Media in Prince George, British Columbia
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Media in Prince George, British Columbia
This is a list of media outlets in Prince George, British Columbia.
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Radio
| Frequency | Call sign | Branding | Format | Owner | Notes |
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| 88.7 FM | CFUR-FM | campus radio | University of Northern British Columbia | ||
| 90.3 FM | CBU-FM-5 | CBC Radio 2 | public music | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Rebroadcasts CBU-FM Vancouver |
| 91.5 FM | CBYG-FM | CBC Radio One | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 93.1 FM | CFIS-FM | Boomer Radio | community radio | Prince George Community Radio Society | |
| 94.3 FM | CIRX-FM | 94X | modern rock | Vista Broadcast Group | |
| 95.5 FM | CBUF-FM-4 | Première Chaîne | public news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French; rebroadcasts CBUF-FM Vancouver |
| 97.3 FM | CJCI-FM | The Wolf | country music | Vista Broadcast Group | |
| 99.3 FM | CKDV-FM | The Drive | classic hits | Jim Pattison Group | |
| 101.3 FM | CKKN-FM | The River | hot adult contemporary | Jim Pattison Group |
Television
The city is served by only one conventional broadcast station which originates programming locally. All of the city's other television signals are rebroadcasters of stations from Vancouver.
As in most Canadian cities, digital television transmission has not commenced in Prince George as of early 2009. However, all of the city's television signals have their DTV channel assignments already in place.
| OTA channel | DTV channel | Call sign | Network | Notes |
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| 2 | 34 | CKPG-TV | Citytv | |
| 4 | 14 | CBUFT-4 | Radio-Canada | French; analogue rebroadcaster of CBUFT-DT Vancouver |
| 12 | 20 | CIFG-TV | Global | analogue rebroadcaster of CHAN-DT Vancouver |
Shaw Communications operates a community channel, Shaw TV, in Prince George. Shaw also carries Vancouver CBC Television station CBUT-DT to all subscribers, following CKPG-TV's disaffiliation from the CBC network, which left the community with no local CBC Television transmitter.
Publications
Prince George has two main newspapers. A daily, the Prince George Citizen,[1] winner of the 2006 Michener Award,[2] which appears Monday through Saturday and the Prince George Free Press which appears on Wednesday and Friday. There is also the internationally read magazine, The Northern Star magazine (weekly), and two café newsletters, PG Xpress (weekly) and Walk-N-Roll Publications (every two weeks). Prince George also has two advertising publications, the Prince George Buy & Sell and the Prince George Bargain Finder. The two major national newspapers, the National Post and The Globe and Mail, as well as The Province and the Vancouver Sun, are widely available.
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