Almost all media in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec serves all cities in the region, with very little differentiation between the three primary cities of Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, and Amos.
Although the cities of Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or are far enough apart that radio and television stations in the area serve the cities from separate transmitters, almost every broadcast station in either city has a rebroadcaster in the other city. The only nominal exceptions are the cities' separate Énergie stations, although at present even these stations share the majority of their broadcast schedule. While Amos is the official city of license for some of the rebroadcasters, only one radio station originates in that city, and all transmitters licensed to either Amos or Val-d'Or encompass both cities within their broadcast range.
History In 1920 the first newspaper in the region L'Abitibi appeared and its director was Hector Authier. In 1922, it became La Gazette du Nord and subsequently L'Écho Abitibien in 1952.
In 1938 Donald A. Jones, the owner of the Rouyn-Noranda Press, obtained a broadcasting license. The following year the station CKRN was in operation, affiliated with CBL-Toronto. RNC Média was founded in 1948 by Jean-Joffre and David-Armand Gourd and brings together the stations CKRN 1400 AM (Rouyn-Noranda), CKVD 900 AM (Val-d'Or), CHAD 1340 AM (Amos) and CKLS 1240 AM (La Sarre).
In 1957 CKRN-TV became the first television station in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, affiliated with Radio-Canada television. Until 2018, the region was served by ICI Radio-Canada Télé (CKRN-DT) which broadcast on channel 4 in Rouyn-Noranda, affiliated with RNC Média with antennas throughout the region.
In 1957 two cable distributors were founded: Câblevision in the regions of Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or and Malartic, and Câble Amos in the greater Amos region. Cablevision was purchased in 2001 by Télébec, owned by BCE, and became a subsidiary of Bell Aliant. Its community television is branded TVC9. In 2019, Cable Amos was purchased by Vidéotron. Its community television is branded MédiAT-TVC7.
In the 1960s community media offered the population programming focused on popular education with the Multi-media organization which bought airtime on radio and television. It also worked in newspapers. Fernand Bellehumeur was its first anchor. François Gendron, at the time a teacher, was an educational facilitator.
In the fall of 1979 CFEM-TV (TVA, formerly Télé-Métropole) went on the air. CIVA-TV (Télé-Québec, formerly Radio-Québec) went on the air and CFVS-TV (now Noovo, formerly Télévision Quatre Saisons) appeared in 1986.
Radio FM stations FrequencyCallsignBrandingFormatOwnerNotesFM 88.3CBFX-FM-3Ici Musiquepublic musicCanadian Broadcasting CorporationAmos; satellite of CBFX-FM MontrealFM 88.7CHIC-FMChristianCommunications CHICRouyn-NorandaFM 89.1CBFY-FMIci Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationVille-Marie; satellite of CHLMFM 89.9CBFX-FM-4Ici Musiquepublic musicCanadian Broadcasting CorporationRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CBFX-FM MontrealFM 90.7CHLM-FMIci Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationRouyn-NorandaFM 91.5CHLM-FM-1Ici Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationAmos; satellite of CHLMFM 91.9CBMA-FMCBC Radio Onenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CBVE-FM Quebec CityFM 92.1CKVM-FM-1Radio CKVMfull serviceRadio-TémiscamingueTémiscaming; satellite of CKVMFM 92.3CHNT-FMFirst Nations community radioMinwadjimowin Algonquin Communication SocietyTimiskaming First NationFM 92.5CJMM-FM-1Énergiecontemporary hit radioBell Media RadioLa Sarre; satellite of CJMMFM 92.5CHUT-FM-1First Nations community radioRadio communautaire Lac-SimonVal-d'Or; satellite of CHUTFM 93.1CKVM-FMRadio CKVMfull serviceRadio-TémiscamingueVille-MarieFM 95.3CHUT-FMFirst Nations community radioRadio communautaire Lac-SimonLac-SimonFM 95.7CHGO-FM-1O 104,3-102,1-95,7Classic rockArsenal MediaRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CHGOFM 95.9CBF-FM-1Ici Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationSenneterre; satellite of CHLMFM 96.5CHOA-FMWOW FMadult contemporaryArsenal MediaRouyn-NorandaFM 98.3CHUN-FMFirst Nations community radioRadio communautaire Lac-SimonRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CHUTFM 99.1CJMM-FMÉnergiecontemporary hit radioBell Media RadioRouyn-NorandaFM 100.5CIBO-FMcommunity radioRadio Communautaire MF de SenneterreSenneterreFM 100.7CHLM-FM-2Ici Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationLa Sarre; satellite of CHLMFM 101.1CBMN-FMCBC Radio Onenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationMalartic/Val-d'Or; satellite of CBVE-FM Quebec CityFM 102.1CJGO-FMO 104,3-102,1-95,7Classic rockArsenal MediaLa SarreFM 102.7CJMV-FMÉnergiecontemporary hit radioBell Media RadioVal-d'OrFM 103.1CBFZ-FMIci Radio-Canada Premièrenews/talkCanadian Broadcasting CorporationTémiscaming; satellite of CHLMFM 103.5CHOA-FM-1WOW FMadult contemporaryArsenal MediaAmos; satellite of CHOAFM 103.9CHOA-FM-2WOW FMadult contemporaryArsenal MediaLa Sarre; satellite of CHOAFM 104.3CHGO-FMO 104,3-102,1-95,7Classic rockArsenal MediaAmosFM 105.3CHOW-FMRadio Boréalecommunity radioRadio BoréaleAmos Internet radio stations FrequencyBrandingFormatOwnerNotesInternet onlyIci Musique ClassiqueClassical radioSociété Radio-CanadaRebroadcasting from Montreal, Serving provincial wide. FrenchInternet onlyIci Musique RockRockSociété Radio-CanadaRebroadcasting from Montreal, Serving provincial wide. FrenchInternet onlyIci Musique Hip-HopUrban contemporarySociété Radio-CanadaRebroadcasting from Montreal, Serving provincial wide. FrenchInternet onlyIci Musique atmosphèreAmbient musicSociété Radio-CanadaRebroadcasting from Montreal, Serving provincial wide. FrenchInternet onlyQub RadioTalk radioQuebecor MediaRebroadcasting from Montreal, Serving provincial wide. French FM 100.5 CFME, a French language events radio station in Rouyn-Noranda.CFME 100,5 FM – la radio du FME
Television Analogue channel Digital channelDigital PSIPCall signNetworkNotes88.1CIVA-DT-1Télé-QuébecRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CIVM-TV Montreal1010.1CFEM-DT-1TVAVal-d'Or; satellite of CFEM-DT11CITO-TV-2CTVKearns, Ontario; satellite of CITO-TV, Timmins, ON1212.1CIVA-DTTélé-QuébecVal-d'Or; satellite of CIVM-DT Montreal1313.1CFEM-DTTVARouyn-Noranda2020.1CFVS-DT-1NoovoRouyn-Noranda; satellite of CFVS-DT1525.1CFVS-DTNoovoVal-d'Or
Newspapers Le Citoyen Le Reflet L'Indice bohémien L'Écho des montagnes La Depêche
Old Newspapers
L'Écho L'Éclat La Frontière Rouyn-Noranda Press
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