CITV is an Canadian television station, licensed to, and serving Edmonton, Alberta. It is owned by CanWest Global Communications, and is affilated to their Global Television Network. It is branded as "Global Edmonton". It transmits on channel 13 and cable 8 in Edmonton, and on the Bell ExpressVu (channel 240) and Star Choice (channel 339) services.
Transmission
Over-the-air Transmitters:
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Edmonton (CITV-TV, channel 13/cable 8, with ERP of 325kw)
- Red Deer (CITV-TV-1, channel 10, with ERP of 325kw)
CITV is considered as an "superstation" of sorts, and is often offered on many cable and satellite services outside of Alberta, in such locations as Squamish, British Columbia, Regina, Saskatchewan, and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
History
The station was launched on September 1, 1974. CITV was originally owned by Allarcom , owned by Dr. Charles Allard , and launched under the brand of Independent Television (ITV), a brand used until 2000 when it became part of the Global network. In 1991, Allarcom was purchased by Western Interational Communications ' WIC Television division, and was sold to CanWest Global in 1999. It joined the Global network on September 4, 2000, along with fellow Alberta stations CICT and CISA, but had been carrying Global network programming since 1988.
Programming
CITV's programming is similar to CIII, but the schedule is modified to broadcast the best programs from WIC, a practice now being used by other Global stations. These changes are most visible in the daytime, when a morning program (hosted by Shaye Ganam and Andrea Engel ) is broadcast, and Global's children's programming is aired on CKRD. Some programs usually aired on the CH system can also be seen on CITV as well, even though the main portal for CH programming in Alberta is CKRD.
There are also differences in terms of CITV's newscasts, in contrast to Calgary station CICT. The 12noon newscast (anchored by Ganam and Kevin O'Connell ) is known as "Edmonton's Global News @ Noon", whereas CICT calls it "Global Noon Hour". The regular newscasts in the evening are at 5pm (anchored by Lynda Steele ), 5.30pm (anchored by Lesley MacDonald ) and the main bulletin at 6pm, anchored by Gord Steinke and Steele. The late night bulletins are presented by J'Lyn Nye , and the weekend 6pm bulletins are presented by Brienne Hurlburt . There are no late-night bulletins on the weekends. CITV also has a semi-satellite station in Red Deer that airs local advertising and an program called "AG 21" in place of the 5.30 newscasts.
Previous logos
CITV's first logo when they launched in the 1970's
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CITV's first logo of the 1980's
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A revision of the CITV logo for the late eighties
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Their first logo of the 1990's, based upon the 1980's logo
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Their last logo before becoming Global Edmonton
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External links
CiTV is the brand used by ITV for its children's television series. See CiTV.
