Media in Saskatoon

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This is a list of media outlets in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan .

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Radio

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
AM 600 CJWW CJWW 600 Country music Saskatoon Media Group
AM 650 CKOM NewsTalk 650 News radio, talk radio Rawlco Communications
AM 860 CBKF-2 Ici Radio-Canada Première Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBKF-FM (Regina)
FM 88.7 CKSB-FM-2 Ici Musique Adult contemporary, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CKSB-FM (Winnipeg)
FM 90.5 CFCR-FM CFCR 90.5 community radio Community Radio Society of Saskatoon
FM 91.7CITT-FM– Tourist information Saskatoon Visitor and Convention Bureau
FM 92.9 CKBL-FM 92.9 The Bull Country music Saskatoon Media Group
FM 94.1 CBK-1-FM CBC Radio One Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBK (Watrous/Regina)
FM 95.1 CFMC-FM C95 Contemporary hit radio Rawlco Communications
FM 96.3 CFWD-FM 96.3 Cruz FM Adult hits Harvard Broadcasting Formerly known as Wired 96.3
FM 98.3 CJMK-FM 98 Cool FM Classic hits Saskatoon Media Group Formerly known as Magic 98.3
FM 100.3 CFAQ-FM Free 100.3 Christian music Bertor Communications
FM 102.1 CJDJ-FM Rock 102 Active rock Rawlco Communications
FM 104.1 CIRN-FM MBC Radio Community radio Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation First Nations community radio; rebroadcaster of CJLR-FM (La Ronge)
FM 105.5 CBKS-FM CBC Music Adult contemporary, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBK-FM (Regina)

Defunct stations

CFNS was a francophone community radio station which aired from 1952 to 1973. It was purchased by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1973, and continues to broadcast as CBKF-2 860.

CJUS-FM, which ceased broadcasting in 1985, was the campus radio station of the University of Saskatchewan. The university has never launched another terrestrial radio station, although an Internet radio operation was launched in 2005 under the CJUS name.

Television

OTA virtual channel (PSIP)OTA actual channel Shaw Communications SaskTel Max Call signNetworkNotes
4.142 (UHF)35 CFSK-DT Global
8.18 (VHF)94 CFQC-DT CTV
––719 City Saskatchewan City Former provincial public broadcaster; airs educational television and cultural programming from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
––10–– Shaw TV Community channel for Shaw Cable subscribers

As of 2022, CFQC and CFSK are the only full-fledged stations in Saskatoon.

Saskatoon was previously served by CBKST channel 11, a semi-satellite of Regina's CBC Television outlet CBKT-DT; and CBKFT-1 channel 13, a repeater of Radio-Canada outlet CBKFT-DT. However, CBKST and its network of 20 associated rebroadcasters were officially licensed as CBKT rebroadcasters. As a result, both stations, which were never upgraded to digital, ceased operations on July 31, 2012, along with all of the CBC's analogue rebroadcasters. As a result, both CBC and Radio-Canada are available only on cable and satellite in Saskatoon (though both continue to be available on their longstanding Shaw Cable stations, 12 and 2, respectively). However, as most households in Saskatoon have cable or satellite, few residents lost access to CBC or Radio-Canada programming.

The main cable television provider in Saskatoon is Shaw Cable (formerly known as Telecable), which began servicing the city in 1978. Network programming from the United States is currently received on cable via satellite from affiliates in Detroit, Michigan and Rochester, New York (and, briefly, WTOL in Toledo, Ohio, after WJBK switched networks in 1994).

When cable transmissions began in the late 1970s in Saskatoon, American network programming was initially piped in via microwave transmission from broadcasters in North Dakota, beginning with KUMV-TV & KXMD-TV in Williston, North Dakota. They were later joined by KTHI (now KVLY) from Fargo and KGFE (Prairie Public Television) from Grand Forks. In the early 1980s, KTHI was briefly replaced by WDAZ-TV from Devil's Lake. In October 1984, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Telecable and other Saskatchewan cable providers to replace these signals with that of stations from Seattle, Washington and Detroit, though ultimately Saskatoon consumers only received the Detroit stations. [1] The switch occurred almost immediately after the decision was handed down. An additional broadcaster from Rochester, New York, was added after the 1986 launch of the Fox network, and as noted above a broadcaster from Toledo was briefly carried after one of the Detroit stations changed affiliation.

In addition to US broadcasters, the advent of cable in the Saskatoon market saw the launch of a community access channel initially branded as Telecable Ten, and from the early 1980s until its closure the Prince Albert station CKBI was also carried in the Saskatoon market via cable.

US superstations, as well as (sustainable) Canadian and US-based cable network programming began to emerge in the 1990s and continues to be available via Shaw or satellite providers. Digital cable service is also available.

As well, Sasktel provides cable television service through their service. On this cable system, American network programming is received from affiliates in Boston, Massachusetts, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Seattle, Washington.

In the 1978-1979, Saskatoon was serviced by CPN, a Saskatchewan-based cable system and competitor to Telecable that provided several first-generation specialty channels (including HBO) for about two years before folding. A Saskatchewan-based movie channel, Teletheatre, served Saskatoon during the early 1980s until it was replaced by what would eventually become Movie Central. Like other Canadian centres, Saskatoon viewers also received C Channel and other premium cable networks that survived for a short time in 1983.

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References

  1. ↑ CRTC Decision 84-915, Oct. 23, 1984; accessed Mar. 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Saskatchewan News Index: Copyright Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 2, 2007
  3. ↑ Saskatoon Newspaper Index Archived 2007-07-24 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 2, 2007
  4. ↑ http://www.saskatoonexpress.com
  5. ↑ news.google.com/newspapers URL accessed Jan. 7, 2014
  6. ↑ City of Saskatoon Archives - History of Saskatoon Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 2, 2007
  7. ↑ Verb
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