CKEM-TV
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| City of license | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Branding | Citytv Edmonton |
| Slogan | Everywhere! |
| Channels | Analog: 51 (UHF) Digital: allocated 44 (UHF) |
| Translators | 4 CKEM-TV-1 Red Deer |
| Affiliations | Citytv |
| Owner | Rogers Communications, Inc. (Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd.) |
| First air date | September 18, 1997 |
| Call letters’ meaning | CK EdMonton |
| Sister station(s) | CJEO-TV |
| Former affiliations | A-Channel (1997-2005) |
| Transmitter Power | CKEM-TV: 704 kW CKEM-TV-1: 7 kW |
| Height | CKEM-TV: 231.9 m CKEM-TV-1: 229.7 m |
| Transmitter Coordinates | CKEM-TV: 53°27′49″N 113°20′11″W / 53.46361°N 113.33639°W CKEM-TV-1: 52°14′12″N 113°38′54″W / 52.23667°N 113.64833°W |
| Website | Citytv Edmonton |
CKEM-TV is a television station based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Owned and Operated by Rogers Media, it is part of the Citytv system and was formerly the flagship station of Craig Media's A-Channel system between 1997-2005.
A transmitter in Red Deer rebroadcasts the station on channel 4.
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[edit] History
The station was established by Craig Media Inc., and went on the air for the first time on September 18, 1997 as A-Channel. It promoted itself as a very locally-oriented station, with the slogan "Very independent, very Edmonton!"
In 1999, a letter bomb exploded in the A-Channel Newsroom, injuring the assignment editor and one of the general assignment reporters. A-Channel Edmonton simulcasted the Calgary editions of Live@Five and News@Six while police investigated the bombing. Local Edmonton newscasts resumed later on in the evening. Raymond Neal Best was charged with attempted murder and possession of explosive substances, in connection with the A-Channel letter bomb, and the attempted letter bombings aimed at both Calgary and Edmonton police chiefs.
On September 17, 2003, several employees who were members of the Canadian Energy and Paperworkers Local 1900 went on strike over worry of jobs being lost, wages, and jobs being moved to Calgary (including Master Control operations). The strike lasted 166 days.
CKEM's master control moved in late 2003 to CKAL in Calgary.
In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell the A-Channel stations to CHUM Limited. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1. On February 3, 2005, CHUM announced that the A-Channel stations would be relaunched as Citytv by that fall; the changes took effect on August 2.
[edit] CTVglobemedia takes over CHUM Limited
On July 12, 2006, the station's local newscasts (with the exception of CityNews at Noon) were immediately cancelled after years of ratings struggle in the Edmonton market. Coincidentally, on that same day, Bell Globemedia (now known as CTVglobemedia) announced plans to take over CHUM Limited, previous parent company of Citytv Edmonton. The local newscasts were replaced by a half-hour news magazine program called Your City at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., along with a national and international newscast called CityNews International (produced in the Citytv's CityNews studios in Toronto, Ontario).
On June 8, 2007, the CRTC announced its approval of CTVglobemedia's purchase of CHUM Limited, but added a condition that CTVglobemedia must sell off CHUM's Citytv stations (including CKEM) to another buyer while keeping the A-Channel stations. [1] The following Monday, it was announced that Rogers Communications would buy the stations of the Citytv system. The sale was approved by the CRTC on September 28, 2007. The sale was finalized on October 31, 2007.
[edit] Current CKEM-TV hosts
- Paul Mennier, Local Content Manager
- Rob Hislop, host, Your City
- Carla Turner, remote weather host, Your City
- Richard Zussman, political reporter, "City News"
- Asha Tomlinson, news anchor, Breakfast Television
- Wendy Sandwith, co-host, Breakfast Television
- Ryan Jespersen, co-host, Breakfast Television
- Bridget Ryan, LiveEye, Breakfast Television
- Michele McDougall, co-host, weather specialist, Breakfast Television
- Stacey Brotzel, reporter, Your City
[edit] Digital television and high definition
As of January 2009, CKEM-TV has not yet begun broadcasting in digital.
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on August 31, 2011 [2], CKEM-TV is required to begin digital broadcasts on its current assigned channel number, 51, however should the station sign-on before the analog shut off date, the station will broadcast on channel 44. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display CKEM-TV's virtual channel as 51.1.
[edit] References
- ^ "CRTC tells CTVglobemedia to sell 5 Citytv stations". cbc.ca via Yahoo! Canada News. 2007-06-08. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/08062007/3/canada-crtc-tells-ctvglobemedia-sell-5-citytv-stations.html. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/oca-bc.nsf/en/ca02336e.html
[edit] External links
- Citytv Edmonton
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CKEM-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKEM-TV
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