This is a list of media outlets for the city of

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. Many of these outlets – in particular the daily newspapers and the radio and TV broadcasters – also serve the numerous cities and communities in close proximity to Edmonton, including St. Albert,

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, Leduc, and

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Radio

Television

CTV Two Alberta ceased broadcasting over-the-air in Edmonton on August 31, 2011. The

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provider in Edmonton is

Shaw Cable Shaw Communications Inc. was a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian telecommunication, telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Televisio ...

. Network programming from the

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is received on cable via affiliates from

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

. While prime time in most of Canada runs from 8 pm to 11 pm, American prime time shows on weekdays run from 9 pm to midnight in Edmonton, since Spokane is in the

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. Although Edmonton is in the

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, many of the American cities closer to Calgary didn't have full network service until the late 1980s. Edmonton has more than double the population of the Spokane stations' American coverage area. See also Shaw TV Edmonton.

Newspapers

Edmonton has two large-circulation daily newspapers: *''

Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunn ...

'' *''

Edmonton Sun The ''Edmonton Sun'' is a daily newspaper and news website published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is owned by Postmedia following its 2015 acquisition of Sun Media from Quebecor. It began publishing Sunday April 2, 1978 and shares many ch ...

'' Edmonton had one free weekly paper focusing on the city's independent arts and entertainment, ''

Vue Weekly ''Vue Weekly'' was an alternative weekly newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with issues released every Thursday. It covered topics on artists and events that are often ignored, marginalized, or misrepresented by the mainstream medi ...

''. It ceased publication at the end of 2018. The free daily newspaper '' StarMetro'' was published in the city from Monday to Friday, but was shut down by the

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...

in December 2019. The weekly ''Edmonton Examiner'' is also delivered free to households in Edmonton. The ''Edmonton Senior'' is a monthly newspaper aimed at seniors. The University of Alberta has two regular publications: official student newspaper '' The Gateway'', and alumni magazine ''New Trail''. Grant MacEwan University's is student newspaper ''The Griff'', but was known as ''Intercamp'' until 2011. NAIT's student paper is ''The Nugget''.

References

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* List of television stations in Alberta * List of radio stations in Alberta {{Edmonton

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