KHTV-CD

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KHTV-CD

Los Angeles, California United States
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF), shared with KAZA-TV Virtual: 6
Branding	MeTV+ Los Angeles
Programming
Affiliations	MeTV+
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting (KHTV-TV LLC)
Sister stations	KAZA-TV, KVME-TV, KPOM-CD, KSFV-CD
History
Founded	October 22, 1993
Former call signs	K38EA (1993–2000) KHTV-LP (2000–February 2012) KHTV-LD (February−July 2012)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 38 (UHF, 1993–2000), 48 (UHF, 2000–2001), 67 (UHF, 2001–2011) Digital: 27 (UHF, 2012–2019)
Former affiliations	Spanish Religious (1993–1998) Spanish Independent (1998−2000) Home Shopping en Español (2000–2002) America's Store (2002–2004) HSN (2004–2012) Jewelry TV (2012−2022)
Call sign meaning	HSN Television (former affiliation)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60026
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	872.2 m (2,862 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′47.9″N 118°3′44.3″W / 34.213306°N 118.062306°W / 34.213306; -118.062306
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KHTV-CD (channel 6) is a low-power, Class A television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network MeTV+. It is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting alongside MeTV station KAZA-TV (channel 54), Catchy Comedy outlet KPOM-CD (channel 14), and Jewelry Television affiliate KSFV-CD (channel 27). The stations share offices on Grand Central Avenue in Glendale; KAZA-TV's transmitter is located at the Mount Harvard Radio Site in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Due to its low-power status, KHTV-CD's broadcasting radius does not reach all of Greater Los Angeles. Therefore, it relys on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market.

History[edit]

The station was founded on October 22, 1993. It signed on as K38EA on channel 38, before moving to channel 48 as KHTV-LP, starting in 2000 as an affiliate of now defunct Home Shopping en Español, later rebranding to HSE (a Spanish-language channel operated by parent channel Home Shopping Network) until HSE ceased operations in June 2002. When KOCE launched its digital signal on channel 48 in 2001, this displaced KHTV-LP to channel 67. It stayed on channel 67 until December 31, 2011, when the last of the LPTV stations still using out-of-core channels 52-69 had to vacate that spectrum. In 2012, KHTV-LP converted to digital as KHTV-LD and moved to channel 27. On July 11, 2012, the station received class A status and changed its call sign to KHTV-CD. In 2019, as part of the repack, KHTV-CD moved to its current channel 22 allocation, channel sharing with MeTV owned-and-operated station KAZA-TV.

The KHTV call letters were originally used by an unrelated full-power station in Portland, Oregon, on channel 27, and in Houston on channel 39.

On February 28, 2022, KHTV-CD discontinued carrying Jewelry Television on 6.1 and replaced it with MeTV Plus. With this change, 6.1 was converted to 720p HD. All remaining subchannels carried by KHTV-CD were removed. MeTV Plus had been on KAZA-DT3 since its expansion to Weigel-owned stations in September 2021.

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