CFJP-DT (channel 35) is a

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, Quebec, Canada, serving as the

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of the French-language network

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. It is

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by network parent

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alongside CTV outlet

CFCF-DT CFCF-DT (channel 12) is an English-language television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Noovo flagship (broadcasting), flagship CFJP-DT (cha ...

(channel 12). The two stations share studios at the Bell Media building (formerly the Montréal Téléport), at the intersection of Boulevard René-Lévesque Est and

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; CFJP-DT's transmitter is located on

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History

The station was originally owned by the family of

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, then-owner of CFCF-TV. It was acquired by

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in 2001 concurrently with Cogeco's acquisition of the network. It was later acquired by

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in June 2008, which had been owned by Cogeco and CTVglobemedia but entered

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in late 2007. The network was renamed V the following year. It was later reorganized into a separate entity named V Media Group, which was still majority-owned by Remstar, with a minority share held by a trust controlled by Remstar's owner,

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. As an owned-and-operated station of the network, CFJP was part of V's takeover by

on May 15, 2020. CFJP formerly had a rebroadcaster in

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CJPC-TV CJPC-DT (channel 18) is a television station in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the French-language network Noovo. It is a semi-satellite of Rivière-du-Loup–licensed CFTF-DT which is owned by Télé Inter-Rives. CJPC-DT's studios ...

channel 18, but this switched to being a semi-satellite of CFTF-TV in June 2007.

Digital television and high definition

CFJP launched a

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simulcast on June 4, 2007, and it's available on

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and Cogeco cable in Quebec. It signed on over the air on channel 42 from their studio building in Montreal in December 2007. However, digital television receivers display CFJP-TV's

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as 35. After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion on August 31, 2011, CFJP-TV moved from its pre-transition channel number, 42, to its post-transition and old analog channel number, 35. Because of the placement of the digital broadcast antenna at a low elevation on top of a residential building in Montreal, the coverage area was greatly reduced as compared to its former analog signal, which broadcast from Mount Royal. Many viewers were no longer able to receive CFJP. The station moved its digital transmitter to Mount Royal on April 16, 2013, greatly increasing its coverage area.

References

External links

*
CFJP-DT
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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CFJP at TV Hat
* 1986 establishments in Quebec FJP-DT Television channels and stations established in 1986 FJP-DT {{Canada-tv-station-stub