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{{Short description|Canadian television service}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name            = Canal M
| logo            = Canal M.png
| logo_caption    = '''Canal M logo'''
| logo_size       = 150px
| launch_date     = 1985
| closed_date     =
| picture_format  =
| network         =
| owner           = Vues & Voix
| country         = [[Canada]]
| area            = National
| headquarters    = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| former_names    = Radio de la Magnétothèque (1985 - 2011)
| replaced        =
| sister_channels =
| website         = [https://canalm.vuesetvoix.com/ Canal M] {{in lang|fr}}
}}
'''Canal M''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] 24-hour [[French language]] non-profit [[radio reading service|audio broadcast television service]]. Canal M is an audio-only service that broadcasts readings of news articles from newspapers and magazines. It is owned by Vues & Voix. Canal M is a volunteer-based service, where individuals perform voice recordings at recording centres in Quebec.
==History==
[[File:La Magnétothèque.PNG|right|thumb|La Magnétothèque logo|100px]]
The channel originally launched in 1985 as '''Radio de la Magnétothèque''' (more commonly referred to as La Magnétothèque, the name of its parent company). The channel was originally operating without a [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) granted broadcast licence. However, in October 1990, the CRTC officially approved the licence for the service.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-1060.htm Decision CRTC 90-1060] CRTC 1990-10-16</ref>
Later, in August 2009, the CRTC approved another application by La Magnétothèque that would grant the service mandatory carriage on the basic package of television service providers' systems in Quebec.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-542.htm Broadcasting Order CRTC 2009-542] CRTC 2009-08-31</ref>
[[file:Canal M logo.svg|thumb|original Canal M logo|right|100px]]
In March 2011, Radio de la Magnétothèque was renamed '''Canal M''' to coincide with the rebranding of its parent company, from La Magnétothèque to Vues & Voix.<ref>[http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/montreal/2011/03/30/009-magnetotheque-vues-voix.shtml La Magnétothèque devient Vues et Voix] Radio-Canada 2011-03-30 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[AMI-audio]], a similar service for anglophone listeners, operated by an organisation unrelated to Canal M
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://canalm.vuesetvoix.com/ Canal M] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Television news in Canada}}
{{Public broadcasting in Canada}}
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[[Category:Disability mass media]]