KTVD
 
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Denver, Colorado United States |
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| Branding | Channel 20 (general) 9 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Everywhere |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 20 () |
| Translators | K14JZ-D Peetz K49EX-D Anton K31IQ-D Sterling |
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| Owner |
Tegna (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) |
| First air date | December 1, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Denver |
| Sister station(s) | KUSA |
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| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 374 m |
| Facility ID | 68581 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′51″N 105°13′54″W / 39.73083°N 105.23167°WCoordinates: 39°43′51″N 105°13′54″W / 39.73083°N 105.23167°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KTVD, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 19), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Denver, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by Tegna as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KUSA (channel 9). The two stations share studio facilities located on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood (to the immediate southeast of the studios shared by KWGN-TV (channel 2) and KDVR (channel 31)); KTVD maintains transmitter facilities atop Lookout Mountain (near Golden). On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 657. It's also available on Century Link PRISM channel 20 & high definition channel 1020.
Prior to KTVD's sign on, the UHF channel 20 allocation in Denver was occupied by KHBC, which signed on in the mid-1950s. The station was hampered by low viewership as only a small percentage of television sets in the area were even capable of receiving UHF stations since set manufacturers were not required to equip televisions with UHF tuners until the Federal Communications Commission passed the All-Channel Receiver Act in 1961, although UHF tuners were not included on all newer sets until 1964. This played a major factor in KHBC ultimately shutting down. A later construction permit for a planned station using the callsign KIRV that would have operated on the same channel expired without any station signing on.
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