Editing CBEFT (section)

===CBEFT as originating station===
[[Image:CBEFT-U78.jpg|thumb|left|CBEFT's logo as "U78", on Channel 78.]]The station first aired on [[Channel 78]] in 1976, making it Canada's second-highest-numbered UHF station following the launch of [[CITY-TV]] in 1972 on [[Channel 79]]. Originally, it was a full-time satellite of Radio-Canada flagship [[CBFT]] in [[Montreal]].

CBEFT was the first non-English TV station to sign-on in the Detroit-Windsor market — it would be later joined by [[Spanish-language]] [[Univision|SIN]] affiliate W66BV (channel 19, now [[WUDL-LD]]) in 1983. During that period, and again from 2004 to 2009, the Detroit/Windsor market was the only market in the United States or Canada with terrestrial stations in both Spanish and French; the Spanish station during the latter period was Univision affiliate [[WUDT-LD|WUDT-CA]] on channel 23. After WUDT switched to the English-language [[Daystar Television Network]] in August 2009, CBEFT again became the sole terrestrial non-English station in the market.

CBEFT offered the full Radio-Canada line-up, except for some American series; this is because Windsor is reckoned as part of the Detroit market for the purposes of programming rights. Also, most [[Montreal Expos]] baseball games were not seen on CBEFT, as Windsor is part of [[Detroit Tigers]] territory.

CBEFT moved to channel 54 on September 29, 1982, when TV channels above 69 were removed from the TV spectrum.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50741230/|accessdate=May 11, 2020|work=Windsor Star|page=C12|first=Tom|last=McMahon|date=September 29, 1982|title=Music, nature shows on new menu from Channel 56}}</ref>