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, Canada, operating as a ''de facto'' semi-satellite of

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flagship station CFJP-DT. The station is owned by the

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subsidiary of BCE Inc. CFKS-DT's studios are located on Boulevard Industriel/ Route 220 and Boulevard de Portland in Sherbrooke, and its transmitter is located in Orford. On

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, the station is available on

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channel 5 and in high-definition on digital channel 605.

History

The station went to air on September 7, 1986. It was originally launched by Cogeco as a private affiliate of TQS, which was then owned by

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. It became an owned-and-operated station of the network in 2001 when Cogeco became the network's primary owner. The station was part of V's takeover by Remstar. Since the rebranding of the TQS network on August 31, 2009, CFKS has dropped all non-network programming and became a ''de facto'' semi-satellite of Montreal owned-and-operated station CFJP-TV.

Former local programming

* ''Le Grand Journal Estrie'' (1989–Fall 2009) Local news show, aired weekdays at 5:30 p.m. * ''Les Infos'' (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Two-minute local news capsules, aired weekdays at 6:45 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 7:45 a.m., 8:30 a.m., and 11:56 a.m. * ''Le Reflet de l'Estrie'' (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Weekly news summary with feature reports, airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Digital television

CFKS-DT ceased broadcasting in analog and

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to digital on August 1, 2011. Through the use of

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, digital television receivers display CFKS-TV's

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as 30.1. In filings from V to the

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with respect to Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-169, V stated that it was debating whether to install digital a transmitter in Saguenay due to financial reasons, and if it did install one, it might by the deadline or well after the deadline. V later filed regarding the same proceeding that it was in talks with

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to partner up in order to reduce the cost of installing transmitters.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfks-Dt FKS FKS Television channels and stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Quebec