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{{Short description|Television station in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CFER-DT
| city                   =
| logo                   = File:TVA logo 2020.svg
| logo_size              = 200px
| branding               = TVA ''(general)''<br />{{nowrap|''[[TVA Nouvelles]] (newscasts)''}}
| analog                 = 
| digital                = 11 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| virtual                = 11
| translators            = ''5 CFER-TV-2 [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]]''
| affiliations           = [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]]
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1978|6|4|p=y}}
| location               = [[Rimouski]], Quebec
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = 
| former_callsigns       = 
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:'''<br />11 (VHF, 1978–2015)
| owner                  = [[Groupe TVA]]
| licensee               = 
| sister_stations        = 
| former_affiliations    = [[Réseau Pathonic]] (secondary; 1986–1990)
| erp                    = '''CFER-DT:''' 3.3 [[kilowatt|kW]]<br />'''CFER-TV-2:''' 100 kW
| haat                   = '''CFER-DT:''' {{Convert|432.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />'''CFER-TV-2:''' {{Convert|284.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = '''CFER-DT:'''<br />{{coord|48|28|2|N|68|12|39|W|type:landmark}}<br />'''CFER-TV-2:'''<br />{{coord|50|10|19|N|66|44|17|W|type:landmark|name=CFER-TV-2}}
| licensing_authority    = [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]
| website                = [https://archive.today/20130118184346/http://tva.canoe.com/stations/cfer/ TVA Est du Québec] 
}}

'''CFER-DT''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[very high frequency|VHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 11, is a [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]] [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|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/[[Quebec Route 132|Route 132]] (near the shoreline of the [[Saint Lawrence River]]) in [[Pointe-au-Père]], and its transmitter is located in [[Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Donat]]. The station also operates a rebroadcast transmitter in [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]] (CFER-TV-2, broadcasting on VHF [[analog television|analog]] channel 5).

On [[cable television|cable]], CFER-DT is available on [[Cogeco]] channel 5. Its local newscasts are carried on a dedicated channel on [[Direct broadcast satellite|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&nbsp;kW (maximum of 3.3&nbsp;kW) at 430.1 meters in height, compared to 174&nbsp;kW (maximum of 325&nbsp;kW) at 432.8 meters in height (their current analogue configuration).<ref>https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201411024 ({{in lang|fr}})</ref>  This application was approved on February 16, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2015/2015-48.htm|title = ARCHIVED - CFER-TV Rimouski - Licence amendment|date = 16 February 2015}}</ref> The station flash-cut to digital operations on VHF 11 on January 11, 2016.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115075230/http://tva.canoe.ca/emissions/transitiontelenumerique/ ]}} </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511141133/http://tva.canoe.com/stations/cfer/ TVA Est du Québec]
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/quebec/quebec-ville-de-quebec-et-est-du-quebec/cfer-tv/ CFER-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CFER}}

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