10 years since Red Deer’s TV station went off the air
It’s been 10 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.