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| City | Palo Alto, California |
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| Founded | 1990 |
First air date | July 15, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-07-15)(inNovato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018[2]) |
Former call signs | KWOK (1990–1999) |
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| Total Living Network (1998–2019) | |
Call sign meaning | "Total Living Network" (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49153 |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 688 m (2,257 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°29′57″N121°52′20″W / 37.49917°N 121.87222°W /37.49917; -121.87222 |
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| Website | KTLN FCC disclosures/schedule page on Heroes & Icons website |
KTLN-TV (channel 68) is atelevision station licensed toPalo Alto, California, United States, serving theSan Francisco Bay Area as anowned-and-operated station of the classic television networkHeroes & Icons. It is owned byWeigel Broadcasting alongsideSan Jose–licensedlow-power,Class ACatchy Comedy stationKAXT-CD (channel 1). The two stations share studios on Pelican Way inSan Rafael, and transmitter facilities onMount Allison.
Even though KTLN-TV is licensed as a full-power station, itshares spectrum with KAXT-CD, whose low-power broadcasting radius does not cover all of the San Francisco Bay Area.[4] Therefore, it relies oncable andsatellite carriage to reach the entiremarket. However, KTLN-TV shares MeTV withindependent stationKPYX's (channel 44) third subchannel, which has a stronger signal than KTLN.
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Originally, Christian Communications of Chicagoland (then-owners of WCFC-TV, nowIon Television owned-and-operated stationWCPX-TV) owned KTLN outright. It was formerly licensed to theMarin County community ofNovato. CCC filed to sell the station toOTA Broadcasting, a company controlled byMichael Dell'sMSD Capital, in June 2011.[5] The sale was completed on October 6, 2011; as part of the deal, CCC continued to operate KTLN via alocal marketing agreement (LMA).[6]
Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KTLN-TV andKAXT-CD, along withKVOS-TV andKFFV inSeattle, 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 ofHeroes & Icons on 68.1, andMeTV on 68.2.[9]
| License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| KAXT-CD | 1.2 | 480i | 16:9 | KAXT-SD | Catchy Comedy |
| KTLN-TV | 68.1 | 720p | KTLN-HD | Heroes & Icons | |
| 68.2 | MeTV | MeTV | |||
| 68.3 | 480i | Story | Story Television | ||
| 68.4 | MeTV+ | MeTV+ | |||
| 68.5 | Quest | Quest | |||
| 68.6 | TOONS | MeTV Toons |
KTLN-TV shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 68, on June 12, 2009, as part of thefederally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[12] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, usingvirtual channel 68.