CHED (AM)

CHED
City Edmonton, Alberta
Broadcast area Edmonton Capital Region
Branding 630 CHED
Slogan Edmonton's breaking news, traffic, weather and sports radio station
Frequency 630 kHz (AM)
First air date March 3, 1954 (1954-03-03)
Format News/Talk/Sports
Language(s) English
Audience share 10.0 (February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)-May 26, 2013 (2013-05-26), [1])
Power 50,000 watts
Class B (regional)
Facility ID 106117
Transmitter coordinates 53°23′55″N 113°23′55″W / 53.39861°N 113.39861°W / 53.39861; -113.39861Coordinates: 53°29′26″N 113°26′55″W / 53.49056°N 113.44861°W / 53.49056; -113.44861 (AM 630)
Callsign meaning C H EDmonton
Former frequencies 1080 kHz (1954-1963)
Owner Corus Entertainment
(Corus Premium Television Ltd.)
Sister stations Radio: CHQT, CISN-FM, CKNG-FM
TV: CITV-DT
Website 630ched.com

CHED (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting News/Talk/Sports format. Licensed to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it first began broadcasting in 1954. The station is currently owned by Corus Entertainment. CHED's studios are located on 84th Street in Edmonton, while its transmitters are located in Southeast Edmonton.

The station first signed on to 1080 kHz at 8:00 p.m. on March 3, 1954,[2] from studios on the corner of 107 Street and 100 Avenue in Downtown Edmonton. On May 14, 1963, at 6:30 a.m., CHED switched to its current frequency of 630 kHz.[3]

Although primarily concerned with talk and news programming, CHED is also the voice of the NHL Edmonton Oilers and CFL Edmonton Eskimos. In the late evenings it re-broadcasts older radio dramas.

For a significant portion of its history, CHED was Edmonton's (and North America's) most successful Top 40 station having a staggering 40% share of the local listening audience, but with the arrival of FM radio, it lost its listenership and moved to an all-talk format. Other news personalities on the network include Bob Layton, Bryan Hall and formerly Ed Mason.

CHED is currently the most listened to radio station in Edmonton according to the Fall 2011 PPM data report released by BBM Canada.[4]

Edmonton Oilers coverage

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Notable Broadcasters Associated With CHED History

References

  1. ↑ URL|www.bbm.ca/_documents/radio_market_ratings/june_6_2013/2012-13_06_Radio_ME_EdmontonToplineRadio.pdf
  2. ↑ Edmonton Journal, March 2, 1954, "Announcing the Opening of Radio 1080 CHED Edmonton", page 7
  3. ↑ Edmonton Journal, May 13, 1963, "CHED Changes To 630 On Dial", Page 10
  4. ↑ BBM Canada PPM Top-line Radio Data - Edmonton CMA (September 28, 2009 - December 27, 2009)
  5. ↑ /hosts & Shows

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