CFRS-DT,

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4.1 ( VHF

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channel 13), is a

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owned-and-operated

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Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay ( , , ) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City by overland route. It is about upriver and northwest of Tadoussac, located at the confluence with the St. ...

, Canada, operating as a ''de facto''

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CFJP-DT CFJP-DT (channel 35) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language network Noovo. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside CTV outlet CFCF-DT (channel 12). Th ...

. The station is owned by the

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subsidiary of BCE Inc. CFRS-DT's studios are located on Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stations CFIX-FM and

CJAB-FM CJAB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est in the former city of Chicoutimi (co-located with sister stations CFIX-FM and Noovo owned-and-operated station CFRS-DT), ...

) in the former city of

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, and its transmitter is located atop

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. On

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, the station is available on

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channel 5 and in high-definition on

channel 605.

History

The station was launched in 1986 by local broadcaster Radio Saguenay, as a sister station of

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affiliate CKRS-TV (now Radio-Canada O&O

CKTV-DT CKTV-DT (channel 12), branded ICI Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé station in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known ...

). Until the creation of the "megacity" of Saguenay in 2002, it was licensed to Jonquière. Both stations were acquired by

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in 1998, with CFRS becoming a TQS owned-and-operated station in 2001 when Cogeco bought controlling interest in the network. CFRS was part of V's takeover by

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in 2008. When TQS rebranded as V on August 31, 2009, CFRS dropped all non-network programming and became a ''de facto'' repeater of Montreal-based flagship CFJP-TV. The station began broadcasting exclusively in digital on September 1, 2011, after receiving authorization from the

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.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-492, August 15, 2011.
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Former local programming

* ''Le Grand Journal Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean'' (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 du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean'' (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) - Weekly news summary with feature reports, airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

References

External links

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfrs-Dt FRS FRS Television channels and stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Quebec