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| Channels | |
| Branding | Noovo |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Noovo |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CFIX-FM,CJAB-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 7, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-09-07) |
Former call signs | CFRS-TV (1986–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analogue: 4 (VHF, 1986–2011) |
Call sign meaning | CFRadioSaguenay |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| ERP | 4.344kW |
| HAAT | 593.8 m (1,948 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 48°36′7″N70°49′48″W / 48.60194°N 70.83000°W /48.60194; -70.83000 |
| Links | |
| Website | Noovo |
CFRS-DT,virtual channel 4.1 (VHFdigital channel 13), is aNoovoowned-and-operatedtelevision stationlicensed toSaguenay, Quebec, Canada, operating as ade factosemi-satellite ofMontrealflagshipCFJP-DT. The station is owned by theBell Media subsidiary ofBCE Inc. CFRS-DT's studios are located on Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stationsCFIX-FM andCJAB-FM) in the former city ofChicoutimi, and its transmitter is located atopMount Valin. Oncable, the station is available onVidéotron channel 5 and inhigh-definition ondigital channel 605.
The station was launched in 1986 by local broadcaster Radio Saguenay, as a sister station ofRadio-Canada affiliate CKRS-TV (now Radio-Canada O&OCKTV-DT). Until the creation of the "megacity" of Saguenay in 2002, it was licensed to Jonquière.
Both stations were acquired byCogeco in 1998, with CFRS becoming a TQS owned-and-operated station in 2001 when Cogeco bought controlling interest in the network. CFRS was part of V's takeover byRemstar in 2008. When TQS rebranded as V on August 31, 2009, CFRS dropped all non-network programming and became ade facto repeater of Montreal-based flagship CFJP-TV.
The station began broadcasting exclusively in digital on September 1, 2011, after receiving authorization from theCRTC.[3]
(in French)