KTLN-TV

KTLN-TV
Palo Alto/San Francisco/Oakland/; San Jose, California; United States
City	Palo Alto, California
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); (shared with KAXT-CD); Virtual: 68
Branding	H&I Bay Area (general); MeTV Bay Area (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	68.1: Heroes & Icons; 68.2/68.3: MeTV; 68.4: MeTV Plus
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting ; (KTLN-TV LLC)
Sister stations	KAXT-CD
History
Founded	1990
First air date	July 15, 1998 (23 years ago); (in Novato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018)
Former call signs	KWOK (1998–1999)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 68 (UHF, 1998–2009); Digital:; 47 (UHF, until 2018);
Former affiliations	Total Living Network (1998–2019)
Call sign meaning	"Total Living Network"; (former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	49153
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	688 m (2,257 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°29′57″N 121°52′20″W / 37.49917°N 121.87222°W
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	KTLN FCC disclosures/schedule page on Heroes & Icons website

KTLN-TV, virtual channel 68 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Heroes & Icons owned-and-operated television station licensed to Palo Alto, California, United States and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, it is sister to low-power, Class A Decades owned-and-operated station KAXT-CD (channel 1.2, licensed to both San Francisco and San Jose). Both stations share studios on Pelican Way in San Rafael, and transmitter facilities on Mount Allison.

Even though KTLN-TV is licensed as a full-power station, its broadcasting radius does not reach all of the San Francisco Bay Area as it shares spectrum with KAXT-CD.^[3] Therefore, it must rely on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market. However, KTLN-TV shares MeTV with CW West Coast flagship KBCW's (channel 28) third subchannel, which has a stronger signal than KTLN.

History[]

Originally, Christian Communications of Chicagoland (then-owners of WCFC-TV, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WCPX-TV) owned KTLN outright. It was formerly licensed to the Marin County community of Novato. CCC filed to sell the station to OTA Broadcasting, a company controlled by Michael Dell's MSD Capital, in June 2011.^[4] The sale was completed on October 6, 2011; as part of the deal, CCC continued to operate KTLN via a local marketing agreement (LMA).^[5]

Since October 2017, the two stations share studios on Pelican Way in San Rafael, and transmitter facilities on Mount Allison, because the DTV virtual channels between KAXT-LD's channel 22 (RF 42, formerly 22) and KRCB's channel 22 (RF 23) in Cotati had significant overlap that caused a PSIP conflict, allowing KAXT-CD to relocate to a new virtual channel, Channel 1.^[1]

Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KTLN-TV and KAXT-CD, along with KVOS-TV and KFFV in Seattle, from OTA Broadcasting in a $23.2 million deal on October 18, 2017.^[6] The station was temporarily off the air as of June 2018.

The station sale to Weigel was completed on April 15, 2019.^[7] At midnight on April 17, KTLN returned on the air carrying high definition signals of Heroes & Icons on 68.1, and MeTV on 68.2.^[8]

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[9]
68.1	720p	16:9	KTLN-HD	Heroes & Icons
68.2	720p		MeTV	MeTV
68.3	480i		MeTV SD	MeTV
68.4	480i		MeTV+	MeTV+

References[]

^ ^a ^b Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application
^ KTLN-TV Form 2100 - Community of License
^ RabbitEars Contour Map for KAXT-CD
^ "San Francisco TV station sold". Television Business Report. June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
^ Jessell, Harry A. (August 5, 2011). "Billionaire Michael Dell OK'd To Buy SF TV". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (KVOS-TV/KFFV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "Where to Watch MeTV in Bay Area", MeTV, Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KTLN". RabbitEars. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

External links[]

[Channel_Sharing-1] Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application

[2] KTLN-TV Form 2100 - Community of License

[3] RabbitEars Contour Map for KAXT-CD

[tvbr-saletoota-4] "San Francisco TV station sold". Television Business Report. June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.

[tvnc-ccclma-5] Jessell, Harry A. (August 5, 2011). "Billionaire Michael Dell OK'd To Buy SF TV". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

[fcc-saletoweigel-6] "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (KVOS-TV/KFFV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

[7] "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[8] "Where to Watch MeTV in Bay Area", MeTV, Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[9] "RabbitEars TV Query for KTLN". RabbitEars. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

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v t Weigel Broadcasting
Network-affiliated stations	ABC WBND-LD Azteca América KAZD ⁸ KEJR-LD KMOH-TV ⁸ KYAZ ⁸ CBS WDJT-TV CW WCIU-TV WCWW-LD Jewelry Television KHTV-CD KSFV-CD KVME-TV WAZT-CD MyNetworkTV WMYS-LD Telemundo WYTU-LD / WFBN-LD ¹ Local Now WNWT-LD
MeTV and/or MeTV+ O&O stations	KAZA-TV KAZD KCSG KFFV KMOH-TV KNLC KPOM-CD KREG-TV KYAZ WBME-CD ² WHCT-LD WJFB WJLP WWME-CD ³ WZME
Decades or/and H&I O&O stations	KAXT-CD KCSG-LD KDIT-CD KTLN-TV KVOS-TV
Independent stations	WMEU-CD ³ WMLW-TV ⁷ WRME-LD ⁴ KPOM-CD KHTV-CD
National subchannel networks	Decades ⁵ H&I MeTV MeTV+ Movies! ⁶ Start TV
Current programming	Svengoolie Toon In with Me
Former programming	First Business Green Screen Adventures
Defunct	TouchVision
¹ Carried on a digital subchannel of WMLW & WMYS. ² Carried on a digital subchannel of WDJT. ³ Carried on a digital subchannel of WCIU. ⁴ Owned by Venture Technologies Group; programmed by Weigel under an LMA as a radio station. ⁵ Joint venture with CBS Television Stations. ⁶ Joint venture with Fox Television Stations. ⁷ Shares spectrum with WBME-CD. ⁸ Carried on a digital subchannel of KAZD & KYAZ.