KTMW

KTMW
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States
Branding Telemundo Utah
Channels Digital: 20 (UHF)
Virtual: 20 (PSIP)
Subchannels 20.1 Telemundo
20.2 Retro TV
20.3 Grit
20.4 Laff
Affiliations Telemundo
(as satelite of KULX-CD)
Owner Serestar Communications
Founded December 8, 1997
First air date March 31, 2001
Call letters' meaning The Mountain West,
also The Master's Way
Sister station(s) KULX-CD
Former channel number(s) Analog:
20 (UHF, 2001–2009)
Former affiliations FamilyNet
The Family Channel
Jewelry Television
Transmitter power 530 kW
Height 1171 m
Facility ID 10177
Transmitter coordinates 40°39′12″N 112°12′6″W / 40.65333°N 112.20167°W / 40.65333; -112.20167
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.telemundoutah.net

KTMW, channel 20, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station is owned by Serestar Communications. KTMW maintains studio facilities located on South Redwood Road in the northwestern section of Salt Lake City, and its transmitter located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.

KTMW's programming is relayed on two translator stations: K22IT (channel 22) in Provo and K49GD (channel 49) in Spanish Fork (both are analog-only signals and rebroadcast KTMW's fourth digital subchannel).

History

The channel 20 allocation in Salt Lake City was originally occupied by KSTU (an independent station the time, now a Fox affiliate) from 1978 to 1987. As part of a deal that was approved by the Federal Communications Commission, the KSTU intellectual unit moved to channel 13 in 1987 and currently operates under a separate license. The old channel 20 license was deleted; KTMW's license dates back to its filing on December 8, 1997.

On April 1, 2015, Alpha & Omega Communications filed an application to sell KMTW to Serestar Communications.[1] It was approved by the FCC on August 13, 2015. The sale was completed on August 31, 2015.[2] In October of 2015, KTMW switched to Telemundo, simulcasting low-power sister station KULX-CD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
20.1 480i 4:3 KTMW-D1 Simulcast of KULX-CD / Telemundo
20.2 KTMW-D2 Retro TV
20.3 KTMW-D3 Grit
20.4 KTMW-D4 Laff

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[4] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KTMW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 20, on June 12, 2009.[5] The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 20. KTMW used NVerizon Automation to complete the flash cut.[6]

Original programming

Logo used until 2015.

When it was owned by Alpha & Omega Communications, KTMW's original programming had included:[7]

References

  1. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 1, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  2. Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission
  3. RabbitEars TV Query for KTMW
  4. "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115". Transmitter.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  5. List of Digital Full-Power Stations
  6. "KTMW Goes Digital with NVerzion Automation". 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  7. "TV20 Originals". TV20 Family Friendly Television. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  8. Bird, Andy. "Heart for the Lost". Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  9. McCraney, Shawn. "Heart of the Matter where Mormonism meets Biblical Christianity". Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  10. McCraney, Shawn (2007) [2003]. I Was a Born-Again Mormon: Moving Toward Christian Authenticity. New York: Alathea Press. ISBN 0976627604.
  11. McCraney, Shawn. "C.A.M.P.U.S. – Christian Anarchists Meeting to Prayerfully Understand Scripture". Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  12. "This Wasn’t Right". Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  13. Official Homepage for Polygamy: What Love Is This?, by A Shield and Refuge Ministry, the producing organization
  14. 1 2 "TV Show, Ministry Aids Polygamists to Break Free (Davis County Clipper, March 9, 2011)
  15. Billboard Offers Escape, Deseret News, 30 March 2008
  16. "Former Polygamist Speaks", Davis County Clipper, 3 March 2011
  17. "The Ancient Paths". Christ Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  18. Johnson, Greg. "Standing Together: Television Shows". Standing Together ministry. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  19. Khokhar, Ernest. "Miracle Rock:Watch TV". Miracle Rock International Ministries. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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