Jean Pouliot

Pouliot was born on June 6, 1923, in Quebec City to mathematician Adrien Pouliot and Laure Clark. Pouliot studied at Université Laval, graduating in 1945 with a degree in electrical engineering, specializing in electronics. He subsequently served as the superintendent of the Canadian Navy Laboratories until 1952. Prime Minister Louis St.-Laurent, impressed on hearing from his son that Pouliot had built Ottawa's only television receiver, recommended to the president of Famous Players Canadian Corporation that Pouliot be enlisted to aid the company in launching television stations in Canada. and, in 1954, he oversaw the design and launch of television stations CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario, and CFCM-TV in Quebec City. Pouliot was also President of the flying club Tapis rouge and Quebec Aviation from 1968 to 1976. ==First publicly traded Quebec broadcaster==

In 1957, Pouliot became the general manager of Télévision de Québec, and launched CKMI-TV, Quebec's second private television station. CKMI-TV became Quebec City's CBC affiliate, and CFCM-TV converted to French language-only broadcasts. The new station was profitable in under a year. While at Télévision de Québec, Pouliot served from 1961 to 1965 as Vice-President, Television, of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), and as its first francophone president from 1965 to 1967. In 1971, Télévision de Québec expanded into radio, acquiring CHRC Limitée (CHRC-AM and CHOI-FM) and CKLM Montréal, as well as into movie production, with the purchase of Ciné-Capitale Ltée. In addition, together with Roland Giguère of Télé-Métropole, Pouliot co-founded the French language network TVA. The company, renamed Télé-Capitale, became the first publicly traded Quebec broadcaster in 1972, with Jean Pouliot at its head as president, CEO, and major shareholder. From 1971 to 1977, Pouliot was also the president of Broadcast News. ==CFCF Inc.==

In 1978, Pouliot was forced out of Télé-Capitale, The TQS network would later add CFAP-TV in Quebec City, affiliates in Hull (now Gatineau), Jonquière (now Saguenay), Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Rouyn-Noranda and Rivière-du-Loup, and a retransmitting station in Rimouski, reaching nearly 90% of the Quebec population. thus shifting various U.S. television shows from CFCF's schedule to CKMI, and shareholder objections to CFCF's initial plan to sell CF Cable to Vidéotron in exchange for buying TVA, in 1997 the Pouliot family sold CFCF Inc. to Vidéotron. Jean Pouliot died on August 8, 2004. ==Honours and legacy==

Pouliot received the Communications Award in the category of Communications Entrepreneurship from the Quebec government in 1988. Pouliot became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990. In 1992, Pouliot was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and in 1997, Concordia University granted him a Doctorate of Laws "Honoris Causa". Starting in 1994, although TQS continued to host the traditional telethon, CFCF shifted to a movie marathon interspersed with fundraising segments. TQS (then rebranded V) ceased airing the telethon after 2008,{{cite web |last = Faguy |first = Steve |title = There's no "V" in "Foundation for Research into Children's Diseases" |url = http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/11/13/v-cancels-telethon/ |date = November 13, 2009 with CFCF airing one more edition in 2009.{{cite web |last = Faguy |first = Steve |title = Sorry kids, no telethon |url = http://blog.fagstein.com/2010/12/01/no-telethon-on-cfcf/ |date = December 1, 2010 ==References==