Radio / Television News

Educational broadcaster SCN goes off the air in May

REGINA – The Saskatchewan government has pulled the plug on the province’s public educational broadcaster SCN after nearly 20 years on the air.Some of SCN's assets – such as satellite distance education classes, broadcast of the Legislative channel, and connectivity to the provincial public safety telecommunications network, will be transferred to SaskTel this Spring, but the SCN Corporation is scheduled to shut down by May."SCN provided many important services and we are ensuring those continue," said Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Dustin Duncan, in a statement. "The broadcast industry has changed drastically since SCN was created nearly 20 years...