KTVS-LD,

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36 ( UHF digital channel 23), is a low-powered TheGrio TV- affiliated

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to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded on October 31, 1986, the station is owned by Alpha Omega Broadcasting.

History

This station began broadcasting in 1988 as K59DB (often identified as KDB) on channel 59. It was the first

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affiliate in the area. By 1997, KTEL-LP had picked up the Telemundo affiliation. KDB had continued as a Spanish-language

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airing mostly

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s and sports programming. By 1999, Continental Broadcasting had sold KDB along with one FM and two AM radio stations to Clear Channel Communications. The format continued until late 2000 when Clear Channel had shut down KDB. The station was later picked up by Alpha-Omega Broadcasting. In 2002, K59DB went back on the air simulcasting programming from

KAZQ KAZQ (channel 32) is a non-commercial religious independent television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest northeast of Albuquerque. Owned by Alpha Omega Broadcasting, KAZQ is sister to lo ...

(channel 32) and in 2003 it would move to channel 36 as KTVS-LP. By October it would begin airing programming separate from KAZQ. Originally the format featured classic TV shows, movies and religious programs from

Faith TV Faith TV was a Christian movie, documentary and biography channel featuring drama, comedy, action, and educational programs and feature films drawn from inspirational media libraries. It was replaced by My Family TV. Programming Some examples o ...

. Regional sports programming had also once aired on KTVS. The FCC spectrum auction which concluded on April 13, 2017 removes part of the UHF spectrum from channels 38-51 for television broadcast.

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affiliate

KASY-TV KASY-TV (channel 50) is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting alongside Santa Fe–licensed ''de facto'' CW owned-and-operated station KWBQ, channel 1 ...

(channel 50) will be assigned the channel 36 position moving over from channel 45 as part of a spectrum repacking. This will displace KTVS-LD which will have to move to a different channel number to continue broadcasting. In early October 2017, KTVS-LD affiliated with Light TV replacing a relay of programming from KAZQ.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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: KTVS was viewed on KAZQ-DT3 for a while.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTVS had "

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" to digital on channel 36 in August 2009.

References

External links

KAZQ/KTVS official webpage
* TheGrio affiliates TVS-LD Television channels and stations established in 1986 Mass media in Albuquerque, New Mexico Low-power television stations in the United States {{NewMexico-tv-station-stub