KTUW
KTUW was a digital-only television station in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, owned by Equity Broadcasting.
| City | Scottsbluff, Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 16 (UHF) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Equity Media Holdings Corporation (EBC Scottsbluff, Inc.) |
| History | |
| First air date | 2006 |
| Last air date | 2009 |
| Former affiliations | RTN (2006-2009) Independent (2009) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 136747 |
| ERP | 5.2 kW |
| HAAT | 236.8 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°50′21.5″N 103°49′40.1″W |
The station signed on in 2006 as a Retro Television Network affiliate; at that time, Equity owned the network. However, on January 4, 2009, a contract conflict between Equity and Luken Communications, LLC (who had acquired RTN in June 2008) interrupted the programming on many RTN affiliates.[1] As a result, Luken moved RTN operations to its headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and dropped all Equity-owned affiliates, including KTUW, immediately;[2] RTN would return to Scottsbluff via a subchannel of KDUH-TV that summer (by which time the network had been rebranded RTV). KTUW's replacement programming is unknown.
KTUW held a construction permit to move to digital channel 17 at increased power; this would not be built, as the station's license was canceled on June 8, 2009.[3]
References
- What’s Wrong with MyTV? Archived 2009-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- TV Newsday: "Financial Dispute Disrupts RTN Diginet", 1/5/2009.
- "Station Search Details (DKTUW)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 22, 2009.