CFER-DT,
virtual and
VHF
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digital
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channel 11, is a
TVA owned-and-operated television station
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licensed to
Rimouski
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,
Quebec
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, Canada. The station is owned by the
Groupe TVA subsidiary of
Quebecor Media. CFER-DT's studios are located on Boulevard Sainte-Anne/
Route 132 (near the shoreline of the
Saint Lawrence River
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) in
Pointe-au-Père, and its transmitter is located in
Saint-Donat
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See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
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. The station also operates a rebroadcast transmitter in
Sept-Îles (CFER-TV-2, broadcasting on VHF
analog channel 5).
On
cable, CFER-DT is available on
Cogeco
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channel 5. Its local newscasts are carried on a dedicated channel on
satellite provider Bell Satellite TV channel 101.
History
The station was launched on June 4, 1978.
On October 30, 2014, TVA applied to convert the station from analogue to digital operations, remaining on VHF 11 with an effective radiated power of 1.732 kW (maximum of 3.3 kW) at 430.1 meters in height, compared to 174 kW (maximum of 325 kW) at 432.8 meters in height (their current analogue configuration). This application was approved on February 16, 2015. The station flash-cut to digital operations on VHF 11 on January 11, 2016.
[http://tva.canoe.ca/emissions/transitiontelenumerique/ ]
References
External links
TVA Est du Québec*
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Television channels and stations established in 1978
1978 establishments in Quebec
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