KHTV-CD

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KHTV-CD
Channels
BrandingMeTV+ Los Angeles
Programming
Affiliations MeTV+
Ownership
Owner
KAZA-TV, KVME-TV, KPOM-CD, KSFV-CD
History
FoundedOctober 22, 1993
Former call signs
  • K38EA (1993–2000)
  • KHTV-LP (2000–February 2012)
  • KHTV-LD (February−July 2012)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 38 (UHF, 1993–2000), 48 (UHF, 2000–2001), 67 (UHF, 2001–2011)
  • Digital: 27 (UHF, 2012–2019)
Call sign meaning
HSN Television (former affiliation)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 60026
Class CD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 872.2 m (2,862 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 34°12′47.9″N118°3′44.3″W / 34.213306°N 118.062306°W / 34.213306; -118.062306
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KHTV-CD (channel 6) is a low-power, Class A television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network MeTV+. It is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting alongside MeTV station KAZA-TV (channel 54), Catchy Comedy outlet KPOM-CD (channel 14), and MeTV Toons affiliate KSFV-CD (channel 27). The stations share offices on Grand Central Avenue in Glendale; KAZA-TV's transmitter is located at the Mount Harvard Radio Site in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Due to its low-power status, KHTV-CD's broadcasting radius does not reach all of Greater Los Angeles. Therefore, it relies on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market.

History

The station was founded on October 22, 1993. It signed on as K38EA on channel 38, before moving to channel 48 as KHTV-LP, starting in 2000 as an affiliate of now defunct Home Shopping en Español, later rebranding to HSE (a Spanish-language channel operated by parent channel Home Shopping Network) until HSE ceased operations in June 2002. When KOCE launched its digital signal on channel 48 in 2001, this displaced KHTV-LP to channel 67. It stayed on channel 67 until December 31, 2011, when the last of the LPTV stations still using out-of-core channels 52-69 had to vacate that spectrum. In 2012, KHTV-LP converted to digital as KHTV-LD and moved to channel 27. On July 11, 2012, the station received class A status and changed its call sign to KHTV-CD. In 2019, as part of the repack, KHTV-CD moved to its current channel 22 allocation, channel sharing with MeTV owned-and-operated station KAZA-TV.

The KHTV call letters were originally used by an unrelated full-power station in Portland, Oregon, on channel 27, and in Houston on channel 39.

On February 28, 2022, KHTV-CD discontinued carrying Jewelry Television on 6.1 and replaced it with MeTV Plus. With this change, 6.1 was converted to 720p HD. All remaining subchannels carried by KHTV-CD were removed. MeTV Plus had been on KAZA-DT3 since its expansion to Weigel-owned stations in September 2021.

Subchannels

Subchannels of KHTV-CD and KAZA-TV [2]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
KHTV-CD6.1 720p 16:9 MeTV+ MeTV+
KAZA-TV54.1MeTV MeTV
54.2 480i Story Story Television
54.3Toons MeTV Toons

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KHTV-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Digital TV Market Listing for KHTV-CD". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved May 9, 2024.