KMMD-CD (channel 39), is a
low-power,
Class A television station
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licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
Salinas, California, United States, serving the
Monterey Bay
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area as an affiliate of
Court TV. It is owned by CNZ Communications.
History
KMMD signed on as K03HB on January 5, 1993. The station was later granted Class A status in 2003.
On September 25, 2006, KMMD switched to the new MTV Tr3́s network (now simply known as
Tr3́s
MTV Tres (taken from the Spanish word for the number three ''tres'', stylized as tr3s, with an acute accent over the '3') is an American owned by Paramount Media Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global.
The channel is targeted toward biling ...
since July 2010), which was created as a result of
Viacom's acquisition of Mas Musica.
The station's digital signal was licensed as KMMD-LD on January 20, 2010, and received the Class A designation on September 28, 2011, with its call sign changing to KMMD-CD.
On October 3, 2011, the station surrendered its analog license to the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC); the FCC cancelled the license and deleted the KMMD-CA call sign.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
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:
References
External links
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MMD-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1993
Low-power television stations in California
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