Alberta Radio and TV Station Photos from the John in Arizona Collection

The photos in the Alberta section are listed in alphabetical order by call letters. All photos are the property of John In Arizona and may not be used in any form elsewhere.



Welcome To Alberta, Canada Sign - 1975

CFAC: CFAC Radio 960 Calgary studios and tower as seen in 1975. CFAC came on the air in 1922 as CQCA and changed to CHQC a week later.



CFAC Radio 960 Calgary studios and tower - 1975


CFAC TV: CFAC TV Channel 2 Calgary test patter as seen on air in 1974.



CFAC TV Channel 2 Calgary on air test pattern - 1974.


CFCN: CFCN Radio Calgary came on the air in 1921, moving to 1060 in 1947. They changed call letters to CKMX in 1992. The station and tower photo is from 1975.



CFCN Radio 1060 Calgary studios and tower - 1975.



CFCN Radio 1060 Calgary billboard - 1975.


CFCN TV: CFCN TV Calgary had a remote TV studio in Lethbridge in 1975.

CFCN TV Calgary remote studios in Lethbridge - 1975.


CHCT TV: The CHCT TV call letters started out in Calgary in 1954 as the first TV station in Calgary. The ad below is from 1964 and shows the call letters are on channel 12 in Drumheller.



CHCT TV Channel 12 Drumheller ad - 1964.


CHEC: CHEC Radio 1090 Lethbridge, known as "check" had great signage back in 1975. Call letters were changed to CKRX in 1993. In 1996 they changed to FM 95.5 with the call letters CHLB.



CHEC Radio 1090 Lethbridge studios - 1975.


CHQR: CHQR Radio 810 studios in downtown Clgary as seen in 1975. The CHQR call letters later moved to 770.



CHQR Radio 810 Calgary studios - 1975.


CJDV: CJDV Radio 910 Drumheller came on the air in 1958. Call letters were changed to CKDQ in 1981. The CJDV calls were later found on an FM station in Cambridge, Ontario. The dinosaur logo comes from the company name, Dinosaur Broadcasting. This photo from 1975 is of a remote studio.

CJDV Radio 910 Drumheller remote studios - 1975.


CJOC: CJOC Radio 1220 Lethbridge, known by the "C-jock"slogan, was put on the air in 1926 by Jock Palmer on 1000. In the early years the station switched frequencies often, but ended up on 1220 in 1948. In 2000 that all ended when they moved to 106.7 FM.



CJOC Radio 1220 Lethbridge studios - 1975.


CJOC TV: CJOC TV Channel 7 Lethbridge studios and tower as seen in 1975. Channel 7 came on the air as 1955 as CJLH-TV. They were CJOC-TV from 1972 until 1976, changing back to CJLH-TV. The on air CJOC TV ID is from 1974.



CJOC TV Channel 7 Lethbridge studios - 1975.



CJOC TV Channel 7 Lethbridge on air ID - 1974.


CKXL: CKXL Radio 1140 Calgary studios in 1975. The station later moved to High River with the call letters CHRB.



CKXL Radio 1140 Calgary studios - 1975.


CKYL: CKYL Radio 610 Peace River studios on 100th Avenue. CKYL came on the air in 1954 on 630 and moved to 610 in the early 1960s.



CKYL Radio 610 Peace River studios on 100th Avenue - 1998.


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