CKRN-DT


CKRN-DT was a privately owned Ici Radio-Canada Télé-affiliated television station licensed to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, which essentially functioned as a semi-satellite of Montreal Radio-Canada flagship station CBFT-DT due to not having alternative non-network sources of programming available. It broadcast a digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter near Chemin Powell in Rouyn-Noranda.
Formerly owned by RNC Media, it was a sister station to TVA outlet CFEM-DT and Val-d'Or V outlet CFVS-DT, and all three shared studios located on Avenue Murdoch and Avenue de la Saint Anne in Rouyn-Noranda. On cable, CKRN was available on Câblevision du Nord de Québec channel 7 and digital channel 411.

History

The station commenced broadcasting on December 25, 1957 as then-Radio-Nord's first television station, sharing its callsign with its radio sister station, CKRN AM 1400. It was originally a dual affiliate of Radio-Canada and the English language CBC. The CBC subsequently launched a rebroadcaster in Malartic of its English Montreal affiliate CBMT in the area in 1961, CBVD-TV channel 5, and CKRN dropped its English programming in 1962.
On March 1, 2018, it was announced that CKRN would cease broadcasting at midnight on March 25. RNC announced it wanted to concentrate its efforts on CFEM and CFVS. The shutdown of CKRN left Ici Radio-Canada Télé without an over-the-air outlet in the Abitibi region.

Transmitters

StationCity of licenceChannelERPHAATTransmitter coordinates
CKRN-TV-2Ville-Marie6 0.005 kWNA
CKRN-TV-3Béarn/Fabre3
3.64 kW
CJDG-DTVal-d'Or7 21.5 kW
CJDG-TV-2Lebel-sur-Quévillon11 0.005 kWNA
CJDG-TV-3Joutel11 0.781 kW
CJDG-TV-4Matagami9 0.364 kW