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630 CHED
CHED (630 AM) is a radio station licensed to Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a news/talk format, and first signed on in 1954. Its studios are located on 84th Street in Edmonton, while its transmitters are located in Southeast Edmonton. CHED is the flagship station of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and broadcasts ''Oilers Now'', a daily talk show hosted by the team's radio colour analyst Bob Stauffer. The current agreement between the two parties extends through the 2022–23 NHL season. History Originally owned by Hugh Sibbald, LLoyd Moffat, and E. A. Rawlinson, the station first signed on to 1080 kHz at 8:00 p.m. on March 3, 1954, from studios on the corner of 107 Street and 100 Avenue in Downtown Edmonton. On May 14, 1963, at 6:30 am, CHED switched to its current frequency of 630 kHz. Beginning in 1959, CHED aired a Top 40/CHR format. Jerry Forbes ran the first 630 CHED Santas Anonymous in 1955. The char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-news Radio
All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news. All-news radio is available in both local and syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US satellite radio networks. All-news stations can run the gamut from simulcasting an all-news television station like CNN, to a "rip and read" headline service, to stations that include live coverage of news events and long-form public affairs programming. Many stations brand themselves ''Newsradio'' but only run news during the morning and afternoon drive times, or in some cases, broadcast talk radio shows with frequent news updates. These stations are properly labeled as "news/talk" stations. Also, some National Public Radio stations identify themselves as ''News and Information'' stations, which means that in addition to running the NPR news magazines such as ''Morning Edition'' and ''All Things Considered'', they run other information and public affairs programs. History In 1960 KJBS rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Edmonton
Radio is the technology of signaling and telecommunication, communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna (radio), antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio broadcasting, radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by Modulation, modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corus Entertainment Radio Stations
Corus may refer to: Places *Çörüş, Gazipaşa, a village in Antalya Province, Turkey Facilities and structures * Corus Quay, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; an office tower Fictional locations * Corus, a fictional world that is the setting for the fantasy series '' The Corean Chronicles'' by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. People Mythological characters * Corus or Caurus, one of the Anemoi and the Roman god of the northwest wind * Corus (mythology), in Greek mythology the spirit and personification of surfeit and disdain Events * Battle of Corus (281 BC) Companies *Corus Group plc, UK/Netherlands steel company * Corus Bankshares, a financial holding group * Corus Entertainment, a Canadian entertainment company ** Corus Québec (formerly ''Radiomédia''), a news-talk radio network *Corus Hotels, hotel chain Sport * Corus chess tournament, former name for the Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in the Netherlands *Corus (Port Talbot) RFC, former name of Welsh rugby football club Tata Steel RFC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Adler (broadcaster)
Charles Adler (born August 25, 1954) is a Hungarian-Canadian writer/broadcaster and political commentator, most noted as a former host of the newsmagazine series ''Global Sunday''Dan Brown, "Winnipeg broadcaster to host new national current affairs show: Charles Adler says Global Sunday will showcase politics' fresh faces". ''National Post'', July 27, 2001. and as host of the syndicated radio talk show ''Charles Adler Tonight'' on the Global News radio network from 2016 until 2021. Life and career Adler grew up in Montreal, where he started his broadcast career while attending McGill University."Revolving Door" . ''Broadcast Dialogue'', September 9, 2021. After a stint at Radio McGill, he became a producer at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHQR
CHQR is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment operating in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Broadcasting at AM 770, it airs talk programming. With the exception of one show, all of CHQR's weekday programming is produced in-house. CHQR is also the exclusive radio voice of the Calgary Stampeders. CHQR is also the last AM station in the Calgary market to broadcast in C-QUAM AM Stereo. CHQR is a Class B station on the clear-channel frequency of 770 kHz. CHQR's studios are located on 17th Avenue Southwest in Calgary, while its transmitters are located just south of the Calgary city limits near De Winton. As of Winter 2021, CHQR is the most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris. History The station originally began broadcasting at 810 AM in 1964 and received approval to move to its current frequency in 1985. On November 9, 2011, Corus Entertainment Inc., on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary CKIK-FM Limited appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Numeris
Numeris (formerly the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement, or BBM Canada) is a Canadian audience measurement organization. Established on May 11, 1944 as a division of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Numeris is the primary provider of viewership numbers for television and radio broadcasters in Canada. History Numeris was founded by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters on May 11, 1944 as the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement. In 1964, it became the first ratings service in the world to introduce computerized sample selection. In 2004, the organization began a joint venture with Nielsen Media Research to adopt its Portable People Meter system for television audience measurement. The organization officially shortened its name to BBM Canada in 2001; despite this, many outlets still referred to the organization under its previous name. In late December 2011, BBM sued Canadian technology company Research in Motion for trademark infringement, as it uses the "BBM" acronym to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Layton (newscaster)
Robert West Layton (born 1944), known as Bob Layton, is a Canadian newscaster currently working in Edmonton, Alberta. Life Layton was born in England during World War II. As an infant, Layton and his family spent a considerable amount of time in a trench in their garden during air raids. A short time later, the family moved to Canada and he was raised in Taber, Alberta. He worked for Canada Post in Calgary before beginning his broadcasting career in 1970. After attending the Columbia School of Broadcasting, he started his broadcasting career at CKNL in Fort St. John, British Columbia in 1970, but left one year later to work for 630 CHED in Edmonton, Alberta, where he eventually became news director of the Corus radio stations in Edmonton, including CHED, iNews 880, 925 Fresh FM and CISN Country in 1995. He was later invited to work at Global News, where his award-winning editorials are currently shown nationally. Layton received a lifetime achievement award from the Radio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, ''CHR'' most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term ''contemporary hit radio'' was coined in the early 1980s by ''Radio & Records'' magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary, Urban contemporary, Contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40" is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modified to describe top 50; top 30; top 20; top 10; hot 100 (each with its number of songs) and hot hits radio formats, but carrying more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 NHL Season
The 2022–23 NHL season is the 106th season of operation (105th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season began on October 7, 2022, when the San Jose Sharks and the Nashville Predators played the first of two games in Prague, Czech Republic as a part of the 2022 NHL Global Series. League business Sponsorships In addition to sponsor logos on helmets (''helmet entitlement partner''), teams will now be allowed to also sell another sponsor placement on their players' jerseys (''jersey patch partner'') this season. The jersey sponsor patches must be no greater than . The following teams have announced their jersey sponsors: *Arizona: Gila River Resort & Casino (home) *Boston: Rapid7 * Columbus: Safelite *Florida: AutoNation (away) *Minnesota: TRIA *Montreal: RBC (home) *Pittsburgh: Highmark (home) *St. Louis: Stifel *Toronto: Dairy Farmers of Ontario *Vancouver: TD Bank (home) *Vegas: Circa Las Vegas (home) * Washington: Caesars Sportsbook (ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
