CHEM-DT
{{Short description|TVA station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = CHEM-DT
| city =
| logo = File:TVA logo 2020.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| branding = TVA (general)
{{nowrap|TVA Nouvelles (newscasts)}}
| digital = 8 (VHF)
| virtual = 8
| translators =
| affiliations = TVA
| airdate = August 29, 1976
| location = Trois-Rivières, Quebec
| country = Canada
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = CHEM-TV (1976–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = Analogue:
8 (VHF, 1976-2011)
| owner = Groupe TVA
| licensee =
| sister_stations =
| former_affiliations = Réseau Pathonic (1986–1990)
| erp = 11.5 kW
| haat = 291.5 m
| coordinates = {{coord|46|30|7|N|72|38|10|W|type:landmark}}
| homepage = [https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/regional/tva-trois-rivieres TVA Trois-Rivières]
}}
CHEM-DT is the TVA owned-and-operated television station in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on Rue Principale in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.
Owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media, its studios are located on Boulevard de Chanoine-Moreau and Rue Jacques de Labadie in Trois-Rivières. This station can also be seen on Cogeco Cable channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 503.
History
The station was founded on August 29, 1976 and was owned by Telemedia. It was originally a semi-satellite of CHLT-TV in Sherbrooke, and has been a TVA station for its entire existence. Pathonic Communications bought CHEM and four other stations in 1979. Sometime in the 1980s, CHEM severed the electronic umbilical cord with CHLT and became a full-fledged station. Télé-Metropole, owner of TVA flagship station CFTM-TV in Montreal, bought Pathonic in 1989, and since then CHEM has essentially been a semi-satellite of CFTM.
External links
- [https://archive.today/20130119192631/http://tva.canoe.com/stations/chem TVA Trois-Rivières]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/quebec/quebec-montreal-et-ouest-du-quebec/CHEM-DT CHEM-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CHEM-TV}}
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1976