Editing CITV-DT (section)

==History==
{{Expand section|further information on CITV-DT's history|date=September 2011}}
[[File:ITV Logo Old.jpg|thumb|left|150px|First logo used while as ''ITV'', used during the 1980s.]]
The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1974. CITV was originally owned by [[Allarcom]], owned by Dr. [[Charles Allard]], and launched under the brand "Independent Television" (ITV). Allard's proposal won out over three competing applicants for a second commercial station in Edmonton because it emphasized local programming.<ref name="Edmo740830">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63354951/for-citv-sunday-its-lights-camera/|date=August 30, 1974|page=3|first=Brian|last=Butters|title=For CITV: Sunday, it's lights, camera, ACTION!|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

[[File:CITV 1990.PNG|thumb|100px|right|''ITV'' logo used from 1990s until 2000 when CITV joined Global. For logos used as Global, please refer to the [[Global Television Network]] article.]]
In 1981, CITV became a national [[superstation]], being offered on most cable television systems across the country through the [[Cancom]] (now [[Shaw Broadcast Services]]) service for Canadian cable television providers too distant to receive most over-the-air television signals. It continues to be carried on satellite television nationwide through Bell Satellite TV and Shaw Direct, as well as on several other cable systems across Canada outside Alberta, including in all of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] and some areas of [[Nova Scotia]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[British Columbia]] and the [[Yukon Territory]].

From 1980 to 1982, the station's studios were used for taping episodes of the Canadian sketch comedy ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]''; since the station itself was the focus of the storylines, CITV's lobby and control room were often used for SCTV scenes. (The show had previously taped in Toronto at [[CIII-TV]], Global's flagship station, somewhat ironically.) CITV's booth announcer, Robert Corness, also announced for ''SCTV'', including later syndicated reruns distributed by Allarcom and WIC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voice123 {{!}} World's 1st voice over marketplace |url=https://voice123.com/voice-actor/robertcorness |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=Voice123 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1987, the station launched a semi-satellite in [[Red Deer, Alberta]], as part of a joint venture with Monarch Broadcasting (the owners of CKRD-TV). CITV-TV-1, VHF channel 10, broadcast ITV's program schedule, with separate commercials for Red Deer and Central Alberta. The rebroadcaster, along with CKRD-TV, was purchased by Allarcom in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/citv-dt|title = CITV-DT &#124; History of Canadian Broadcasting}}</ref> Some programs produced at CKRD-TV's studios were later added to CITV-TV-1's schedule for Central Alberta viewers, such as the noon-hour program ''ITV Express'', and the ''RDTV News Crew'' at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.

In February 1991, Allarcom's broadcast and cable assets, including CITV-TV, were purchased by WIC Western International Communications.

In July 2000, the CRTC approved the purchase of WIC's broadcast television assets, including CITV-TV, by [[Canwest]]. CITV officially joined the Canwest-owned [[Global Television Network]] on September 4, 2000, along with fellow Alberta stations CICT in Calgary, [[CISA-TV]] in [[Lethbridge]], and CKRD-TV Red Deer. The former WIC stations in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge had already carried Global's programming, alongside WIC-sourced programming, since 1988.

The CRTC approved Canwest's application to launch a transitional digital television transmitter, CITV-DT, on March 5, 2009. The transmitter launched on June 29, 2009, on UHF channel 47 (PSIP 13.1).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/citv-dt|title = CITV-DT &#124; History of Canadian Broadcasting}}</ref>

CITV-TV-1 was converted to a rebroadcaster of CITV-TV/DT in August 2009, relaying Global Edmonton's program schedule and commercials without any variations; this coincided with the closure of [[CHCA-TV]] by Canwest.

On October 27, 2010, Canwest Global's television assets, including CITV, were purchased by Shaw Communications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/cbusiness-us-canwest-shaw-idCATRE69L5C520101022|title = Shaw Comms gets regulator's OK to buy Canwest TV|newspaper = Reuters|date = October 22, 2010}}</ref> On August 22, 2011, the station completed its transition from analog to digital by moving CITV-DT from UHF channel 47 to VHF channel 13 and increasing its effective radiated power (its virtual channel remains at 13.1).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/television/citv-dt|title = CITV-DT &#124; History of Canadian Broadcasting}}</ref>

Corus Entertainment completed its purchase of Shaw Media, including CITV Edmonton, on April 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.corusent.com/news/corus-entertainment-to-acquire-shaw-media-in-transformational-acquisition-2/ |title=Corus Entertainment to Acquire Shaw Media in Transformational Acquisition - Corus Entertainment |access-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106001656/https://www.corusent.com/news/corus-entertainment-to-acquire-shaw-media-in-transformational-acquisition-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>