CFEM-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, branded on-air as TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue, is a

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- affiliated

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to Rouyn-Noranda,

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, Canada and serving the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. The station is owned by

RNC Media RNC Media (formerly ''Radio-Nord Communications'') is a Canadian broadcasting group based in Westmount, Quebec, with offices in Gatineau and Rouyn-Noranda. The company operates five television stations and several radio stations, mostly in Que ...

, as part of a

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with

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affiliate

CFVS-DT CFVS-DT, virtual channel 25.1 (UHF digital channel 15), branded on-air as Noovo Abitibi-Témiscamingue, is a Noovo- affiliated television station licensed to Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada and serving the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. The station ...

(channel 25), licensed to the neighbouring city of

Val-d'Or Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife ...

. The two stations share studios on Avenue Murdoch and Avenue de la Saint Anne in Rouyn-Noranda; CFEM-DT's transmitter is located near Chemin Powell (north of Route 101). The station operates a rebroadcaster in Val-d'Or (CFEM-DT-1) on VHF channel 10. Both transmitters flash-cut to digital on September 1, 2011. On

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, the station is available on Câblevision du Nord de Québec channel 10 and digital channel 120. CFEM is the youngest of the TVA network affiliates, in terms of the year of sign-on, having launched in 1979.

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TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue
* * FEM FEM Television channels and stations established in 1979 FEM 1979 establishments in Quebec {{Canada-tv-station-stub