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CKAL-TV (also known as Citytv Calgary) 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 branded as A-Channel.
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.
CKEM's master control was moved to CKAL in 2003.
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". [1]
In 2004, Craig Media announced a deal to sell its conventional television assets, including 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 relaunched as Citytv. The changes took effect August 2.
On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CTVglobemedia would acquire CHUM Limited and its assets, including the Citytv family. [2]. Also, as the result of this merger, CKAL added CHMI-TV to its master control duties and as a result of the takeover the station's local newscasts (with the exception of CityNews at Noon) were immediately discontinued. The local newscasts were replaced by a half-hour news magazine program called Your City at 6:30pm and 11:00pm, along with CityNews International (produced in the CityNews studios in Toronto, Ontario).[3]
On June 12 2007, It was announced that Rogers Media would acquire all of the 5 Citytv Stations, (including CKAL), from CHUM Limited.
A transmitter in Lethbridge, Alberta rebroadcasts the station on channel 2.
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