CJEO-DT
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| Affiliations | Omni Television |
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First air date | September 15, 2008 |
Former call signs | CJEO-TV (2008–2011) |
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Call signmeaning | Edmonton's Omni |
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Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 32kW |
| HAAT | 288 m (945 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 53°31′55″N113°46′53″W/ 53.53194°N 113.78139°W |
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| Website | Omni Alberta |
CJEO-DT(channel 56) is amulticulturaltelevision stationinEdmonton, Alberta,Canada, part of theOmni Televisionnetwork. It isowned and operatedbyRogers Sports & MediaalongsideCitytvstationCKEM-DT(channel 51). Both stations share studios with Rogers' local radio stations onGateway Boulevardin Edmonton, while CJEO-DT's transmitter is located nearYellowhead Highway/Highway 16A.
History
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The station was licensed by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) on June 8, 2007,[2]and first signed on the air on September 15, 2008. The station was originally assigned the call sign CHXE byIndustry Canada,but this was changed to CJEO in February 2008.[3]
In late 2015, Rogers' television stations in Edmonton moved from their studios indowntown Edmontonto the headquarters of Rogers' Edmonton radio stations onGateway Boulevard.[4]
Newscasts
[edit]Omni Alberta formerly produced local newscasts aimed at theCantonese,Mandarin,and South Asian communities across the province. While there were newsgathering teams in both Edmonton and Calgary, the production of the newscasts themselves were based out ofCKEM's studios in Downtown Edmonton. The newscasts were discontinued and replaced by Omni's national newscasts in September 2011; the national newscasts still featured contributions from Edmonton-based reporters.
On May 30, 2013, Rogers announced that it would immediately close down the production facilities for both Omni Alberta stations as a result of budget cuts – ending the production of local programming and news content from the stations.[5]
Technical information
[edit]Subchannel
[edit]| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 56.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CJEO-DT | Main CJEO-DT programming /Omni Television |
Analogue-to-digital conversion
[edit]On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatorymarketstransitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,[7]the stationflash cutits digital signal onUHFchannel 44, usingvirtual channel56.
References
[edit]- ^Ownership Chart 27B – ROGERS – Radio, TV & Satellite-to-Cable
- ^CRTC decision 2007-166
- ^CRTC
- ^"Forbes: TV anchors back at their desks".Edmonton Sun.Postmedia Network.RetrievedApril 17,2016.
- ^"Calgary's immigrant community dealt a blow with loss of OMNI programming".Calgary Herald.Archived fromthe originalon October 7, 2013.RetrievedMay 31,2013.
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for CJEO-DT
- ^"Digital Television – Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA)".Archived fromthe originalon November 19, 2013.RetrievedJune 29,2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- CJEO-DT history– Canadian Communication Foundation
- CJEO-TVin the REC Canadian station database