CFRE-TV
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CFRE-DT is a television station
which broadcasts from Regina
, Saskatchewan
, Canada
. It is part of the Global Television Network
.
The station was launched on September 6, 1987 by Canwest. CFRE and its sister station in Saskatoon, CFSK, were branded as STV until the Global identity was extended to all of Canwest's stations in 1997.
The station has one rebroadcast transmitter, on channel 6 in Fort Qu'Appelle
(CFRE-TV-2), operating at 0.01 kW in power.
On August 10, 2011, CFRE-TV flash-cut to digital broadcasts on VHF channel 11.
The station currently produces an hour-and-a-half of local newscasts every weekday, and two hours of local news on weekends (consisting of half-hour newscasts at 6 and 10 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday nights).
On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new local weekday morning newscast would begin broadcasting on Global Regina in late-August 2011. The morning newscast will run from 6 to 9 a.m. Central Time. On August 11, 2011, it was announced that Heather Anderson would become Host of the new weekday morning newscast debuting in the fall.
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
Television station
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which broadcasts from Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
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, Canada
Canada
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. It is part of the Global Television Network
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
.
History
The station was launched on September 6, 1987 by Canwest. CFRE and its sister station in Saskatoon, CFSK, were branded as STV until the Global identity was extended to all of Canwest's stations in 1997.
The station has one rebroadcast transmitter, on channel 6 in Fort Qu'Appelle
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
These figures do not include the substantial population living along the shores of the Fishing Lakes.-Origins:The current site is the third Fort Qu'Appelle. The first was a North West Company trading post , also in the valley but near what is now the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border...
(CFRE-TV-2), operating at 0.01 kW in power.
On August 10, 2011, CFRE-TV flash-cut to digital broadcasts on VHF channel 11.
News operation
On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new local weekday morning newscast would begin broadcasting on Global Regina in late-August 2011. The morning newscast will run from 6 to 9 a.m. Central Time. On August 11, 2011, it was announced that Heather Anderson would become Host of the new weekday morning newscast debuting in the fall.
Newscast titles
- Global (Regina) NewsGlobal NewsGlobal News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...
(1997–2000, 2006–present) - Global (Saskatchewan) NewsGlobal NewsGlobal News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...
(2000–2006)
News team
Anchors- Heather Anderson - Morning News (weekdays at 6 a.m.)
- Rylee Carlson - Evening News and Prime News (weekends at 6 and 10 p.m.); also weeknight reporter
- Jill Morgan - Evening News, Prime News and News Final (weeknights at 6, 10 and 11 p.m.)
- Tom Vernon - Focus Saskatchewan host; also reporter
Weather team
- Kelsey Morrison - lead weather reporter; Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.), Prime News (weeknights at 10 p.m.) and News Final (weeknights at 11 p.m.)
- Rustie Dean - weather/traffic specialist; Morning News (weekdays 6 a.m.)
Sports team
- Warren Woods - lead sports anchor; Evening News (weeknights at 6 p.m.), Prime News (weeknights at 10 p.m.) and News Final (weeknights at 11 p.m.)
- Derek Meyers - sports anchor; Weekend Evening News (weekends at 6 p.m.) and Prime News (weekends at 10 p.m.), also sports reporter
Reporters
- Amanda Ferguson
- Scott McLean - weekday morning reporter
- Blair Malazdrewich
- Monica Martinez
- Sarah Richter