CKSH-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CKSH-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Ici comme dans la vie
station_branding = Radio-Canada Estrie
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = 55
other_chs =
affiliations = Radio-Canada
founded = September 19, 1974
location = Sherbrooke, Quebec
callsign_meaning = C K SHerbrooke
former_callsigns =
owner = Société Radio-Canada
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 325 kW
homepage = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/index.shtml Radio-Canada Estrie]

CKSH-TV is a television station in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It is an owned-and-operated station of the Radio-Canada network.

The station first aired on September 19, 1974. As a privately owned station, CKSH basically functioned as a semi-satellite of CBFT in Montreal due to not having alternative non-network sources of programming available. 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 currently shares a studio with former TQS sister station CFKS-TV.

CKSH is seen on cable television systems throughout New England, serving the French American community. Its initial placement on the cable television system of Lowell, Massachusetts was the result of a long fight by leaders of the community in that city. It remains on the Comcast system on Channel 98. It serves as a vital link to the Québécois culture in these communities.

In September 2007, Radio-Canada announced that it would not renew its affiliation agreement with its three Cogeco-owned affiliates — CKSH, CKTM in Trois-Rivières and CKTV in Saguenay — after their current agreement expires in August 2008. An application to directly acquire the station was filed by Radio-Canada on April 25, 2008, concurrently with Cogeco's proposed sale of TQS to Remstar Corporation. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2008/n2008-5.htm CRTC Notice of Public Hearing 2008-5] .] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-130.htm CRTC Decision 2008-130] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/index.shtml SRC page for the Estrie region]
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