CKSH-DT,
virtual and
VHF
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digital
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channel 9, branded on-air as ICI Estrie, is an
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly known as Télévision de Radio-Canada) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), the national pub ...
owned-and-operated station
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licensed to
Sherbrooke,
Quebec, Canada and serving the
Estrie region. The station is owned by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as ''Société Radio-Canada''). CKSH-DT's studios are located on Rue King Ouest in Sherbrooke, and its transmitter is located in
Orford. On
cable, the station is available on
Vidéotron channel 10 and in
high definition
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on
digital
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channel 602. On
satellite, it is carried on
Bell Satellite TV channel 108 and in high definition on channel 1820.
History
The station first
signed on
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the air on September 19, 1974. As a privately owned station, CKSH basically functioned as a
semi-satellite
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of
CBFT
CBFT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in Fren ...
(channel 2) in
Montreal 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
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline ( ...
prior to the latter's majority acquisition of the TQS network (later V, now
Noovo), 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
sister station
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CFKS-DT
CFKS-DT, virtual and UHF digital channel 30, is a Noovo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, operating as a ''de facto'' semi-satellite of Montreal flagship station CFJP-DT. The station is owned by ...
(channel 30).
CKSH and
TVA owned-and-operated station
CHLT-DT (channel 7) in Sherbrooke are seen on some cable systems in Northern
New England, serving the
French American community. They serve as a vital link to the
Québécois culture in these communities. Some parts of
Vermont and
New Hampshire 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
CKTM-DT, virtual channel 13 ( UHF digital channel 28), branded on-air as ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and serving the Mauricie region. ...
in
Trois-Rivières and
CKTV-TV
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. ...
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
Remcorp is a Canadian private investment firm founded by businessman Maxime Rémillard. Its head offices are located in Montreal, Quebec.
History
The company was founded in 1997.
At first involved in the entertainment industry, Remcorp now ma ...
. 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,
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Television channels and stations established in 1974
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