CHEM-DT
kW | |
| HAAT | 291.5 m |
|---|---|
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°30′7″N 72°38′10″W / 46.50194°N 72.63611°W |
| Links | |
| Website | TVA Trois-Rivières |
CHEM-DT is the
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
.
Owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media, its studios are located on Boulevard de Chanoine-Moreau and Rue Jacques de Labadie in Trois-Rivières. This station can also be seen on Cogeco Cable channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 503.
History
The station was founded on August 29, 1976 and was owned by
Pathonic Communications bought CHEM and four other stations in 1979. Sometime in the 1980s, CHEM severed the electronic umbilical cord with CHLT and became a full-fledged station. Télé-Metropole, owner of TVA flagship station CFTM-TV
in Montreal, bought Pathonic in 1989, and since then CHEM has essentially been a semi-satellite of CFTM.
External links
- TVA Trois-Rivières
- CHEM-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHEM-TV in the REC Canadian station database