cheyenne wyoming branding rocky mountain ctn slogan enjoy life . consider eternity . channels digital 11 vhf virtual 33 psip translators kqdk cd 39 denver affiliations .1 ctn .2 ctni .3 ctn .4 lifestyle family television owner casa media partners llc operated by christian television network casa en denver inc. first air date august 28 1987 ; 29 years ago 1987 08 28 call letters meaning k equity cheyenne k referring to former owner former callsigns kktu 1987 2005 kdev 2005 2008 former channel number s analog 33 uhf 1987 2008 former affiliations primary nbc 1987 2003 abc 2003 2006 2008 2009 rtn 2006 2009 amgtv 2009 sportstv 2009 2010 vasallovision 2010 2012 mundofox 2012 2014 secondary the wb 1995 1998 transmitter power 16 kw height 650 m facility id 18287 transmitter coordinates 40 32 46.5 n 105 11 51.9 w 40.546250 n 105.197750 w 40.546250 ; 105.197750 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website rockymountainctn.com kqck virtual channel 33 vhf digital channel 11 is a christian television network affiliated television station located in cheyenne wyoming united states which also serves denver colorado . the station is owned by casa media partners llc . kqck maintains studio facilities on east lincoln way near u.s. 30 in southeastern cheyenne and its transmitter is located on horsetooth mountain just outside fort collins . the station s signal is relayed on low power translator station kqdk cd channel 39 in aurora colorado . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit the station was originally assigned the call letters kdbj when the station was first licensed by the federal communications commission on august 14 1985 . the station first signed on the air on august 28 1987 as kktu . it originally operated as a satellite station of nbc affiliate ktwo tv channel 2 now an abc affiliate in casper . as a result of kktu s sign on cheyenne became one of the last markets in the united states to receive full time affiliations from the three major broadcast networks . prior to 1987 nbc programming had been relegated to off hours clearances on kgwn tv channel 5 although the network s denver affiliate kcnc tv channel 4 had been available in the area on cable television for decades . for a time starting in 1995 kktu along with ktwo had a secondary affiliation with the wb . 1 on september 1 2003 the nbc affiliation in casper moved from ktwo to kcwy channel 13 . although ktwo temporarily became an independent station at that time until it could acquire the abc affiliation from kfnb channel 20 kktu was able to immediately switch to abc ; it began branding itself as abc 8 in reference to its channel placement on cheyenne area cable systems . this made cheyenne one of the last markets in the country to have an abc affiliate . before the switch abc programming had been piped into cheyenne via cable from out of market stations first via kusa tv channel 9 then from kmgh tv channel 7 following a three way network affiliation switch that occurred on september 10 1995 . kmgh had actually operated a translator in cheyenne since the late 1990s . on may 31 2005 the station changed its call letters to kdev with plans on expanding its signal into the nearby denver market . indeed it built the tower for its digital transmitter in fort collins in the denver market . on may 31 2006 the equity broadcasting corporation sold ktwo to silverton media . equity retained ownership of kdev but entered into a local marketing agreement with silverton to operate it as a satellite of ktwo . equity later moved the abc affiliation in cheyenne to a low powered repeater kktu lp channel 40 and switched kdev s affiliation to its in house classic television network the retro television network . on june 8 2008 kdev began simulcasting kktu lp s abc programming over its analog signal restoring the abc 8 branding and on its second digital subchannel . nine days later on june 17 2008 the station changed its call sign to kqck . on january 4 2009 a contract conflict between equity and luken communications which had acquired rtn in june 2008 resulted in many rtn affiliates losing the network s programming . 2 as a result luken moved rtn s operations to its headquarters in chattanooga tennessee and dropped its programming from all equity owned affiliates including kqck effective immediately . 3 rtn would eventually sign a deal to affiliate with sterling based kcdo tv channel 3 that may . 4 kqck subsequently switched to amgtv and then later to sportstv . on april 16 2009 kqck along with two other television stations were purchased at auction by valley bank for 7 million . 5 valley bank in turn filed to sell kqck and aurora colorado repeater kqdk ca to an ownership group connected to fusion communications on september 9 . 6 abc programming remained on kqck dt2 and channel 40 by then renamed kdev lp until 2009 when ktwo began simulcasting its programming over the second digital subchannel of klwy channel 27 . kqck and kdev lp eventually parted ways ; the latter station eventually switched to mynetworktv and then me tv before shutting down in 2012 . kqck kqdk ca logo during its affiliation with vasallovision . in january 2010 kqck joined the spanish language network vasallovision . 7 kqck was acquired by casa media partners in april 2012 . 8 the station subsequently switched its affiliation to mundofox on august 13 2012 ; 9 in late 2014 kqck dropped mundofox for the christian television network . 10 11 casa media partners filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on april 14 2015 . 12 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 33.1 1080i 16 9 kqck tv main kqck programming ctn 33.2 480i 4 3 ctni ctni christian programming in spanish 33.3 ctn ctn national feed 33.4 lifesty lifestyle family tv christian based family entertainment analog to digital conversion edit kqck shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 33 on june 27 2008 as a result of an equipment failure that forced the station to shut down the analog signal ; however it continued to transmit its programming over its digital signal and on cable via a direct to studio transmission link . due to the cost of repairing the analog facilities and the proximity of the end of the digital television transition kqck requested to permanently shut down its analog transmissions . 13 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition vhf channel 11 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 33 . references edit smith doug november 1995 . tv news pdf . vhf uhf digest . pp. 11 ; 13 . retrieved april 18 2015 . what s wrong with mytv tv newsday financial dispute disrupts rtn diginet 1 5 2009 . kcdo denver adding retro tv network . tvnewsday . may 7 2009 . retrieved june 21 2009 . equity stations get 21 million in auction . broadcasting & cable . april 17 2009 . retrieved september 29 2009 . equity media props spin again . television business report . september 9 2009 . retrieved september 11 2009 . vasallovision network in las vegas nevada press release . vasallovision television network . january 14 2010 . retrieved february 6 2010 . denver tv cheyenne lp go for 9 million . tvnewscheck . april 11 2012 . retrieved august 9 2012 . ostrow joanne august 6 2012 . mundo fox coming to denver on channel 33 . denver post . retrieved august 9 2012 . fcc 398 children s television programming report . kidvid public access . federal communications commission . october 6 2014 . retrieved april 18 2015 . fcc 398 children s television programming report . kidvid public access . federal communications commission . january 9 2015 . retrieved april 18 2015 . bandell brian april 17 2015 . miami based owner of radio and tv stations files chapter 11 with 13m in debt . south florida business journal . retrieved april 18 2015 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . fcc cdbs database . june 27 2008 . retrieved august 16 2008 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for kqck biafn s media web database information on kqck tv v t e television stations in eastern wyoming and western nebraska including cheyenne wyoming cheyenne wy kcdo 3.1 ind 3.2 grit 3.3 hsn kgwn 5.1 cbs 5.2 nbc 5.3 cw kchw kwyp 8.1 pbs wypbs kchy 13 nbc kzde ld 14.1 tbn kktq ld 16.1 abc kfct 22.1 fox 22.2 antenna tv klwy 27.1 fox 27.2 abc 27.3 metv mynetworktv kqck 33.1 ctn 33.2 ctni 33.3 ctn 33.4 lifestyle kmah lp 39 cor kkrr lp 45 ind kgsc ld 47.1 ind kbro ld 49.1 alma laramie wy k19fx d 5.1 cbs 5.2 nbc 5.3 cw kwyp 8.1 pbs wypbs kwym lp 14 nbc kpah lp 24 cor scottsbluff ne knep k09yh d 4.1 abc 4.2 nbc kstf 10.1 cbs 10.2 nbc 10.3 cw ktne 13.1 pbs net defunct stations ktuw 16.1 rtv ind scottsbluff kdev lp 40 abc mntv metv cheyenne kchd ca 43 daystar cheyenne k57af 57 pbs rmpbs laramie k59am 59 cw laramie see also casper tv denver tv salt lake city tv rapid city tv lincoln tv v t e television stations in the greater denver area english stations kwgn tv 2.1 cw 2.2 this tv kcnc tv 4.1 cbs .2 decades kmgh tv 7.1 abc 7.2 azteca 7.3 laff 7.4 24 7 news kusa 9.1 nbc 9.2 weathernation tv ktfd dt 14.2 bounce 14.3 gettv kzco ld 17.1 azteca 17.4 24 7 news ktvd 20.1 mntv 20.2 metv kzdn ld 26.1 movies 26.2 h & i 26.3 hsn 26.4 classic tv 26.5 classic western klpd ld 28.1 hsn 28.3 kcdo tv ind 28.4 kpkr 28.5 tv scout kdvr 31.1 fox 31.2 antenna tv kpxc tv 59.1 ion 59.2 qubo 59.3 ion life public television krma tv 6.1 pbs 6.3 create kbdi tv 12.1 pbs 12.2 pbs encore kbdi 12.3 mhz worldview spanish stations kxdp lp 6 audio espn deportes radio krma 6.2 v me kmgh tv 7.2 kzco ld 17.2 aza ktfd dt 14.1 unim s kzco ld 17.2 aza kden tv 25.1 tmd 25.2 exitos tv kqck kqdk cd 33.2 39.2 ctni kpjr tv 38.4 enlace kcec 50.1 uni 50.2 latv ketd 53.1 estrella religious stations kdeo ld 23.1 ewtn1 23.2 my family 23.3 ewtn2 23.4 vida kqck kqdk cd 33.1 3 39.1 3 ctn 33.4 39.4 lifestyle kpjr tv 38.1 tbn 38.2 church 38.3 juce tv 38.5 smile krmt 41.1 daystar ketd 53.2 lesea cable channels altitude cet adjacent areas glenwood springs kreg tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 kgjt cd mynetworktv cripple creek k05md d 5.1 son life 5.2 punch tv fort collins greeley kcdo tv 3.1 ind 3.3 hsn kgwn tv 5.1 cbs 5.2 kcwy dt nbc 5.3 the cw kfct 22.1 fox 22.2 antenna tv avon vail k36db cd 36 k45ie d 45 outside nebraska ktne tv krne tv 13.1 12.1 pbs net net1 hd 13.2 12.2 world net2 13.3 12.3 create colorado broadcast television areas by city albuquerque santa fe nm colorado springs pueblo denver grand junction montrose see also cheyenne tv v t e christian television network kfxb knlj kqck kqdk w50en tbn wclf welu ctni weph wfgc wgnm whbr whtn wlcf wlcn wqsj ctni wrxy wsjn ctni wtjr wusp daystar wvlr wvqs ctni wvup wybu retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kqck & oldid 742596011 categories television stations in cheyenne wyomingequity media holdingstelevision channels and stations established