KTTW

KTTW / KTTM
KTTW: Sioux Falls, South Dakota KTTM: Huron, South Dakota United States

Branding	Fox 7
Channels	Digital: KTTW: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) Digital: KTTM: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 (PSIP)
Subchannels	x.1 Fox x.2 This TV
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	Elmen Company (Independent Communications, Inc.)
First air date	KTTW: 1988 (1988) KTTM: 1991 (1991)^[1]
Former channel number(s)	Analog: KTTW: 17 (UHF, 1987–2009) KTTM: 12 (VHF, 1991–2009)
Transmitter power	KTTW: 7.5 kW KTTM: 12.6 kW
Height	KTTW: 217.6 m KTTM: 257 m
Facility ID	KTTW: 28521 KTTM: 28501
Transmitter coordinates	KTTW 43°30′18.3″N 96°33′22.7″W / 43.505083°N 96.556306°W / 43.505083; -96.556306 KTTM: 44°11′39.0″N 98°19′5.0″W / 44.194167°N 98.318056°W / 44.194167; -98.318056 (KTTM)
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	/ KTTM Profile / KTTM CDBS
Website	www.kttw.com

KTTW is the Fox-affiliated television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, owned by the Elmen Company. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7. KTTW operates a satellite station in Huron: KTTM (digital channel 12).

History

The station signed on in 1988 as the first non-Big Three station in South Dakota. It has been a Fox affiliate for its entire existence; until 1996, when KEVN-TV switched affiliations from NBC, it was also the state's only Fox affiliate.

KTTW aired on analog channel 17 since its inception. but while most TV stations kept their PSIP virtual channels the same as their former analog channel after the digital transition, KTTW rebranded from "Fox 17" to "Fox 7" and shows up on PSIP virtual channel 7. KTTW has never had a news operation.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]^[3]
x.1	720p	16:9	KTTW-HD KTTM-HD	Main programming / Fox
x.2	480i	4:3	ThisTV	This TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTTW & KTTM shut down their analog signals respectively for the 2009:^[4]

KTTW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 17; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.
KTTM shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 12.

Translators

The programming of KTTW-TV is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

K14IO-D Pierre
K22HJ-D Worthington
K32DK-D Watertown
K39CZ-D Aberdeen
K50DG-D Brookings

References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KTTM signed on September 7, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on August 31.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTW
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTM
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Broadcast television in Eastern South Dakota and Southwest Minnesota, including Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Brookings, Watertown, Mitchell, Yankton, and Pierre

Sioux Falls	KUSD / KCSD (2/23.1 PBS, 2/23.2 World, 2/23.3 Create) KTTW (7.1 Fox, 7.2 This) KELO (11.1 CBS, 11.2 MNTV, 11.3 Ion) KSFY (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW, 13.3 MeTV) KCPO-LP 26 (Ind) KWSD (36.1/.2 Retro TV) KAUN-LP 42 (Retro TV) KDLT (46.1 NBC, 46.2 Antenna TV) K56GF 56 (silent)

Aberdeen/Watertown	KDLO (3.1 CBS, 3.2 MNTV, 3.3 Ion) KESD / KDSD (8/16.1 PBS, 8/16.2 World, 8/16.3 Create) KABY (9.1 ABC, 9.2 The CW)

Pierre	KPRY (4.1 ABC, 4.2 The CW) KPLO (6.1 CBS, 6.2 MNTV, 6.3 Ion) KTSD / KQSD (10/11.1 PBS, 10/11.2 World, 10/11.3 Create) K32FW 32 (3ABN)

Other areas	KDLV (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Antenna TV – Mitchell) KRNE (12.1 PBS, 12.2 NET2, 12.3 Create – Merriman NE) KTTM (12.1 Fox, 12.2 This – Huron) KSMN (20.1 PBS, 20.2 Create, 20.3 MN, 20.4 World – Worthington MN)

Cable channels	KELOLand Weather Now Midco Sports Network

Defunct stations	K35FJ 20 (TBN) K53EG 53 (Daystar)

See also Western SD TV Sioux City TV Twin Cities TV Central & Western ND TV Fargo/Grand Forks TV

Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of South Dakota

ABC Affiliates

KOTA 3 / KHSD 11
- Rapid City / Lead
KSFY 13 / KPRY 4 / KABY 9
- Sioux Falls / Pierre / Aberdeen

CBS Affiliates

KELO 11 / KDLO 3 / KPLO 6 / KCLO 15
- Sioux Falls / Florence-Watertown / Reliance-Pierre / Rapid City

CW Affiliates

KNBN-DT 21.2 / KWBH-LP 27
- Rapid City
KSFY 13.2
- Sioux Falls

Fox Affiliates

KEVN 7 / KHSD 5
- Rapid City / Lead
KTTW 7 / KTTM 12
- Sioux Falls / Huron

Independent/Religious

KCPO-LP 26 (Ind, Sioux Falls)
K56GF 56 (TBN, Sioux Falls)

MyNetworkTV/RTV Affiliates

KELO-DT 11.2 / KDLO-DT 3.2 / KPLO-DT 6.2
- MNTV, Sioux Falls / Florence–Watertown / Reliance-Pierre)
KNBN-DT 21.3 / KKRA-LP 24
- MNTV/RTN, Rapid City

NBC Affiliates

KNBN-DT 21.1
- Rapid City)
KDLT-DT 46.1 / KDLV-DT 5.1
- Sioux Falls / Mitchell
K07FG 7
- LemmonTranslator of KFYR

SDPB/PBS Affiliates

Sioux Falls market:	KUSD 2 (Vermillion) KESD 8 (Brookings) KTSD 10 (Pierre) KQSD 11 (Lowry) KDSD 16 (Aberdeen) KCSD 23 (Sioux Falls)

Rapid City market:	KZSD 8 (Martin) KBHE 9 (Rapid City) KPSD 13 (Eagle Butte)

MeTV Affiliates

KHME 23 / KQME 5
- Rapid City / Lead
KSFY 13.3
- Sioux Falls

Defunct

KCPL-LP 52
- Independent, Rapid City

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