CKTM-DT, virtual channel 13 (UHF digital channel 28), branded on-air as ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec, is an Ici Radio-Canada Télé owned-and-operated station licensed to Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and serving the Mauricie region. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada). CKTM-DT's studios are located on Boulevard Saint-Jean (near Route 40) in Trois-Rivières, and its transmitter is located on Rue Principale in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. On cable, the station is available on Cogeco Cable channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 504.
 | |
| |
|---|---|
| Channels | |
| Branding | ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Ici Radio-Canada Télé (1958–present, O&O since 2008) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Société Radio-Canada |
| History | |
First air date | April 15, 1958 |
Former call signs | CFTM-TV (unused, never used on air); CKTM-TV (1958–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 13 (VHF, 1958–2011) |
Call sign meaning | Télévision Mauricie |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 38.9 kW |
| HAAT | 314.6 m (1,032 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°29′33″N 72°39′7″W / 46.49250°N 72.65194°W |
| Links | |
| Website | ICI Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ CRTC Notice of Public Hearing 2008-5.
- ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (June 26, 2008). "ARCHIVED - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Acquisition of assets". crtc.gc.ca.
- ^ "Marie-Josée Montminy : Radio-Canada confirme son déménagement | Arts & Spectacles". www.cyberpresse.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
- ^ "CBC/Radio-Canada | About Us | Our Facilities". cbc.radio-canada.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
External links
edit- 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
