KNMT
KNMT, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 32), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Portland, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KNMT's studios and offices are located on Northeast 74th Street in Portland, and its transmitter is located in the Sylvan-Highlands section of the city, near the West Hills of Portland. The station is available on Comcast cable channel 20, and is carried on several other cable providers in the area.
| Portland–Salem, Oregon– Vancouver, Washington United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Channels | Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | 24.1: TBN (O&O) 24.2: Hillsong Channel 24.3: Smile 24.4: Enlace 24.5: Positiv |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Licensee | Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc. |
| First air date | November 1989[1] |
| Call sign meaning | National Minority Television (former owner) |
| Former call signs | KTDZ-TV (1989–1990) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 24 (UHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 45 (UHF, 2003–2019) |
| Transmitter power | 777 kW |
| Height | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Facility ID | 47707 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′57.8″N 122°44′3.1″W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information | Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
History
The station was founded on June 7, 1985, and began broadcasting operations on November 16, 1989; it was Portland's first full-power, full-service religious broadcast station. The station primarily carries programming from the TBN satellite feed, but also produces and broadcasts locally produced programs such as the religious program Northwest Praise the Lord (a local version of TBN's flagship program Praise the Lord) and the public affairs show Northwest Focus.
The station was formerly owned by National Minority Television (hence its call letters), a de facto subsidiary of TBN that was used by the network to circumvent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s television station ownership restrictions. While TBN founder Paul Crouch was NMTV's president, one of its directors was African American and the other was Latino, which met the FCC's definition of a "minority-controlled" firm.[2] In mid-2008, the station and its NMTV sisters came directly under TBN ownership.
As of 2019, only KNMT-DT1 and the satellite feed of Enlace are carried by Comcast locally.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | Main TBN programming |
| 24.2 | Hillsng | Hillsong Channel | ||
| 24.3 | 480i | 4:3 | SMILE | Smile |
| 24.4 | Enlace | Enlace | ||
| 24.5 | 16:9 | Positiv | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[3] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45 (although it was originally slated to move its digital signal to UHF channel 24),[4] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24.
References
- The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says November 17, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 16.
- Pinsky, Mark. Liberal Reading of FCC Minority Rule Has Helped TBN's Growth, Los Angeles Times, 1989-01-28.
- RabbitEars TV Query for KNMT
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.