CFRN-DT

CFRN-DT (branded on-air as CTV Edmonton) is the CTV owned-and-operated television station based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 (or virtual channel 3.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Highway 21, southeast of Sherwood Park.

Owned by Bell Media, it is sister to cable-exclusive CTV Two Alberta and both share studios (joined alongside former sister radio station CFRN 1260 AM, now owned by Astral Media) located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton. This station can also be seen on Shaw Cable channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 210 and on TELUS Optik TV channel 612.

CFRN airs the full CTV program lineup on a Mountain Time schedule. Current American programs, though, are often broadcast three hours after CTV flagship CFTO-TV/Toronto (effectively, one hour later in Mountain Time than CFTO in Eastern Time). This matches the Pacific Time Zone broadcast schedule of the Spokane, Washington-based U.S. network affiliates available on many Alberta cable systems and thus allows simultaneous substitution of CFRN over the American broadcasts.

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