It was Oct. 17, 1954 at 3 in the afternoon that Channel 3, CFRN-TV launched here in Edmonton in glorious black and white. Actually it was more of a brown than a black and the station had 27,400 watts ...
In those days, the 1970s, the trip from my hometown Devon was best made on Highway 60, then into the city past the old CFRN station, where the totem poll stood. According to CFRN cameraman John Hanson ...
Television was a magic word in Edmonton in 1954 and a major draw of the fourth annual Edmonton Better Homes Exposition. “With Edmonton’s first television station — CFRN TV — due to open within a ...
His employees used to refer to him simply as just The Doctor and their respect for him both then and now was simply immense. I’m talking about Dr. Dick Rice, an early pioneer of Edmonton media who ...
RCMP shot a female soldier who was walking around Canadian Forces Base Wainwright yesterday firing her handgun, CFRN-TV reported. CFRN also reported some of the female sergeant's shots were aimed at ...