EDMONTON’S LEGENDARY RADIO STATION HAS A NEW HOME ON THE AM DIAL

For Immediate Release

EDMONTON, August 28, 2024 – Edmonton’s breaking news, traffic, weather, sports and talk radio station, 630 CHED, is moving to a new home. Starting on Wednesday, October 9, listeners can now find CHED on  880 on the AM dial providing better city coverage and an upgraded listening experience.

“The station’s bags are packed, and it’s moving up the dial with the Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton Elks, and the same great lineup of radio hosts,” said Andrew Murdoch, Manager, Talk & Talent at CHED. “This further solidifies our commitment to providing Edmonton’s best Talk, News and Sports programming and we are excited to reach new listeners with this improved signal coverage.”

The 880 CHED weekday lineup includes:

• This Morning with Stacey Brotzel – 5:30 to 9 a.m.
• Shaye Ganam – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Midday with Courtney Theriault – 12 to 2 p.m.
• Afternoons with Bryn Griffiths – 2 to 5 p.m.
• Oilers Now with Bob Stauffer – 5 to 7 p.m.
• Inside Sports – 7 to 8 p.m.

880 CHED will also be the exclusive broadcaster of the five-time Stanley Cup winning hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers. Oilers fans will once again experience each home, away game and all the action in between with the best broadcast team in the business. Coming off last year’s amazing Oilers season CHED’s broadcasts were listened to and streamed by record-breaking audiences.

Listeners can also tune into 880 CHED via iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Radioplayer Canada, and Amazon Alexa.

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880 CHED is part of the Corus Entertainment Network. 

 About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 38 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and technology and media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, and children’s book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. Corus is the domestic advertising representative and an original content partner for Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, which is the leading free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. For more information visit www.corusent.com.

 

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