CITV-DT
CITV-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a Global owned-and-operated television station licensed to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CITV-DT's studios are located on Allard Way Northwest in the Pleasantview neighbourhood of Edmonton, and its transmitter is located just off of Highway 21, southeast of the city. The station carries the full Global network schedule, and its programming is similar to sister station CICT-DT in Calgary.
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| Edmonton, Alberta Canada | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP) |
| Branding | Global Edmonton (general) Global News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Our City. Our News. |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Global (secondary, 1988–2000; O&O since 2000) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment (Corus Television Limited Partnership[1]) |
| Radio: CHED, CHQT, CKNG-FM, CISN-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 1, 1974 |
Former call signs | CITV-TV (1974–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 13 (VHF, 1974–2011) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2009–2011) |
| Independent (1974–2000) | |
Call sign meaning | Canadian Independent Television |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 25 kW |
| HAAT | 228.1 m (748 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 53°22′57″N 113°12′59″W |
| Translator(s) | See below |
| Links | |
| Website | Global Edmonton |
On cable, CITV-DT is available on Shaw Cable channels 8 and 211 in the Edmonton area.[2] On satellite, the station is available on Shaw Direct channel 191,[3] and on Bell Satellite TV channel 240.[4]
History
The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1974. CITV was originally owned by Allarcom, owned by Dr. Charles Allard, and launched under the brand "Independent Television" (ITV), a brand that the station used until 2000, when it became part of the Global Television Network. In 1991, Allarcom was purchased by Western International Communications' WIC Television division, which in turn was purchased by Canwest Global Communications in 1999. CITV joined the Global Television Network on September 4, 2000, along with fellow Alberta stations CICT in Calgary and CISA in Lethbridge, but CICT had been carrying Global's programming since 1988.
Beginning in 1981, CITV became a national superstation, being offered on most cable television systems across the country through the Cancom (now Shaw Broadcast Services) service for Canadian cable television providers too distant to receive most over-the-air television signals. It is still carried on satellite television nationwide through Bell Satellite TV and Shaw Direct, as well as on several cable systems across Canada outside Alberta, including in all of Newfoundland and Labrador and some areas of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Yukon.
From 1980 to 1982, the station's studios were used for taping episodes of the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV; since the station itself was the focus of the storylines, CITV's lobby and control room were often used for SCTV scenes. (The show had previously taped in Toronto at CIII, Global's flagship station, somewhat ironically.)
News operation
CITV presently broadcasts 45 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and five hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output out of any English-language television station in the Edmonton market.
The station was the first in the Edmonton market to have a news helicopter. The helicopter, called "Global 1", is shared with radio station CHED for their traffic reports during the Morning News and the Early News. The helicopter is also used frequently for breaking news coverage.
On November 15, 2010, CITV became the first television station in Alberta to begin broadcasting its locally produced programming in high definition. On September 10, 2011, CITV-DT expanded its Saturday morning newscast to three hours. The following day, on September 11, the station debuted a two-hour Sunday morning newscast.[5][6]
On August 27, 2012, CITV-DT expanded its weekday morning newscast to four hours, with the addition of a half-hour; in addition on September 2, 2012, the station expanded its Sunday morning newscast to three hours with an additional hour. The expansions to CITV's morning news programming was part of a benefits package that was included as a condition of the sale of the Global Television Network to Shaw Communications.[7]
Notable current on-air staff
- Gord Steinke – anchor (1992–present)
- Carole-Anne Devaney – anchor (2011–present)
- Jesse Beyer – chief meteorologist
- Kevin O'Connell – weather specialist; (weekend mornings and evenings)
- Mike Sobel – weather specialist
- Su-Ling Goh – Health Matters reporter
- Fletcher Kent – reporter (2002–present)
- Vinesh Pratap – reporter
- Julia Wong – reporter
Notable former on-air staff
- Rob Brown – reporter (1999–2002; now with CBC Calgary)
- Darren Dutchyshen – sports (1987–1995; now with TSN)
- Carolyn Jarvis – reporter (2005–2009; now host of 16x9, canceled in 2016)
- Doug Main – anchor (1975–1988)
- Claire Martin – weather (1996–2005)
- Graham Richardson – reporter (now with CJOH-DT in Ottawa)
- Bill Matheson – weather (1976–1999; deceased)
- Richard Ozero – weather (2012–2015)
- Tara Nelson – reporter (now anchor CFCN-DT in Calgary)
- Kathy Tomlinson – reporter (now with CBUT-DT in Vancouver)
- Nancy Carlson – anchor (2011–2019; now with CBXT-DT in Edmonton)
- Shaye Ganam – anchor (1998 – August 29, 2019; now with 630 CHED)
Digital television
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CITV-DT | Main CITV-DT programming / Global |
| 13.2 | 480i | 4:3 | CITV-DT programming / Global (testing?) | |
Analogue-to-digital conversion
On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,[9] the station's digital signal relocated from channel 47 to VHF channel 13.
Rebroadcaster
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITV-DT-1 | Red Deer | 28 (UHF) 10.1 (PSIP) |
132 kW | 263.5 m (865 ft) | 52°16′35.2″N 113°41′25.3″W |
References
- Ownership Chart 32H – CORUS – TV & Discretionary Services
- https://www.shaw.ca/uploadedFiles/Bundles/Popular_PDFs/spp-lineup--edmonton--2015-02-02.pdf
- https://assets.aws.shawdirect.ca/uploadedfiles/national-channel-lineup-numerical.pdf
- https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Bell_Satellite_TV_channels
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-06-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Global Edmonton Expands Morning News Coverage". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- Global News Boosts Local Programming Across the Country Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Broadcaster Magazine, May 30, 2012.
- RabbitEars TV Query for CITV
- "Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)". Archived from the original on 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
External links
- Global Edmonton
- CITV-DT history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CITV-DT in the REC Canadian station database
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for CITV