3.4 	1080p	4:3 	 	TBD
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
CFCF received CRTC approval in March 2001 for its request to broadcast digitally on UHF channel 54 and was granted a requested extension to August 31, 2006 to launch this service but the launch never occurred. On May 5, 2006, as part of a license renewal hearing, Central was granted a second extension in which to launch CFCF-DT.
During the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011, CFCF silenced its analogue transmitter on September 1, 2011 at 12:01 am and began broadcasting a digital signal a few minutes later on its old analog channel number, 3.
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