CHMG-DT

CHMG-DT

Quebec City, Quebec Canada
Channels	Digital:10 (VHF) Virtual:10
Branding	Télé-Mag Canal 10
Programming
Affiliations	Independent
Ownership
Owner	Télé-Mag inc.
History
Founded	September 1979
Former call signs	CHMG-TV (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)	Analogue: 9 (VHF, until 2020)
Call signmeaning	CH Mag
Technical information
Licensing authority	CRTC
ERP	33W
HAAT	118.8 m (390 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°46′16″N71°16′56″W
Links
Website	Télé-Mag Website (In French)

CHMG-DT(channel 10) is alow-powerindependentcommunitytelevision station inQuebec City, Quebec,Canada, owned by Télé-Mag inc. The station's studios are located on Jean-Perrin Street, alongAutoroutes 40/73inLes Rivières,and its transmitter is located at Place de la Cité inSainte-Foy.

CHMG-DT is branded on air asTélé-Mag,which is aportmanteauof "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, theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) granted Télé-Mag a low-powerterrestrialbroadcast licence on channel 9, under the callsCHMG-TV.Broadcasting only at 38watts,the broadcast station launched on October 20, 2005.

Technical information

Subchannel

Télé-Mag HD logo

Subchannel of CHMG-DT

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
10.1	1080i	16:9		Main CHMG-DT programming

Analogue-to-digital transition

The station began broadcasting inhigh-definitionviacable televisionin December 2010.

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

External links

• CHMG-DTin the REC Canadian station database
• CHMG-TV history- Canadian Communication Foundation