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| Branding | Telemundo Utah |
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| Founded | December 8, 1997 |
First air date | March 31, 2001 (24 years ago) (2001-03-31) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 20 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Originally for "TheMountain West", with the "T"backronymed to represent Telemundo |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10177 |
| ERP | 55.3kW |
| HAAT | 1,171 m (3,842 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′12″N112°12′9″W / 40.65333°N 112.20250°W /40.65333; -112.20250 |
| Translator(s) | see§ Translators |
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| Website | www |
KTMW (channel 20) is atelevision station inSalt Lake City, Utah, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-languageTelemundo network to the state of Utah.Owned and operated byNBCUniversal'sTelemundo Station Group, the station maintains studios are located on South Redwood Road in the northwestern section of Salt Lake City, and its transmitter is located onFarnsworth Peak in theOquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City.
KTMW's programming is relayed on fourlow-power digitaltranslators:Class A stationsKULX-CD (UHF channel 14) inOgden andKEJT-CD (UHF channel 21) in Salt Lake City, andKULU-LD (UHF channel 16) inPark City, andK17II-D (UHF Channel 17) inLogan.
The channel 20 allocation in Salt Lake City was originally occupied byKSTU (anindependent station at the time, now aFox affiliate) from 1978 to 1987. As part of a deal that was approved by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC), the KSTU intellectual unit moved to channel 13 in 1987 and currently operates under a separate license. The old channel 20 license was deleted; KTMW's license dates back to its filing on December 8, 1997. Alpha & Omega Broadcasting, former owners ofKOOG (channel 30), was granted the license in 1998. KTMW signed on March 31, 2001, with areligious format. The station would run shows likeThe 700 Club,Joyce Meyer,James Robison, and others; the original meaning of the calls stood for "The Master's Way". It eventually affiliated withFamilyNet and ran its classic TV shows for about a third of the day.
On April 1, 2015, Alpha & Omega Communications filed an application to sell KTMW to Serestar Communications.[2] It was approved by the FCC on August 13, 2015. The sale was completed on August 31, 2015.[3]
On July 30, 2015, Airwaves, Inc. filed an application to sell KULX-CD and KULU-CD to Serestar, who immediately took over the station's operations through atime brokerage agreement (TBA).[4] The sale was completed on October 7, 2015.[5] Later that month, KTMW switched toTelemundo, simulcasting low-power sister station KULX-CD.
Serestar agreed to sell KTMW, KULX-CD, and KULU-CD toNBCUniversal on November 28, 2018, as part of a $21 million deal;[6] that transaction closed on March 5, 2019.[7] NBCUniversal already owned the KEJT-CD license, with Serestar operating it under a TBA that was terminated concurrent with the sale.[8]
KEJT-CD was the second property in Utah to be owned by NBC as it previously ownedKUTV (channel 2, now aCBS affiliate) until 1995 when it was sold to CBS alongside then-sister stationKCNC-TV inDenver. KUTV is currently owned by theSinclair Broadcast Group as of 2021.
When it was owned by Alpha & Omega Communications, KTMW's original programming had included:[9]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 20.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KTMW | Telemundo |
| 20.2 | 480i | Xitos | TeleXitos | |
| 20.3 | Nosey | Nosey | ||
| 20.4 | CRIMES | NBC True CRMZ | ||
| 20.5 | Oxygen | Oxygen |
Because it was granted an originalconstruction permit after the FCC finalized theDTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[23] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digitaltelevision station. KTMW shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 20, on June 12, 2009,[24] and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 20. KTMW used NVerzion Automation to complete the flash cut.[25]
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