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The CHEK-TV/CBC Radio studio building in Victoria

The CHEK-TV/CBC Radio studio building in Victoria

• ... that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left a studio building in Victoria, British Columbia (pictured) unfinished in 1978, only to move in 34 years later? Source: [1] [2]
  • ALT1:... that Canadian federal budget cuts scrapped plans for a CBC Television station in Victoria, British Columbia (building pictured), even though it was just months away from completion? Source: [3] [4]

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• Comment: Believe it or not, this is my first DYK in Canada... Victoria Day, perhaps? Thank you to the friend who took and uploaded this photo for me!

Created by Raymie (talk). Self-nominated at 04:38, 4 May 2020 (UTC).

Template:Ping I've edited the main hook because I looked back at the article and it is indeed 34 years. It is 1978 to 2012 (I thought the article said they'd move in in 2013). The 1978 date is when the federal budget cuts put all work on hold. I don't like the idea of piping the hook link, personally.

As to the CBUVT question... Typically, {{Infobox broadcast}} is present in a TV station article and it has a spot for "call letters meaning". However, I had thought it not the most relevant for a television station that never signed on the air (though I've added it). The CBUVT call letters are definitely a derivation of CBUT (the "parent" CBC station in Vancouver) with an inserted V for Victoria; this letter insertion was sometimes used by other CBC repeaters and by the CBC's French-language TV stations outside of Quebec (CBUFT, for instance, with F for French). I've decided to add something on that into the infobox. Raymie (t • c) 21:09, 9 May 2020 (UTC)