CHED's move from 1080 to 630

[Howaboutthat]

There ya go glaherty... Jon and Jack are kings of trivial!

[glaherty]

This may or may not address the supposed "trivia" aspect of the Peace River and Lloydminster frequency changes, but they and CHED's frequency move are related.

CKYL had to move off 630 before CHED could move there. And CHED had to move off of 1080 before CKSA could move there. Knowing the CKYL and CKSA dates helps narrow down the CHED date.

Over the last 5 years, there has been a lot of talk and general interest (among those interested in Edmonton radio history) about the date of the CHED frequency change, especially since CCF's broadcasting-history.ca used to list it as the late 1960s.

Fascinating.

[jon]

Over the last 5 years, there has been a lot of talk and general interest (among those interested in Edmonton radio history) about the date of the CHED frequency change

Not to mention the fact that I am supposed to update all the Edmonton histories on the CCF's broadcasting-history.ca when I get some time.

[glaherty]

Over the last 5 years, there has been a lot of talk and general interest (among those interested in Edmonton radio history) about the date of the CHED frequency change

Not to mention the fact that I am supposed to update all the Edmonton histories on the CCF's broadcasting-history.ca when I get some time.

Good luck with it.

[Howaboutthat]

Over the last 5 years, there has been a lot of talk and general interest (among those interested in Edmonton radio history) about the date of the CHED frequency change

Not to mention the fact that I am supposed to update all the Edmonton histories on the CCF's broadcasting-history.ca when I get some time.

Good luck with it.

Are you trying to imitate me by making comments in a thread in which you obviously have no interest? If so.. back off! That's my territory!

[glaherty]

[jon]

A fan of the board passed this along: the #1 song on the CHED chart displayed near the top of the thread.

Have a listen by clicking here. (Link removed. See the YouTube link in the post below.)

To avoid getting him in trouble with the Music Royalty police, I'm going to delete this post in a week. So listen soon!

So many years earlier than "Secret Agent" by Johnny Rivers.

[Howaboutthat]

A fan of the board passed this along: the #1 song on the CHED chart displayed near the top of the thread.

Have a listen by clicking here.

To avoid getting him in trouble with the Music Royalty police, I'm going to delete this post in a week. So listen soon!

So many years earlier than "Secret Agent" by Johnny Rivers.

Jon, allow me to introduce you to YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97U8VbkkfAM

[Jack Bennest]

Earlier I asked the original poster to define the question.

Here is the question: when exactly did edmonton radio station ched changed its
frequency to 630

I read 900 entries from the Edmonton Journal looking for a story on the history of CHED
but found no info - went back about 25 years.

Based on pictorial evidence the change occurred between september 61 and august of
64.

My educated quess is that it changed in 1963 - "63" CHED

[jon]

Jon, allow me to introduce you to YouTube

Thank you.

Someday I'll figure how that differs from the TeleTubies you guys keep talking about.

[freqfreak2]

There are very few left who would have a direct connection to the frequency change era (nearing 50 years ago).

Paging Marty Forbes ...

With regard to trivia ... broadcasting does such a poor job of honouring itself. Kinescopes are turfed, tapes are wiped clean, and libraries burn down (CTV Ottawa).

Busboards at the time caused quite a stir: 1080 becomes 630. Yellow letters on black.

So when did it happen?

[jon]

We have asked the question of Marty Forbes in the past. He said that he wasn't here in Edmonton at the time of the frequency change. And he was one of the people who agreed that the chart posted at the top of the thread, from 1961, probably represented the right time period. That chart was, by the way, reproduced and used as a handout to attendees of the last Friends of Forbes dinner, several years ago.

[freqfreak2]

Thanks Jon. I was hoping Marty might have recalled something his father would have talked about.

My personal feeling, based oddly on what bus routes I remember taking when I saw the advertising, is 1962.

Even as a kid I thought, why didn't they wait a year to tie in the '63' aspect.

There's a potential exercise waiting to take place: scanning two years of Edmonton Journal microfilm to find perhaps a single bit of advertising.

[jon]

Given the quoted date of "1 November 1962" at the top of the thread, I do plan to check the week surrounding that date for ads in the Edmonton Journal. That will prove it one way or the other.

Marty said that he was in Ontario at the time of the frequency change. And it never got down to an exact date in later conversations with his father.

[freqfreak2]

"1 November 1962"

That sounds about right: bare trees, and no snow on the ground.

Funny what you remember as a kid.