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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 & Area Television Stations
(cable / broadcast) channel.
Edmonton Television History
In Their Own Words
Lawrence Herzog's Real Estate Weekly Articles
Canadian Communications Foundation Station Histories
Edmonton Broadcasters Club Station Entry
Wikipedia Station Entries
National Canadian Television Networks
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.
Edmonton Cable, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and Satellite Providers
Cable, Digital and Satellite Television Explained
From the folks at How Stuff Works
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Why Is There No Channel One?
The following folks provide some answers.
Related Pages
Note:
The Edmonton Broadcasters Club incorrectly refers to CJAL (Access Edmonton) as CIAN (Access Calgary).