Media in Grande Prairie explained

This is a list of media in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Radio

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
FM 88.9CKYL-FM-5River Country 94.9 FMcountryPeace River Broadcastinglicensed to Saddle Hills County; relays CKYL Peace River
FM 90.5CHFA-5-FMIci Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationFrench
relays CHFA-FM Edmonton
FM 93.1CJXX-FMBig Country 93.1countryJim Pattison Group
FM 96.3CJGY-FM96.3 Reach FMChristianGolden West Broadcasting
FM 97.7CFGP-FM97.7 Rockactive rockRogers Media
FM 98.9CIKT-FM98.9 Rewind Radioadult hitsJim Pattison Group
FM 100.9CKUA-FM-4CKUA Radio Networkpublic broadcastingCKUA Radio Foundationprovince-wide public radio network; relays CKUA Edmonton
FM 102.5CBXP-FMCBC Radio Onenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting Corporationrelays CBX Edmonton
FM 104.7CFRI-FM104.7 2day FMcontemporary hit radioVista Broadcast Group

Television

CFRN-TV-1 channel 13 (CTV) is a local repeater of CFRN-DT Edmonton, with separate commercials and local news bulletins (with a local news gathering bureau) for Grande Prairie.

CBXT-DT (CBC Television), CBXFT-DT (Ici Radio-Canada Télé) and CITV-DT (Global) are also available on cable and satellite.

Print

Grande Prairie's main and only daily newspaper is the Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. The paper also publishes a regional agricultural supplement, The Peace Country Sun.[1] The DHT is owned by Canadian media conglomerate Sun Media, which is owned by Postmedia.

The Herald-Tribune publishes five days a week, Monday through Friday, and offers local news, sports and commentary, as well as national and international news.

The newspaper, which was formed in 1913, became a daily newspaper in 1964, when the name of the paper became the "Daily" Herald-Tribune. It has not missed a scheduled publication, barring holidays, since it became a daily newspaper.

Other

Grande Prairie was host to one of the few video game development studios in Alberta, HermitWorks Entertainment. HermitWorks Entertainment was founded in 2004 and has gone on to release one title, Space Trader.

Notes and References

  1. Newspapers in Grande Prairie: Daily Herald-Tribune, The Peace Country Sun