states city baytown texas branding the kube channels digital 41 uhf virtual 57 psip subchannels 57.1 independent 57.2 the works 57.3 byn 57.4 metv 57.5 viene 57.6 comet affiliations independent owner nrj tv llc nrj tv houston license co. llc operator titan tv broadcast group first air date may 18 1988 call letters meaning from the kube branding or u. bertram bert ellis jr. partner in titan broadcast management former callsigns kltj 1988 1989 krtw 1989 1994 kvvv 1994 2000 kazh 2000 2010 former channel number s analog 57 uhf 1988 2009 former affiliations religious independent 1988 1994 valuevision 1994 2000 familynet 2000 2002 azteca am rica 2002 2007 tuvisi n 2007 2009 vasallovision 2009 2010 transmitter power 1000 kw height 580 m facility id 70492 transmitter coordinates 29 34 15 n 95 30 37 w 29.57083 n 95.51028 w 29.57083 ; 95.51028 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website 57.1 kube57.com 57.2 lameratele.com kube tv virtual channel 57 uhf digital channel 41 is an independent television station serving houston texas united states that is licensed to the suburb of baytown . the station is owned by nrj tv llc and managed by titan broadcast management . kube maintains studio facilities located on fountain view drive and burgoyne road on the southwest side of houston and its transmitter is located at the richland transmission tower in missouri city . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 as a spanish language station 1.3 as an english language independent station 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit early history edit the station first signed on the air on may 18 1988 under the callsign kltj ; it was founded by eldred thomas who had earlier built radio station kvtt fm now kkxt and television station kltj now kstr tv in dallas . the station originally operated from studios located in pasadena and a tower in anahuac and initially aired religious programs from a variety of sources including the ptl satellite network christian television network and the three angels broadcasting network . 1 the low power signal and distance from houston led to reception issues in the northern and western portions of the city ; as a result on may 18 1989 thomas moved the kltj programming and call letters to channel 22 on a tower based in alvin . 2 with the move of the kltj calls to channel 22 channel 57 changed its callsign to krtw . it later changed its call letters to kvvv a callsign formerly used on now defunct channel 16 from 1968 to 1969 in 1994 when it switched to home shopping programming from valuevision ; it then became a familynet affiliate as kazh in 2000 . during its time as kazh the station was rebroadcast in houston on translators khmv ca channel 28 and kvvv lp channel 53 ; both of these translators were taken off the air in november 2007 due to owner pappas telecasting s ongoing financial problems khmv ca was sold to uniglobe central america network llc on march 10 2010 and currently broadcasts under the call sign kugb cd ; kvvv lp was spun off to a liquidation trust and returned to the air in digital format in january 2012 . as a spanish language station edit in 2002 kazh affiliated with spanish language network azteca am rica . early in 2007 then owner pappas telecasting terminated kazh s affiliation agreement with azteca am rica effective july 1 . 3 azteca am rica programming moved to a low powered station kuvm ca ; and later to another full powered station kyaz channel 51 on date to june 30 2007 . kazh then joined pappas independent spanish language network tuvisi n. 1 on may 10 2008 thirteen of pappas stations including kazh filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . pappas cited the extremely difficult business climate for television stations across the country in papers filed with the u.s. bankruptcy court in wilmington delaware . pappas was later ordered on september 10 2008 that the affected stations must be sold off by february 15 2009 . 4 in january 2009 the pappas stations involved in the bankruptcy auction including kazh were sold to new world tv group after the sale received bankruptcy court approval . 5 on october 22 2009 kazh became the first affiliate of vasallovision a new network founded by carlos vasallo and miguel banojian ; 6 this followed the closure of tuvisi n. as an english language independent station edit citing a larger advertising market the station changed to an english language general entertainment independent format on september 27 2010 . 7 8 the station s call sign changed to kube tv on the same date . 9 on january 18 2013 nrj tv announced that it would acquire kube tv from new world tv group for 19 million as part of a two station deal that also included san francisco sister station ktnc tv ; following the sale s consummation titan broadcast management continues to operate the station . 10 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 11 57.1 720p 16 9 kube tv main kube tv programming 57.2 480i 4 3 theworks the works 57.3 byn byn vietnamese 57.4 me tv metv 57.5 viene viene spanish 57.6 comet comet during the 2011 houston livestock show and rodeo kube added programming from pegasustv on subchannel 57.4 ; 12 this was replaced by metv in 2012 . cozi tv was added to 57.5 on may 23 2013 . analog to digital conversion edit kube tv as kazh discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 57 on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 13 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 41 14 15 using psip to display kube tv s virtual channel as 57 on digital television receivers which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . programming edit syndicated programming seen on kube include the doctors the middle king of the hill the king of queens everybody loves raymond seinfeld cougar town hot bench lauren lake s paternity court judge faith forensic files justice with judge mablean bridezillas comics unleashed with byron allen community family guy and american dad . the station also carries ncaa college football and basketball games from atlantic coast conference acc . references edit duin julia may 20 1988 . new religious uhf station on the air . houston chronicle . retrieved september 15 2011 . duin julia march 30 1989 kltj to move to channel 22 houston chronicle houston texas p. 8 houston section kazh tv to lose azteca america affiliation houston business journal april 3 2007 . pappas saga turning into tragedy tvnewscheck september 24 2008 . new world gets pappas tvs for 260m . tvnewsday . january 16 2009 . retrieved january 18 2009 . vasallovision network in las vegas nevada press release . vasallovision television network . january 14 2010 . retrieved january 15 2010 . malone michael september 13 2010 . kazh houston goes from spanish to english . broadcasting & cable . retrieved september 13 2010 . barron david september 13 2010 . channel 57 switching from spanish to english . houston chronicle . retrieved september 13 2010 . petry television signs kube tv houston . radio business report television business report . nrj adds 2 stations to portfolio for 32.5 m tvnewscheck january 18 2013 . rabbitears tv query for kube pegasustv to provide live broadcasts of houston livestock show and rodeo . pegasustv.org . march 1 2011 . retrieved march 5 2011 . list of digital full power stations cdbs print consumer watch stations have more dtv work to do houston chronicle february 6 2009 . external links edit houston portal television in the united states portal kube57.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for kube biafn s media web database information on kube tv v t e television stations in houston the woodlands sugar land 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