KTLN-TV

KTLN-TV

Palo Alto–San Francisco–Oakland– San Jose, California United States
City	Palo Alto, California
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF), shared with KAXT-CD[1] Virtual: 68
Branding	H&I Bay Area MeTV Bay Area (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	68.1: Heroes & Icons for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting (KTLN-TV LLC)
Sister stations	KAXT-CD
History
Founded	1990
First air date	July 15, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-07-15) (in Novato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018[2])
Former call signs	KWOK (1990–1999)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2005–2018)
Former affiliations	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
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
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 station KAXT-CD (channel 1). The two 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

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

Subchannel of KAXT-CD and KTLN-TV[10][11]

License	Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
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

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.[12] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, using virtual channel 68.

References

1. Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
2. KTLN-TV Form 2100 - Community of License
3. "Facility Technical Data for KTLN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. RabbitEars Contour Map for KAXT-CD
5. "San Francisco TV station sold". Television Business Report. June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
6. Jessell, Harry A. (August 5, 2011). "Billionaire Michael Dell OK'd To Buy SF TV". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
7. "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.
8. "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved April 18, 2019.
9. "Where to Watch MeTV in Bay Area", MeTV, Retrieved April 18, 2019.
10. "RabbitEars TV Query for KAXT". RabbitEars.info.
11. "Digital Television: DTV - HDTV Channel List". choisser.com.
12. List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• KTLN FCC disclosures/schedule page on Heroes & Icons website