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| Channels | |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | TVA |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | La Coopérative de Télévision de l'Outaouais |
| History | |
First air date | September 1, 1974 |
Last air date | March 30, 1977 (2 years, 210 days) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 727 kW[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′11″N 75°51′02″W / 45.50306°N 75.85056°W |
CFVO-TV was a television station that broadcast from Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau). It launched on September 1, 1974, under the ownership of the Coopérative de Télévision de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Television Cooperative, CTVO). CFVO transmitted on channel 30, broadcasting mostly TVA network programming with various local shows; it was the first private French-language TV station in the Ottawa–Hull area and the first cooperatively owned television station in Canada.
Constantly dogged by financial trouble, the station went bankrupt and ceased broadcasting on March 30, 1977. The channel 30 equipment was bought from bankruptcy by Radio-Québec (now Télé-Québec) and used to start CIVO-TV, the network's Outaouais transmitter; the CRTC awarded a new commercial station for the area in 1978, which became CHOT-TV (channel 40).