 CKES-DT's studios are located on Calgary Trail Northwest and 52nd Avenue in Edmonton, and its transmitter is located in Sherwood Park.On cable and satellite, the station is available on Shaw Cable channel 51 and Bell TV channel 648.Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 8, 2007, the station began broadcasting five months later on October 8, 2007 on UHF channel 45.