Local Media
The daily newspaper for the city, now owned by Canwest Publishing Inc. is The Leader-Post, first published in 1883. The Regina Sun is published by The Leader-Post and distributed free of charge. Prairie Dog is a free alternative newspaper produced by a Saskatchewan worker co-operative. L'eau vive is a weekly newspaper publishing in French and serving all of Saskatchewan's francophone community.
The thirteen radio stations broadcating from the city include CJME News/Talk 980, FM 90.3 CJLR-FM-4 MBC Radio First Nations community radio Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation, FM 91.3 CJTR-FM 91.3 CJTR community radio, FM 97.7 CBKF-FM Première Chaîne news/talk (CBC, French), and FM 102.5 CBKR-FM CBC Radio One news/talk (CBC).
There are four private and public television channels broadcasting from Regina: CKCK-TV (CTV), CBKT (CBC), CFRE-TV (Global), and CBKFT (SRC). The Saskatchewan Communications Network and a community channel programmed by Regina's cable provider Access Communications are also available on cable.
A website for Regina events called "Regina After Dark" was set up in early 2009. Prairie Dog has an internet blog.
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