KMTW
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| KMTW | |
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| Hutchinson, Kansas / Wichita, Kansas | |
| Branding | My TV Wichita |
| Channels | 36 (UHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | My Kansas Broadcasting Network (MKBN) (sale pending) |
| Founded | January 6, 2001 |
| Call letters meaning | Kansas My Network TV Wichita |
| Former callsigns | KSCC (2001-2006) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (2001-2006) |
| Website | mytvwichita.com |
KMTW, channel 36, also known as My TV Wichita, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Wichita area. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications as a sister to FOX affiliate KSAS (of which it shares some programs with), and it is licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas. The station made its debut on January 6, 2001. Its transmitter is located near Halstead, Kansas.
At its sign-on, KMTW, then known as KSCC, was owned by Paramount Stations Group (then a subsidiary of Viacom, now part of CBS Corporation as the CBS Television Stations Group), a rarity for a market of Wichita's size. In late 2001, Viacom sold the station to Mercury Broadcasting, a "front" company for Clear Channel known for owning radio stations with Clear Channel buying the station outright in 2003.
On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including KMTW, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm.
[edit] My Network TV
On January 24, 2006, the WB and UPN networks announced that they would merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. The merger officially took effect on-air in September, 2006. Former WB affiliate, KSCW, became the Wichita area CW affiliate.
On February 22, 2006, Fox announced that they would start up a new primetime network to be called My Network TV, which launched on September 5, 2006. My Network TV is operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, Twentieth Television. The idea behind My Network TV was to give WB and UPN station another option besides becoming CW or independent.
It was announced on June 15, 2006 that KSCC would become the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Wichita.[citation needed] MNTV is owned by FOX, which is the affiliation of sister station KSAS. KSCC changed its call letters to KMTW on August 1, 2006. The station branding with MNTV affiliation became My TV Wichita.
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Wichita-Hutchinson: KSNW 3 (NBC) - KCTU-LP 5 (ION) - KPTS 8 (PBS) - KAKE 10 (ABC) - KWCH 12 (CBS) - KSAS 24 (Fox) - K28JB 28 (TBN) - KSCW 33 (The CW) - KMTW 36 (MNTV) - KFVT-LP 40 (Ind.) - KGPT-CA 49 (A1/WHT/Faith) - KSMI-LP 51 (AZA) Great Bend-Hays-Salina (Central Kansas): KSNC 2 / K06LZ 6 (NBC) - KBSH 7 (CBS) - KOOD 9 (PBS) - KOCW 14 / KAAS 18 (Fox) - K15CN 15 (TBN) - K25CV 25 / K30GD 30 / K51GC 51 (ABC) Colby-Goodland-McCook (NW Kansas/SW Nebraska): KLBY 4 (ABC) - KSNK 8 (NBC) - KBSL 10 (CBS) - K23BU 23 / K32BY 32 (PBS) Dodge City-Garden City (SW Kansas): KSWK 3 / KDCK 21 (PBS) - KBSD 6 (CBS) - KSNG 11 (NBC) - KUPK 13 (ABC) - KSAS-LP 29 / KAAS-LP 31 (Fox) - K39FW 39 / K43HN 43 (TBN) |
