- CKTV-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = CKTV-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Ici comme dans la vie
station_branding = Radio-CanadaSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
analog = 12 (VHF )
digital = 48
other_chs = CKTV-TV-1 Saint-Fulgence
affiliations = Radio-Canada
founded =December 1 ,1955
location = Saguenay,Quebec
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = CKRS-TV (untilMarch 26 ,1999 )
owner = Société Radio-Canada
former_affiliations = None
effective_radiated_power = 325 kW
homepage = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/saguenay-lac/index.shtml Radio-Canada Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean]CKTV-TV is a
television station inSaguenay, Quebec , Canada. It is anowned-and-operated station of the Radio-Canada network. The channel broadcasts inNTSC on Channel 12.The station first aired on
December 1 ,1955 . It was originally owned byRadio Saguenay , with thecallsign CKRS-TV, and joined Radio-Canada'smicrowave network onOctober 28 ,1957 . The station was acquired byCogeco onNovember 24 ,1998 , and adopted its current callsign the following year, onMarch 26 ,1999 . Shortly thereafter, Cogeco acquired control ofTQS , 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 CFRS.In September 2007, Radio-Canada announced that it would not renew its affiliation agreement with its three Cogeco-owned affiliates — CKTV, CKTM in
Trois-Rivières and CKSH in Sherbrooke — after their current agreement expires in August 2008. An application to directly acquire the stations was filed by Radio-Canada onApril 25 ,2008 , concurrently with Cogeco's proposed sale of TQS toRemstar 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 onJune 26 ,2008 . [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-130.htm CRTC Decision 2008-130] ]During the 1980s, CKTV was also the unofficial calls used by CTV affiliate
CKCK-TV inRegina, Saskatchewan ; also, CKTV was the original call sign (changed prior to launch) for theVictoria, British Columbia station that would becomeCHEK-TV when it signed on in 1956.References
External links
* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/saguenay-lac/index.shtml SRC Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean]
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