KTTW
KTTW: Sioux Falls, South Dakota KTTM: Huron, South Dakota United States | |
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Branding | Fox 7 |
Channels |
Digital: KTTW: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) Digital: KTTM: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 (PSIP) |
Subchannels |
x.1 Fox x.2 This TV |
Affiliations | Fox |
Owner |
Elmen Company (Independent Communications, Inc.) |
First air date |
KTTW: 1988 KTTM: 1991[1] |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: KTTW: 17 (UHF, 1987–2009) KTTM: 12 (VHF, 1991–2009) Digital: KTTM: 22 (UHF, until 2009) |
Transmitter power |
KTTW: 7.5 kW KTTM: 12.6 kW |
Height |
KTTW: 217.6 m KTTM: 257 m |
Facility ID |
KTTW: 28521 KTTM: 28501 |
Transmitter coordinates |
KTTW 43°30′18.3″N 96°33′22.7″W / 43.505083°N 96.556306°W KTTM: 44°11′39.0″N 98°19′5.0″W / 44.194167°N 98.318056°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
/ KTTM Profile / KTTM CDBS |
Website | www.kttw.com |
KTTW is the Fox-affiliated television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, owned by the Elmen Company. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7. KTTW operates a satellite station in Huron: KTTM (digital channel 12).
History
The station signed on in 1988 as the first non-Big Three station in South Dakota. It has been a Fox affiliate for its entire existence; until 1996, when KEVN-TV switched affiliations from NBC, it was also the state's only Fox affiliate.
KTTW aired on analog channel 17 since its inception. but while most TV stations kept their PSIP virtual channels the same as their former analog channel after the digital transition, KTTW rebranded from "Fox 17" to "Fox 7" and shows up on PSIP virtual channel 7. KTTW has never had a news operation.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2][3] |
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x.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KTTW-HD KTTM-HD | Main programming / Fox |
x.2 | 480i | 4:3 | ThisTV | This TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTTW & KTTM shut down their analog signals respectively for the 2009:[4]
- KTTW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 17; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.
- KTTM shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 12.
Translators
The programming of KTTW-TV is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
- K14IO-D Pierre
- K22HJ-D Worthington
- K32DK-D Watertown
- K39CZ-D Aberdeen
- K50DG-D Brookings
References
- ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KTTM signed on September 7, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on August 31.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTW
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTM
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- KTTW website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTTW
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTTM
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTTW-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTTM-TV