The station is owned by RNC Media, as part of a twinstick with Noovo affiliate CFGS-DT (channel 34).

From 1974 to 1977, the Ottawa–Hull area received TVA programming from CFVO-TV (channel 30), which was the first French-language commercial station in the National Capital Region.

After its March 1977 closure, Radio-Québec bought the channel 30 physical plant directly from CFVO's creditors.

[1] The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) then invited bids for a new French-language commercial station to be affiliated with TVA and operate on channel 40.

[4] The CRTC selected the application from Radio-Nord in December;[5] CHOT, known as "Télé-Outaouais", began operations on October 27, 1978.