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]

Translators

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

References

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

External links

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