KTMJ-CA

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KTMJ-CA
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = "FOX 43"
analog = 43 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
founded = August 29,1989
location = Topeka, Kansas
callsign_meaning = K Topeka Manhattan Junction City
former_callsigns = K15BQ (1989-1994)
K43EO (1994-2001)
owner = Montgomery Communications
"sale pending to New Vision Television"
former_affiliations = UPN (secondary, until 2003)
effective_radiated_power = 29.3 kW
HAAT =
class = Class A
homepage = [http://www.myfoxtopeka.com/ www.myfoxtopeka.com]

KTMJ-CA is a low-power television station in Topeka, Kansas, broadcasting locally on channel 43 as an affiliate of Fox. The station is owned by New Vision Television.

KTMJ-CA has three repeaters that broadcast the Fox signal to the majority of the Topeka viewing area:
*KTLJ-CA channel 6, Junction City, Kansas - the original KTMJ-CA before Topeka became the flagship home
*KMJT-CA channel 15, Ogden, Kansas
*KETM-CA channel 17, Emporia, Kansas

History

KTMJ-CA carried UPN as a secondary affiliation until 2003.

As of April 2007, KTMJ-CA simulcasts WDAF-TV newscasts out of Kansas City at 7am, 8am, and 9pm.

On July 7, 2008, New Vision Television, owners of NBC affiliate KSNT announced their intentions to buy KTMJ-CA and its repeaters from Montgomery Communications. [ [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/07/07/daily.6/ TVNEWSDAY - New Vision Buying KTMJ Topeka, KS ] ]

Repeater stations

KTLJ-CA

KTLJ-CA began life on June 16, 1982 as K06KZ. It became a low-powered Fox affiliate under the callsign KTMJ-LP (Topeka Manhattan Junction City). It was known as KTMJ-TV 6 in TV Guide listings and other references in newspapers. It became a Class A station in 2001, and became KTMJ-CA. The KTMJ calls would be moved to a Topeka repeater of the Junction City, leaving the original KTMJ to become KTLJ-CA, while the modern KTMJ-CA became the flagship of several Class A Fox stations in the Topeka viewing area. It broadcasts with a ERP of 0.016 kW.

KMJT-CA

KMJT-CA began life on August 4, 1992 as K15DQ. It became a Class A repeater of the original KTMJ-CA (now KTLJ-CA) on September 24, 2001. When the KTMJ-CA calls were moved to channel 43 in Topeka and KTMJ-CA became the flagship station, KMJT-CA became a repeater of channel 43. It broadcasts with a ERP of 10.9 kW.

KETM-CA

KETM-CA went on the air on November 30, 1988 as K17CK. Eventually it became a repeater of KTMJ-LP/CA. In 2001, it became a Class A station and changed its' call letters to KETM-CA. When the KTMJ-CA calls were moved to channel 43 in Topeka and KTMJ-CA became the flagship station, KETM-CA became a repeater of channel 43. It broadcasts with a ERP of 22.3 kW.

References

External links

* [http://www.myfoxtopeka.com/ Official website]
*TVQ|KTMJ-CA
*TVQ|KTLJ-CA
*TVQ|KMJT-CA
*TVQ|KETM-CA