CKRN-DT
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CKRN-DT (branded on-air as Radio-Canada Télévision CKRN) was a privately owned Ici Radio-Canada Télé-affiliated television station licensed to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, which essentially functioned as a semi-satellite of Montreal Radio-Canada flagship station CBFT-DT due to not having alternative non-network sources of programming available. It broadcast a digital signal on VHF channel 9 (or virtual channel 4.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Chemin Powell (north of Route 101) in Rouyn-Noranda.
Owned by RNC Media, it was a sister station to TVA outlet CFEM-DT and Val-d'Or V outlet CFVS-DT, and all three shared studios located on Avenue Murdoch and Avenue de la Saint Anne in Rouyn-Noranda. On cable, CKRN was available on Câblevision du Nord de Québec channel 7 and digital channel 411.
History
The station commenced broadcasting on December 25, 1957 as then-Radio-Nord's first television station, sharing its callsign with its radio sister station, CKRN AM 1400 (now CHOA-FM 96.5). It was originally a dual affiliate of Radio-Canada and the English language CBC. The CBC subsequently launched a rebroadcaster in Malartic of its English Montreal affiliate CBMT in the area in 1961, CBVD-TV channel 5, and CKRN dropped its English programming in 1962.[note 1]
On March 1, 2018, it was announced that CKRN would cease broadcasting at midnight on March 25. The shutdown left Ici Radio-Canada Télé without an over-the-air outlet in the Abitibi region.[1]
Transmitters
| Station | City of licence | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter coordinates |
| CKRN-TV-2 | Ville-Marie | 6 (VHF) | 0.005 kW | NA | 47°21′12″N 79°27′36″W / 47.35333°N 79.46000°W |
| CKRN-TV-3 | Béarn/Fabre | 3 (VHF) (had construction permit to move to 7 (VHF)) |
3.64 kW | 165.5 m (543 ft) | 47°15′16″N 79°22′37″W / 47.25444°N 79.37694°W |
| CJDG-DT | Val-d'Or | 7 (VHF) | 21.5 kW | 204.5 m (671 ft) | 48°25′17″N 77°50′49″W / 48.42139°N 77.84694°W |
| CJDG-TV-2 | Lebel-sur-Quévillon | 11 (VHF) | 0.005 kW | NA | 49°3′25″N 76°58′47″W / 49.05694°N 76.97972°W |
| CJDG-TV-3 | Joutel | 11 (VHF) | 0.781 kW | 152.7 m (501 ft) | 49°27′20″N 78°19′51″W / 49.45556°N 78.33083°W |
| CJDG-TV-4 | Matagami | 9 (VHF) | 0.364 kW | 78.9 m (259 ft) | 49°44′3″N 77°40′44″W / 49.73417°N 77.67889°W |
Notes
- ^ CBVD primarily served the Val-d'Or area, with a marginal signal at best in Rouyn-Noranda; CBC for the Rouyn-Noranda area was served by CFCL-TV-2 channel 2 in Kearns, Ontario, a repeater of CFCL-TV in Timmins; that translator would become CBLT-8 in 2008, as a repeater of CBLT in Toronto. Both CBVD and CBLT-8 would close in 2012, due to the CBC's budget cuts.
References
- ^ de Noncourt, Thierry (March 1, 2018). "Fin de diffusion pour CKRN". Le Citoyen Rouyn-Noranda (in French). Médias Transcontinental S.E.N.C. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
External links
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