KTEL-CD

KTEL-CD / KTEL-TV

Albuquerque / Carlsbad, New Mexico United States
Branding	Telemundo Nuevo Mexico
Channels	Analog: See table Digital: See table
Translators	K28IR Las Vegas K30HS Taos
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	Ramar Communications Inc.
First air date	see table below
Call letters' meaning	TELemundo
Sister station(s)	KRTN-LD, KUPT-LD
Former callsigns	KTEL-CD: K56FB (1992-2007) K47JZ (2007) KTEL-LP (2007-2015) KTEL-CA (2015) KTEL-TV: KAXN (1997) KUPC (1997-2000)
Former channel number(s)	KTEL-CD Analog: 56 (1994-2007) 47 (2007-2015)
Transmitter power	see table below
Height	see table below
Class	A
Facility ID	see table below
Transmitter coordinates	see table below
Website	www.telemundonewmexico.com

KTEL-CD is a Spanish-language low-power television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of Telemundo. Founded November 28, 1994, the station is owned by Ramar Communications.

KTEL-TV is the full-powered satellite station based in Carlsbad, New Mexico broadcasting on digital channel 25. This station is available statewide on Dish Network and DirecTV on channel 25.

Ramar also owns KRTN-LD channel 39 a low-powered digital station licensed in Albuquerque, but also owns KRTN-TV in Durango, Colorado. Both stations are affiliated with the Me-TV network. KRTN-LD also broadcasts KTEL programming in digital displayed as channel 47.1.

Stations

KTEL-CD is now broadcasting on channel 15.1 as a digital station. KTEL-TV broadcasts in digital.

Station	City of license	Channels	First air date	ERP	HAAT	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
KTEL-CD	Albuquerque, New Mexico	15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP)	1997	68.2 kW	1215 m	55056
KTEL-TV	Carlsbad, New Mexico	25 (UHF)	2000	50 kW	120 m	83707

In addition, KTEL-CD programming is broadcast on the following low-power repeater stations in New Mexico:

• Las Vegas — K28IR
• Taos — K30HS

History

KTEL-CD signed on in late 1997 on UHF channel 15 as an affiliate of Telemundo. Telemundo had previously aired in Albuquerque on K59DB (now KTVS-LD) channel 59 since about 1988. It moved to UHF channel 53 in early 1999 just before full-powered station KAPX (now KTFQ) signed on channel 14. The station transmitted on UHF channel 53 from 1999-2007. KTEL-LP changed frequencies and broadcasts to channel 47 since channel 53 was part of the UHF band (Ch. 52-69) that the FCC had auctioned off from television broadcasts following the digital TV transition. Transmission on channel 53 ceased in early December 2007. The station call letters had not changed. KTEL-LP changed its call sign to KTEL-CA on March 19, 2015, and again on May 7, 2015 to the current KTEL-CD.

KTEL logo 1999-2007

KTEL-TV in Carlsbad, New Mexico signed on in 2000 as a full-powered satellite for KTEL-LP. KTEL also had a full-powered satellite in Durango, Colorado from 2001-2011 on KTLL channel 33. That station is now KRTN-TV a satellite for KRTN-LD a MeTV affiliate and rebroadcasts KTEL on digital channel 47.1.

Santa Fe was previously covered by translator K46GY on UHF channel 46 which broadcast at 150kW from a directional antenna from atop Sandia Crest pointed towards the area. The translator was previously K52BS channel 52 from 1989-2003.

Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, KTEL-TV did not receive a companion channel for digital television stations. Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KTEL-TV was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signals (called a "flash-cut").

KTEL-LP continued running in analog but had a construction permit to flash-cut to digital broadcasting on channel 47. On August 11, 2014 Ramar Communications was granted construction permits to build new stations to replace KTEL-LP on UHF channel 15 and Santa Fe translator K46GY on UHF channel 16. Analog broadcasts on both stations ceased on September 3, 2014. At the end of September both stations went on the air testing their digital signals. Both stations have antenna patterns to cover both the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas. Channel 16 has changed to KUPT-LD and now adds a new station to the Albuquerque TV market as well as giving Ramar a third station to its local cluster alongside KTEL-LD and KRTN-LD.

KRTN-LD has broadcast KTEL programming in digital since May 2009.

External links

• Telemundo Nuevo Mexico - official site

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTEL-CD
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K28IR
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K30HS
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K46GY
    • Query the FCC's TV station database for KUPT-LD
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTEL-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTEL-TV
• LyngSat page for AMC-5 satellite [3]