KTTW

KTTW
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
United States
Branding Fox 7
Channels Digital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
Subchannels 7.1 Fox
7.2 This TV
7.3 Cozi TV
Affiliations Fox
Owner Independent Communications, Inc.
First air date 1987 (1987)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
17 (UHF, 1987–2009)
Transmitter power 7.5 kW
Height 217.6 m (714 ft)
Facility ID 28521
Transmitter coordinates 43°30′18.3″N 96°33′22.7″W / 43.505083°N 96.556306°W / 43.505083; -96.556306
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kttw.com
KTTM
(satellite of KTTW)
Huron, South Dakota
United States
Branding see KTTW infobox
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Virtual: 12 (PSIP)
Subchannels 12.1 Fox
12.2 This TV
12.3 Cozi TV
Affiliations Fox
Owner Independent Communications, Inc.
First air date 1991 (1991)[1]
Former channel number(s) Analog:
12 (VHF, 1991–2009)
Digital:
22 (UHF, until 2009)
Transmitter power 12.6 kW
Height 257 m (843 ft)
Facility ID 28501
Transmitter coordinates 44°11′39.0″N 98°19′5.0″W / 44.194167°N 98.318056°W / 44.194167; -98.318056 (KTTM)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information:
(satellite of KTTW) Profile

(satellite of KTTW) CDBS

KTTW is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. It broadcasts a high-definition digital signal on virtual and VHF channel 7 from a transmitter in Rowena, South Dakota. KTTW is owned by a group of local investors and maintains studio facilities on West 11th Street in Sioux Falls. It operates a full satellite station in Huron: KTTM (virtual and VHF digital channel 12); this station's transmitter is located near Alpena, South Dakota.

History

The station signed on May 29, 1987 as the first non-Big Three network commercial station in South Dakota. It has been a Fox affiliate for its entire existence. For its first six years on the air, it was effectively South Dakota's first general entertainment independent station. Fox didn't air a full week's worth of programming until 1993, and until then most early Fox affiliates were programmed as independents.

Until 1996, when KEVN-TV switched affiliations from NBC, it was also the state's only Fox affiliate.

KTTW aired on analog channel 17 since its inception. But while most TV stations kept their PSIP virtual channels the same as their former analog channel after the digital transition, KTTW rebranded from "Fox 17" to "Fox 7" and shows up on PSIP virtual channel 7. KTTW has never had a news operation.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2][3]
7.1
12.1		720p16:9KTTW-HD
KTTM-HD		Main programming / Fox
7.2 / 12.2480i4:3ThisTVThis TV
7.3 / 12.3Cozi-TVCozi TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTTW and KTTM shut down their analog signals respectively for the 2009:[4]

  • KTTW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 17; the station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 7.
  • KTTM shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 22 to VHF channel 12.

Translators

The programming of KTTW is also rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

References

  1. ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KTTM signed on September 7, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on August 31.
  2. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTW
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTTM
  4. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.


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