| Edmonton and Red Deer | |
|---|---|
| City of license | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Branding | Global Edmonton |
| Slogan | Our City. Our News. |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP) |
| Translators | 10 CITV-TV-1 Red Deer |
| Affiliations | Global (secondary 1988-2000, primary since 2000) |
| Owner | Shaw Media (Shaw Television Limited Partnership) |
| First air date | September 1, 1974 |
| Call letters' meaning | Canadian Independent Television |
| Former callsigns | CITV-TV (1975-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | 13 (VHF, Analog, 1974-2011) 47 (UHF, Digital, 2009-2011) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1974-2000) |
| Transmitter power | CITV-DT: 25 kW CITV-TV-1: 325 kW |
| Height | CITV-DT: 228.1 m CITV-DT: 22.5 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | CITV-DT: CITV-TV-1: |
| Website | Global Edmonton |
CITV-DT is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Known on air as Global Edmonton, the station is owned by Shaw Media, and is an owned-and-operated station (O&O) of the Global Television Network. It transmits on channel 13 and cable 8 in Edmonton, and is carried on the Bell TV (channel 240) and Shaw Direct (channel 339) DBS services. Its high-definition/digital signal is available on Shaw HD on channel 211, and on Telus Optik on channel 610.
CITV is carried by the Cancom system from 1981 as an independent signal for Canadian cable television systems too distant to receive a variety of television signals over-the-air.
CITV's programming is similar to CICT-TV, the Global O&O in Calgary. CITV's master control is also based out of CICT, along with all the rest of Shaw's television stations. The station carries the full Global network schedule along with 39 hours a week of local news programming.
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The station was launched on September 1, 1974. CITV was originally owned by Allarcom, owned by Dr. Charles Allard, and launched as Independent Television (ITV), a brand 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 in 1999. It joined the Global Television Network on September 4, 2000, along with fellow Alberta stations CICT and CISA, but had been carrying Global's programming since 1988.
The station currently produces a total of 45 hours of local newscasts each week; seven hours of news every weekday (consisting of a 3½ hour morning newscast, hour-long newscasts at noon, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., and half-hour newscasts at 5), and five hours on weekends (consisting of a three-hour Saturday morning newscast, two-hour Sunday morning news cast, an hour-long newscast at 6 p.m. and half-hour newscast at 11 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday nights).
The station is also the first in Edmonton to have a news helicopter. The helicopter, called Global 1, is shared with CHED (AM) for their traffic reports during the Morning News (5:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.) and the Early News (5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.). The helicopter is also used frequently for breaking news coverage. Both CHED (Corus Entertainment) and CITV (Shaw Media) are owned by the Shaw family, but are operated as separate businesses.
On November 15, 2010, Global Edmonton became the first television station in Alberta to produce and broadcast its locally-produced programming in high definition.
On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new two-hour Sunday morning newscast will debut on CITV-DT on September 11, 2011, running from 8-10 a.m. MT. In addition, the Saturday Morning News will be expanded to three hours, running from 7-10 a.m. MT, on the following day.[1][2]
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