CHLT-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is a

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, Canada. The station is owned by the

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subsidiary of

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. CHLT-DT's studios are located on Rue King Ouest (near Route 112) in Sherbrooke, and its transmitter is located in Orford. This station can also be seen on

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channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 604.

History

The station went on the air for the first time on August 12,

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. It was owned by ''

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'', the city's major newspaper, along with CHLT radio. Like most television stations in Quebec, it was a dual affiliate of both CBC and

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. It usually went on the air sooner than other Quebec stations, forcing it to fill the schedule with local shows. ''La Tribune'' was eventually acquired by

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, which sold CHLT to

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in 1968. When CKSH-TV went on the air on September 19, 1974, it took all Radio-Canada programming away from CHLT. Sherbrooke's anglophone population was too small for CHLT to be viable as a privately owned CBC Television affiliate. As a result, it joined TVA that same day after CBMT in

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opened a translator in Sherbrooke. Five years later, Pathonic Communications acquired CHLT and four other stations from Telemedia, forming a network which from 1986–1990 was branded as

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. Pathonic's stations often aired a schedule different from that offered on TVA flagship station

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in Montreal. As a result, since CHLT's over-the-air signal reaches Montreal, it was also carried on

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and

in the latter city, and it was therefore considered to be the Réseau Pathonic station for the Greater Montreal area in the late-1980s. However, after CFTM's owner, Télé-Metropole, took full control of TVA in 1990 and also absorbed Pathonic into TVA at the same time, CHLT has basically functioned as a semi-satellite of CFTM, except for newscasts and commercials. CF Cable stopped carrying CHLT in the early 1990s, and Vidéotron followed suit in 1995. During the analogue era, CHLT was one of TVA's most powerful stations; its terrestrial footprint extended as far as northwestern

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. Also, as with CKSH-DT, CHLT enjoys cable coverage throughout selected areas of Northern New England, as far east as Augusta and

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zip code 04841 (Rockland).

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