KDEV

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KDEV
Image:Retro Television Network.jpg
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Channels 33 (UHF) analog,
11 (VHF) digital
Affiliations RTN
Owner Equity Broadcasting
Founded August 28, 1987
Former callsigns KKTU (1987-2005)
Former affiliations NBC (via KTWO-TV) (1987-2003)
ABC (2003-2006)

KDEV, channel 33, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is owned by Equity Broadcasting and is an affiliate of the Retro Television Network.

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On August 28, 1987, KDEV signed on as KKTU, broadcasting as a satellite of Casper's KTWO-TV.

On September 1, 2003, NBC moved their affiliation from KTWO to KCWY, also in Casper.

Meanwhile, KKTU immediately switched from NBC to ABC and began branding itself as ABC 8, after its position on the Cheyenne cable system. KKTU changed its calls to KDEV in 2005, with plans on expanding to the nearby Denver market. While the analog transmitter for KDEV is located just west of Cheyenne, WY, the digital transmitter is located approximately 50 miles south of Cheyenne just outside Fort Collins, CO.

On May 31, 2006, KTWO was sold by Equity Broadcasting Company to Silverton Media, headed by Barry Silverton. However, Equity kept KDEV, though they allowed KTWO to operate it.

KTWO later moved ABC in Cheyenne to a low-powered repeater, KKTU-LP channel 40. As a result, KDEV replaced ABC with programming from Equity's classic television network, the Retro Television Network.

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