CFRE-DT
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| Regina, Saskatchewan | |
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| City of license | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Branding | Global Regina |
| Channels | Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | 6 CFRE-TV-2 Fort Qu'Appelle |
| Affiliations | Global |
| Owner | Shaw Media (Shaw Television Limited Partnership) |
| First air date | September 6, 1987 |
| Call letters' meaning | CF REgina |
| Former callsigns | CFRE-TV (1987-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 11 (Analog, 1987-2011) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1987-1997) |
| Transmitter power | 17.3 kW |
| Height | 300.0 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 50°35′45″N 105°4′10″W / 50.59583°N 105.06944°W |
| Website | Global Regina |
CFRE-DT (branded as Global Regina) is a television station which broadcasts from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Global Television Network.
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[edit] History
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The station was launched on September 6, 1987 by Canwest. CFRE and its sister station in Saskatoon, CFSK, were branded as STV, it became part of the CanWest Global System in 1990 until the Global identity was extended to all of Canwest's stations in 1997.
The station has one rebroadcast transmitter, on channel 6 in Fort Qu'Appelle (CFRE-TV-2), operating at 0.01 kW in power.
On August 10, 2011, CFRE-TV flash-cut to digital broadcasts on VHF channel 11.
[edit] News operation
The station currently produces an hour-and-a-half of local newscasts every weekday, and two hours of local news on weekends (consisting of half-hour newscasts at 6 and 10 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday nights).
On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new local weekday morning newscast would begin broadcasting on Global Regina in late-August 2011. The morning newscast will run from 6 to 9 a.m. Central Time.[1] On August 11, 2011, it was announced that Heather Anderson would become Host of the new weekday morning newscast debuting in the fall. [2]
In late 2011, Global Regina became the first television station in the city to broadcast its news in high definition.
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- Global (Regina) News (1997–2000, 2006–present)[3][4]
- Global (Saskatchewan) News (2000–2006)
[edit] Station slogans
- "Global's Got It!" (1997–2006)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.[edit] News team[5]
Anchors
- Heather Anderson - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
- Rylee Carlson - Evening News and Prime News (weekends at 6 and 10 p.m.)
- Jill Morgan - Evening News, Prime News and News Final (weeknights at 6, 10 and 11 p.m.)
- Tom Vernon - Focus Saskatchewan host
Weather team
- Kelsey Morrison - weather specialist; Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.), Prime News (weeknights at 10 p.m.) and News Final (weeknights at 11 p.m.)
- Rustie Dean - weather specialist; Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
Sports team
- Warren Woods - lead sports anchor; Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.), Prime News (weeknights at 10 p.m.) and News Final (weeknights at 11 p.m.)
- Derek Meyers - sports anchor; Weekend Evening News (weekends at 6 p.m.) and Prime News (weekends at 10 p.m.)
Traffic
- Rustie Dean - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
Reporters
- Rylee Carlson
- Scott McLean - weekday morning reporter
- Blair Malazdrewich
- Monica Martinez
- Sarah Richter
- Tom Vernon
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Global Regina
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CFRE-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFRE-TV
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CFRE
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