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KHTV-CD

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KHTV-CD
Channels
BrandingMeTV+ Los Angeles
Programming
AffiliationsMeTV+
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 ID60026
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT872.2 m (2,862 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°12′47.9″N 118°3′44.3″W / 34.213306°N 118.062306°W / 34.213306; -118.062306
Links
Public license information

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.

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

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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

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Subchannels of KHTV-CD and KAZA-TV[2]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
KHTV-CD 6.1 720p 16:9 MeTV+ MeTV+
KAZA-TV 54.1 MeTV MeTV
54.2 480i Story Story Television
54.3 Toons MeTV Toons

References

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  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.