CHAN-DT is a
television stationA television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in
VancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
,
CanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, broadcasting
over-the-airTerrestrial television is a mode of television broadcasting which does not involve satellite transmission or cables — typically using radio waves through transmitting and receiving antennas or television antenna aerials...
on digital channel 22, and available via
cableCable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
providers in the area on channel 11. Owned by
Shaw CommunicationsShaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
as a part of its
Shaw MediaShaw Media is the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. Shaw Media owns the Global Television Network, which broadcasts via 11 television stations, as well as various specialty channels including HGTV Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, and History Television.Despite also...
division, it is the West Coast flagship station of the
Global Television NetworkGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
. CHAN-DT's studios are located in the nearby city of Burnaby.
The station is Global's
owned-and-operated stationIn the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
in British Columbia, and currently uses the on-air brand Global BC, and was previously known as BCTV. The station is available throughout British Columbia through a large network of translators, and its 6:00 p.m.
News Hour is the highest-rated newscast in the province and the highest-rated local newscast in Canada. It is also carried on Bell TV channel 252, Shaw Direct channel 336 on the classic lineup and channel 5 on the advanced lineup, and Rogers Personal TV channel 119.
History
CHAN began broadcasting on October 31, 1960 at 4:45 p.m. as an independent station, joining
CTVCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
upon the new network's launch on October 1, 1961. Temporary studios were housed in Downtown Vancouver, at 1219 Richards Street, until its current studios on Enterprise Street in Burnaby were completed in early 1961. Soon after launch, the station began installing relay transmitters across the province, and now reaches 96 percent of British Columbia. Via OTA channel 8, CHAN also reaches an American audience in neighbouring
Whatcom County, WashingtonWhatcom County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. Its name ultimately derives from the Lummi word Xwotʼqom, meaning "noisy water." As of 2010, the population was 201,140. The county seat is at Bellingham, which is also the county's largest city...
.
In 1963, local entrepreneur
Frank GriffithsFrank A. Griffiths was a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada media mogul through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. ....
, the owner of radio station CKNW, purchased the station from original owner Vantel Broadcasting, along with nearby
CBCCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
affiliate station
CHEK-TVCHEK-DT, channel 6.1, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia and broadcasting to all of southwestern BC...
, based in
VictoriaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
on
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, from its original owner, David Armstrong. CHEK then began airing a few CTV shows, usually at different times from CHAN. It would become a full CTV affiliate in 1981, but aired a shuffled schedule. Griffiths' Western Broadcasting Co. later sold a minority share to
Selkirk CommunicationsSelkirk Communications was a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company, which operated from 1959 to 1989. Evolving out of Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a local broadcaster in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company grew to own 14 radio stations, six television stations and cable television...
, buying back full control in 1989.
As early as 1971, CHAN began unofficially using the on-air name BCTV. In 1973, BCTV became CHAN's official on-air brand, which it used until 2001, when it became Global BC. BCTV was retained for its local news programs up until February 2006, but the branding was so effective that many people still call the station by that name today.
Hostility to CTV
CHAN was one of the backbones of the CTV network for many years and one of the network's most successful affiliates. However, it was always somewhat hostile toward CTV. Management believed that the network's flagship station, CFTO-TV in
TorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, received favouritism in the production of CTV's Canadian programming in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the 1990s, CHAN's goal became the production of a new, early-evening national newscast from its studios. In fact, several newscast pilots were produced at CHAN, suggesting the network was seriously considering such a move. However, that newscast never materialized; instead, CHAN began producing
Canada TonightCanada Tonight was a Canadian television newscast which aired on stations owned by Western International Communications from 1993 to 2001. It was produced out of the studio of CHAN-TV in Burnaby, British Columbia. There were two versions of the newscast; the one seen outside BC was anchored by...
, which aired on most WIC-owned stations beginning in the mid-nineties.
Nonetheless, until 1997, CHAN bought the provincial rights to several popular series from CFTO's parent company, Baton Broadcasting. However, tensions were exacerbated that year when Baton won a license for a new station in Vancouver, CIVT-TV. Baton became sole owner of CTV soon after CIVT's launch, and it became an open secret that CIVT would eventually replace CHAN as the CTV station for Vancouver. CHAN had signed a long-term contract several years prior that would not expire until 1999, but was extended to 2001. However, outside of the 40 hours of programming per week that this allowed for, and CHAN's own local news, the station had to rely on lower-profile programming supplied by parent company WIC. A small amount of
CHUM LimitedCHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
-produced programming also aired on CHAN at times during the 1997-2001 period, including
CityLineCityLine is a television program produced by Citytv and Citytv Toronto that offers advice and information from experts. Each show has a theme that changes daily. These include "Around the House," "Talk Tuesday," "Health and Parenting," "Home Day," and "Fashion Friday."Originally hosted by Dini...
.
The affiliation shakeup of 2001
In 2000, WIC's stations were purchased by Canwest, and as a result, CHAN was due to become the British Columbia O&O station of the Global Television Network. When BCTV's affiliation with CTV expired on September 1, 2001, a major shakeup in British Columbia television occurred:
- The CTV affiliation, jointly held by CHAN and sister station CHEK, moved to CTV-owned independent station CIVT, becoming a CTV O&O station which was briefly known as BC CTV (later simply CTV). Both switches left CTV dependent on cable and satellite to reach the rest of the province. Global BC retained the rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
until show host Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
announced that the show was ending production in 2011The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2011. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes....
.
- The Global affiliation, held by CKVU, a former Canwest station that was in the process of being sold to CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
, moved to CHAN, which became new O&O Global BC.
- Most of BCTV's former WIC programming, now part of Canwest's CH system, moved to CHEK (where other WIC programs already aired). The station was rebranded CH Vancouver Island. It was later renamed CHEK News in 2007 as part of CH's rebranding to E! and simply CHEK in 2009 following the demise of the E! system.
- CKVU adopted the ckvu13 brand and briefly became an independent station carrying CHUM programming, some of which had aired on KVOS-TV
KVOS-TV is television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington and is an affiliate of Me-TV. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on digital channel 35, though through PSIP the station remaps to its former analog channel 12...
the previous season. The station became CitytvCitytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
Vancouver several months later, after the sale to CHUM was approved.
- A religious station, CHNU (currently Joytv 10), launched two weeks later, and a CHUM-owned NewNet station in Victoria, CIVI, launched just over two weeks after that.
News operation
CHAN-DT currently produces a total of 45 hours of local newscasts each week (with seven hours on weekdays, 5½ hours on Saturdays and 4½ hours on Sundays), along with an additional 3½ hours with Global's Vancouver-based national evening newscast
Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
; unlike most Global stations that carry midday newscasts, CHAN airs its noon newscast seven days a week. The station's newscast schedule is very similar to that of an affiliate of the
Big Three television networksThe Big Three Television Networks are the three traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: ABC, CBS and NBC...
in the United States (
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
,
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
or
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
). CHAN's news operation is well respected in the industry. Ever since the station decided to produce a one hour news bulletin in the late 1960s, a major part of the station's cash flow has gone into its news programming, and it has garnered high ratings and major awards since then. The station's on-air news style was even used as an inspiration for
Ted TurnerRobert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
's
CNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, as both use the newsroom as a backdrop during the broadcast.
In 1975, the current newsroom was constructed. It was rebuilt in the early nineties, moving the studio out of the newsroom, but keeping it as a backdrop, and remodelled again in 2001 and 2006. In addition to its various local newscasts, CHAN also produced
Canada TonightCanada Tonight was a Canadian television newscast which aired on stations owned by Western International Communications from 1993 to 2001. It was produced out of the studio of CHAN-TV in Burnaby, British Columbia. There were two versions of the newscast; the one seen outside BC was anchored by...
, an early-evening newscast focusing on national news. Two versions were produced: one for BC itself, hosted by CKNW radio commentator
Bill GoodBill Good is a Canadian television personality and CKNW radio talk show host. He formerly co-anchored the 6:00pm newscast on Vancouver's CIVT alongside Pamela Martin....
(who later went to CIVT-TV, CTV's current Vancouver O&O station, and retired in December 2010) and a national version, hosted by
Tony ParsonsTony Parsons is a longtime Canadian broadcaster whose career has spanned more than 50 years, and he has anchored the second most-watched local evening TV newscast in North America, the News Hour on CHAN-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia...
, who also presented CHAN's nightly news program, the
News Hour. When Canwest purchased CHAN, the stories that were once sourced from CTV's other affiliates throughout the country, were replaced by stories sourced from Global's affiliates.
From 2001, when the station became Global BC, the news organization underwent a minor name change -
BCTV News on Global. CHAN opted to keep the BCTV name for its newscasts, since the BCTV brand was still very well respected in the province. It also wanted to keep CIVT from using the name itself, as it contained the letters "CTV". In addition, CHAN became home to Global's national news centre and a new national newscast,
Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
-- thus fulfilling its longstanding dream of producing a national newscast, currently anchored by former
CTVCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
and
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
correspondent
Dawna FriesenAward-winning journalist Dawna Friesen ushered in a new era at Global National as its second anchor and executive editor on September 20, 2010.Prior to joining Global National, Dawna served as NBC's foreign correspondent and anchor in London for 11 years...
(originally
Kevin NewmanKevin Newman is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. From 2001 to 2010, he was the anchor and executive editor of Global National, and hosted Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents. In August 2011 he became the co-host of CTV's Question Period..- Life and career :Newman was born in...
beforehand). The program goes live from tape from Vancouver at 5:30 p.m. (
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), and is followed by the
News Hour at 6:00 p.m. with Chris Gailus. Carolyn Jarvis and Robin Gill share the anchoring duties on the weekend edition of
Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
, followed by Robin Stickley, who anchors the weekend edition of the
News Hour.
The BCTV brand was finally dropped when Global launched its new look on February 6, 2006. CHAN's local news brand became
Global BC at this point. In 2006, Global struck a deal with the Canadian Traffic Network to supply the station with a
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news
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with gyroscopic camera mounts. It will be shared with CKNW - the second news helicopter in Vancouver after that used by CIVT. Global has named the helicopter
Global 1 - the same designation used for the news helicopters of other Global stations.
On December 16, 2009,
Tony ParsonsTony Parsons is a longtime Canadian broadcaster whose career has spanned more than 50 years, and he has anchored the second most-watched local evening TV newscast in North America, the News Hour on CHAN-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia...
anchored his final newscast at Global BC after 34 years as anchor of the
News Hour. It was expected that he would remain until after the
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, but due to unknown reasons, Tony Parsons left the station much earlier than expected. Tony Parsons began anchoring CHEK
VictoriaVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
's 10 PM newscast March 15, 2010 and also began anchoring the evening newscasts at CBUT on April 12, 2010.
Global BC debuted a new HD virtual set on October 4, 2010, but HD newscasts launched along with Global Nationals new anchor
Dawna FriesenAward-winning journalist Dawna Friesen ushered in a new era at Global National as its second anchor and executive editor on September 20, 2010.Prior to joining Global National, Dawna served as NBC's foreign correspondent and anchor in London for 11 years...
on September 20, which will utilize the same set with minor changes to the desk. A new graphics package also debuted. CHAN-TV uses Betacam SP analogue videotape for all of its local advertisements and non-live parts of their newscasts.
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transmission is used in nearly all non-local broadcasts. The station is slowly moving away from Betacam SP and moving to a digital format.
Newscast titles
- Canada Tonight (1990s–2001)
- BCTV News on Global (2001–2006)
- Global National (2001–present; national newscast)
- Global News
Global News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...
(2006–present)
News Hour (1968–present; 6 p.m. newscast)
- News Hour Final (1968–present; weeknight newscasts)
- Noon News Hour (1970s–present; noon newscast)
- Early News (1980s–present; 5 p.m. weeknight newscast)
- Morning News (1990s–present)
- News Final (2006–present; weekend evening newscasts)
Station slogans
- TV for BC (1994–2001 and 2008–present)
- Global's Got It! (2001–2006)
- Know Sooner (news slogan; 2002–2004)
- It's Our People (2006–2008)
News team
Anchors
- Lynn Colliar - Saturday and Sunday Morning News & Noon News Hour (Saturdays at 7 a.m./Sundays at 8 a.m. & Weekends at noon)
- Steve Darling - Morning News (weekday mornings at 5:30 a.m.)
- Anne Drewa - News Final (weekends at 11 p.m.)
- Chris Gailus
Chris Gailus is a Canadian television news anchor.Gailus graduated from the Broadcast Journalism Program at Mount Royal College in Calgary in 1989, where he made the Dean's List and played basketball. He began his career in Lethbridge, Alberta, and stayed there for three years...
- News Hour (weeknights at 6 p.m.)
- Deborra Hope
Deborra Hope is a journalist, anchor and producer for the Global Television Network. She has been hosting the Early News and the 'InSight' segment on the News Hour at 6, since 2001 in British Columbia, Canada. She joined the station in 1981 .- Biography :Deborra was born in Trail, B.C., a small...
- Early News/News Hour Insight (weeknights at 5 and 6 p.m.)
- Sophie Lui - Morning News & Noon News Hour (weekdays at 5:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.)
- Randene Neill - News Hour Final (weeknights at 11:00 p.m.)
- Robin Stickley
Robin Stickley is a Canadian television journalist who has been with CHAN-TV since January 2004. Prior to that date, she transferred from CITV-TV where she co-hosted the morning news for four years. She hosts the weekend morning news and noon news hour on Saturdays and Sundays...
- News Hour (weekends at 6 p.m.)
Global National
- Dawna Friesen
Award-winning journalist Dawna Friesen ushered in a new era at Global National as its second anchor and executive editor on September 20, 2010.Prior to joining Global National, Dawna served as NBC's foreign correspondent and anchor in London for 11 years...
- anchor; weeknights at 5:30 p.m.
- Robin Gill
Robin Gill is a Canadian journalist. She is currently the weekend anchor for Global National and B.C. correspondent. Robin has also worked for the CBC and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and from BCIT she earned a diploma in broadcast...
- anchor; Sundays at 5:30 p.m.
- Carolyn Jarvis - anchor; Saturdays at 5:30 p.m.
Weather team
- Amy Bell - substitute weather anchor
- Wayne Cox - weather anchor; Early News/News Hour/News Hour Final (weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.)
- Kristi Gordon (CMOS-endorsed weathercaster) - meteorologist; weekend mornings and Noon News Hour (weekends at noon), News Hour and News Final (weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.) - on maternity leave
- Arran Henn - substitute weather anchor
- Mark Madryga
Mark Madryga is a Canadian meteorologist. He is best known as an on-air personality for Global BC, and maintains television celebrity status in British Columbia.- Education :...
- senior meteorologist; Morning News (weekdays at 5:30 a.m.)
- Wesla Wong - weather anchor; Noon News Hour (weekdays at noon)
Sports team
- Squire Barnes - sports director; News Hour (weeknights at 6 p.m.) & News Hour Final (weeknights at 11 p.m.)
- Barry Deley - sports anchor; News Hour and News Final (weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.)
- Jay Durant - sports anchor; Noon News Hour (weekdays at noon)
- Jay Janower - sports anchor; weekend mornings and Noon News Hour (weekends at noon)
- Shanel Pratap - substitute sports anchor
- Kristin Reid - substitute sports anchor
Traffic
- Amber Belzer - substitute in "Global 1" (also in the air with CHMJ 730 AM and CKNW)
- Kaitlyn Herbst - weekday mornings in "Global 1" (also in the air with CHMJ 730 AM and CKNW)
- Erika Hinze - substitute in "Global 1" (also in the air with CHMJ 730 AM and CKNW)
- Leah Holiove - weeknights at 5 in "Global 1" (also in the air with CHMJ 730 AM and CKNW)
- Scott Newman - substitute in "Global 1" (also in the air with CHMJ 730 AM and CKNW)
- Wesla Wong - traffic anchor; weekday mornings
Reporters
- Linda Aylesworth - health and human interest reporter
- Keith Baldrey - Legislative Bureau chief
- Brett Ballah
- Tanya Beja
- Jane Carrigan - also substitute anchor
- Erin Cebula
Erin Cebula is a Canadian television personality, who is currently an entertainment reporter for ET Canada.Cebula received a diploma in television broadcasting from The British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1997...
- entertainment reporter
- Ted Chernecki
- Lynn Colliar
-Biography:Colliar was born in Scotland and grew up in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. She is a graduate of Terry Fox Secondary and went on to SFU where she graduated with a degree in biology...
- senior Investigative reporter
- Brian Coxford
- John L. Daly - crime reporter
- Rumina Daya
- Anne Drewa
- Samantha Falk - also substitute anchor
- Ted Field
- Geoff Hastings
- Darlene Heidemann
- Grace Ke - weekday morning reporter
- Jill Krop - also substitute anchor
- Claudia Kwan
- Aaron McArthur - also substitute anchor
- Mike McCardell - human interest reporter
- Michelle Miller
- Randene Neill
- Jennifer Palma - weekend morning reporter
- Catherine Pope
- Megan Smyth
- Robin Stickley
- Eric Szeto
- Marisa Thomas
- Catherine Urquhart
- Elaine Yong McArthur
Alumni
- Ernie Rose, 1960–1981
- Ron Morrier, 1960–1981
- Jean Cannem, 1960–1978
- Frank Griffiths
Frank A. Griffiths was a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada media mogul through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. ....
, 1963–1994
- Ray Peters, 1963–1989
- Peter Rolston, 1963–1979
- Cameron Bell, 1968–1989
- Bernie Pascall, 1969–1999
- Norm Grohmann, 1970–1979, 1983–1998
- Keith Bradbury, 1972–1998
- Robert Malcolm, 1972–1991
- John McKeachie, 1973–1999
- Patrick Clancey, 1974–1978
- Clem Chapple, 1977–2003
- Pamela Martin
Pamela Martin is an American-born television reporter on Canadian TV. She formerly co-anchored the weekday 6pm newscasts on CTV British Columbia alongside Bill Good....
, 1977-2001 (Now Director of Outreach for Premier Christy Clark)
- Russ Froese, 1977–1980
- Jack Webster
John Edgar "Jack" Webster, CM was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, radio and television personality.-Life in the United Kingdom:...
, 1978–1987
- Harvey Oberfeld
Harvey Oberfeld is a Canadian journalist. Now retired, he maintains a personal blog featuring personal anecdotes and opinion pieces about current events.-Life and career:...
, 1979–2006
- John Gibbs, 1981–1992
- Barry Houlihan, 1983–1997
- Elaine McKay, 1984–2006
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Jennifer Mather Jennifer Burke, née Mather, is a Canadian television journalist, currently a fill-in anchor for CTV News Channel. She was formerly a reporter and anchor for television stations in Vancouver, British Columbia, including a stint as host of CBC Television's Living Vancouver.She is married to Brian...
, 1991–1998
Linden Soles, 1991–1993
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, 1992-1998 (Now at CTV Vancouver)
Kimberly Halkett, 1993–1997, 2002–2006
Bill Good Jr.Bill Good is a Canadian television personality and CKNW radio talk show host. He formerly co-anchored the 6:00pm newscast on Vancouver's CIVT alongside Pamela Martin....
, 1993-2001 (Now at CKNW)
Zack Spencer, 1994–2006
Sarah Daniels, 1997–2005
Reg Hampton, 1998-2006 (Now at CTV CalgaryCFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....
)
Keri Adams, 2001-2002 (Now at CTV Vancouver)
Naz Salimian, 2002–2005
Leigh Morrow, 2006–2007
Dennis Bell,
Don Timbrell,
Alan Edwards,
Ed Cosgrove, |
Belle Puri (now at CBC VancouverCBUT-DT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC Television station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour....
)
Margo Harper,
Fred Cawsey,
Colleen Leung,
Chester Grant, 1981–2004
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, (2005–2007)
Leigh Carter, 1983–86
Dale Hicks (first BCTV reporter)
Mike Chisholm, 2005–2008
Kevin NewmanKevin Newman is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. From 2001 to 2010, he was the anchor and executive editor of Global National, and hosted Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents. In August 2011 he became the co-host of CTV's Question Period..- Life and career :Newman was born in...
, (2001–2008, 2008-2010 at Ottawa anchoring Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
but retired on August 20, 2010)
Tara NelsonTara Nelson is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor, and most recently was the European bureau chief for Global Television Network's news division...
, (?-2008, Now London Bureau Chief for Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
)
Jas Johal, (?-2008, Now Asia Bureau Chief for Global NationalGlobal National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
)
Anna Gebauer (?-2009, Now at CTV Vancouver)
Tony ParsonsTony Parsons is a longtime Canadian broadcaster whose career has spanned more than 50 years, and he has anchored the second most-watched local evening TV newscast in North America, the News Hour on CHAN-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia...
- News Hour anchor (1975–2009, Now at CHEK VictoriaCHEK-DT, channel 6.1, is a television station based in Victoria, British Columbia and broadcasting to all of southwestern BC...
and CBC Vancouver)
Dan Elliott (2005-2010, currently with Vancouver GiantsThe Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League . Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their ten-season history...
) |
Programming
For the most part, CHAN-TV airs a typical Global network schedule, but with a few differences.
- CHAN owns the British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
rights to The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, dating back to its days as a CTV affiliate, and airs it at 4:00 p.m. PT. In every other market in which CTV owns a station, CTV owns the local rights to Oprah.
- Some programs seen on Global's daytime schedule in other markets – primarily library programs from Canwest's specialty channels are not cleared on CHAN in order to make room for Oprah and the station's various local news programs. For similar reasons, some other daytime programs are aired in different timeslots compared to other Global stations.
- Canadian content
Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...
regulations effectively limit Global to airing four hours of foreign programming per day on its daytime (6:00 am – 6:00 pm) schedule. In addition to Oprah, Global BC also currently airs Days of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
, Y&RThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, and The DoctorsThe Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television...
.
- Previously, some of the absent programs would be shown on CHEK, however this has ceased as of fall 2009 with Canwest's sale of the station.
- There are also sometimes minor changes to the overnight schedule as well. Currently, reruns of That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
are absent from the CHAN overnight schedule despite airing on several other Global stations.
Selected former non-network programs
- Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
, weeknights 12:37 a.m. (Feb 1994 to August 1995)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, weeknights 12:07 a.m. (August 1995 to August 2001)
Transmitters
CHAN operates the single largest private transmitter network in North America, with roughly one hundred transmitters (some of which are community-owned) serving 97 percent of British Columbia. Therefore, the network relies exclusively on
cableCable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
and
satelliteDirect broadcast satellite is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.A designation broader than DBS would be direct-to-home signals, or DTH. This has initially distinguished the transmissions directly intended for home viewers from cable television...
in the remaining municipalities (including most where
CFCNCFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....
and
CFRNCFRN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....
were already available over-the-air before 2001).
Owned-and-operated transmitters
Semi-satellites are in bold italics. Note that the transmitters in Kelowna and area (CHKL-TV) are
in addition to
CHBC-TVCHBC-TV is a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada owned by Shaw Media. It transmits on channel 2, and cable channel 4, and broadcasts on 18 relay stations....
, a separate Global station in Kelowna that originates its own local evening newscasts, but which carries Global BC's programming at virtually all other times.
| Station |
City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
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Channel In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast...
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ERP In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
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HAATHeight above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts...
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Transmitter Coordinates |
| CHAN-TV-1 |
ChilliwackChilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...
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11 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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0.009 kW |
NA |
49°4′9"N 122°1′41"W |
| CHAN-TV-2 |
Bowen IslandBowen Island, British Columbia, is an island municipality in Howe Sound, is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and is an island included within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust . Approximately 6 km wide by 12 km long, the island at its closest point is about 2 km...
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3 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.009 kW |
NA |
49°23′16"N 123°22′41"W |
| CHAN-TV-3 |
SquamishSquamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...
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7 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.009 kW |
NA |
49°38′51"N 123°12′39"W |
| CHAN-TV-4 |
CourtenayCourtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District...
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11 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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2.55 kW |
402.6 m |
49°44′54"N 125°14′58"W |
| CHAN-TV-5 |
Brackendale |
9 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.01 kW |
NA |
49°46′24"N 123°7′44"W |
| CHAN-TV-6 |
Wilson Creek |
23 (UHF Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
) |
19.3 kW |
174.3 m |
49°13′19"N 124°0′15"W |
| CHAN-TV-7 |
WhistlerWhistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
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9 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.01 kW |
NA |
50°8′43"N 122°58′24"W |
| CHKL-TV |
KelownaKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
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5 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
7 kW |
509.6 m |
49°58′2"N 119°31′50"W |
| CHKL-TV-1 |
Penticton |
10 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
1.08 kW |
358 m |
49°39′34"N 119°34′22"W |
| CHKL-TV-2 |
VernonVernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while...
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12 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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0.564 kW |
176.2 m |
50°16′58"N 119°19′13"W |
| CHKL-TV-3 |
RevelstokeRevelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River...
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7 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.001 kW |
NA |
50°53′7"N 118°15′4"W |
| CHKM-TV |
Kamloops |
6 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
4 kW |
152.7 m |
50°40′9"N 120°23′52"W |
| CHKM-TV-1 |
Pritchard Pritchard is a small community located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,000, and its main industries are farming and tourism. Pritchard is located on The Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops, British Columbia and Chase, British Columbia, near the Hwy...
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9 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.008 kW |
NA |
50°38′55"N 119°50′18"W |
| CHRP-TV-2 |
RevelstokeRevelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River...
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9 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.005 kW |
NA |
50°53′7"N 118°15′4"W |
| CHSH-TV-2 |
Chase Chase is a village located in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,500, and its main industries are forestry and tourism. It is located at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake, which is the source of the South Thompson River...
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13 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.01 kW |
NA |
50°54′7"N 119°38′24"W |
| CIFG-TV |
Prince GeorgePrince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...
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12 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
4.7 kW |
474 m |
53°54′48"N 122°27′15"W |
| CISR-TV |
Santa Rosa |
68 (UHF Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
) |
0.1 kW |
NA |
49°1′30"N 118°3′34"W |
| CISR-TV-1 |
Grand Forks -Schools:Schools in the region are operated by School District 51 Boundary which has its main office in Grand Forks but also serves Midway, Greenwood, Beaverdell, and Rock Creek....
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7 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.009 kW |
NA |
49°0′35"N 118°23′29"W |
| CITM-TV |
100 Mile House |
3 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
1.3 kW |
584.3 m |
51°54′10"N 121°15′42"W |
| CITM-TV-1 |
Williams Lake Williams Lake, is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George, with a population of 11,150 in city limits....
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13 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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0.005 kW |
NA |
52°6′55"N 122°11′15"W |
| CITM-TV-2 |
Quesnel-Demographics:Quesnel had a population of 9,326 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 7.1% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Quesnel was $54,044, which is slightly above the British Columbia provincial average of $52,709....
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8 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.005 kW |
NA |
52°53′0"N 122°20′10"W |
| CKKM-TV |
OliverOliver is a community at the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 4370. The community of Oliver is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the...
/OsoyoosOsoyoos is a town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia near the border with Washington state. The town is also adjacent to the Indian Reserve of the Osoyoos Indian Band. The origin of the name Osoyoos was the word suius meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local...
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3 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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0.93 kW |
964 m |
49°8′15"N 119°40′14"W |
| CKTN-TV |
TrailTrail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:Trail has an area of . The city is located on both banks of the Columbia River, approximately 10 km north of the United States border. This section of the Columbia River valley is located between the...
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8 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
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18 kW |
480.4 m |
49°5′30"N 117°49′14"W |
| CKTN-TV-1 |
Castlegar Castlegar is the second largest city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. It is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy fueled by forestry, mining and tourism...
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5 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.009 kW |
NA |
49°18′50"N 117°37′34"W |
| CKTN-TV-2 |
Taghum Taghum, originally Williams Siding, is an unincorporated community and railway point on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada....
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23 (UHF Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
) |
0.009 kW |
NA |
49°29′40"N 117°27′19"W |
| CKTN-TV-3 |
NelsonNelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...
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3 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.33 kW |
-569 m |
49°29′35"N 117°16′19"W |
| CKTN-TV-4 |
Creston Creston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington. It is about a one-hour drive...
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12 (VHF Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
) |
0.01 kW |
NA |
49°5′25"N 116°22′49"W |
Digital television and high definition
| Broadcasting in Digital |
Yes (Vancouver transmitter only) |
| Programs in HD |
Yes |
| News in HD |
Yes |
| PSIP functioning properly |
No |
CHAN has been broadcasting in digital since April 11, 2008 on channel 22 and will continue to do so on this channel after the digital transition deadline of August 31, 2011. On June 29, 2011, CHAN-TV increased its effective radiated power (ERP) from 8.3 kW to its post-transitional allotment of 40 kW. Note that the Vancouver transmitter is the station's only one required to go digital by the transition deadline. Shaw Communications has committed to converting all of the other over-the-air transmitters to digital by 2016.
Through the use of
PSIPThe Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers display CHAN-TV's
virtual channelIn telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 8.1.
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