Editing Edmonton (section)

== Media ==
{{Main|Media in Edmonton}}

Edmonton has seven local broadcast television stations shown on basic cable TV or [[Over-the-air programming|over-the-air]], with the oldest broadcasters in the city being [[CFRN-DT|CTV Edmonton]] (1954) and [[CBXT-DT|CBC TV Edmonton]] (1961).<ref name="CCF-TV">{{cite web|title=Existing Alberta Television Stations|url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724000825/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2005|work=Television Stations Listings|publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> Most of Edmonton's conventional television stations have made the switch to over-the-air digital broadcasting. The [[cable television]] providers in Edmonton are Telus (for [[IPTV]]) and Shaw Communications. Twenty-one FM and eight AM radio stations are based in Edmonton.<ref name="CCF-R">{{cite web|title=Existing Northern Alberta Radio Stations|url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724000825/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2005|work=Radio Station history|publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>

Edmonton has two large-circulation daily newspapers, the ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'' and the ''[[Edmonton Sun]]''. The ''Journal'', established in 1903, has a daily circulation of 112,000. The ''Sun'', established in 1978, has a circulation of 55,000. Both newspapers are owned by the [[Postmedia Network]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 13, 2015|title=Postmedia-Sun Media deal officially closes|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/postmedia-sun-media-deal-officially-closes/article23895298/|access-date=July 27, 2021}}</ref> The ''Journal'' no longer publishes a Sunday edition as of July 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-journal-cutting-sunday-paper-1.1163850 |title=Edmonton Journal cutting Sunday paper |date=May 28, 2012 |publisher=CBC.ca |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525202708/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-journal-cutting-sunday-paper-1.1163850 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 }}</ref>

[[Metro International|''Metro'']], Edmonton's only free daily newspaper, ceased printing on December 20, 2019.<ref name=Metro>{{cite web |url=http://www.metronews.ca/about |title=About |publisher=Free Daily News Group Inc. |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113101712/http://metronews.ca/about/ |archive-date=January 13, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Toronto Star shutting down StarMetro newspapers|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/toronto-star-star-metro-closing-1.5365326|last=Patil|first=Anjuli·|date=November 19, 2019|website=CBC News|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> The magazine ''[[Vue Weekly]],'' a weekly publication which focused on [[alternative news]], was published in Edmonton from 1995 to 2018.<ref name=VueWeekly>{{cite web | url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/Directories/Newsweeklies | title=Newsweekly Directory | publisher=Association of Alternative Newsmedia | access-date=January 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002052304/http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/Directories/Newsweeklies | archive-date=October 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Edmonton alt-paper Vue Weekly ends its run|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-alt-paper-vue-weekly-ends-its-run|website=Edmonton Journal|language=en-CA|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> The ''Edmonton Examiner'' is a citywide community-based paper also published weekly.<ref name=AWNA>{{cite web|url=http://www.awna.com/awna-member-listing |title=AWNA Member Listing |publisher=Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812071049/http://awna.com/awna-member-listing |archive-date=August 12, 2013 }}</ref> There are also a number of smaller weekly and community newspapers.