Callsign: | CFRS-DT |
Branding: | Noovo |
Digital: | 13 (VHF) |
Virtual: | 4 |
Affiliations: | Noovo |
Location: | Saguenay, Quebec |
Country: | Canada |
Callsign Meaning: | CF Radio Saguenay |
Former Callsigns: | CFRS-TV (1986–2011) |
Former Channel Numbers: | Analogue: 4 (VHF, 1986–2011) |
Owner: | Bell Media[1] |
Licensee: | Groupe V Média inc.[2] |
Sister Stations: | CFIX-FM, CJAB-FM |
Erp: | 4.344 kW |
Haat: | 593.80NaN0 |
Coordinates: | 48.6019°N -70.83°W |
Licensing Authority: | CRTC |
CFRS-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (VHF digital channel 13), is a Noovo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, operating as a de facto semi-satellite of Montreal flagship CFJP-DT. The station is owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. CFRS-DT's studios are located on Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stations CFIX-FM and CJAB-FM) in the former city of Chicoutimi, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Valin. On cable, the station is available on Vidéotron channel 5 and in high-definition on digital channel 605.
The station was launched in 1986 by local broadcaster Radio Saguenay, as a sister station of Radio-Canada affiliate CKRS-TV (now Radio-Canada O&O CKTV-DT). Until the creation of the "megacity" of Saguenay in 2002, it was licensed to Jonquière.
Both stations were acquired by Cogeco 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 by Remstar in 2008. When TQS rebranded as V on August 31, 2009, CFRS dropped all non-network programming and became a de facto repeater of Montreal-based flagship CFJP-TV.
The station began broadcasting exclusively in digital on September 1, 2011, after receiving authorization from the CRTC.[3]