CHED (AM)


CHED is a radio station licensed to Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a news/talk format, and first signed on in 1954. Its studios are located on 84th Street in Edmonton, while its transmitters are located in Southeast Edmonton.
For a significant portion of its history, CHED was Edmonton'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 its listenership and moved to an all-talk format. Other news personalities on the network include Bob Layton, Bryan Hall and formerly Ed Mason.
CHED is the flagship station of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and broadcasts Oilers Now, a daily talk show hosted by the team's radio colour analyst Bob Stauffer.

History

The station first signed on to 1080 kHz at 8:00 p.m. on, from studios on the corner of 107 Street and 100 Avenue in Downtown Edmonton. On, at 6:30 a.m., CHED switched to its current frequency of 630 kHz.
CHED was the 4th most listened to radio station in Edmonton for the Period ending in November, tied with CBX. However, it dropped to 5th for the period ending February 2020.

Notable on-air personalities

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