List of transmitters of CHAN-TV
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This is a list of transmitters of CHAN-TV
, the Global Television Network
owned-and-operated station
in British Columbia
. In addition to its main transmitters on digital channel 22 in Vancouver
atop Mount Seymour, CHAN operates the largest private rebroadcaster network in North America
, covering over 97% of the province of British Columbia. Nearly all of these transmitters were built in the 1970s and early 1980s, when the station was a CTV
affiliate.
Note that some of the transmitters listed are either separately-licensed "semi-satellites" to allow for local advertising substituted by another local station (these are, specifically, CHKM, CHKL, and CIFG), or are locally-owned rebroadcasters.
Some areas not included in these tables are not served by transmitters. The station relies exclusively on cable and satellite to reach these areas.
Semi-satellite are in bold
Source: Nelson Media
affiliate were never built on the north coast of the province. Coincidentally, there were already transmitters for private CBC
affiliate CFTK
.
The East Kootenay is served by CFCN
instead of CHAN, and transmitters for the Pacific time zone affiliate were never installed.
The Northeast Province is served by CFRN
instead of CHAN, and transmitters for CHAN were never installed.
CHAN-TV
CHAN-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting over-the-air on digital channel 22, and available via cable providers in the area on channel 11. Owned by Shaw Communications as a part of its Shaw Media division, it is the West Coast flagship station of the...
, 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...
owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. In addition to its main transmitters on digital channel 22 in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
atop Mount Seymour, CHAN operates the largest private rebroadcaster network in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, covering over 97% of the province of British Columbia. Nearly all of these transmitters were built in the 1970s and early 1980s, when the station was a CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
affiliate.
Note that some of the transmitters listed are either separately-licensed "semi-satellites" to allow for local advertising substituted by another local station (these are, specifically, CHKM, CHKL, and CIFG), or are locally-owned rebroadcasters.
Some areas not included in these tables are not served by transmitters. The station relies exclusively on cable and satellite to reach these areas.
Semi-satellite are in bold
Northeast Province
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chetwynd Chetwynd, British Columbia The District of Chetwynd is a town located on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Situated on an ancient floodplain, it is the first town eastbound travellers encounter after emerging from the Rockies along Highway 97 and acts as the gateway to the Peace... |
CH2385 | 4 | 0.01 |
| MacKenzie Mackenzie, British Columbia Mackenzie is a District Municipality within the Fraser-Fort George Regional District in central British Columbia, Canada. The settlement is located at the south end of Williston Lake. The townsite, established by Alexandra Forest Industries, was named for Sir Alexander MacKenzie . Mackenzie's two... |
CIMK-TV-1 | 9 | 0.005 |
| Moberly Lake | CH4558 | 8 | 0.01 |
Central Interior/Northern Province
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Lake | CKHS-TV | 13 | 0.063 |
| Endako | CH2030 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Fort St. James | CH3035 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Fraser Lake | CFFL-TV-1 | 9 | 0.324 |
| Granisle | CH2798 | 11 | 0.01 |
| Houston Houston, British Columbia Houston is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its urban population is approximately 3600 people, with approximately 2000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the "Steelhead Capital" and it has the world's largest... |
CFHO-TV | 8 | 0.39 |
| Kitwanga | CH2289 | 8 | 0.005 |
| Ootsa Lake | CHBL-TV | 11 | 0.162 |
| Priestly Priestly Priestly may refer to:* Alexander Priestly Camphor , American Methodist bishop* JB Priestley, author of An Inspector Calls* Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen* Miranda Priestly, a character in the novel The Devil Wears Prada... |
CFFL-TV-2 | 14 | 0.02 |
| Prince George Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"... |
CIFG-TV | 12 | 4.7 |
| Smithers Smithers, British Columbia Smithers is a town located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, approximately halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Smithers is located in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.... |
CFHO-TV-1 | 13 | 0.213 |
| Telkwa | CFHO-TV-2 | 10 | 0.05 |
| Topley | CFTY-TV | 11 | 0.01 |
Fraser-Fort George
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBride McBride, British Columbia Situated on the Yellowhead Highway , McBride is a small community in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of Prince George, west of the Alberta border, and west of Jasper, Alberta.... |
CH2013 | 4 | 0.05 |
| Valemount Valemount Valemount might refer to one of the following:*Valemount, British Columbia, a village in east central British Columbia, Canada**Valemount Airport**Valemount Elementary School**Valemount Secondary School*Valemont, a miniseries on MTV... |
CH2649 | 8 | 0.01 |
Cariboo/Central Coast
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Mile House | CITM-TV | 3 | 1.3 |
| Alexis Creek Alexis Creek Alexis Creek is a creek in the Chilcotin District of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast from its source in Alexis Lake into the Chilcotin River a short distance upstream from the town of Alexis Creek.-Name origin:... |
CIAC-TV | 11 | 0.005 |
| Anahim Lake | CIAL-TV-1 | 5 | 0.001 |
| Hagensborg | CH4579 | 10 | 0.01 |
| Williams Lake Williams Lake, British Columbia Williams Lake, is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George, with a population of 11,150 in city limits.... |
CITM-TV-1 | 13 | 0.005 |
| Quesnel Quesnel, British Columbia -Demographics:Quesnel had a population of 9,326 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 7.1% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Quesnel was $54,044, which is slightly above the British Columbia provincial average of $52,709.... |
CITM-TV-2 | 8 | 0.005 |
Thompson-Nicola
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft | CHAC-TV-2 | 2 | 0.009 |
| Barrière Barriere, British Columbia Barriere is a district municipality in central British Columbia, Canada, located 66 km north of the larger city of Kamloops on Highway 5. It is situated at the confluence of the Barriere and North Thompson Rivers in the Central North Thompson Valley... |
CFDQ-TV | 8 | 0.01 |
| Barrière Barriere, British Columbia Barriere is a district municipality in central British Columbia, Canada, located 66 km north of the larger city of Kamloops on Highway 5. It is situated at the confluence of the Barriere and North Thompson Rivers in the Central North Thompson Valley... (Little Fort) |
CFIB-TV | 7 | 0.01 |
| Blackpool | CH5665 / CH5666 | 5 / 6 | 0.01 |
| Blue River Blue River, British Columbia Blue River is a small community in British Columbia, situated on the Yellowhead Highway about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alberta, located at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers. It currently has 260 residents... |
CH2531 | 13 | 0.01 |
| Kamloops | CHKM-TV | 6 | 4 |
| Lytton Lytton, British Columbia Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of... |
CILY-TV-2 | 8 | 0.01 |
| Logan Lake | CH2518 | 18 | 0.02 |
| McClure McClure, British Columbia McClure is a settlement in British Columbia. Carl's fruit stand on the Yellowhead Highway is a popular stop for tourists.... |
CHLP-TV | 5 | 0.01 |
| Pavilion Lake Pavilion Lake Pavilion Lake is a lake in Marble Canyon, British Columbia, Canada. It is located between the towns of Lillooet and Cache Creek and lies along BC Highway 99, five and a half highway miles from Pavilion, British Columbia... |
CIPV-TV | 12 | 0.001 |
| Pritchard Pritchard, British Columbia Pritchard is a small community located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of roughly 2,000, and its main industries are farming and tourism. Pritchard is located on The Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops, British Columbia and Chase, British Columbia, near the Hwy... |
CHKM-TV-1 | 9 | 0.008 |
| Quilchena Quilchena, British Columbia Quilchena is an unincorporated community located on the south shore of Nicola Lake near the city of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada in that province's Nicola Country region. On the former main route between Merritt and Kamloops, it is now largely bypassed since the construction of the Coquihalla... |
CFHM-TV-2 | 9 | 0.009 |
| Savona Savona, British Columbia Savona is a small community located at the west end of Kamloops Lake, where the Thompson River exits it. It is approximately halfway between Kamloops and Cache Creek along the Trans-Canada Highway... |
CFSC-TV-1 | 13 | 0.001 |
| Spences Bridge | CJNA-TV-2 | 7 | 0.005 |
| Vavenby Vavenby Vavenby is a community of approximately 700 residents located in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Economy in the region centres primarily on forestry, logging, agriculture, and tourism... |
CKVA-TV-1 | 8 | 0.01 |
Columbia-Shuswap
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Road | CHCX-TV | 22 | 0.02 |
| Cedar Hill Cedar Hill (Greater Victoria) Cedar Hill, also referred to locally as Quadra Cedar Hill, is a neighbourhood in the Greater Victoria municipality of Saanich. Like all neighbourhoods in the region, the boundaries are fluid, but generally speaking is bounded to the north by McKenzie Avenue, to the west by Quadra and Cook Streets,... |
CHAW-TV | 9 | 0.002 |
| Donald Donald, British Columbia Donald, British Columbia is located on Highway 1, 28 kilometers west of Golden. In its heyday, Donald was a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway... |
CH4445 | 8 | 0.01 |
| Malakwa | CFFI-TV-2 | 11 | 0.001 |
| Parson | CH2737 | 7 | 0.01 |
| Revelstoke Revelstoke, British Columbia Revelstoke is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River... |
CHKL-TV-3 | 7 | 0.001 |
West Kootenay/Boundaries
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlegar Castlegar, British Columbia Castlegar is the second largest city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located within the Selkirk Mountains at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. It is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy fueled by forestry, mining and tourism... |
CKTN-TV-1 | 5 | 0.009 |
| Crescent Valley | CH5645 | 47 | 0.02 |
| Creston Creston, British Columbia Creston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington. It is about a one-hour drive... |
CKTN-TV-4 | 12 | 0.01 |
| Nakusp | CJNP-TV-3 | 7 | 0.001 |
| Nelson Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,... |
CKTN-TV-3 | 3 | 0.33 |
| New Denver | CH5668 / CH5669 | 3 / 6 | 0.01 |
| Passmore | CH5652 | 5 | 0.005 |
| Taghum Taghum, British Columbia Taghum, originally Williams Siding, is an unincorporated community and railway point on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.... |
CKTN-TV-2 | 23 | 0.009 |
| Trail Trail, British Columbia Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.-Geography:Trail has an area of . The city is located on both banks of the Columbia River, approximately 10 km north of the United States border. This section of the Columbia River valley is located between the... |
CKTN-TV | 8 | 18 |
Okanagan/Kootenay Boundary
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks Grand Forks, British Columbia -Schools:Schools in the region are operated by School District 51 Boundary which has its main office in Grand Forks but also serves Midway, Greenwood, Beaverdell, and Rock Creek.... |
CISR-TV-1 | 7 | 0.009 |
| Santa Rosa | CISR-TV | 68 | 0.1 |
Okanagan
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Mountain Apex Mountain Apex Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1927 it is located in the center of the Clemenceau Icefield.-See also:*List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border*Mountains of Alberta... |
CHNJ-TV-1 | 11 | 0.001 |
| Cherryville Cherryville, British Columbia Cherryville is an unincorporated community in the foothills of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia with a population of approximately 614... |
CJCC-TV | 13 | 0.01 |
| Enderby Enderby, British Columbia The City of Enderby is in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Armstrong and Salmon Arm. It is approximately 80 km north of Kelowna and 130 km east of Kamloops... |
CFEN-TV-2 | 11 | 0.01 |
| Kelowna Kelowna Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"... |
CHKL-TV1 | 5 | 7 |
| Keremeos / Olalla Olalla Olalla may refer to:*Olalla, Aragon, a village in Aragon*Olalla, British Columbia, an unincorporated settlement in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada... |
CHKC-TV-5 | 11 | 0.009 |
| Oliver Oliver, British Columbia Oliver is a community at the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 4370. The community of Oliver is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the... / Osoyoos |
CKKM-TV | 3 | 0.93 |
| Peachland Peachland, British Columbia Peachland is a district municipality of approximately 5000 residents in the Okanagan Valley, on the west side of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1899 by John Moore Robinson, although the region had long been home to the Okanagan people... |
CIPL-TV | 9 | 0.01 |
| Penticton | CHKL-TV-1 | 10 | 1.08 |
| Salmon Arm | CFSA-TV-1 | 13 | 0.01 |
| Vernon Vernon, British Columbia Vernon is a city in the south-central region of British Columbia, Canada. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped found the famed Coldstream Ranch, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 35,944 , while... |
CHKL-TV-2 | 12 | 0.564 |
- 1 Note: That the transmitters in Kelowna and area (CHKL-TV) are in addition to CHBC-TVCHBC-TVCHBC-TV is a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada owned by Shaw Media. It transmits on channel 2, and cable channel 4, and broadcasts on 18 relay stations....
, a separate Global station in Kelowna that originates its own local evening newscasts, but which carries Global BC's programming at virtually all other times.
Squamish-Lillooet
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'Arcy D'Arcy, British Columbia D'Arcy is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, approximately 150 kilometres northeast of the city of Vancouver... |
CH4576 | 5 | 0.01 |
| Lillooet Lillooet, British Columbia Lillooet is a community on the Fraser River in western Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station,... / Riley Creek |
CFDF-TV-2 | 13 | 0.01 |
| North Lillooet | CFDF-TV-1 | 5 | 0.009 |
| North Pine North Pine North Pine United Soccer Club are an Australian football club from Dakabin, a suburb of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The club will play in the Brisbane Premier League in 2011 after achieving promotion as champions in 2010. In the Division 1 finals series, North Pine lost to fellow... |
CH3033 | 50 | 0.1 |
| Pemberton Pemberton, British Columbia Pemberton is a village north of Whistler in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia in Canada, with a population of 2,192. Until the 1960s the village could be accessed only by train but that changed when Highway 99 was built through Whistler and Pemberton.-Climate:The climate of Pemberton is... |
CH4552 | 6 | 0.01 |
| Seton Portage | CH4419 | 7 | 0.01 |
| Squamish Squamish, British Columbia Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway... |
CHAN-TV-3 | 7 | 0.009 |
| Whistler Whistler, British Columbia Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver... |
CHAN-TV-7 | 9 | 0.01 |
Vancouver Island
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtenay Courtenay, British Columbia Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District... |
CHAN-TV-4 | 11 | 2.55 |
| Wilson Creek (Nanaimo) | CHAN-TV-6 | 23 | 19.3 |
Fraser Valley/South Coast
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Island Bowen Island Bowen Island, British Columbia, is an island municipality in Howe Sound, is part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and is an island included within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust . Approximately 6 km wide by 12 km long, the island at its closest point is about 2 km... |
CHAN-TV-2 | 3 | 0.009 |
| Brackendale | CHAN-TV-5 | 9 | 0.01 |
| Chilliwack Chilliwack, British Columbia Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and... |
CHAN-TV-1 | 11 | 0.009 |
Other
| City/Town | Call Sign | Channel | Power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rimrock | CKRR-TV-2 | 11 | 0.005 |
| Tuktakamin Mountain | CFAW-TV | 12 | 0.01 |
Source: Nelson Media
Cable and Satellite only
Transmitters for the former CTVCTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
affiliate were never built on the north coast of the province. Coincidentally, there were already transmitters for private CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
affiliate CFTK
CFTK-TV
CFTK-TV is a television station in Terrace, British Columbia, broadcasting on channel 7 , channel 3 , channel 324 , channel 256 . It is owned by Astral Media and is the CBC Television affiliate in that city...
.
The East Kootenay is served by CFCN
CFCN-TV
CFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....
instead of CHAN, and transmitters for the Pacific time zone affiliate were never installed.
The Northeast Province is served by CFRN
CFRN-TV
CFRN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....
instead of CHAN, and transmitters for CHAN were never installed.