[3] Originally, plans called for the new facility to completely replace the larger Bell Road studios, which were to close at the end of the 2014–15 television season.

The Bell Road Studio building was finally demolished in November 2020 as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre redevelopment project.

[4] On September 26, 1972, CBHT began broadcast operations for a branch station in Sydney, covering all of Cape Breton Island, and parts of eastern Nova Scotia, called CBIT-TV; its call sign meant "Cape Breton Island Television".

The CBC suffered major cutbacks at the time in terms of staff and funding that eliminated local suppertime news broadcasts in small markets across the country, turning CBIT into just a news bureau feeding the regional production hub in Halifax.

[8] CBIT was shut down on July 31, 2012 — along with the rest of CBHT's repeaters — resulting in CBC Television abandoning over-the-air service in those Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia markets.

[2] The station has been responsible for the production of numerous regional and national programs, including the long-running This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1992–present).

In 2000, its local newscast, First Edition, was cancelled and replaced with Canada Now, anchored in Halifax by Norma Lee MacLeod.