KXTU-LD

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KXTU-LD
Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado

Branding	SOCO CW
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) & KXRM-TV 21.2
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (KXRM Licensee, LLC)
Founded	November 1, 1999
Call letters' meaning	KX = KXRM (sister station) TU (2) may refer to this sister station status
Sister station(s)	KXRM-TV
Former callsigns	KXTU-LP (1999-2010)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 57 (UHF, 1999-2010)
Former affiliations	UPN (1999-2006)
Website	SOCO CW.com

KXTU-LD (SOCO CW), on digital channel 20, is a low-powered television station affiliated with The CW serving Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and other communities in southern Colorado. It is licensed to Colorado Springs and operates on channel 20. KXTU is a sister station to Fox affiliate KXRM-TV; both are owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Since 2008, the station has been available on KXRM's digital subchannel 21.2; its over-the-air signal is effectively limited to Colorado Springs and Pueblo.

Unlike most other low-powered stations, KXTU is available to viewers on DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as on cable systems throughout southern Colorado. This is because under the retransmission consent portion of the must-carry rules, it has the right to require cable and satellite providers to carry KXTU as part of the compensation for carrying KXRM.

On August 30, 2010, KXTU-LP flashed-cut from analog to digital on the same frequency/channel 57.^[1] In early 2012 the channel moved frequencies from 57 to 20 and rebranded from CW 57 to SOCO CW.

On February 28, 2013, Barrington Broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group, including KXTU-LD, to Sinclair Broadcast Group.^[2] The sale was completed on November 25.^[3]

Programming

The station signed on in 1999 as an affiliate of UPN, but when that network left the air on September 17, 2006, it switched to The CW, which was created by the merger of The WB (which had been available in the market by way of Denver's KWGN-TV) and UPN. Unlike its sister station, KXTU does not air news but during a breaking news event or weather bump it simulcasts KXRM's newscasts.

References

↑ CW57 to go all digital Monday, ColoradoConnection.com, Jaryd Wilson, August 24, 2010
↑ Malone, Michael (February 28, 2013). "Sinclair's Chesapeake TV Acquires Barrington Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
↑ http://www.sbgi.net/site_mgr/temp/Barrington%20Closes.pdf

External links

SOCO CW
SOCO CW on Facebook
Fox 21 News website - sister station KXRM-TV
Query the FCC's TV station database for KXTU

v t e Television stations in Southern Colorado, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo

English stations	KOAA 42 / K30JM-D 30 (5.1 NBC, 5.2 NewsFirst Now) KTSC 8 (8.1 PBS, 8.3 Create, 8.5 Audio Information Network of Colorado) KKTV 49 (11.1 CBS, 11.2 MNTV) KRDO 24 (13.1 ABC) KXRM 22 (21.1 Fox, 21.2 CW) KSPK 28 (A1/FN) K31KM-D 31 (12.1/12.2 simulcast of CPT12 PBS, 12.3 MHz WorldView) KJCS 38 (EWTN on 38.1, Torah TV on 38.3, The Walk TV on 38.6) KWHS-LD 51 (51.1 and 51.2 LeSEA) KXTU-LD 20 (57.1 CW also on KXRM 21.2)

Spanish stations	KTSC 8 (8.2 V-me) KRDO 24 (13.2 Telemundo) KZCS-LP 23 (Azteca América) KTLP 34/KTLO 45 (Telemundo also on KRDO 13.2) KJCS 38 (38.4 VidaVision, 38.5 Fuente de Vida) KVSN 48 (Univision on 48.1, Telefutura on 48.2, LATV on 48.3)

See also Media in Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver TV Albuquerque TV

v t e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Colorado

KWGN 2 (Denver) KJCT-DT 8.3 (Grand Junction / Montrose) K32CW 32/ K39AF 39 (Grand Junction / Montrose) KXTU 57 (Colorado Springs)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Colorado

v t e Sinclair Broadcast Group

ABC network affiliates	KATU KDNL KHQA KOMO KTVO KVII / KVIH WCHS WEAR WGTU / WGTQ¹ WHOI WHAM² WICD WICS WKEF WLOS WPDE WSYX WTVC WXLV

CBS network affiliates	KBAK KBOI KDBC KEPR KEYE KFDM KGAN KGBT KHQA KIMA KLEW KMEG³ KRCG KTVL KTVO KUTV KVAL / KCBY / KPIC WGME WHP WKRC WPEC WRGB WTVH⁴ WWMT

The CW network affiliates	KEPR KFDM KFRE KIMA KMTR / KTCW / KMCB⁵ KMYS² KOCB KTVL KVII / KVIH KVCW KXTU KXVO⁶ KYUU WBUI⁷ WBSF¹ WCWN WHAM² WHOI WKRC WLFL WLYH⁸ WNAB⁹ WNUV¹ WSTQ WTTO / WDBB WTVX WUCW WVTV WWHO¹⁰ WWMB¹¹ WWMT

Fox network affiliates	KABB KBFX KBSI KBTV² KDSM KFOX KFXA¹² KMPH KOKH KPTH KPTM KRXI KSAS KXRM WACH WBFF WDKY WFXL WLUC WMSN WPFO¹³ WPGH WRGT¹ WRLH WRSP / WCCU⁷ WSMH WSYT¹⁴ WTAT¹ WTTE¹ WUHF WUTV WVAH¹ WYZZ^{1, 15} WZTV

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KAME² KDBC KMTW¹⁶ KMYU KUTV KVMY WABM WCGV WDKA¹⁷ WFGX WMMP WMYA¹ WMYV WNYO WNYS¹⁴ WPMY WRDC WRGT¹ WRLH WSTR² WSYX WTCN WTTA WTVZ WUTB² WUXP

NBC network affiliates	KMTR / KMCB / KTCW⁵ KRNV / KENV¹⁸ WEYI¹¹ WJAC WLUC WNWO WOAI WPBN / WTOM WPMI² WSTM WTOV WTWC

Other affiliates	Independent station WJTC² This TV affiliates KMYU WFGX Univision KUNP^MFX KUNS^MFX KUNW-CD / KVVK / KORX Azteca América WWHB

Radio Stations	KOMO-AM KOMO-FM¹⁹ KPLZ-FM KVI

Wrestling promotion	Ring of Honor

¹Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. ²Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ³Owned by Waitt Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁴Owned by Granite Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁵Owned by Roberts Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁶Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁷Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁸Operated by Sinclair, owned by Nexstar. ⁹Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair by an outsourcing agreement. ¹⁰Owned by Manhan Media and operated by Sinclair. ¹¹Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ¹²Owned by Second Generation Ltd. and operated by Sinclair. ¹³Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group (itself 49% owned by Max Media) and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁴Owned by Bristlecone Broadcasting, Sinclair operates WSYT through transitional agreement. WNYS is owned by RKM Media, LLC, its LMA assignment will be transfered to Bristlecone. ¹⁵Operated by Nexstar under an LMA. ¹⁶Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁷Owned by WDKA Acquisition Corporation and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁸Owned by Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁹Owned by South Sound Broadcasting, Sinclair programs this station, as a simulcast of KOMO (AM).

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