The
Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in
Toronto,
Ontario, is the broadcast headquarters and
master control point for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's
English-language television and
radio services. It also contains studios for local and regional
French language productions and is also home to the
North American Broadcasters Association.
The Canadian Broadcasting Centre is located at 250
Front Street West in
Downtown Toronto, directly across the street from the
Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It is within walking distance of
Union Station, the
Rogers Centre, and the
CN Tower. It is also connected to the city's
PATH underground pathway system.
History
The 13-storey complex is partly located on the site of the
First Ontario Parliament Buildings, which stood on the block bounded by Wellington, John, Front, and Simcoe streets between 1832 and 1903. Constructed at a cost of
$350 million, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre opened in 1993 and was designed in order to accommodate CBC employees who were housed at various buildings throughout downtown Toronto at the time. The building required over 12 years of planning and another four years of construction. Television production is located on the upper floors (with many programs recorded in the three rooftop studios), and radio on the second and third floors. Some of the larger sound stages are rented out to outside movie and television productions, such as
Global's Canadian versions of
Deal or No Deal and
Are You Smarter......
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