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Media in Red Deer, Alberta

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This is a list of media in Red Deer, Alberta.

Radio

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Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
FM 89.9 CKTC-FM - Tourist information Red Deer Visitor and Convention Bureau
FM 90.5 CKRD-FM Shine FM Contemporary Christian music Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership
FM 94.1 CJUV-FM Sunny 94 Classic hits Golden West Broadcasting Licensed in Lacombe, AB
FM 95.5 CKGY-FM New Country 95.5 Country Stingray Group
FM 98.9 CIZZ-FM Zed 98.9 Classic rock Stingray Group
FM 99.9 CBR-FM-1 CBC Music Public broadcasting Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBR-FM (Calgary, AB)
FM 100.7 CKEX-FM X100.7 Alternative rock Harvard Broadcasting
FM 101.3 CKIK-FM Play 101.3 Rhythmic adult contemporary Harvard Broadcasting
FM 102.1 CBRD-FM CBC Radio 1 Public broadcasting Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcster of CBR (AM) (Calgary, AB)
FM 103.5 CHFA-FM-2 Ici Radio-Canada Première Public broadcasting Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CHFA-FM (Edmonton, AB)
FM 105.5 CHUB-FM BIG 105 Hot adult contemporary Pattison Media
FM 106.7 CFDV-FM 106.7 Rewind Radio Classic hits Pattison Media
FM 107.7 CKUA-FM-6 CKUA Public radio CKUA Radio Foundation Rebroadcaster of CKUA-FM (Edmonton,AB)

Television

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Until August 2009, Red Deer was served by a local television station, CHCA-TV channel 6, carrying programming from Canada's E! network. CHCA closed on August 31, 2009 due to economic troubles endured by its parent company, Canwest.[1]

All of the city's other television services are rebroadcasters of stations from Edmonton. Red Deer is not designated as a mandatory market for digital television conversion, although all of the rebroadcasters are now full converted over to Digital Television as of November 2023.

After CHCA dropped its longtime affiliation with CBC Television in 2005, Edmonton's CBXT set up a rebroadcaster in Red Deer. Radio-Canada outlet CBXFT already operated a rebroadcaster there, and both stations had been available for decades on cable in the city. They were shut down with the CBC's other rebroadcasters in 2012, meaning Red Deer residents need cable to watch CBC and Radio-Canada programming.

Cable television in Red Deer is served by Shaw Communications, who operates a local community channel under the "Shaw TV" name. Discounting Shaw TV, Red Deer, with a population approaching 100,000, is one of the largest standalone urban centres in Canada (i.e. one that is not part of a larger metropolitan area) without a local TV station.

Newspapers

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Online news media

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  • rdnewsNOW:[2] Launched in 2016 as an evolution of 106.7 REWIND Radio and BIG 105.5 news. rdnewsNOW is an online short and long-form news outlet, and is part of Pattison Media, sharing news resources with CHUB-FM and CFDV-FM. Slogan: Everything Red Deer.
  • Todayville: A digital local news platform launched by the former VP of CFRN-TV-6

References

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