CHAD-DT

CHAD-DT''', VHF digital channel 48, is a City-affiliated television station located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group. CHAD's studios are located at 23 Street Northeast and Barlow Trail in Calgary (The same place where CICT's studio is located), near the Mayland Heights neighborhood; and its transmitter is located near Old Banff Coach Road/Highway 563 and Artists View Drive, near the Calgary city limits, northwest of Redcliff. This station can also be seen locally on Shaw Cable channel 8 and regionally on Bell TV channel 588. CHAD also operates rebroadcasters in Pivot (CHAD-DT-1, channel 7),in Kelowna, British Colombia (CHAD-DT-2, channel 19) and in Richmound, Saskatchewan (CHAT-DT-6, channel 7). '''











Near closure
On February 5, 2009, Canwest announced it would explore "strategic options", including possible sale, for CHAD and its other E! stations, saying "a second conventional TV network is no longer key to the long-term success" of the company. On July 22, 2009, Canwest announced it would be closing CHAD as of August 31, 2009 at 6:00am MT, issuing layoff notices to staff. Thanks to a donation of 2560,867,956K and the Jim Pattison Group buying the station for $250, CHAD, along with CHEK-TV survived the shutdown of their TV Stations



Digital television
CHAD didn't Broadcast a digital signal until August 31,2011, due to complications of digital tv broadcasting on CHAD. CHAD-DT signed on the air since 2011, the station broadcasts on  UHF channel 48, using  PSIP to list CHAD-DT's virtual channel as 7.