KTUD-CD

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KTUD-CA
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Channels
BrandingVegas TV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedMarch 14, 1994
First air date
February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12)
Last air date
  • October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)
  • (14 years, 240 days) [1]
Former call signs
  • KCNG-LP (1999–2000)
  • KTUD-LP (2000–2003)
  • KTUD-CA (2003–2012)
  • KTUD-LD (2008–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 25 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Technical information
Facility ID 167820
Class CD
ERP 8.9 kW
Transmitter coordinates 35°56′44.00″N115°02′33.00″W / 35.9455556°N 115.0425000°W / 35.9455556; -115.0425000

KTUD-CD (channel 25) was a low-power, Class A independent television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The station was owned by the Greenspun Broadcasting subsidiary of The Greenspun Corporation.

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Unlike other low-power television stations not connected to a full-power mother station, the station was available on channel 14 through Cox cable systems in the Las Vegas Valley.

The "-CD" suffix in the call letters denoted the station's status as a "Class A" digital television station, a slight upgrade from its previous "low power" (-LD) designation. The station's transmitter was located atop Mount Arden, six miles (10 km) south of Henderson. Its studios and offices were located in unincorporated Paradise Valley, south of McCarran International Airport.

History

Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired what was then known as KUPN (channel 21, now KSNV) and switched the station's affiliation to The WB in 1998 as part of a bulk affiliation deal, with a subsequent call change to KVWB. KFBT (now KVCW) was thought to become a UPN affiliate but Sinclair, who took over the operations of KFBT via a local marketing agreement during the WB deal, declined UPN's offer and KFBT became an independent station instead, leaving Las Vegas without a UPN affiliate. The next year on February 12, 1999, channel 25 signed on as KCNG-LP and picked up the UPN affiliation. The station's callsign was changed to KTUD-LP in 2000, before switching to the "-CA" suffix in 2003. Initially owned by King Kong Broadcasting Inc., KTUD would go through a series of ownership changes before its acquisition by Greenspun from Venture Technologies Group. [2]

The station struggled due to problems with local cable providers, as their low-power designation meant KTUD-LP was not bound by the FCC must-carry rules requiring cable coverage. Cox Communications refused to carry the station at first, but by November 2000 began to carry it on channel 14 after customer demand from Star Trek fans and ahead of UPN's coverage of the XFL football league featuring the Las Vegas Outlaws locally. [3] DirecTV eventually also picked up the station, though Dish Network never did.

The station's standing was severely affected by the January 2006 announcement that The WB and UPN would merge into one network, The CW. Unlike in 1999 when the market's main independent stations were all owned separately and the ability for KTUD-LP to receive the UPN affiliation was easier, by 2006 both KVWB and independent KFBT were owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which was one of the largest affiliate groups for both The WB and UPN. KVWB was part of an early bulk affiliation deal for MyNetworkTV, with the CW affiliation still up for grabs by mid-April 2006. However, KTUD-LP withdrew from negotiations with the CW on April 24, 2006. [4] KFBT was thus announced as the market's CW affiliate on May 2, 2006, and KTUD-LP was left to become an independent station when UPN ended operations in September 2006.

On September 18, 2009, KTUD-LD signed on its digital signal on channel 20.

The 2008 recession that heavily affected the Las Vegas Valley and slashed advertising revenue, and a lack of a network affiliation, eventually lead to the LLC behind KTUD-LP to file for bankruptcy protection in late February 2010, though no on-air operations were affected at the time. [5]

On March 16, 2012, the station transferred its Class A license over to their digital signal, with the call sign changing to KTUD-CD. Simultaneously, the analog license was canceled by the FCC and the KTUD-CA call sign was deleted from the FCC's database.

Station closure

On October 10, 2013, KTUD announced that it would leave the airwaves as of 11:59 p.m. that evening due to insufficient advertising revenues; in addition, The Greenspun Corporation had been struggling as of late. Staffers for the station refused to elaborate on the station's closure. [6] [7] In 2014, Mako Communications announced it would purchase KTUD's license out of bankruptcy, though the transaction was never completed. [8]

On October 14, 2014, the FCC canceled KTUD-CD's license due to the station having been silent for more than a year. KPVM-LP now broadcasts on virtual channel 25 in Las Vegas.

Newscasts

In the fall of 2002, CBS affiliate KLAS-TV (channel 8) began producing a 10 p.m. newscast for KTUD-CA called Eyewitness News at 10 on UPN, which was originally anchored by Kate Maddox, and later by Denise Saunders. In the fall of 2006 when KTUD became an independent station, that station was rebranded on-air as "Vegas TV" and the newscasts was renamed to suit the new identity. Shortly afterward however, the station dropped the 10 p.m. newscast and Saunders would later go to KTNV. KTUD later revived its 10 p.m. newscast, under a news share agreement with NBC affiliate KSNV-DT (channel 3), which debuted in October 2009 and ran until its cancellation in August 2010.

Subchannels

The station's signal was multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTUD-CD [9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
25.1 1080i 16:9 KTUD-HD Independent
25.2 480i 4:3 KTUD-SD
25.3V AsianAsian programming

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References

  1. ↑ "KTUD-TV, Channel 25, expected to leave Las Vegas airwaves". Las Vegas Review-Journal . October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Companies plan to acquire KTUD-TV
  3. ↑ "Cox adding UPN television network to Vegas system". Las Vegas Sun. October 5, 2000. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Second local affiliate rejects new CW
  5. ↑ Green, Steve (February 27, 2010). "KTUD files for bankruptcy reorganization". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "KTUD-TV, Channel 25, expected to leave Las Vegas airwaves". Las Vegas Review-Journal . October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ Velotta, Richard N. (October 11, 2013). "Low ad revenue forces Las Vegas television station to close". Vegas Inc. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTUD
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