CKTM-DT
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kW | |
| HAAT | 314.6 m (1,032 ft) |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 46°29′33″N 72°39′7″W / 46.49250°N 72.65194°W |
| Links | |
| Website | ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec |
CKTM-DT,
History
The station first signed on April 15, 1958; the station was the very first broadcasting property owned by Cogeco, which was founded in Trois-Rivières the previous year.
Until June 2008, the station was owned by Cogeco and was a twinstick with the TQS O&O CFKM-TV. As a privately owned station, CKTM effectively functioned as a semi-satellite of CBFT in Montreal due to a lack of non-network sources of programming. The station had been owned directly by Cogeco prior to the latter's majority acquisition of TQS, to which Cogeco contributed its existing local stations. Radio-Canada took editorial control of the station's news programming in 2002, although it continued to share a studio with CFKM.
In September 2007, Radio-Canada announced that it would not renew its affiliation agreement with its three Cogeco-owned affiliates — CKTM, CKTV-TV in Saguenay and CKSH-TV in Sherbrooke — after their then-current agreement expired in August 2008. An application to directly acquire the stations was filed by Radio-Canada on April 25, 2008, concurrently with Cogeco's proposed sale of TQS to Remstar Corporation.[1] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008.[2]
Radio-Canada relocated all its radio and television facilities in the region into an integrated production centre,[3] which opened on March 22, 2010, in Trois-Rivières. Radio-Canada intends on increasing its local programming output on its radio and television stations in the region.[4]
References
- ^ CRTC Notice of Public Hearing 2008-5.
- ^ CRTC Decision 2008-130
- ^ "Marie-Josée Montminy : Radio-Canada confirme son déménagement | Arts & Spectacles". www.cyberpresse.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
- ^ http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/facilities/
External links
- Official website
(in French) - CKTM-DT at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKTM-TV in the REC Canadian station database
