ctv edmonton general ctv news edmonton newscasts channels digital 12 vhf virtual 3.1 psip translators see below affiliations ctv owner bell media first air date october 25 1954 call letters meaning c f rice & nielsen sister station s cfcn dt ctv two alberta cfbr fm cfmg fm cfrn am former callsigns cfrn tv 1954 2011 former channel number s analog 3 vhf 1954 2011 former affiliations cbc 1954 1961 transmitter power 25 kw height 228.1 m transmitter coordinates 53 22 57 n 113 12 59 w 53.38250 n 113.21639 w 53.38250 ; 113.21639 cfrn tv website ctv edmonton cfrn dt virtual channel 3 vhf digital channel 12 is a ctv owned and operated television station located in edmonton alberta canada . the station is owned by bell media and is sister to ctv two owned and operated cable channel ctv two alberta . both television properties share studios joined alongside sister radio station cfrn 1260 am located at 18520 stony plain road in edmonton cfrn s transmitter is located near highway 21 southeast of sherwood park . this station can also be seen on shaw cable channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 210 and on telus optik tv channel 612 . on shaw direct the channel is available on 318 classic or 020 advanced and in high definition on channel 013 classic or 513 advanced . this station is also available on bell tv channel 239 and in high definition on channel 1121 . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 news operation 3.1 notable former on air staff 4 transmitters 5 digital television 5.1 digital channel 5.2 analogue to digital conversion 6 trivia 7 references 8 external links history edit the station first signed on at 3 00 p.m. on october 25 1954 on vhf channel 3 with 27 400 watts of power and one live camera presentation from the transmitter room ; cfrn tv was alberta s second television station and the province s second cbc television affiliate . the station was owned by dr. g.r.a. dick rice s sunwapta broadcasting ltd. sunwapta is the stony indian word meaning radiating waves . rice was a pioneer edmonton broadcaster involved in putting cjca the city s first radio station on the air in 1922 ; 1 rice died at the age of 92 on february 25 1992 . longtime edmontonians still reminisce about such programs as the noon show that aired during the 1950s and 1960s with don brinton ed kay norris mclean and george kidd . morning magazine debuted when the station went on the air in 1954 and was hosted by laura lindsay who was later replaced by virginia macklin . the program later became day by day with host terry lynne meyer who was replaced in 1994 by seanna collins ; the show ended its run on june 30 1996 . cfrn tv was also the first television station to incorporate editorials which were started by news manager bill hogle and continued by bruce hogle . in december 1956 two years after its inaugural telecast cfrn tv increased its transmitter s power to 180 300 watts . in 1958 cfrn tv fed live the opening of the alberta legislature by microwave to a five station alberta network . in june 1961 rebroadcasting stations were established at edson and carrot creek . cfrn disaffiliated from cbc television on september 30 1961 as that network established its own station in edmonton cbxt channel 5 . on october 1 of that year cfrn tv became an affiliate of the ctv television network receiving its programming via microwave relay during hours when the cbc was not using it and time delaying programs via videotape . two more rebroadcasting stations were added at whitecourt and ashmont in 1966 . in september 1966 network colour transmission started with local colour facilities for program and commercial production being installed in 1970 and a mobile colour television unit became operational in 1975 . more rebroadcasting stations were added at lac la biche 1968 grande prairie and peace river 1970 rocky mountain house and crimson lake 1971 red deer 1973 and slave lake grouard and lougheed 1979 jasper 1992 and athabasca 1993 . in 1974 cfrn tv moved its transmitter to a new site with a 915 foot tower operating at 250 000 watts . logo used before baton bought cfrn tv in 1997 cfrn tv was sold in 1988 to kitchener ontario based electrohome limited which was founded by carl a. pollock . starting in 1990 cfrn tv established regional newscasts with reporters photographers located in grande prairie fort mcmurray and red deer . twice each weeknight regional newscasts within the eyewitness news broadcasts were simultaneously directed to the three aforementioned areas of alberta . cfrn tv s former logo 1998 2005 . as of october 2005 logos with the stations callsigns are no longer used on ctv stations ; instead they all use the main ctv logo . in 1995 electrohome and baton broadcasting entered into a strategic alliance which saw both groups receiving crtc approval to share ownership of the cfcn tv operations in calgary and lethbridge the six saskatchewan television stations previously owned by baton alone and southern ontario stations in kitchener london and windsor all previously solely owned by electrohome or baton . ownership of cfrn tv changed in 1997 when baton and electrohome merged with baton assuming electrohome s stations in exchange for baton shares . in february 2000 canadian telecommunications giant bell canada enterprises through its subsidiary bell globemedia proposed to purchase ctv inc. for 2.3 billion the largest transaction in canadian broadcasting . later in march the ctv board approved the deal which required canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc approval . the crtc hearing was held in september and was approved on december 7 . also in 2000 master control for cfrn was relocated to the ctv broadcast house at 80 patina rise southwest in calgary home to sister station cfcn tv . by 2001 cfrn tv operated cfrn tv 7 lougheed ; cfrn tv 3 whitecourt and its transmitters cfrn tv 1 grande prairie cfrn tv 2 peace river cfrn tv 8 grouard mission cfrn tv 9 slave lake and cfrn tv 11 jasper ; cfrn tv 4 ashmont and its transmitters cfrn tv 5 lac la biche and cfrn tv 12 athabasca ; and cfrn tv 6 red deer and its transmitter cfrn tv 10 rocky mountain house . on july 21 2006 the crtc approved an application for ownership restructuring by bell globemedia parent company of ctv stemming from a deal in december 2005 that saw two new investors added to the company . the thomson family s woodbridge co. ltd. increased its stake in bell globemedia from 31.5 percent to 40 percent while bce inc. reduced its holding to 20 percent from 68.5 percent . two other investors were added to the deal including torstar corp. and ontario teachers pension plan each with 20 percent . on october 3 2006 the crtc granted cfrn to change the licence for cfrn tv 4 ashmont by deleting the cfrn tv 12 athabasca transmitter and attaching it to cfrn tv . this was due to a change in the method of delivering the signal along with local relevance . in february 2008 ctv edmonton launched a new website as part of the ctv.ca broadband network ctvedmonton.ca . this brought the station in line with all the other broadcast television stations in edmonton as well as the other major market ctv stations in terms of having a strong online news presence . in december 2008 the crtc announced that it received an application from ctvglobemedia to create a direct to cable hd feed of cfrn tv . 2 programming edit cfrn airs the full ctv program lineup on a mountain time schedule . current american programs though are often broadcast three hours after ctv flagship cfto dt toronto effectively one hour later in mountain time than cfto in eastern time . this matches the pacific time zone broadcast schedule of the spokane washington based u.s. network affiliates available on many alberta cable systems and thus allows simultaneous substitution of cfrn over the american broadcasts . news operation edit cfrn dt presently broadcasts 38 hours of locally produced newscasts each week with 7 hours on weekdays and one and a half hours each on saturdays and sundays . it also airs separate five minute news bulletins for red deer during the station s 6 11 30 p.m. and noon newscasts available only on the over the air transmitters or through cable companies that pick up the over the air signal . cfrn also produces an hour long provincial current affairs program called alberta prime time which airs weeknights on sister cable channel ctv two alberta . the flagship 6 00 newscast on cfrn is currently anchored by daryl mcintyre who has been the anchor or co anchor of the show since the spring of 1989 . the 6 00 cast was awarded the 2011 bert cannings award for the best local newscast in canada by the radio television digital news association for its coverage of the may 2011 slave lake wildfire that destroyed much of the town of slave lake alberta . according to the bureau of broadcast measurement s bbm 2009 ratings cfrn s 6 p.m. newscast regained its position as the most watched 6 p.m. newscast in northern and central alberta to global edmonton s news hour cbc citytv combined . however the latest fall 2010 bbm ratings reflect that global edmonton has returned as the most watched newscast . cfrn dt initially aired morning bulletins within the network s morning show canada am while re running the previous evening s late night news before the morning program . in march 2009 ctv cancelled all local morning bulletins during canada am including the edmonton based bulletins . local news weather and traffic reports continued to be featured during canada am through a graphical ticker at the bottom of the screen . on october 24 2011 cfrn debuted a 3 hour locally produced weekday morning newscast called ctv morning live running from 5 30 a.m. to 9 a.m. 3 on september 12 2011 ctv edmonton expanded its evening news programming by adding a 5 p.m. and 5 30 p.m. newscast . 4 in november 2014 those two 1 2 hour shows were amalgamated into a single 1 hour show anchored by erin isfeld and joel gotlib . on september 30 2012 cfrn dt became the second television station in edmonton after global owned station citv dt and the fourth ctv owned and operated station to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition beginning with that evening s 6 p.m. newscast . 5 however ctv promoted october 1 2012 as its official full day of hd news broadcasts . notable former on air staff edit ashleigh banfield weekend anchor now with cnn pat kiernan reporter now at ny1 bryan mudryk sports anchor now with tsn julie nolin weeknights now reporter at ctv vancouver ryan rishaug sports anchor now with tsn natasha staniszewski sports anchor now with tsn transmitters edit map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf station city of licence channel erp haat transmitter coordinates cfrn tv 1 grande prairie 13 vhf 64 kw 309 m 55 27 57 n 118 45 37 w 55.46583 n 118.76028 w 55.46583 ; 118.76028 cfrn tv 1 cfrn tv 2 peace river 3 vhf 4.3 kw 170 m 56 8 47 n 117 20 20 w 56.14639 n 117.33889 w 56.14639 ; 117.33889 cfrn tv 2 cfrn tv 32 whitecourt 12 vhf 17.9 kw 399 m 54 1 58 n 115 43 7 w 54.03278 n 115.71861 w 54.03278 ; 115.71861 cfrn