CHAT-TV
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Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada |
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| Branding | CHAT TV |
| Slogan |
The Prairies' Very Own (general) Everywhere! (City programming) |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | City |
| Owner |
Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group LP) |
| First air date | September 14, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | C Medicine HAT |
| Former affiliations |
CBC (1957–2008) E! (2008–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 58 kW |
| Height | 202.7 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 50°9′45″N 110°57′23″W / 50.16250°N 110.95639°W |
| Website | CHAT TV |
CHAT-TV, VHF analogue channel 6, is a City-affiliated television station located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group. CHAT's studios are located at 10 Boundary Road SE in the nearby suburb of Redcliff, and its transmitter is located near the Trans-Canada Highway and Range Road 80, northwest of Redcliff. This station can also be seen locally on Shaw Cable channel 3 and regionally on Bell TV channel 248.
CHAT also operates rebroadcasters in Pivot (CHAT-TV-1, channel 4), Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (CHAT-TV-2, channel 6) and Richmound, Saskatchewan (CHAT-TV-6, channel 4).
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 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, and the rest of the programming either on film or kinescope from the CBC. Around 10% of the local commercials were done live, with the announcers having to ad-lib enough to last the full 60 seconds.
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