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Introduction
Television arrived in Edmonton on October 25th, 1954 when CFRN signed on at 3:00 pm on Channel 3. CFRN was Alberta's second TV station, as Calgary's CHCT-TV had signed on 17 days earlier.
CBXT on Channel 5 joined the airwaves in 1961, followed by its French counterpart CBXFT 9 years later.
Cable arrived in 1971, and Dr. Charles Allard's CITV began broadcasting in 1974 (now part of the CanWest Global empire).
CKEM started out as Craig Media's A-Channel in 1997 before becoming Citytv, a CHUM affiliate, in 2005.
Edmonton Television News
- Edmonton Television News
Selected recent events in Edmonton television history. - Edmonton Television Ratings
The Spring 2008 ratings book arrived bringing with it bragging rights and possible pink slips.
Edmonton & Area Television Stations
(cable / broadcast) channel.
- 2 / 3 - CFRN - CTV Television Network
- 4 / 5 - CBXT - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- 7 / 51 - CKEM - Citytv/Rogers
- 8 / 13 - CITV - Global Television
- 9 / 9 - CJAL/Access - Learning & Skills Television of Alberta Limited/CHUM Limited
- 12 / 11 - CBXFT - Radio-Canada
- 54 / 6 - CHCA - CH/Global Television - Red Deer
Edmonton Television History
- Edmonton Broadcasters Club
Serving as a gathering point for those who worked in the business. Be sure to visit the Members and Colleagues Remembered section and their entry for CFRN-TV.
In Their Own Words
- Global Edmonton
Signed on in 1974 as CITV, the station is now part of CanWest Global Communications Corp. - Shaw
Now a national cable presence, Shaw started out as Capital Cable Television Co Ltd. in 1966.
Lawrence Herzog's Real Estate Weekly Articles
- It's Our Heritage
Highlights from early Edmonton broadcasting.
Canadian Communications Foundation Station Histories
Edmonton Broadcasters Club Station Entry
Wikipedia Station Entries
National Canadian Television Networks
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- CHUM Limited
- CTV Television Network
- Global Television
- Radio-Canada
Canadian Communications Foundation TV Network Histories
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, National Network Entries
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Regional Network Entries
Edmonton Satellite Channels
Listed here are some of the more popular satellite channel offerings. For a complete listing see below.
- Biography Channel - US
- BPM-TV - The Dance Channel
- Canal Indigo
- Canal Vie
- Cartoon Network
- Comedy Central
- Cool TV
- Drive-In Classics
- Euro News
- HBO
- History Channel - US
- Movieola - The Short Film Channel in Canada
- Mpix
- Much Loud
- Much More Retro
- Much Vibe
- MusiMax
- Musique Plus
- My Pet Network
- Nick At Nite
- Punch Much
- Sex TV
- Silver Screen Classics
- Super Écran
- The Movie Network
- TNT
- Trio
- TV Land
- USA Network
- VH1
- Viewer's Choice
- VRAK.TV
Edmonton Cable, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and Satellite Providers
- Bell ExpressVu
- Bell ExpressVu - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Bell ExpressVu - Service Listings Alphabetic - .pdf format
- Bell ExpressVu - Service Listings Numeric - .pdf format
- Rogers Specialty Cable Channels
- Shaw Cable
- Shaw Communications - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Shaw Cable - Channels In My Area
- Star Choice
- Star Choice - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Star Choice - What's On TV
- Telus TV
- Telus TV - Edmonton Channel Listings - .pdf format
- Telus TV - Alberta Channel Listings - .pdf format
- Telus - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Internet Protocol Television - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Cable, Digital and Satellite Television Explained
- How Cable Television Works
- How Digital Television Works
- How Satellite Television Works
- Cable Television
- Satellite television
- Direct Broadcast Satellite
- Canadian Cable and DBS Companies
From the folks at How Stuff Works
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Why Is There No Channel One?
The following folks provide some answers.
- Ask Yahoo!
- The Straight Dope
- What Became of TV Channel 1? - Jeff Miller responds.
- Why Don't U.S. TV Sets Have A Channel 1? - Bob Cooper is mercifully brief.
Related Pages
- radio in edmonton
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Reflecting lives that have contributed to the world of television.
Note:
The Edmonton Broadcasters Club incorrectly refers to CJAL (Access Edmonton) as CIAN (Access Calgary).
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