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{{Short description|Television station in Rivière-du-Loup}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = CIMT-DT
| city                   =
| logo                   = CIMT CHAU logo.png
| logo_size              = 200px
| branding               = {{ubl|CIMT/CHAU TVA (general)|{{lang|fr|[[TVA Nouvelles]] soir CIMT}} (newscasts)}}
| digital                = 9 ([[VHF]])
| virtual                = 9
| translators            = ''see {{section link||Transmitters}}''
| affiliations           = '''9.1:''' [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]]
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1978|9|17}}
| location               = [[Rivière-du-Loup]], Quebec
| country                = Canada
| callsign_meaning       = 
| former_callsigns       = CIMT-TV (1978–2011)
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analogue:''' 9 (VHF, 1978–2011)
| owner                  = [[Télé Inter-Rives]]
| licensee               = 
| sister_stations        = [[CFTF-DT]], [[CHAU-DT]]
| former_affiliations    = [[Réseau Pathonic]] (secondary, 1986–1990)
| erp                    = 27.5 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|362.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|47|35|3|N|69|22|8|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority    = [[CRTC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://cimtchau.ca/|CIMT/CHAU TVA}} 
}}

'''CIMT-DT''' (channel 9) is a [[television station]] in [[Rivière-du-Loup]], Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the French-language network [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]]. Owned by [[Télé Inter-Rives]], it is part of a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)#Canada|twinstick]] with [[Noovo]] affiliate [[CFTF-DT]] (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Rue de la Chute and Rue Frontenac in Rivière-du-Loup; CIMT-DT's transmitter is located near Chemin du Mont Bleu in [[Picard, Quebec|Picard]].

==History==
The station was launched on September 17, 1978. The station is part of a rare "triple-stick", owned by Télé Inter-Rives, which also owns CKRT and CFTF.
[[Image:CIMT.svg|220px|thumb|left|Former logo of CIMT]]
Télé Inter-Rives also owns the TVA affiliate in [[Carleton-sur-Mer]], [[CHAU-DT]]. The latter station picks up the TVA signal from CIMT, and the two stations' logos are shown in promos.

==Transmitters==
In addition to several smaller Quebec communities, CIMT also has a rebroadcast transmitter in [[Edmundston, New Brunswick]]. CIMT is carried on [[Cable television|cable]] in most of northern New Brunswick as well as in parts of Northern [[Maine]]. Sister station CHAU also operates several rebroadcasters in New Brunswick, and its main signal covers portions of New Brunswick as well. Between them, the two stations provide TVA service to all of New Brunswick.

Since 1999, CIMT has operated a "nested" low-power rebroadcaster, CIMT-DT-6 (formerly CIMT-6), primarily serving western Rivière-du-Loup. The area's rugged topography renders the main CIMT signal more or less unviewable in the lower portions of the city. CIMT's main signal is on channel 9, while its second transmitter in Rivière-du-Loup airs on channel 41.

CIMT-DT converted all its transmitters to digital by the August 31, 2011, digital transition deadline, including its transmitters that were not required to convert by this deadline. Only its transmitters in Rivière-du-Loup was obligated to convert, as Rivière-du-Loup was a mandatory market for [[Digital television in Canada|digital television conversion]].

As part of the [[Spectrum auction]] in Canada in 2016, CIMT-DT applied to move repeater CIMT-DT-6 on UHF 41 down to UHF 35, in line with international coordination with the [[FCC]] as a result of their [[2016 United States wireless spectrum auction|600 MHz band spectrum auction]] removing channels 38-51 from television service.  Ultimately, by November 24, 2021, CIMT-DT would instead be granted permission by the [[CRTC]] to move CIMT-DT-6 to the former [[CKRT-DT-3]] facility, effectively restoring that transmitter to active use and decommissioning CIMT-DT-6.  The reasons cited were greater reliability and lower power usage (and thus, less expensive to run), as CKRT-DT-3 was on VHF 13 when it was shut down, as opposed to the UHF band the repeater occupied.<ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/2021-390.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-390 | CRTC]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! [[City of licence]]
! [[Channel (broadcasting)|Channel]]
! [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! Transmitter Coordinates
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-1'''
| [[Edmundston]], [[New Brunswick]]<br>{{small|([[Madawaska, Maine|Madawaska]]-[[Presque Isle, Maine]], [[USA]])}}
| 4 ([[VHF]])
| 2.22&nbsp;kW
| 117.2 m
| {{coord|47|23|23|N|68|18|58|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-1}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-2'''
| [[Trois-Pistoles]]
| 13 ([[VHF]])
| 0.050&nbsp;kW
| 50.6 m
| {{coord|48|6|19|N|69|10|11|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-2}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-4'''
| [[Baie-Saint-Paul]]
| 13 ([[VHF]])
| 0.04&nbsp;kW
| -4.2 m
| {{coord|47|25|37|N|70|31|23|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-4}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-5'''
| [[Saint-Urbain, Quebec|Saint-Urbain]]
| 38 ([[UHF]])<br>{{small|(to move to 24 (UHF))}}
| 0.394&nbsp;kW
| 27.8 m
| {{coord|47|33|7|N|70|33|38|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-5}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-6'''
| [[Rivière-du-Loup]] (city)
| 41 ([[UHF]])<br>{{small|(to move to 13 (VHF))}}
| 0.048&nbsp;kW
| 49.2 m
| {{coord|47|51|28|N|69|33|11|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-6}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-7'''
| [[Les Escoumins]]
| 35 ([[UHF]])
| 0.312&nbsp;kW
| 87.9 m
| {{coord|48|19|0|N|69|25|41|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-7}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''CIMT-DT-8'''
| [[Cabano]]
| 23 ([[UHF]])
| 0.101&nbsp;kW
| 125.5 m
| {{coord|47|37|31|N|68|50|52|W|type:landmark|name=CIMT-DT-8}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{geoGroup}}
*{{Official website}}
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/television/television-stations/quebec/quebec-ville-de-quebec-et-est-du-quebec/CIMT-DT CIMT-DT] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CIMT-TV}}

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{{New Brunswick TV}}
{{Presque Isle TV}}
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