CHMG-DT (channel 10) is a low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power independent station, independent community channel (Canada), community television station in Quebec City, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, owned by Télé-Mag inc. The station's studios are located on Jean-Perrin Street, along Quebec Autoroute 40, Autoroutes 40/Quebec Autoroute 73, 73 in Les Rivières, Quebec City, Les Rivières, and its transmitter is located at Place de la Cité in Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Sainte-Foy. CHMG-DT is branded on air as Télé-Mag, which is a portmanteau of "television" and "magazine".

History

Télé-Mag first broadcast in 1979 as cable-only "Télé-Plus 24"; it was renamed "Télé-Mag 24" in 1994. The "24" in the name represented the cable channel position at the time, on channel 24; it has since moved to channel 10. In August 2003, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted Télé-Mag a low-power terrestrial television, terrestrial broadcast licence on channel 9, under the calls CHMG-TV. Broadcasting only at 38 watts, the broadcast station launched on October 20, 2005.

Technical information

Subchannel

Analogue-to-digital transition

The station began broadcasting in High-definition television, high-definition via cable television in December 2010. As CHMG-TV's transmitter is low power, it was not subject to the required Digital television in Canada, analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011. The station flash-cut to digital sometime in 2020.

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CHMG-TV history
- Canadian Communication Foundation {{CanindTVstations Television stations in Quebec City, HMG Canadian community channels Television channels and stations established in 1979 1979 establishments in Quebec