CJPC-DT,

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18.1 (

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channel 27), is a

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Rimouski Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), t ...

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, Canada. It is a semi-satellite of

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska. Its one ...

-licensed CFTF-DT which is owned by

Télé Inter-Rives Télé Inter-Rives ("Inter-Riverbank Television", literal translation) is a broadcasting company based in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The Simard family holds a 55% stake in Télé Inter-Rives, with Quebecor (owner of Groupe TVA and the TVA netwo ...

. CJPC-DT's studios are located on Rue Saint Germain and Avenue de la Cathédrale (near the shoreline of the

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) in Rimouski, and its transmitter is located on Avenue de la Cathédrale (near Highway 20). On cable, the station is available on

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channel 5. The station was launched in 1987, originally relaying the signal from CFJP-TV in

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. On June 1, 2007, the

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approved a joint application by TQS and Télé Inter-Rives to convert the TQS station in Rimouski, CJPC-TV, from a transmitter of CFJP Montreal to a transmitter of CFTF-TV in Rivière-du-Loup. As part of the deal, a news bureau would be built in Rimouski, and a limited amount of local programming would be added on CJPC.

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