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{{Short description|Television station in Lloydminster (1976–2025)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = CITL-DT
| city = 
| logo = CITL-TV.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| branding = CITL
| digital = 4 ([[VHF]])
| virtual = 4
| translators = ''see {{section link||Former transmitters}}''
| affiliations = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] (1976–2025)
| airdate = {{start date|1976|7|28}}
| last_airdate = {{ubl|{{end date|2025|5|13}}|({{age in years and days|1976|7|28|2025|5|13}})}}
| location = [[Lloydminster]], Alberta–Saskatchewan
| country = Canada
| callsign_meaning = Television for Lloydminster
| former_callsigns = CITL-TV (1976–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 4 (VHF, 1976–2011)
| owner = [[Stingray Group]]
| licensee = [[Stingray Radio Inc.]]<ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht224a.pdf Ownership Chart 224A – STINGRAY – Radio, TV, Pay, Specialty & Discretionary Services]</ref>
| sister_stations = [[CKSA-FM]], CILR-FM, [[CKSA-DT]]
| former_affiliations = 
| erp = 9.1 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|220.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates = {{coord|53|23|47|N|110|0|30|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]]
| website = {{url|http://www.citltv.ca/|citltv.ca}}
}}

'''CITL-DT''' (channel 4) was a [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]-affiliated [[television station]] in [[Lloydminster]], a city located on the border of the [[Canadian provinces]] of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. It was owned by [[Stingray Radio]] alongside [[Citytv]] affiliate [[CKSA-DT]] (channel 2). The two stations shared studios at 50 Street and 51 Avenue on the Alberta side of Lloydminster; CITL-DT's transmitter was located near [[Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)|Highway 17]] and Township Road 512, near the Saskatchewan provincial line.

==History==
The station first signed on the air on July 28, 1976, and has been a CTV affiliate since its sign-on. CITL, along with their sister station CKSA, were acquired by [[Newcap Broadcasting]] in 2005 from their former owner, Midwest Television.

Prior to the August 31, 2011, digital transition, CITL had rebroadcast transmitters in [[Wainwright, Alberta|Wainwright]], [[Provost, Alberta|Provost]], [[Bonnyville]], [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]] and Alcot Trail. The station's main transmitter was required to participate in the digital transition, but Newcap also decided to shut its other transmitters, other than Alcot Trail's, on the same date, though there was no requirement to shut down or convert any of these other transmitters to digital.

The station had attempted to add a rebroadcaster in [[Fort McMurray]] in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/n2006-4.htm#20|title = ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-4|date = April 20, 2006}}</ref> but this was subsequently withdrawn. The application had been surprising since a CTV-owned station, [[CFRN-TV]], had already served the area on cable with some separate news programming and commercials since 1990 from CFRN's repeater in [[Ashmont, Alberta|Ashmont]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://edmonton.ctv.ca/aboutUs/ |title=CTV Edmonton history |access-date=November 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217125938/http://edmonton.ctv.ca/aboutUs/ |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

CITL along with CKSA were two of the last remaining Canadian stations that continued to sign off overnight, along with [[Omni Television]] stations and others.

On May 13, 2025, Stingray Radio announced that CITL and CKSA had ceased operations effective immediately, citing "challenging economic conditions" and "careful consideration of the evolving media landscape and the challenges facing local television broadcasting".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=May 13, 2025 |title=Stingray shutters Lloydminster TV stations |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/stingray-shutters-lloydminster-tv-stations/ |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-CA}}</ref> [[SaskTel]] replaced CITL with [[Saskatoon]]'s CTV station [[CFQC-DT]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Channel news and previews |url=https://www.sasktel.com/store/browse/Personal/TV/Do-Even-More/Channel-news-and-previews/_/N-8frmjn |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250517040453/https://www.sasktel.com/store/browse/Personal/TV/Do-Even-More/Channel-news-and-previews/_/N-8frmjn |archive-date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 16, 2025 |publisher=[[SaskTel]]}}</ref>

==Programming==
As of October 18, 2018, CITL cleared the vast majority of the CTV schedule, and was the only CTV station in Western Canada to air the network's national morning shows (formerly ''[[Canada AM]]''; currently ''[[Your Morning]]'') on a [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] in the 6–9 a.m. time slot (with all CTV [[owned-and-operated station]]s between [[Vancouver]] and [[Winnipeg]] airing local ''[[CTV Morning Live]]'' programs instead). The station carried the entirety of CTV's prime time lineup.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.citltv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CITL-TV-Oct-13-Nov-10.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019041058/https://www.citltv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CITL-TV-Oct-13-Nov-10.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Previously, the station preempted [[strip programming|stripped]] broadcasts of ''[[etalk]]'' and/or repeats of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' on certain nights with local programming. Additionally, CITL preempted CTV's ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'' in favor of ''[[100 Huntley Street]]'', a [[brokered programming|brokered]] [[religious broadcasting|religious program]] which is also commonly aired by Global stations, as well as the weekend's network repeats of the previous night's late edition of [[The Sports Network|TSN]]'s ''[[SportsCentre]]'' for ''Eat Street'' and [[infomercial]]s, Sunday's ''[[Question Period (TV program)|Question Period]]'' and the weekday early edition of ''[[CTV National News]]''. CITL also broke away from the network late-night schedule at about 2:12&nbsp;a.m. (after ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]'') on weeknights, and earlier on weekends, to sign off, as CITL, along with sister CKSA, have the Canadian national anthem "[[O Canada]]" played during the sign-off.

Until the mid-to-late 2000s, CITL also carried some Global programming alongside CTV shows; however, this was discontinued at some point after [[Global Edmonton]] was made available on basic cable in Lloydminster. Nonetheless the station sometimes carried various Canadian-made programs from the library of Global's parent company [[Corus Entertainment]], though this was generally restricted to older programming (or at least older seasons) not currently airing on the Global network schedule.

CITL aired ''Prime Time Local News'' from 5 to 7 p.m., and ''Late Local News'' at 11:30&nbsp;p.m. on weeknights; there was no local news on weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.citltv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CITL-TV-Oct-13-Nov-10.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019041058/https://www.citltv.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CITL-TV-Oct-13-Nov-10.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 5 p.m. hour of ''Prime Time Local News'' was simulcast on CKSA. In addition, unlike CKSA where it simulcast newscasts from Global Edmonton, CITL did not simulcast any newscasts from CTV Edmonton or any other CTV station. Reruns of ''[[Chopped Canada]]'' aired at noon, in place of any local newscast, or the noon hour newscast from CTV Edmonton.

CITL and CKSA previously aired ''Newcap News'' until August 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ci7Ts2r_qx0| archive-date = December 5, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci7Ts2r_qx0&t=6s| title = Newcap News August 31st, 2018 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On September 4, 2018, the newscasts were reformatted from a traditional newscast to a news magazine, and was re-branded as ''Prime Time Local News''.<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/VGJ2mdxipHE| archive-date = December 5, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJ2mdxipHE&t=45s| title = Primetime Local News September 4th, 2018 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Former transmitters==
Until August 31, 2011, CITL-DT also operated the first four transmitters listed below. According to Industry Canada's TV database, as of August 2012, the station no longer has a broadcast licence for the last transmitter noted.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/engineering/engdoc/baserad.zip |title=Broadcasting Database Files |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207042211/http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/engineering/engdoc/baserad.zip |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Therefore, the station no longer has any rebroadcasting transmitters.
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Former transmitters'''
! Station
! [[City of licence]]
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channel]]
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! Transmitter coordinates
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | CITL-TV-1
| [[Wainwright, AB]]
| 6 ([[VHF]])
| 0.01&nbsp;kW
| NA
| {{coord|52|51|11|N|110|48|6|W|type:landmark|name=CITL-TV-1}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | CITL-TV-2
| [[Provost, AB]]
| 5 ([[VHF]])
| 0.01&nbsp;kW
| NA
| {{coord|52|22|10|N|110|10|19|W|type:landmark|name=CITL-TV-2}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | CITL-TV-3
| [[Meadow Lake, SK]]
| 3 ([[VHF]])
| 0.01&nbsp;kW
| NA
| {{coord|54|7|16|N|108|27|53|W|type:landmark|name=CITL-TV-3}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | CITL-TV-4
| [[Bonnyville, AB]]
| 7 ([[VHF]])
| 0.01&nbsp;kW
| NA
| {{coord|54|11|54|N|110|50|31|W|type:landmark|name=CITL-TV-4}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | CITL-TV-10
| Alcot Trail, SK
| 58 ([[UHF]])
| 0.01&nbsp;kW
| NA
| {{coord|53|53|8|N|108|24|35|W|type:landmark|name=CITL-TV-10}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.citltv.ca/}}
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/alberta/CITL-DT CITL-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CITL-TV}}

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