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{{short description|TV station in Sherbrooke}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CFKS-DT
| city                   =
| logo                   = Noovo logo.svg
| logo_size              = 200px
| branding               = Noovo
| digital                = 30 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 30
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = [[Noovo]]
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1986|9|7|p=y}}
| location               = [[Sherbrooke]], Quebec
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = 
| former_callsigns       = CFKS-TV (1986–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 30 (UHF, 1986–2011)
| owner                  = [[Bell Media]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bell-welcomes-french-language-conventional-tv-network-v-and-noovo-ca-836940436.html|title=Bell's acquisition of V officially closes|work=Newswire Canada|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref>
| licensee               = Groupe V Média inc.<ref name="crtc2020304">{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-304.htm|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-304|publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]|date=August 26, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref>
| sister_stations        = [[CIMO-FM]], [[CITE-FM-1]]
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 4.63 [[watt|kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|591.19|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|45|18|43|N|72|14|30|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://noovo.ca/|Noovo}} 
}}

'''CFKS-DT''' (channel 30) is a [[television station]] in [[Sherbrooke]], Quebec, Canada, broadcasting the [[Canadian French|French-language]] network [[Noovo]]. The station is [[owned and operated]] by [[Bell Media]] as a ''de facto'' [[semi-satellite]] of [[Montreal]] [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] [[CFJP-DT]]. CFKS-DT's studios are located on Boulevard Industriel/[[Quebec Route 220|Route 220]] and Boulevard de Portland in Sherbrooke, and its transmitter is located in [[Orford, Quebec|Orford]].

==History==
The station went to air on September 7, 1986. It was originally launched by [[Cogeco]] as an independently-owned affiliate of TQS, which was then owned by [[Jean Pouliot]]. It became an owned-and-operated station of the network in [[2001 in Canadian television|2001]] when Cogeco became the network's primary owner. The station was part of V's takeover by Remstar. Since the rebranding of the TQS network on August 31, 2009, CFKS has dropped all non-network programming and became a ''de facto'' semi-satellite of Montreal owned-and-operated station CFJP-TV.

==Former local programming==
* {{lang|fr|Le Grand Journal Estrie}} (1989–Fall 2009) Local news show, aired weekdays at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.
* {{lang|fr|Les Infos}} (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Two-minute local news capsules, aired weekdays at 6:45&nbsp;a.m., 7:30&nbsp;a.m., 7:45&nbsp;a.m., 8:30&nbsp;a.m., and 11:56&nbsp;a.m.
* {{lang|fr|Le Reflet de l'Estrie}} (Fall 2008–Fall 2009) Weekly news summary with feature reports, airs Sundays at 9:30&nbsp;a.m.

== Digital television ==
CFKS-DT ceased broadcasting in analog and [[flash cut]] to digital on August 1, 2011. Digital television receivers display CFKS-TV's [[virtual channel]] as 30.1.

In filings from V to the [[CRTC]] with respect to Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-169, V stated that it was debating whether to install digital a transmitter in [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]] due to financial reasons, and if it did install one, it might by the deadline or well after the deadline. V later filed regarding the same proceeding that it was in talks with [[Télé-Québec]] to partner up in order to reduce the cost of installing transmitters.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|fr}}
*{{RabbitEars|CFKS-TV}}

{{Quebec TV}}
{{Noovo stations}}
{{Bell Media}}

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