KTMD

KTMD
Galveston/Houston, Texas
City of license Galveston, Texas
Branding Telemundo Houston
Channels Digital: 48 (UHF)
Virtual: 47 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Telemundo
Owner NBCUniversal
(NBC Telemundo License Company)
First air date 1988
Call letters' meaning TeleMunDo
Former channel number(s) Analog:
48 (1988-2002)
47 (2002-2009)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 597.1 m
Facility ID 64984
Website www.telemundohouston.com

KTMD is a full-power television station licensed to Galveston, Texas transmitting over digital channel 48, displaying channel 47 to tuners via PSIP. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is the Telemundo Owned and Operated station for Houston, Texas, and its surrounding area.

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History

KTMD took to the air in the spring of 1988 on channel 48 from a transmitter located east of Farm to Market Road 528 south of Friendswood. In 2002, KTMD was granted permission to move its analog signal to channel 47 in order to operate its digital transmitter on channel 48 in Missouri City rather than Friendswood.[1] The station also cited interference from a station in Bryan. The change to channel 47 occurred November 9, 2002.[2]

News Operation

Noticiero 48 was the name of the station's newscast when it signed on in 1988. It was changed to Noticentro 48 the following year, and back to the original "Noticiero" title in 1991, with a slight change 2002 to Noticiero 47 to reflect its new dial position. In 2010 "Noticiero Telemundo Houston" was launched.

Telemundo's parent company NBC-Universal replaced the local newscast with a regional newscast based out of the new Production Center in Dallas. At the time national organizations such as the NAHJ National Association of Hispanic Journalists criticized the move and issue formal statements against parent company NBC-Universal [3]

On February 3, 2010 true local newscasts returned to the station when the Dallas-based regional program was dropped in favor of 5 and 10 PM newscasts that are produced in the Houston studios.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Programming
47.1 main KTMD/Telemundo programming
47.2 Inmigrante TV
47.3 Infomercials

Noticero Telemundo Houston Personalities

Current

News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

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References

  1. ^ "Report and Order DA 02-2288". Federal Communications Commission. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-2288A1.txt. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  2. ^ McDaniel, Mike (November 8, 2002). "KTMD-TV to move to new channel, increase signal power". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3598250. Retrieved August 20, 2010. 
  3. ^ The National Association of Hispanic Journalists

External links

mobile site: almhouston.com

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ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
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1Coming in 2011
Defunct

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