CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver

CBC Regional Broadcast Centre
Façade of the broadcast centre
Broadcast Centre in 2018
Map
Alternative namesVancouver Broadcast Centre
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeProduction centre
Address700 Hamilton Street
Town or cityVancouver, British Columbia V6B 2R5
CountryCanada
Coordinates49°16′45″N 123°06′52″W / 49.27912°N 123.11452°W / 49.27912; -123.11452
Current tenants
Completed1975
Renovated2009
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Design and construction
Architect(s)Paul Merrick
Architecture firmMerrick Architecture
Website
www.cbc.ca/productionfacilities/m_vancouver

The CBC Regional Broadcast Centre, also known as the Vancouver Broadcast Centre,[1] is an office and studio complex located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The centre houses the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and television facilities for the city. It is the second largest CBC production facility in English Canada, and the third-largest overall, after Toronto's Canadian Broadcasting Centre and Montreal's Maison Radio-Canada. The building was designed by Paul Merrick for Merrick Architecture and built in 1975.[2]

The building underwent significant renovations starting in 2006, which were completed in 2009.[2] The expanded facility included community space to house the offices of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Vancouver International Children's Festival and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, as well as a 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) performance studio similar to Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio.

In addition to Vancouver's local CBC broadcast stations (CBU, CBU-FM, CBUF-FM, CBUX-FM, CBUT-DT, CBUFT-DT), the national satellite radio network CBC Radio 3 operates from the Vancouver building. It also serves as one of the originating studios for the nightly national newscast The National.

References

  1. ^ "CBC Production Facilities". CBC. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Vancouver CBC building goes from 'brutalistic' to 'futuristic'". Journal of Commerce. October 25, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.


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