CKSH-DT (channel 9), branded ICI Estrie, is an

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station in

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, Quebec, Canada, serving the

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region. The station is owned by the

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(known in French as ). CKSH-DT's studios are located on Rue King Ouest in Sherbrooke, and its transmitter is located in Orford.

History

The station first signed on the air on September 19, 1974. As a privately owned station, CKSH basically functioned as a

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(channel 2) in

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due to not having alternative non-network sources of programming available. After several years, CKSH began airing its own local news and a few programs not carried by CBFT. The station had been owned directly by Cogeco prior to the latter's majority acquisition of the TQS network (later V, now

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), to which Cogeco contributed its existing local stations. Radio-Canada took editorial control of the station's news programming in 2002, although it currently shares a studio with its former

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CFKS-DT (channel 30). CKSH and TVA owned-and-operated station CHLT-DT (channel 7) in Sherbrooke are seen on some cable systems in Northern

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, serving the

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community. They serve as a vital link to the Québécois culture in these communities. Some parts of

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and

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can also pick up their signals over the air. In September 2007, Radio-Canada announced that it would not renew its affiliation agreement with its three Cogeco-owned affiliates—CKSH, CKTM-TV in

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and CKTV-TV in Saguenay—after their then-current agreement expired in August 2008. An application to directly acquire the station was filed by Radio-Canada on April 25, 2008, concurrently with Cogeco's proposed sale of TQS to Remstar Corporation. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008.CRTC Decision 2008-130
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Digital television and high definition

After the analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011, CKSH has shut down its analogue transmitter at midnight on September 1, 2011, and started digital broadcasts on its former analogue channel number, 9. However, digital television receivers display CKSH's

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as 9.1.

References

External links

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