CHMG-DT (channel 10) is a
low-power independent
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community
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television station in
Quebec City
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, Quebec, Canada, owned by Télé-Mag inc. The station's studios are located on Jean-Perrin Street, along
Autoroutes 40/
73 in
Les Rivières, and its transmitter is located at Place de la Cité in
Sainte-Foy.
CHMG-DT is branded on air as Télé-Mag, which is a
portmanteau
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television
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" and "
magazine
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".
History
Télé-Mag first broadcast in 1979 as cable-only "Télé-Plus 24"; it was renamed "Télé-Mag 24" in 1994. The "24" in the name represented the cable channel position at the time, on channel 24; it has since moved to channel 10.
In August 2003, the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) granted Télé-Mag a low-power
terrestrial
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broadcast licence on channel 9, under the calls CHMG-TV. Broadcasting only at 38
watt
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s, the broadcast station launched on October 20, 2005.
Technical information
Subchannel
Analogue-to-digital transition
The station began broadcasting in
high-definition via
cable television
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in December 2010.
As CHMG-TV's transmitter is low power, it was not subject to the required
analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011. The station flash-cut to digital sometime in 2020.
References
External links
*
CHMG-TV history- Canadian Communication Foundation
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HMG
Canadian community channels
Television channels and stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Quebec