CFRS-DT,
virtual channel 4.1 (
VHF
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Frequencies immediately below VHF ...
digital
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*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
channel 13), is a
Noovo owned-and-operated television station licensed to
Saguenay,
Quebec, Canada, operating as a ''de facto''
semi-satellite
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of
Montreal flagship
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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 Noovo network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside CTV outlet CFCF-DT (channel 12). Bot ...
. The station is owned by the
Bell Media subsidiary of
BCE Inc.
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CFRS-DT's studios are located on Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stations
CFIX-FM
CFIX-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stations CJAB-FM and Noovo owned-and-operated station CFRS-DT) in the former city of Chicoutimi.
...
and
CJAB-FM) in the former city of
Chicoutimi, and its transmitter is located atop
Mount Valin
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Mount ...
. On
cable, the station is available on
Vidéotron channel 5 and in
high-definition on
digital
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*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
channel 605.
History
The station was launched in 1986 by local broadcaster Radio Saguenay, as a sister station of
Radio-Canada affiliate CKRS-TV (now Radio-Canada O&O
CKTV-DT
CKTV-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, branded on-air as ICI Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada and serving the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. ...
). Until the creation of the "megacity" of Saguenay in 2002, it was licensed to Jonquière.
Both stations were acquired by
Cogeco
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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
Remstar 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
CRTC.
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.
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Television channels and stations established in 1986
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