CKRT-DT

CKRT-TV

City of license	Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Channels	Analog: 7 (VHF) Digital: allocated 53 (UHF)
Translators	see below
Affiliations	Radio-Canada
Owner	Télé Inter-Rives (CKRT-TV Ltée)
First air date	January 14, 1962
Sister station(s)	CFTF-TV, CIMT-TV
Transmitter power	49 kW
Height	353.6 m
Transmitter coordinates	47°35′3″N 69°22′8″W
Website	CKRT

CKRT-TV is a television station in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. Owned and operated by Télé Inter-Rives, it is a private affiliate of the Radio-Canada network.

The station is part of a rare "triple-stick", owned by Télé Inter-Rives, which also owns V affiliate CFTF-TV and TVA affiliate CIMT-TV.

The station first aired on January 14, 1962.

Like its sister stations CIMT and CFTF, CKRT in fact has two transmitters serving Rivière-du-Loup, as the topography of the area leads to poor reception of the main signal in the lower parts of the city. The main signal is on channel 7, while the local repeater (CKRT-TV-3) is on channel 13.

Although privately owned, because CKRT does not have access to alternative non-network program sources (as privately owned English language CBC affiliates do), it operates as a semi-satellite of CBFT in Montreal. It also carries Radio-Canada's regional news program, Le Téléjournal/Est-du-Québec, which originates from CJBR-TV in Rimouski.

CKRT-TV has been approved by the CRTC for and has plans for converting all its transmitters to digital by the August 31, 2011 digital transition deadline, including its transmitters that are not required to convert by this deadline. Only its transmitters in Rivière-du-Loup are obligated to convert, as Rivière-du-Loup is a mandatory market for digital television conversion.

Transmitters

Station	City of licence	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Transmitter Coordinates
CKRT-TV-1	Baie-Saint-Paul	2 (VHF)	0.009 kW	-28.1 m	47°25′26″N 70°31′29″W
CKRT-TV-2	Dégelis	2 (VHF)	0.006 kW	133.1 m	47°34′37″N 68°36′28″W
CKRT-TV-3	Rivière-du-Loup (city)	13 (VHF)	0.05 kW	NA	47°51′28″N 69°33′11″W
CKRT-TV-4	Cabano	5 (VHF)	0.05 kW	91.2 m	47°37′31″N 68°50′52″W
CKRT-TV-5	Saint-Urbain	10 (VHF)	0.008 kW	23.9 m	47°33′7″N 70°33′38″W
CKRT-TV-6	Trois-Pistoles	5 (VHF)	0.009 kW	NA	48°6′19″N 69°10′11″W
CBSAT	Clermont	21 (UHF)	0.01 kW	NA	47°41′56″N 70°14′32″W
CBSNT	Notre-Dame-des-Monts	40 (UHF)	0.1 kW	NA	47°39′49″N 70°22′37″W
CBSPT	Saint-Pamphile	3 (VHF)	0.37 kW	138.7 m	46°55′53″N 69°49′18″W

External links

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