KTES-LD

KTES-LD
Abilene, Texas
United States
Branding MeTV Abilene
Channels Digital: 26 (UHF)
Virtual: 40 (PSIP)
Translators KTXS-DT 12.3 (20.3 UHF) Sweetwater
Affiliations MeTV (2014–present)
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group
(Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC)
First air date 1995 (1995)
Call letters' meaning TExaS
Former callsigns K40BM (1995–2001)
KTES-LP (2001–2018)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
40 (UHF, 1995–2018)
Former affiliations This TV (1995–2010)
Telemundo (2010–2014)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 317 m (1,040 ft)
Class LD
Facility ID 64972
Transmitter coordinates 32°24′48.4″N 100°6′26.3″W / 32.413444°N 100.107306°W / 32.413444; -100.107306
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS

KTES-LD, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 26), is a low-powered MeTV-affiliated television station licensed to Abilene, Texas, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is a sister station to Sweetwater-licensed ABC affiliate KTXS-TV (channel 12). The two stations share studios on North Clack Street in Abilene and transmitter facilities near Trent, Texas. In addition to its own digital signal, the station is simulcast in standard definition on KTXS' third digital subchannel.

History

The station was founded in 1995. It previously carried Telemundo, but switched to This TV on September 1, 2010.[1] Telemundo programming moved to KTAB-DT2 in 2014.

References

  1. Adame, Jaime (August 27, 2010). "Telemundo giving way to This TV in Abilene". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
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