The following is a list of media in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Radio FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes0091.1CKOS-FMUCB CanadaContemporary Christian musicUnited Christian Broadcasters Canada0093.3CJOK-FMCountry 93.3CountryRogers RadioBroadcasts from Ontario, with city news from calgary 0094.5CFWE-FM-5CFWE Radio NetworkFirst Nations community radioAboriginal Multimedia SocietyRebroadcasts CFWE-FM Edmonton.0096.7CKUA-FM-11CKUA Radio Networkpublic broadcastingCKUA Radio Foundation Rebroadcasts CKUA-FM Edmonton.0097.9CKYX-FMRock 97.9Classic rockRogers RadioBroadcasts from Edmonton, with city news from calgary 0099.3CBXN-FMCBC Radio Onepublic news/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationRebroadcasts CBX Edmonton.0100.5CHFT-FM100.5 Cruz FMactive rockHarvard BroadcastingBroadcasts hourly news updates during the mornings0101.5CHFA-6-FMIci Radio-Canada Premièrepublic news/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationFrench; rebroadcasts CHFA Edmonton.0103.7CFVR-FMPlay 103hot adult contemporaryHarvard BroadcastingBroadcasts hourly news updates on weekdays and on play137.ca
Television CBC News has a reporter based in Fort McMurray. There are no local broadcast outlets or repeaters serving Fort McMurray, with television service in the area available only via cable.
CFRN-DT (CTV) operates a rebroadcaster on channel 12 from Ashmont that provides separate commercials and local news bulletins for Fort McMurray. It is only available on cable, as that transmitter's coverage area does not reach Fort McMurray.
CBXT-DT (CBC Television), CBXFT-DT (Radio-Canada) and CITV-DT (Global) are also available on cable and satellite. CBXT and CBXFT previously operated rebroadcasters in Fort McMurray before they were shut down in 2012.
ROGERS TV has one producer located in Fort McMurray out of the formally SHAW Cable building in Beacon Hill reporting on local news for their cable access channel.
Newspapers, magazines and online news
Active
Harvard Media broadcasts hourly news on Play 103.7 FM and 100.5 Cruz FM and posts daily articles on the radio station's websites. They are the only local news outlet left in Fort McMurray.
Closed Snapd Wood Buffalo (Print edition ended in 2020, posted photos of community events to Facebook until January 2023) MyMcMurray.com (Local reporters laid off by Rogers Sports & Media in December 2020. The website now runs local press releases and news covered by reporters based in Calgary at CFFR) Fort McMurray CONNECT (Weekly newspaper founded in 2006, final edition published on December 22, 2016) McMurray Girl (Quarterly women's magazine that ran from Fall 2010 to Fall 2014) Fort McMurray Express (Weekly newspaper that ran from 1979 to 1994) McMurray Courier (Weekly newspaper that was first published on June 12, 1970 until it was sold to Bowes Publishing in 1974) Fort McMurray Today (Launched as a daily in 1974 after Bowes Publishing bought the weekly McMurray Courier, Postmedia Network switched the newspaper to a weekly in 2018 and to an online-only outlet in February 2023) Your McMurray Magazine (Magazine running entertainment, lifestyle and sponsored content articles founded in 2012 by Balsom Communications, publishes five times per year) YMM Parent Magazine (Family-focused lifestyle magazine operated by Balsom Communications)
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