CHMG-DT
Channels
BrandingTélé-Mag Canal 10
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
OwnerTélé-Mag inc.
History
FoundedSeptember 1979
Former call signs
CHMG-TV (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)
Analogue:
9 (VHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
CH Mag
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP33 W
HAAT118.8 m (390 ft)
Transmitter coordinates46°46′16″N 71°16′56″W / 46.77111°N 71.28222°W / 46.77111; -71.28222
Links
WebsiteTélé-Mag Website (In French)

CHMG-DT (channel 10) is a low-power independent community television station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, owned by Télé-Mag inc. The station's studios are located on Jean-Perrin Street, along Autoroutes 40/73 in Les Rivières, and its transmitter is located at Place de la Cité in Sainte-Foy.

CHMG-DT is branded on air as Télé-Mag, which is a portmanteau of "television" and "magazine".

History

Telemag's former logo

Télé-Mag first broadcast in 1979 as cable-only "Télé-Plus 24"; it was renamed "Télé-Mag 24" in 1994. The "24" in the name represented the cable channel position at the time, on channel 24; it has since moved to channel 10.

In August 2003, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted Télé-Mag a low-power terrestrial broadcast licence on channel 9, under the calls CHMG-TV. Broadcasting only at 38 watts,[1] the broadcast station launched on October 20, 2005.[2]

Technical information

Subchannel

Télé-Mag HD logo
Subchannel of CHMG-DT[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
10.1 1080i16:9Main CHMG-DT programming

Analogue-to-digital transition

The station began broadcasting in high-definition via cable television in December 2010.

As CHMG-TV's transmitter is low power, it was not subject to the required analogue television shutdown and digital conversion, which took place on August 31, 2011. The station flash-cut to digital sometime in 2020.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-413
  2. ↑ "Andrée Noël at the launch of Télé-Mag Québec, Beauport, Quebec". Archived from the original on October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for CHMG
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