CHED | |
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Broadcast | Edmonton, Alberta |
Branding | AM 630 |
Frequency | 630 kHz (AM) |
Format | news/talk/sports |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
Callsign meaning | C H EDmonton |
Owner | Corus Entertainment |
Website | AM 630 CHED |
CHED is a talk radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, broadcasting @ 630 on the AM dial & is owned by Corus Entertainment.
The station originally began broadcasting @ 1080 AM in 1954, until it moved to it's current frequency in 1965.
Although primarily concerned with talk & news programming, CHED is also the voice of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers & CFL's Edmonton Eskimos. In the late evenings it re-broadcasts older radio dramas.
Some of the shows include:
- Adler Online with Charles Adler - weekdays @ 1 PM (Mountain Standard Time)
- Rutherford with Dave Rutherford - weekdays @ 9 AM (MT)
- Inside Sports with Dan Tencer - weeknights @ 8 PM (MT)
- Those Old Radio Shows hosted by Dan Gavin - weeknights @ 11 PM (MT)
- The Inside Story with Michelle Boden - Mondays @ 1 PM (MT)
- Cop Talk hosted by 2 members of the Edmonton Police Service - Saturday afternoons @ 4 PM (MT)
For a significant portion of it's history, CHED was Edmonton's (& North America's) most successful Top 40 station having a staggering 40% share of the local listening audience, but with the arrival of FM radio, it lost it's listenership & moved to an all-talk format.
CHED is currently the most listened to radio station in Edmonton.