CITV-DT

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CITV-DT

Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP)
Branding	Global Edmonton (general) Global News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	Global (secondary, 1988–2000; O&O since 2000)
Ownership
Owner	Corus Entertainment (Corus Television Limited Partnership[1])
Sister stations	Radio: CHED, CHQT, CKNG-FM, CISN-FM
History
First air date	September 1, 1974 (47 years ago) (1974-09-01)
Former call signs	CITV-TV (1974–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analogue: 13 (VHF, 1974–2011) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2009–2011)
Former affiliations	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 / 53.38250°N 113.21639°W / 53.38250; -113.21639 (CITV-TV)
Translator(s)	See below
Links
Website	Global Edmonton

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.

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[]

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First logo used while as ITV, used during the 1980s.

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-TV in Lethbridge; all three had been carrying Global's programming, alongside WIC-sourced programming, since 1988.

ITV logo used from 1990s until 2000 when CITV joined Global. For logos used as Global, please refer to the Global Television Network article.

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-TV, 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[]

Notable former on-air staff[]

Digital television[]

Digital channel[]

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 / 52.276444°N 113.690361°W / 52.276444; -113.690361 (CITV-TV-1)

References[]

External links[]

• Global Edmonton
• CITV-DT history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CITV-DT in the REC Canadian station database