CHOT-DT

CHOT-DT is a French language television station serving as an affiliate of TVA in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and also serves Franco-Ontarians in the neighbouring city of Ottawa, Ontario. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec.

Owned by RNC Media, it is sister to V affiliate CFGS-DT and both stations share studios located on Rue Jean Proulx and Rue Buteau in the former city of Hull. This station can also be seen on Vidéotron channel 4 and in high definition channel 604, Rogers Cable channel 10 and digital channel 610 and in high definition on digital channel 611.

It is the largest TVA station that is not owned and operated by the network. It is also the only large-market major network affiliate in Canada that is not owned by its associated network.

History

The station launched in 1978, following the bankruptcy of the region's earlier TVA affiliate CFVO.

For a time until the late 1990s, CHOT was branded as CHOT 40, referring to the station's channel number over the air. CHOT was one of the last television stations in Canada to use its over-the-air channel number in station branding. It is currently branded as TVA Gatineau-Ottawa.