Global Saskatchewan
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| Channels for CFRE-DT | |
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| Affiliations | Global |
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First air date | September 6, 1987 |
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| Independent (1987–1997) | |
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Licensing authority | CRTC |
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Global Saskatchewan is a pair of television stations in Saskatchewan, Canada, owned and operated by the Global Television Network, a division of Corus Entertainment: CFRE-DT (channel 11) in Regina, branded as Global Regina, and CFSK-DT (channel 4) in Saskatoon, known as Global Saskatoon.
CFRE-DT's studios are located on Hoffer Drive and McDonald Street on the northeast side of Regina, with transmitter near Louis Riel Trail/Highway 11, northwest of the city. CFSK-DT has studios on Robin Crescent on the northwest side of Saskatoon (near the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport) and a transmitter on Agra and Settlers Ridge roads (near Highway 41).
CFRE and CFSK were authorized and built together, signing on September 6, 1987, after a multi-year licensing process that included an unusual ruling by the federal cabinet to remand a decision of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for reconsideration. The two stations, owned by CanWest, were known as Saskatchewan Television (STV) and had identical non-local programming, with split local news for each city. In 1997, when the CanWest Global System was rebranded to Global Television Network, the STV brand was dropped. The stations air separate three-hour local morning newscasts and 90 minutes of local evening news, which is presented from studios in Winnipeg with a production staff based in Regina.