Local TV and journalism dealt blow with closure of Medicine Hat station

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A lot of these smaller communities don’t have a lot of local media left, whether it’s the demise of radio and TV stations or newspapers’

by Bill Kaufmann

Calgary Herald

June 3, 2025

Medicine Hat City Hall with the Finlay Bridge in the foreground was photographed on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Gavin Young/Postmedi

After nearly seven decades on the air, Medicine Hat’s CHAT-TV has signed off for the last time.

The station’s end came at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after financial pressures proved too much to remain on the air, said the president of the station’s owner, Pattison Media.

“We kept the station going longer than we should have because we knew what the impact would be on the community,” said Rod Schween.

 

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