Media in the Halifax Regional Municipality
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The Halifax Regional Municipality, or HRM, is the largest population centre in Atlantic Canada and contains the region's largest collection of media outlets.
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The Chronicle-Herald is a daily broadsheet and the provincial newspaper of Nova Scotia with news bureaus across the province. The paper is independently owned, and usually has a moderate conservative editorial policy.
The Daily News was a daily tabloid paper, focusing primarily on Halifax, which was published from 1974 until February 11, 2008. The last owner of the paper was Transcontinental Media which purchased the paper in 2002, and closed the publication saying the paper operated at a loss. Transcontinental Media launched the new Metro Halifax on February 14, 2008.
The Coast is a free "alternative weekly" focused primarily on HRM's urban core, especially the Halifax Peninsula. The independently owned paper is known for its generally left leaning or progressive editorial policy.
A Maritimes gossip tabloid Frank Magazine was established in HRM and subsequently expanded into central Canada; it has since retracted to focusing on the Maritimes.
There are also several student newspapers in the city's universities and colleges: The Sentinel at Mount Saint Vincent University, the Gazette at Dalhousie University, The Journal at St. Mary's University, and both the Transcript and Halifax Commoner are published by students attending the award-winning journalism program at the University of King's College.
[edit] Television
Several television shows are created in Halifax including the CBC news satire show This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as the mock-reality show Trailer Park Boys for Showcase.
[edit] Television stations
Several television stations operate in HRM; however, due to the large size of the municipality they have to be retransmitted:
- CBHT - CBC Television
- Halifax, Nova Scotia - 3 - Cable 11
- Sheet Harbour - 11 Cable 3
- CBAFT - Télévision de Radio-Canada (SRC)
- Halifax - 13 - Cable 2
- CJCH - CTV Atlantic
- Halifax - 5 - Cable 9
- Sheet Harbour - 2 - Cable 5
- CIHF - Global Television Network
- Halifax - 8 - Cable 6
The CTV and Global stations broadcast to the entire Maritime Provinces. ASN is a cable/satellite-only network operating in conjunction with CTV Atlantic. Several specialty digital television channel licenses have also been developed in HRM in recent years by Salter Street Films. Cable services are provided by EastLink.
[edit] Radio
[edit] AM
- 780 AM - CFDR (Kixx), classic country, will cease to exist when CFDR-FM launches.
[edit] FM
freq (MHz-FM), kW output, callsign, station, format
- 88.1, 3.2, CKDU, CKDU 88.1 FM, variety
- 88.9, ###, CFDR, (LIVE 88.9), Alternative Rock (new in 2008, flipping from 780 AM)
- 89.9, 100, CHNS, HAL 89.9 FM, classic rock
- 90.5, 100, CBHA, CBC Radio One, variety
- 91.5, 77.5, CBAX/SRC-2, Espace musique, French
- 92.3, 100, CBAF-5/SRC-1, La Première Chaîne, French
- 93.9, 5, CJLU, CJLU Christ Jesus Loves You, Christian
- 94.7, 0.05, CFEP, Seaside FM, community radio Eastern Passage/easy listening
- 95.7, 22.1, CJNI, News 95.7, news/talk/sport
- 96.5, 100, CKUL, Kool 96.5, Classic Hits
- 97.9, 0.01, CIRH, Information Radio, information (moving to 107.7)
- 98.5, 1.9, CKRH, Radio Halifax Metro, French
- 100.1, 100, CIOO, C100-FM, Hot AC
- 101.3, 100, CJCH, 101.3 The Bounce, rhythmic CHR
- 101.9, 100, CHFX, FX 101, country
- 102.7, 100, CBH, CBC Radio Two, variety
- 103.5, 100, CKHZ, Z103.5, dance/rhythmic CHR
- 104.3, 92, CFRQ, Q104, active rock
- 105.1, ###, CHAL, The Breeze, adult contemporary (not on-air yet) [1] [2]
- 106.9, 0.05, CHCN, Cole Harbour, community radio Cole Harbour
- 107.7, ###, CIRH, Information Radio, information
[edit] External links
- The Coast
- Halifax Daily News
- Halifax Herald
- HAL 89.9 FM
- Seaside 94.7 FM
- News 95.7 FM
- KOOL 96.5 FM
- C100 1001. FM
- Z103.5
- Q104 104.3 FM
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