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| City | Palo Alto, California |
| Channels | |
| Branding | H&I Bay Area (general) MeTV Bay Area (DT2) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 68.1:
Heroes & Icons for others, see § Subchannels |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KAXT-CD | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1990 |
First air date | July 15, 1998 (in Novato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018 [2]) |
Former call signs | KWOK (1990–1999) |
Former channel number(s) |
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| Total Living Network (1998–2019) | |
Call sign meaning | "Total Living Network" (former affiliation) |
| Technical information [3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49153 |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 688 m (2,257 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°29′57″N 121°52′20″W / 37.49917°N 121.87222°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | KTLN FCC disclosures/schedule page on Heroes & Icons website |
KTLN-TV (channel 68) is a television station licensed to Palo Alto, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an owned-and-operated station of the classic television network Heroes & Icons. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside San Jose-licensed low-power, Class A Catchy Comedy owned-and-operated station KAXT-CD ( channel 1). Both stations share studios on Pelican Way in San Rafael, and transmitter facilities on Mount Allison.
Even though KTLN-TV is licensed as a full-power station, it shares spectrum with KAXT-CD, whose low-power broadcasting radius does not cover all of the San Francisco Bay Area. [4] Therefore, it relies on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market. However, KTLN-TV shares MeTV with independent station KPYX's (channel 44) third subchannel, which has a stronger signal than KTLN.
History
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Originally, Christian Communications of Chicagoland (then-owners of WCFC-TV, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WCPX-TV) owned KTLN outright. It was formerly licensed to the Marin County community of Novato. CCC filed to sell the station to OTA Broadcasting, a company controlled by Michael Dell's MSD Capital, in June 2011. [5] The sale was completed on October 6, 2011; as part of the deal, CCC continued to operate KTLN via a local marketing agreement (LMA). [6]
Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KTLN-TV and KAXT-CD, along with KVOS-TV and KFFV in Seattle, from OTA Broadcasting in a $23.2 million deal on October 18, 2017. [7] The station was temporarily off the air as of June 2018.
The station sale to Weigel was completed on April 15, 2019. [8] At midnight on April 17, KTLN returned on the air carrying high definition signals of Heroes & Icons on 68.1, and MeTV on 68.2. [9]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KTLN-HD | Heroes & Icons |
| 68.2 | MeTV | MeTV | ||
| 68.3 | 480i | Story | Story Television | |
| 68.4 | MeTV+ | MeTV+ | ||
| 68.5 | Quest | Quest |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTLN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 68, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. [11] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, using PSIP to display KTLN-TV's virtual channel as 68 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
References
- ^ Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
- ^ KTLN-TV Form 2100 - Community of License
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTLN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ RabbitEars Contour Map for KAXT-CD
- ^ "San Francisco TV station sold". Television Business Report. June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Jessell, Harry A. (August 5, 2011). "Billionaire Michael Dell OK'd To Buy SF TV". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (KVOS-TV/KFFV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- ^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Where to Watch MeTV in Bay Area", MeTV, Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KTLN". RabbitEars. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine