KAME-TV
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| Reno, Nevada United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Reno |
| Branding | My 21 TV (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
21.1 MyNetworkTV 21.2 MeTV 21.3 Comet TV |
| Translators |
23 K23DT-D Tahoe City, CA 32 K32GW-D Carson City |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Deerfield Media (Deerfield Media (Reno) Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | October 11, 1981 |
| Sister station(s) | KRNV-DT, KRXI-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 21 (UHF, 1981–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1981–1986) Fox (1986–1996) UPN (1995–2006; secondary until 1996) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 187 m |
| Facility ID | 19191 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°35′3″N 119°47′51″W / 39.58417°N 119.79750°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
my21reno |
KAME-TV, virtual channel 21, is the MyNetworkTV–affiliated television station for Western Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 (virtual channel 21.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter facility shared with KNPB on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 787. Owned by Deerfield Media, KAME is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group as sister to Fox affiliate KRXI-TV. The two stations share studios on 4920 Brookside Court in Reno on the eastern side of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
History
It launched on October 11, 1981, as an Independent airing movies ("TV-21's The Big Movie"), cartoons, westerns, and sitcoms. On October 9, 1986, it became a charter Fox affiliate. On January 16, 1995, KAME picked up UPN on a secondary basis, it became a full-time UPN affiliate on January 1, 1996, after KRXI signed-on and took Fox. Between September 1996 and May 1997, the station was briefly owned by Raycom Media. With the 2006 shutdown and merge of The WB and UPN to form The CW, the station joined News Corporation–owned and Fox sister network MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006.
On June 20, 2012, Cox Media Group announced that it put KRXI and the LMA for KAME, along with stations in Steubenville, Ohio, Johnstown, Pennsylvania and El Paso, Texas, on the market following its purchase of four television stations in Jacksonville, Florida and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Newport Television.[1] On February 25, 2013, Cox announced that it would sell the four television stations, and the LMA for KAME, to Sinclair Broadcast Group;[2] as part of the deal, Ellis Communications would sell KAME to Deerfield Media.[3] The FCC granted its approval on April 30, 2013, one day after it approved the sale of sister station, KRXI.[4] The sale was finalized on May 2, 2013.[5] Sinclair would subsequently purchase the non-license assets of a third Reno station, KRNV-DT, on November 22, 2013.[6] Sinclair could not buy KRNV-DT outright because Reno has only six full-power stations--three too few to legally permit a duopoly. When the sale closes, Sinclair will control half of those stations. It will also create a situation in which a Fox affiliate is the nominal senior partner in a duopoly involving an NBC affiliate and a "Big Three" station.
Digital television
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KAME-HD | Main KAME-TV programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 21.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KAME-SD | MeTV |
| 21.3 | Comet TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KAME-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20.[8] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 21.
Programming
Outside of the MyNetworkTV schedule, syndicated programming featured on KAME-TV include The Real, Judge Faith, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Anger Management, among others. All of the program's mentioned are distributed by 20th Television.
References
- ↑ Cox Puts Four TV Stations on Block After Acquiring Four From Newport, from Broadcasting & Cable, June 20, 2012
- ↑ Malone, Michael (February 25, 2013). "Sinclair to Acquire Five Cox Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Sinclair Buys Four Cox Stations". TVNewsCheck. February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ↑ "distasst" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ↑ "Sinclair Broadcast Group". Sbgi.net. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
- ↑ "KRNV-TV Sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group". KTVN Channel 2 News. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for KAME". Rabbitears.info. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- My21Reno.com – Official KAME-TV Website
- MeTVNetwork.com – Official MeTV Network Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAME-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K23DT-D
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K32GW-D
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAME-TV
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