K13AV-D

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K13AV-D
Channels
Programming
Affiliations Independent
Ownership
OwnerGunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District
History
FoundedOctober 27, 2009
Technical information
Facility ID 25644
ERP 0.055 kW
HAAT 113.7 m (373 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°31′41.5″N106°54′14.6″W / 38.528194°N 106.904056°W / 38.528194; -106.904056

K13AV-D, VHF digital channel 13, is a low-power television station licensed to Gunnison, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by the Gunnison County Metropolitan Recreation District. [1]

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Translators

In addition to its principal transmitter at Tenderfoot Mountain, Colorado, in order to broaden its signal coverage area, the station's programming is rebroadcast over a series of translators/satellites to provide over-the-air television service to other areas in and around the Gunnison area and surrounding communities in much of Gunnison and northern Saguache counties. The following is a list of those translators, physical (RF channels) listed.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed. One of its subchannels serves as a translator of Fox affiliate KDVR in Denver, using major channel 31.

Subchannels of K13AV-D [1]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
2.2 480i 4:3 THIS This TV
12.1CHGUIDEOn-screen channel guide with audio of KBUT radio
12.2GUNNITV Independent / locally oriented programming
13.2DISCOVE Discovery Channel
13.3NASA NASA TV
31.1KDVRFOX Fox (via KDVR/Denver)

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