KTBW-TV

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KTBW-TV
City Tacoma, Washington
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 30, 1984(40 years ago) (1984-03-30)
Former call signs
KQFB (1984)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 20 (UHF, 1984–2009)
  • Digital: 14 (UHF, until 2019)
Independent (1984–1986)
Call sign meaning
Trinity Broadcasting of Washington
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 67950
ERP 107 kW
HAAT 473 m (1,552 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 47°32′49″N122°47′44″W / 47.54694°N 122.79556°W / 47.54694; -122.79556
Links
Public license information
Website www.tbn.org

KTBW-TV (channel 20) is a religious television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's studios are located on South 341st Place in Federal Way, and its transmitter is located on Gold Mountain near Bremerton.

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History

KTBW originally signed on the air with the call sign KQFB on March 30, 1984. As KQFB, the station was originally locally owned by Family Broadcasting based in University Place, Washington. Family Broadcasting originally was going to broadcast Christian programming from several sources. Before the station went on the air, a minority interest in KQFB was acquired by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. When TBN acquired Family Broadcasting in full, the call letters were changed to KTBW on December 18, 1984.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTBW-TV
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
20.1 720p 16:9 TBN HD TBN
20.2Merit Merit Street
20.3 480i 4:3 Inspire TBN Inspire
20.416:9ONTV4U OnTV4U (infomercials)
20.5POSITIV Positiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTBW-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for KTBW". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved January 6, 2025.


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