CFRS-DT

CFRS-DT
(de facto satellite of CFJP-DT, Montreal)

City of license	Saguenay, Quebec
Branding	V
Slogan	Laissez-vous divertir
Channels	Digital: 38 (UHF) Virtual: 4.1 (PSIP)
Affiliations	V
Owner	Remstar Corporation (TQS, Inc.)
First air date	September 7, 1986
Call letters' meaning	CF Radio Saguenay
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (1986-2011)
Transmitter power	100 kW
Height	566.5 m
Transmitter coordinates	48°36′7″N 70°49′48″W
Website	V

CFRS-DT is the callsign for V's television station in Saguenay, Quebec. Studios are located in the old city of Jonquière, with its transmitter atop Mount Valin.

The station was launched in 1986 by local broadcaster Radio Saguenay. It was acquired by Cogeco in 1998, and became an O&O of the network in 2001 when Cogeco became the network's primary owner. As an owned and operated station of the network, CFRS was part of V's takeover by Remstar Corporation. Since the rebranding of the TQS network on August 31, 2009, CFRS dropped all non-networked programming and become a de facto repeater of Montreal's O&O, CFJP-TV.

Former Local Programming

• Le Grand Journal Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (1989–Fall 2009) Local news show, aired weekdays at 5:30 p.m.
• Les Infos (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Two-minute local news capsules, aired weekdays at 6:45 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 7:45 a.m., 8:30 a.m., and 11:56 a.m.
• Le Reflet du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Weekly news summary with feature reports, airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Digital Television

Television transmitters in Saguenay are required to go digital or be taken off the air by the transition deadline of August 31, 2011. It is unclear whether or when a digital transmitter for this station will be installed to provide coverage to Saguenay.

In filings from V to the CRTC with respect to Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-169, V stated that it was debating whether to install digital a transmitter in Saguenay due to financial reasons, and if it did install one, it might by the deadline or well after the deadline. V later filed regarding the same proceeding that it was in talks with Télé-Québec to partner up in order to reduce the cost of installing transmitters.

External links

• V (French)
• Canadian Communications Foundation - CFRS-TV History
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFRS-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for CFRS