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The network launched in 1986 as Télévision Quatre Saisons (Four Seasons Television) under the ownership of the Pouliot family, who then owned Montreal's CTV affiliate, CFCF-TV. However, the network quickly ran into financial problems and was sold to Quebec cable company Vidéotron, who already owned TVA, Quebec's other private commercial network. Due to monopoly ownership concerns, Vidéotron sold TQS to Quebecor, a newspaper publisher.

The network brands itself as le mouton noir de la télé, or "the black sheep of television". It is generally runner-up in the ratings to TVA, although the network has produced a number of major hit series in Quebec.

The network is not widely available outside of Quebec, although some communities in northern and eastern Ontario and in the Maritime Provinces receive TQS affiliates on cable, and the network affiliate in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec does have a repeaterIn telecommunication, the term repeater has the following meanings: #An analog device that amplifies an input signal regardless of its nature (analog or digital). A digital device that amplifies, reshapes, retimes, or performs a combination of any of thes in Edmundston, New BrunswickEdmundston is a city at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec. Out of the eight cities in New Brunswick, Edmundston is the most francophone, with 91% of.

1 Programming

See List of programs broadcast by TQS .

2 TQS stations

2.1 TQS-owned

• CFJP - Montreal, Quebec
• CFAP - Quebec City, QuebecQuebec City (officially, Quebec , a Canadian city, is the capital of Quebec. Quebec's Old Town Vieux Quebec , the only fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. The city has a population

2.2 Regional affiliates

• CFGS - Gatineau, QuebecGatineau ( 2001 census population 226,296) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Before January 1, 2002, there were five cities on the Quebec side of the Otta
• CFVS - Val-d'Or, QuebecVal-d'Or ( 2001 population: 32,125) is a city in Quebec, Canada. External link http://www. ca/ Cities in Quebec.
• CFKS - Sherbrooke, QuebecSherbrooke ( 2001 population 75,916, post-merger population 141,200) is a city in south-eastern Quebec, Canada. It is the only major city in the Eastern Townships. Although originally settled in the early 19th century by anglophones, it is today a primari
• CFKM - Trois-Rivières, QuebecTrois-Rivieres ( 2001 population 46,264; metropolitan population 137,507) is a city on the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Saint-Maurice River in central Quebec, Canada. Its inhabitants are known as "Trifluviens" (Trifluvians). It was known to earl
• CFRS - Saguenay, Quebec
• CFTF - Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec