KNMQ-LD (channel 20) is a low-power television station in

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, United States. Owned by RJ Enterprises, the station maintains a transmitter on

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. KNMQ-LD previously operated as a

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of Santa Fe–licensed

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KCHF KCHF (channel 11) is a religious broadcasting, religious Independent station (North America), independent television station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving the Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque area and most of the st ...

(channel 11, owned by Son Broadcasting), providing easier reception in areas of Albuquerque where a quality signal from KCHF's main transmitter near Los Alamos is not available. Since 2021, it now airs programming independent from KCHF. On September 1, 2021, the KCHF relay on 20.5 moved to

KYNM-CD KYNM-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The station is owned by Belmax Broadcasting. History From 1991 to 1999, the station was a low powere ...

21.5, while a new local sports channel launched on digital channel 20.5.

History

This station was originally K45DL broadcasting on UHF channel 45 beginning sometime in 1995. It was an America's Store affiliate until 2005. The broadcast on channel 45 ended in 2002 to make way for the digital broadcast for

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. It moved to channel 43 in early 2003 and changed the callsign to K43HW. By 2008, K43HW would not broadcast any programming over the next few years: the station was silent displaying the

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. Later, it would shut down its transmitter entirely. On March 28, 2011, it was granted a construction permit to

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to digital broadcasting. The station was sold to RJ Enterprises by Joseph W. Shaffer in late 2011. An

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application states that the new owners are planning to move the station's transmitter site and possibly move to a different channel position. On June 6, 2012, it was granted a permit modification to move its transmitter to Sandia Crest, where most of the area's television stations broadcast from. On December 19, 2012, the station began broadcasting its digital signal, airing only audio from

KDAZ KDAZ (700 AM) is a commercial radio station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It airs a combination of syndicated talk radio shows and Christian radio programming. It is owned by Pan American Broadcasting Co., Inc. Weekdays, most of the shows heard o ...

radio, which was also heard at the time on

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channel 30.730. The channel went back off the air in mid-January 2013. On January 23, 2013, the station changed its call sign to K43HW-D. On February 21, 2013, the call sign again changed to KNMQ-LD. On May 24, 2013 the station had applied to the FCC to remain silent while the broadcast tower was undergoing modifications. In early May 2014, the station went back on the air, relaying KCHF programming.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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* {{Other New Mexico stations NMQ-LD Television channels and stations established in 1995 WeatherNation TV affiliates Classic Reruns TV affiliates 1995 establishments in New Mexico Low-power television stations in the United States