KHTV-CD
| Los Angeles, California | |
|---|---|
| Branding | GEN TV |
| Slogan | From LA to the World capital of Entertainment |
| Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) |
| Subchannels |
27.1 English independent 27.2 Mana de Cielo 27.3 HSN2 27.4 Jewelry Television 27.5 Al Karma TV |
| Translators |
KEDD-LP 69 Los Angeles KPOM-CD 14 Ontario KDBK-LD 27 Bakersfield |
| Affiliations | English independent |
| Owner | Max Forzan |
| Founded | October 22, 1993 |
| Call letters' meaning | K HSN TeleVision |
| Former callsigns |
K38EA (1993-1995) DK38EA (1995-1996) K38EA (1996-1999) KHTV-LP (1999-2012) KHTV-LD (2012) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 67 (licensed, 1999-2011) |
| Former affiliations |
Spanish Religious (1993-1998) Spanish Independent / HSE (1998-2002) America's Store (2002-2004) HSN (2004-2012) |
| Transmitter power | 8.1 kW |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 60026 |
KHTV-CD is a digital Class A television station in Los Angeles, California, owned by Max Forzan. The station transmits from the Los Angeles California Universal Studios Los Angeles California. Its city of license is Los Angeles.
History
The station was founded on October 22, 1993. It signed on as translator K38EA on channel 38, before moving to channel 67 as KHTV-LP, starting in 2000 as an affiliate of now defunct Home Shopping en Español, later rebranding to HSE (Spanish-language channel operated by parent channel Home Shopping Network) until HSE ceased operations in June 2002. 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 its current channel 27 allotment. On July 11, 2012, the station received class A status and changed its call sign to KHTV-CD.In September of 2018 the station got bought by Max Forzan a former multiplatinum singer and was register as GEN TV (Goliath Entertainment Network) and it will start new programing on January of 2019 around the USA and in a digital partnership with Apple TV around the world.
The KHTV call letters were once used by an unrelated full-power station in Houston, Texas on channel 39. That station became KHWB, then KHCW, and is now known as KIAH and has been affiliated with The WB (now The CW) since 1995.
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