by Troy Gillard
August 31, 2024
It’s been 15 years since Red Deer’s first, and so far only, local television station went off the air.
Screens went dark on CHCA-TV on Aug. 31, 2009 after 62 years of broadcasting.
In 1955, the Central Alberta Broadcasting Co. Ltd., owner of CKRD-AM, applied for a television licence but was denied.
Two years later, Fred Bartley’s CHCA (The “CA” representing “Central Alberta”) Television Ltd. received a television licence on August 1. The station hit the air on Dec. 11 as a basic CBC affiliate.
In September 1965, CHCA-TV became CKRD-TV and the following year moved downtown, next door to its sister radio station.
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I wonder where the contents of the video library ended up.