KYNM-LP

KYNM-LP

Albuquerque, New Mexico United States
City of license	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channels	Analog: 30 (UHF) Digital: 51 (UHF)
Subchannels	30.1 MundoFox 30.2 Tuff TV 30.3 Retro TV 30.4 PBJ 30.5 QVC
Affiliations	MundoFox (2014-present)
Owner	Belmax Broadcasting, LLC
First air date	1991
Call letters' meaning	Your New Mexico
Former callsigns	K61EQ (1988-98)
Former channel number(s)	61 (1991-2004)
Former affiliations	TVU (2001-2005) Almavision (2005-2008) My Family TV (2011-2014)
Transmitter power	8410 watts (analog) 15 kW (digital)
Height	28 m (analog) 22 m (digital)
Facility ID	60795 (analog) 168093 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	35°12′44″N 106°26′58″W / 35.21222°N 106.44944°W / 35.21222; -106.44944
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	kynmtv.com

KYNM-LP and KYNM-LD are low-powered television stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico broadcasting on analog UHF channel 30 and digital channel 51 (displayed as channel 30). The analog channel has been off the air for some time. Digital channel 30.1 airs Spanish-language programming from MundoFox. Digital channel 30.2 airs programming from Tuff TV, a commercial network which broadcasts content targeted at a male audience. Digital channel 30.3 airs Retro TV which features reruns of classic TV shows. Channel 30.4 airs the Peanut Butter and Jelly (PBJ) TV network which features mostly classic children's programs both live action and animated. All three English-language commercial networks are run by Luken Communications in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 30.5 airs shopping programming from QVC.

KYNM is owned by Belmax Broadcasting.

Local programming

KYNM also showcases local programming such as "New Mexico Rides" a half-hour show about cars and other forms of transportation which airs on both digital channels 30.1 and 30.2. Also featured is "The After After Party" a local entertainment talk show hosted by local comedian Steven Michael Quezada with music from funk band The James Douglas Show. The program initially airs Saturdays on KWBQ but re-airings are shown mostly on Tuff TV 30.2 on weeknights. Channel 30.1 also features tourist information from around the state that airs weekday mornings as well as other local information. Beginning in January 2012, KYNM started airing local high school sports programming from ProView Networks on channels 30.1 and 30.2. The JENNi20 Countdown aired on KYNM from Jan to Jun 2012, but is now available on uTV Comcast Channel 26 Saturday from 4pm to 6pm. The JENNi20 Countdown was hosted by 15 year old, Jennifer Smart, the youngest radio station owner in the USA at the time when she owned KALY-AM 1240 (now KDSK).

History

From 1991-1999 this station was a low powered repeater for KCHF-TV channel 11 a religious television station based in Santa Fe, New Mexico as K61EQ channel 61. The channel began to show programming independently as KYNM-LP in 1999 as a Christian music video outlet on channel 61 branding itself as "YTV" (Your music television). It moved to channel 30 in 2004, but eventually dropped YTV for Almavision, a Spanish-language religious network. In 2008 it was again simulcasting KCHF channel 11 until February 1, 2011 when it began airing programming from My Family TV which still features a few religious programs but airs mostly secular general audience programs. On April 1, 2011 it added a second digital channel airing programming from the Tuff TV network. On September 27, 2011 KYNM became the second station after KSMI-LP in Wichita, Kansas to carry the newly launched PBJ network airing classic children's programming. On May 3, 2012 the full My Family TV schedule had moved to channel 30.3 with PBJ moving to 30.4 as the main channel on 30.1 had been featuring more local programming. WeatherNation was added in early August 2012 on channel 30.6. QVC was added on March 3, 2013 to channel 30.5. At the beginning of 2014 KYNM became the Albuquerque affiliate of MundoFox the Spanish-language network from Fox Broadcasting on digital channel 30.1 in high definition. WeatherNation and rebroadcasts from KCHF and KDAZ radio were dropped from the signal to provide the necessary bandwidth for HD broadcasts. On July 1, 2014 Retro TV replaced My Family TV (which was renamed The Family Channel in February) on digital channel 30.3. ^[1]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Low powered TV station were not required to meet the June 12, 2009 deadline.

In early September 2010 the station began broadcasting in digital on channel 51.

Recently a construction permit was granted by the FCC to move KYNM-LD to channel 21 from channel 51 which the FCC plans to eliminate for television usage.^[3]

References

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KYNM