CKAL

CKAL is a television station owned by CHUM Limited and based in Calgary, Alberta. It is part of the Citytv system as of August 2, 2005, and was previously affiliated with A-Channel.

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The station was launched by Craig Media on September 20, 1997, two days after its A-Channel sister station CKEM in Edmonton went on the air for the first time. It was also Canada's newest VHF station.

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CKEM's master control was recently moved to CKAL.

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Nine employees working at CKAL were laid off on May 19, 2004 in addition to a 28-employee layoff at Craig Media's Toronto 1 station. Craig Media said the cuts were made to "further rationalize its operations and control costs". http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/CalgarySun/Business/2004/05/19/464469.html

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In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell the A-Channel stations to CHUM. The sale was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on November 19, 2004, and became official on December 1. On February 3, 2005, CHUM announced that the A-Channel stations will be rebranded as Citytv effective on August 2, 2005.

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A transmitter in Lethbridge, Alberta rebroadcasts the station.

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