KBIT-LD (channel 43) is a
low-power television station
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in
Monterey, California, United States, affiliated with
Telemax. It is owned by Major Market Broadcasting. and also serving
Salinas and
Santa Cruz. The station broadcasts from
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and its studios are located in
Watsonville
Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, located in the Monterey Bay Area of the Central Coast of California. The population was 52,590 according to the 2020 census. Predominantly Latino and Democratic, Watsonville is a self- ...
.
History
As K65AW
A permit was filed by
PBS
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station KTEH (now
KQEH
KQEH, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 30), branded on-air as KQED Plus, is a Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) member television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The station ...
) for a translator in 1976 to expand its signal in San Martin and Gilroy region.
Subchannels
The station's signal is
multiplexed
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:
References
External links
Azteca TV 43 (KBIT)*
BIT-LD
Watsonville, California
Television channels and stations established in 1980
BIT-LD
Low-power television stations in California
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