KLKW-LD

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KLKW-LD
KLKW-LD Logo.png
City Amarillo, Texas
Channels
BrandingEstrella TV KLKW Canal 22
Programming
Subchannels (see below)
Ownership
Owner
KAUO-LD, KNKC-LD
History
FoundedNovember 7, 2012
First air date
January 2014;10 years ago (2014-01)
Former call signs
K22LK-D (2012–2013)
DT2:
DrTV (2014–2015)
GetTV (2015–2016)
Azteca América (2016–2022)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of former K22LK translator calls
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 188769
ERP 4 kW
HAAT 403 ft (123 m)
Transmitter coordinates 35°10′21″N101°57′13″W / 35.17250°N 101.95361°W / 35.17250; -101.95361
Translator(s) KEAT LP 22
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website KLKW Profile at DTVAmerica.com

KLKW-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 22, is a low-powered Estrella TV-affiliated television station licensed to Amarillo, Texas, United States. Owned by HC2 Holdings, [2] [3] it is a sister station of KNKC-LD (channel 29) in Lubbock.

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History

KLKW-LD2's main logo during its tenure as a DrTV affiliate in 2014-2015. KLKW-LD2 (Doctor TV Amarillo) Logo.png
KLKW-LD2's main logo during its tenure as a DrTV affiliate in 2014–2015.

Its construction permit dates back to November 7, 2012, though it did not start broadcasting until January 2014. The station's original callsign was K22LK-D, which was changed to the current KLKW-LD on March 11, 2013.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed, as of February 10, 2023, as follows:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [4]
22.1 480i 16:9 KLKW-LD Estrella TV
22.2 Shop LC
22.3 4:3 Sonlife
22.416:9 Buzzr
22.54:3 NBC American Crimes
22.6 TeleXitos
22.7 The365

Estrella TV programming is broadcast on KLKW's main channel, 22.1. Doctor TV, a healthy lifestyle-oriented television network, was broadcast on KLKW's second subchannel on channel 22.2 until 2015, when it was replaced by Sony Pictures Television's GetTV network. In late 2015, Sonlife Broadcasting Network and Buzzr were added on channels 22.3 and 22.4, respectively. In 2016, Grit was added to digital subchannel 22.5 after ABC affiliate KVII-TV replaced it on 7.3 with Comet. That same year, Escape was added to subchannel 22.6, and GetTV was replaced with Azteca America, bringing the network back to the Amarillo market since former Azteca America affiliate KTXD-LP ceased operations in 2009. On January 1, 2023, Azteca ceased operations, leaving channel 22.2 blank.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KLKW-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. KLKW-LD AMARILLO, TX @ RabbitEars.Info
  3. Amarillo, TX TV market profile @ RabbitEars.Info
  4. "RabbitEars.Info".