CFER-DT

Rimouski, Quebec Canada
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	TVA (general) TVA Nouvelles (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	TVA
Ownership
Owner	Groupe TVA
History
First air date	June 4, 1978 (45 years ago) (1978-06-04)
Former channel number(s)	Analogue: 11 (VHF, 1978–2015)
Former affiliations	Réseau Pathonic (secondary; 1986–1990)
Technical information
Licensing authority	CRTC
ERP	CFER-DT: 3.3 kW CFER-TV-2: 100 kW
HAAT	CFER-DT: 432.8 m (1,420 ft) CFER-TV-2: 284.4 m (933 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	CFER-DT: 48°28′2″N 68°12′39″W / 48.46722°N 68.21083°W / 48.46722; -68.21083 CFER-TV-2: 50°10′19″N 66°44′17″W / 50.17194°N 66.73806°W / 50.17194; -66.73806 (CFER-TV-2)
Translator(s)	5 CFER-TV-2 Sept-Îles
Links
Website	TVA Est du Québec

CFER-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a TVA owned-and-operated television station licensed to Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. The station is owned by the Groupe TVA subsidiary of Quebecor Media. CFER-DT's studios are located on Boulevard Sainte-Anne/Route 132 (near the shoreline of the Saint Lawrence River) in Pointe-au-Père, and its transmitter is located in Saint-Donat. The station also operates a rebroadcast transmitter in Sept-Îles (CFER-TV-2, broadcasting on VHF analog channel 5).

On cable, CFER-DT is available on Cogeco channel 5. Its local newscasts are carried on a dedicated channel on satellite provider Bell Satellite TV channel 101.

History

The station was launched on June 4, 1978.

On October 30, 2014, TVA applied to convert the station from analogue to digital operations, remaining on VHF 11 with an effective radiated power of 1.732 kW (maximum of 3.3 kW) at 430.1 meters in height, compared to 174 kW (maximum of 325 kW) at 432.8 meters in height (their current analogue configuration).^[1] This application was approved on February 16, 2015.^[2] The station flash-cut to digital operations on VHF 11 on January 11, 2016.^[3]