CKTV-TV

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CKTV-TV
Saguenay, Quebec
City of license	Jonquiere, Quebec
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, Unknown digital
Translators	27 CKTV-TV-1 St-Fulgence
Affiliations	Radio-Canada
Owner	Cogeco
Founded	December 1, 1955
Former callsigns	CKRS-TV (until March 26, 1999)
Former affiliations	None
Transmitter Power	325 kW
Website	SRC page for the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean region

CKTV is a television station in Saguenay, Quebec. Owned and operated by Cogeco, it is a private affiliate of the Radio-Canada network. The channel broadcasts in NTSC on Channel 12.

The station first aired on December 1, 1955. It was originally owned by Radio Saguenay, with the callsign CKRS-TV, and joined Radio-Canada's microwave network on October 28, 1957. The station was acquired by Cogeco on November 24, 1998, and adopted its current callsign the following year, on March 26, 1999.

During the 1980s, CKTV was also the unofficial calls used by CTV affiliate CKCK-TV in Regina, Saskatchewan; also, CKTV was the original call sign (changed prior to launch) for the Victoria, British Columbia station that would become CHEK-TV when it signed on in 1956.

[edit] External link

• SRC page for the Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean region (in French)