CFGS-DT (channel 34), branded on-air as , is a
television station
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in
Gatineau
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, Quebec, Canada, serving the
National Capital Region as an affiliate of
Noovo
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. The station is owned by
RNC Media
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, as part of a
twinstick with
TVA
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affiliate
CHOT-DT
CHOT-DT (channel 32), branded as , is a television station in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, serving the National Capital Region as an affiliate of TVA. The station is owned by RNC Media, as part of a twinstick with Noovo affiliate CFGS-DT (chan ...
(channel 40). The two stations share studios on Rue Jean-Proulx and Rue Buteau in the former city of
Hull
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Ma ...
; CFGS-DT's transmitter is located at
Camp Fortune
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in
Chelsea, Quebec
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.
CFGS-DT is the largest Noovo station that is not owned and operated by the network. It is also the second major network affiliate in Canada in a media market that is not owned by its associated network, after CHOT-DT.
Overview
It was originally broadcast on UHF channel 49 from its debut on September 7, 1986, until moving to its current over-the-air channel position in 2001. However, prior to changing its listings to national listings only, ''
TV Guide
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'' always had this station listed as Channel 49.
CFGS's operation is considerably smaller than sister station CHOT — the station only airs a 10-minute local newscast weekdays at 5:30 p.m. anchored by Louka Jacques, along with brief news updates in the morning and in the evening. There are only two anchors (one for the morning news update and one for the 5:30 p.m. news). For a brief period in 2006, there was an occasional commentary by former
MP Françoise Boivin
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She first represented the district from 2004 to 2006 as a member ...
on stories that made headlines.
Digital television and high definition
The
analog television shutdown and digital conversion, took place on August 31, 2011,
however, CFGS-TV was granted a temporary extension for their analogue broadcasts. CFGS-DT began its digital broadcasts on its current assigned analogue channel, UHF 34 on October 31, 2011.
References
External links
Noovo Gatineau–OttawaCFGS-DTat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the
Canadian Communications Foundation
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