Jean Pouliot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian television executive
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Jean Pouliot
- Jean Adélard Pouliot, OC (June 6, 1923 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer who helped establish television stations in Kitchener, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec.
- Pouliot was the president and CEO for the first publicly traded Quebec broadcasting company, Télé-Capitale, and started two French language networks: TVA (co-founded with Roland Giguère of Télé-Métropole in 1971), and TQS (Télévision Quatre Saisons) (launched in 1986).Pouliot founded CFCF Inc.
- in 1979 with his purchase of CFCF-TV, CFCF-AM, and CFQR-FM from the Bronfman family.
- CFCF Inc.
- went public in 1985, at which time it also included CF Cable TV, purchased by Pouliot in 1982.
- Pouliot was the Chairman and CEO of CFCF Inc.
- from 1979 to 1993, and remained Chairman until the company was sold to Vidéotron in 1997.
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