KETD
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|---|---|
| Facility ID | 37101 |
| ERP | 200 kW |
| HAAT | 314.8 m (1,033 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′17″N 105°13′8″W / 39.67139°N 105.21889°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | estrellatv |
KETD (channel 53) is a
Owned and operated by Estrella Media, the station maintains offices on East Jamison Circle in Englewood, and its transmitter is located on Mount Morrison in western Jefferson County
.
History
The station first signed on the air on July 1, 1990, as KWHD. Founded by LeSEA Broadcasting (now
children's program block, and a schedule consisting entirely of Christian-oriented religious programs on Sundays. By 2008, KWHD claimed to be "the only full-time, commercial, independent TV station in Colorado." Its schedule by this point was split between family-oriented secular programming and local sports programming 40% of the time and Christian religious programs for the remaining 60% of the broadcast day outside of Sundays.[2]
On January 28, 2010, LeSEA announced that it would sell KWHD to Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed
Colorado Springs
, which LeSEA owned until 2018).
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KETD-HD | Estrella TV |
| 53.2 | E-NEWS | Estrella News | ||
| 53.3 | 480i | JTV | JTV | |
| 53.4 | HSN-2 | HSN2 | ||
| 53.5 | BUZZR | Buzzr |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KETD shut down its analog signal, over
UHF channel 53, on January 16, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 46,[5][6] using virtual channel
53.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KETD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KWHD TV-53 Programming". KWHD TV-53. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ^ Ostrow, Joanne (January 28, 2010). "Denver's TV market to get new Latino station". Denver Post. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KETD
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- Denver Post.
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(*) – indicates station is in one of Colorado's primary TV markets (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Colorado | ||
