The Rural Channel

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The Rural Channel
The Rural Channel logo
Launched May 29, 2013
Owned by Ag-Com Productions
Slogan Canada's Country View
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Emerald Park, Saskatchewan
Website The Rural Channel
Availability
Shaw Direct Channel 385 (SD)
Cable
EastLink Channel 692 (HD)
Gosfield North Channel 24 (SD)
Quadro Communications Channel 306 (SD)
Hay Communications Channel 306 (SD)
TCC Channel 306 (SD)

The Rural Channel (TRC) is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel broadcasting rural lifestyle programming with a particular emphasis on agriculture and equine programming.

The channel is owned by Ag-Com Productions and launched on May 29, 2013.

History

On August 13, 2008 Ag-Com Productions Inc. was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch The Rural Channel, described at the time of license as a "national, English-language Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to serving the interests and needs of individuals and families living outside of major cities in smaller and rural communities across Canada, with a focus on the agriculture industry."[1]

The channel launched on May 29, 2013 exclusively on Shaw Direct.[2] A few weeks later in June, the channel launched a high definition channel simulcasting the standard definition feed on EastLink.

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