CHED (AM)

CHED (630 AM) is a radio station licensed to Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a news/talk format, and first signed on in 1954. Its studios are located on 84th Street in Edmonton, while its transmitters are located in Southeast Edmonton.

CHED
CityEdmonton, Alberta
Broadcast areaEdmonton Metropolitan Region
Frequency630 kHz (AM)
Branding630 CHED
SloganNews. Conversation. Live Sports.
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatNews/Talk
AffiliationsCBS Radio News
Ownership
OwnerCorus Entertainment
(Corus Premium Television Ltd.)
Sister stationsRadio: CHQT, CISN-FM, CKNG-FM
TV: CITV-DT
History
First air dateMarch 3, 1954 (1954-03-03)
Former frequencies1080 kHz (1954-1963)
Call sign meaningCH EDmonton
Technical information
ClassB (regional)
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates53°23′55″N 113°23′55″W
Links
Website630ched.com

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 the flagship station of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League,[1] and broadcasts Oilers Now, a daily talk show hosted by the team's radio colour analyst Bob Stauffer.

History

The station first signed on to 1080 kHz at 8:00 p.m. on March 3, 1954 (1954-03-03),[2] from studios on the corner of 107 Street and 100 Avenue in Downtown Edmonton. On May 14, 1963 (1963-05-14), at 6:30 a.m., CHED switched to its current frequency of 630 kHz.[3]

CHED was the 4th most listened to radio station in Edmonton for the Period ending in November, tied with CBX.[4] However, it dropped to 5th for the period ending February 2020.[5]

Notable on-air personalities

Former
  • James F. Laubman, broadcasting as Vic Armen
gollark: Yes, send me a copy of the world, for non-evil reasons.
gollark: Now to copy "just" 2GB of stuff over said glacially slow network link.
gollark: <@!156933717628026880> Is this what you want?
gollark: ... why do I have port 53 open? Weird.
gollark: `nmap localhost -p1-65535`?

References
  1. Matheson, Jim. "New Oilers play-by-play man earned spurs toiling in minors". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  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. "PPM Top-line Radio Statistics - Edmonton CTRL" (PDF). Numeris.ca. Numeris. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 9, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/2019-20_03_Radio_ME_EdmontonToplineRadio.pdf
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