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CHAT-TV
CHAT-TV (analogue channel 6) was a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, last affiliated with Citytv. Owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the station had studios at 10 Boundary Road SE in the nearby town of Redcliff, and its transmitter was located near the Trans-Canada Highway and Range Road 80, northwest of Redcliff.
CHAT signed on the air on September 14, 1957, by Monarch Broadcasting Company Ltd. as a CBC Television affiliate serving Medicine Hat. It was then acquired by Jim Pattison Broadcasting in 2000 when it acquired the assets of Monarch. In 2008, CHAT became affiliated with Canwest's E! television system, since CICT (Global Calgary) was also available on cable systems in Medicine Hat; but when E! collapsed in 2009, Pattison transferred CHAT's affiliation to Rogers Media's Citytv system, adopting the scheduling grid of CKAL. In June 2025, the station ceased operations due to financial troubles by its parent.
This station also operated rebroadcasters in Pivot (CHAT-TV-1, channel 4) and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (CHAT-TV-2, channel 6).
CHAT-TV began broadcasting on September 14, 1957, on VHF channel 6, with a transmitter power output of 5,700 watts. The station was owned by Monarch Broadcasting Company Ltd., which was operated by J. H. "Hop" Yuill, and was co-owned with local radio station CHAT (1270 AM, now on 94.5 FM). CHAT-TV was the fourth television station in Alberta to sign on the air, and its launch was presided over by then-premier Ernest Manning.
CHAT-TV's first general manager was R.J. "Bob" Buss. The station operated from a modernized studio and office building, and transmitted from a 403-foot (123 m) tower located at Redcliff. Sid Gaffney was the first chief engineer, and Merv Stone was the production manager. In the beginning, the station began its daily operations at 5:30 p.m., with the only live programming being the 6 p.m. news bulletin. The remainder of programming arrived via train and consisted of 16 mm kinescope films of CBC programming that had originated one or two weeks earlier. Around 10% of the local commercials were done live, with the announcers having to ad-lib enough to last the full 60 seconds.
Other early CHAT-TV staff members include Bernie Pascall, Gary Buss, George Lund, Mike Darow and Duff Roman. Early local productions of note include Sock-Hop, a teenage dance show, quiz shows such as Teen Challenge and Cartoon Quiz, cooking shows, farming programs, and two music programs, Country Roundup (concentrating on western music), and Music For the Moderns, featuring local musicians.
Later that year, the station joined the Trans Canada Microwave relay, increasing the station's broadcast hours to from 10 a.m. to midnight. In 1961, a full-power rebroadcast transmitter was installed near Pivot, near the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, which improved the station's signal reach. In 1967, colour programming from the CBC arrived on CHAT, and local colour programs started in 1972.
In 1981, the main transmitter was relocated to Bowell, Alberta, and its power was increased to 58,000 watts. Other rebroadcasters were added in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, and at Oyen, Alberta (which was owned by the community).
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CHAT-TV
CHAT-TV (analogue channel 6) was a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, last affiliated with Citytv. Owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, the station had studios at 10 Boundary Road SE in the nearby town of Redcliff, and its transmitter was located near the Trans-Canada Highway and Range Road 80, northwest of Redcliff.
CHAT signed on the air on September 14, 1957, by Monarch Broadcasting Company Ltd. as a CBC Television affiliate serving Medicine Hat. It was then acquired by Jim Pattison Broadcasting in 2000 when it acquired the assets of Monarch. In 2008, CHAT became affiliated with Canwest's E! television system, since CICT (Global Calgary) was also available on cable systems in Medicine Hat; but when E! collapsed in 2009, Pattison transferred CHAT's affiliation to Rogers Media's Citytv system, adopting the scheduling grid of CKAL. In June 2025, the station ceased operations due to financial troubles by its parent.
This station also operated rebroadcasters in Pivot (CHAT-TV-1, channel 4) and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (CHAT-TV-2, channel 6).
CHAT-TV began broadcasting on September 14, 1957, on VHF channel 6, with a transmitter power output of 5,700 watts. The station was owned by Monarch Broadcasting Company Ltd., which was operated by J. H. "Hop" Yuill, and was co-owned with local radio station CHAT (1270 AM, now on 94.5 FM). CHAT-TV was the fourth television station in Alberta to sign on the air, and its launch was presided over by then-premier Ernest Manning.
CHAT-TV's first general manager was R.J. "Bob" Buss. The station operated from a modernized studio and office building, and transmitted from a 403-foot (123 m) tower located at Redcliff. Sid Gaffney was the first chief engineer, and Merv Stone was the production manager. In the beginning, the station began its daily operations at 5:30 p.m., with the only live programming being the 6 p.m. news bulletin. The remainder of programming arrived via train and consisted of 16 mm kinescope films of CBC programming that had originated one or two weeks earlier. Around 10% of the local commercials were done live, with the announcers having to ad-lib enough to last the full 60 seconds.
Other early CHAT-TV staff members include Bernie Pascall, Gary Buss, George Lund, Mike Darow and Duff Roman. Early local productions of note include Sock-Hop, a teenage dance show, quiz shows such as Teen Challenge and Cartoon Quiz, cooking shows, farming programs, and two music programs, Country Roundup (concentrating on western music), and Music For the Moderns, featuring local musicians.
Later that year, the station joined the Trans Canada Microwave relay, increasing the station's broadcast hours to from 10 a.m. to midnight. In 1961, a full-power rebroadcast transmitter was installed near Pivot, near the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, which improved the station's signal reach. In 1967, colour programming from the CBC arrived on CHAT, and local colour programs started in 1972.
In 1981, the main transmitter was relocated to Bowell, Alberta, and its power was increased to 58,000 watts. Other rebroadcasters were added in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, and at Oyen, Alberta (which was owned by the community).