KBCB?

[Pikachu90000]

I read somewhere there is a station in the Van/Vic/Bel market named KBCB.

KBCB is a television station in Bellingham, Washington, which airs on UHF channel 24. Branded as World Television, the station airs a predominantly Asian multilingual programming format targeted particularly at the metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia market. It is also seen over-the-air in Seattle.

The station is also available on cable through much of Washington state.

If it is targeted for Vancouver, how come it is not on cable?

[TRENT310]

I don't understand all of this U.S TV station-targeted-in-Canada type of stuff. Why don't they just get a Canadian broadcasting license and do it from here instead?

[7850]

(Shaw) Multicultural Channel has been on Cable in The Lower Mainland since 1979. Does anyone know when KBCB-TV launched? There is a CRTC regulation regarding this, which is long and complex. Simply, since these two stations are similar in programming, the Canadian channel would get priority over the US based channel.

There have been such instances where the regulation doesn't play into effect:

CNN in 1984 (CBC Newsworld launches in 1988, while
CNN remains)

TLC in 1984 (while there was Provinically-operated Educational services lanuched previously a few years earlier. Knowledge Network, TVO, etc)