KNXT-LD
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Branding | MyTV 53 Bakersfield |
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Ownership | |
Owner | My Central Valley,LLC |
KMSG-LD | |
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Founded | February 18, 1997 |
First air date | April 28, 2000 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 16944 |
ERP | 3kW |
HAAT | 351 m (1,153 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°26′15.8″N118°44′29.3″W/ 35.437722°N 118.741472°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
Website | www |
KNXT-LD(channel 53) is alow-power television stationinBakersfield, California,United States, affiliated withMyNetworkTV.[2]The station is owned by My Central Valley,LLC.KNXT-LD's transmitter is located on Mount Adelaide.[3]
History
[edit]The station was started as K57HZ, transmitting on channel 57, on April 28, 2000, by Cocola Broadcasting. Cocola sold the station to theRoman Catholic Diocese of Fresno,which owned regional Catholic stationKNXT(channel 49), in 2007 for $1.4 million. It then moved to channel 38 and became atranslatorof KNXT, which also appeared on Bakersfield cable systems.[4]
In 2020, the diocese shut down KNXT owing to high costs.[5]In the case of the Bakersfield translator, a digital television conversion also needed to be conducted. KIFR, anon-commercial educational station,was sold to Vita Broadcasting, while a commercial firm, My Central Valley, LLC, acquired the Bakersfield translator.[6]
Newscasts
[edit]KNXT simulcasts sister stationKMSG-LD's newscast, and offers2+1⁄2hours of news per week (30 minutes each weekday) with the San Joaquin Valley's only 8 p.m. newscast,My 53 News at 8:00,hosted by news director Austin Reed, which debuted April 1, 2022. The half-hour newscast immediately repeats.[7]
Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal ismultiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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53.1 | 720p | 16:9 | MyNet | Main KNXT-LD programming /MyNetworkTV |
53.2 | 480i | MeTV | MeTV | |
53.3 | ThisTV | This TV | ||
53.4 | TheGrio | TheGrio | ||
53.5 | H&I | Heroes & Icons | ||
53.6 | StartTV | Start TV | ||
53.7 | 4:3 | OnTV4U | OnTV4U(infomercials) | |
53.8 | 16:9 | TCT | TCT |
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KNXT-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Local Stations".MyNetworkTV.RetrievedFebruary 15,2022.
- ^"Mount Adelaide (CA) TV Stations".RabbitEars.RetrievedFebruary 11,2022.
- ^Medina, Louis (September 29, 2008)."Catholic TV channel gets a wider audience".Bakersfield Californian.RetrievedJanuary 29,2022.
- ^FCC."Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of an Analog LPTV Station Application".RetrievedFebruary 11,2022.
- ^"Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $500,000".TVNewsCheck.May 12, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 11,2022.
- ^Jones, Scott."News on the Very Cheap".FTVLive.RetrievedMay 22,2022.
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for KNXT-LD
- MyNetworkTV affiliates
- 2000 establishments in California
- Heroes & Icons affiliates
- Low-power television stations in California
- OnTV4U affiliates
- MeTV affiliates
- Start TV affiliates
- Television channels and stations established in 2000
- Television stations in Bakersfield, California
- TheGrio affiliates
- This TV affiliates
- California television station stubs