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| Red Deer, Alberta | |
| Branding | CHCA News |
| Slogan | Central Alberta's Very Own |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | E! |
| Owner | Canwest Global Communications Corporation (Canwest Media, Inc.) |
| First air date | December 11, 1957 |
| Call letters’ meaning | CH Central Alberta |
| Sister station(s) | CITV-TV |
| Former callsigns | CHCA-TV (1957-1965) CKRD-TV (1965-2005) |
| Former affiliations | CBC (1957-2005) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW |
| Height | 249 m |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | CHCA News |
CHCA-TV is a television station in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. It is owned by Canwest, and is part of the E! television system. The station is seen on VHF channel 6 and cable channel 11 in Red Deer. It is also carried in Calgary on Shaw Cable channel 18, and in Edmonton on UHF Channel 17 and Shaw Cable channel 19. The station was previously Red Deer's CBC affiliate.
CHCA-TV can be heard at 87.7 MHz on FM radios, though at a slightly lower volume than other FM stations - due to technical reasons.
Plans to extend the signal to Edmonton and Calgary were denied in 2005 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), but a new application to the same effect was approved in 2007. The translator in Coronation, formerly CKRD-TV-1 on channel 10 is now on channel 13, broadcasting the Edmonton CBXT signal since the disaffiliation from CBC.
On September 7, 2007, local programming was renamed "CHCA News" as a result of the rebranding of the national CH service as E!.
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History
The station began broadcasting on December 11, 1957 as CHCA-TV, the "CA" standing for Central Alberta. The station's founder was Fred Bartley. In September 1965, the call letters were changed to CKRD-TV, the RD standing for Red Deer.
In the period between 1969 and 1976, CKRD was owned by Henry Flock and Gordon Spackman who also owned two radio stations with the same moniker in Red Deer (CKRD-AM and CKRD-FM). Past employees of that era included Danny Teed, Ron MacLean and Al Coates. In 1976, Monarch Broadcasting purchased the station, and in 1989, was purchased by Allarcom (not to be confused with Allarco). Allarcom merged with WIC in 1991, before being purchased by Canwest in 2000.
In the days as CKRD, the station was known on air as RDTV. Its general slogan was "The Heart of the West", and its news slogan was "Our focus is YOU". CKRD broadcast a minimum of 40 hours of programming from the CBC, with the rest of the programming coming from Canwest's CH system. Some of those who wanted a full CBC schedule could view Edmonton's CBXT in the area, other areas lacked a real CBC station.
News bulletins were broadcast at 12 noon and 5 p.m., with a Saturday bulletin produced by CITV Edmonton aired at either 11pm, or after Hockey Night in Canada. The weekend newscast was moved to Sundays near the end of its association with CBC.
On September 5, 2005, the station disaffiliated from the CBC and became the fourth station in the CH television system. On that date, the station changed its call letters back to the original CHCA.
Sportscaster Ron MacLean began his career at CKRD.
On June 8, 2007, the CRTC approved a new application to add rebroadcast transmitters in Calgary and Edmonton. The Edmonton transmitter is broadcasting on Channel 17; the Calgary transmitter is broadcasting on Channel 44. Rogers initially received approval in principle for the Calgary transmitter, but was required to submit a new application for an alternate channel number because of a conflict with Rogers Communications' contemporaneous application for new Omni Television outlets in both cities. The station will not be allowed to solicit local advertising in Calgary or Edmonton (although it could theoretically accept if specifically approached by advertisers in those markets).
CHCA was relaunched on September 7, 2007 as E! as part of Canwest's rebranding of CH stations.
News
The station airs local newscasts at 5 and 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Monday to Friday, and until September 2008 aired newscasts on the weekends. This change coincided with Global Edmonton remotely taking control of the station's production. The news set surrounding the on-air talent is digitally created, similar to a weather anchor's green screen set up.
- CHCA News at 5:00 & 5:30
- Jennifer Ivanov
- Suzy Burge (Weather)
- Slav Kornik (Sports)
- CHCA News at 11:00
- Jennifer Ivanov
- Suzy Burge (Weather)
- Slav Kornik (Sports)
- Reporters
- Nancy Carlson
- Mike Dennis
- Tanara McLean
- Tino Makris
- Jeff Urkevich
- Nicole Weisberg
Station presentation
CHCA-TV's logo has undergone several changes throughout the years, reflecting different styles, themes, station owners, and network affiliations.
 RD-TV's first logo, two dimensional, from the early 1990s. This is when the station was still affiliated with the CBC network, as "CKRD-TV: Heart of the West" |
 RD-TV's second logo, a tilted three dimensional version of its past logo, from around 1998 to 2002. |
Transmitters
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates |
| CHCA-TV-1 | Calgary | 44 (UHF) | 79 kW | 206 m | |
| CHCA-TV-2 | Edmonton | 17 (UHF) | 92 kW | 232 m |
External links
- Canadian Communications Foundation - CHCA-TV History
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHCA-TV
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