KTEL-CD
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Channels | |
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Branding | Telemundo Nuevo México |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Telemundo |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KASA-TV, KRTN-LD, KUPT-LD | |
History | |
Founded | November 28, 1994 |
First air date | see table below |
Former call signs | |
Former channel number(s) |
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Call sign meaning | Telemundo |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | see table below |
ERP | see table below |
HAAT | see table below |
Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
Translator(s) | See Below |
KTEL-CD,
KTEL-TV (UHF digital channel 25) is the full-powered satellite station based in Carlsbad, New Mexico broadcasting on digital channel 25.
Stations
KTEL-CD and KTEL-TV both broadcast in digital. KTEL-CD broadcasts on virtual and RF channel 15, while KTEL-TV broadcasts on channel 25.
Station | City of license | Channels | First air date | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
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KTEL-CD | Albuquerque | Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 |
1997 | 68.2 kW
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1215 m | 55056 | 35°12′51″N 106°27′4″W / 35.21417°N 106.45111°W |
KTEL-TV | Carlsbad | 25 (UHF) | 2000 | 50 kW | 120 m | 83707 | 32°26′9.9″N 104°11′16.5″W / 32.436083°N 104.187917°W |
Translator
City of license | Callsign | Translating | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates |
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Romeo | K19IX-D | KTEL-CD | 19 | 0.25 kW | 748 m (2,454 ft) | 58905 | 36°51′25″N 106°1′14″W / 36.85694°N 106.02056°W |
History
KTEL-CD signed on in late 1997 on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of Telemundo. Telemundo had previously aired in Albuquerque on K59DB (now
KTEL-TV in Carlsbad, New Mexico signed on in 2000 as a full-powered satellite for KTEL-LP. KTEL also had a full-powered satellite in Durango, Colorado from 2001 to 2011 on KTLL channel 33. That station is now KRTN-TV a satellite for KRTN-LD a MeTV affiliate and rebroadcasts KTEL on digital channel 47.1.
Santa Fe was previously covered by translator K46GY on UHF channel 46 which broadcast at 150 kW from a directional antenna from atop Sandia Crest pointed towards the area. The translator was previously K52BS channel 52 from 1989 to 2003.
In July 2016, Ramar purchased
On July 30, 2021, NBCUniversal announced it was buying KASA and its repeater stations for $12.5 million. In the short term NBC announced it was entering a transitional services agreement
Digital television
Subchannels
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[6] |
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15.3 | 480i | 16:9 |
COZI | TBD |
15.4 | MOVIES | Movies! |
KTEL-TV
Because it was granted an original
KTEL-LP continued running in analog but had a construction permit to flash-cut to digital broadcasting on channel 47. On August 11, 2014 Ramar Communications was granted construction permits to build new stations to replace KTEL-LP on UHF channel 15 and Santa Fe translator K46GY on UHF channel 16. Analog broadcasts on both stations ceased on September 3, 2014. At the end of September both stations went on the air testing their digital signals. Both stations have antenna patterns to cover both the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas. Channel 16 has changed to KUPT-LD and now adds a new station to the Albuquerque TV market as well as giving Ramar a third station to its local cluster alongside KTEL-LD and KRTN-LD.
KRTN-LD has broadcast KTEL programming in digital from May 2009 until April 2017 displayed as channel 47.1.
References
- ^ "Call Sign History".
- ^ "Call Sign History".
- ^ FCC Database
- ^ "Switching channels: Purchases will move Telemundo, Fox - Albuquerque Journal".
- ^ Miller, Mark K. (July 30, 2021). "NBCU Buying KASA Albuquerque For $12.5M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KTEL-CD
- ^ Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan
External links
- Official website
- LyngSat page for AMC-5 satellite [1]