united states branding soco cw channels digital 20 uhf & kxrm tv 22.2 virtual 21.2 psip subchannels 20.1 the cw 20.2 mundomax 1 affiliations the cw 2006 present owner media general lin television corporation first air date november 5 1999 ; 16 years ago 1999 11 05 1 call letters meaning kx kxrm sister station tu 2 may refer to this sister station status sister station s kxrm tv former callsigns kxtu lp 1999 2010 1 former channel number s analog 57 uhf 1999 2010 former affiliations upn 1999 2006 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website fox21news.com category sococw kxtu ld on digital channel 20 is a low powered television station affiliated with the cw serving colorado springs pueblo and other communities in southern colorado . it is licensed to colorado springs and operates on channel 20 . kxtu is a sister station to fox affiliate kxrm tv ; both are owned by media general . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 references 4 external links history edit kxtu went on the air as kxtu lp on november 5 1999 1 as an upn affiliate under the brand of upn57 . with the market realignment due to ending of upn in the summer of 2006 kxtu affiliated with the cw . since 2008 the station has been available on kxrm s digital subchannel 21.2 ; its over the air signal is effectively limited to colorado springs and pueblo . unlike most other low powered stations kxtu is available to viewers on directv and dish network as well as on cable systems throughout southern colorado . this is because under the retransmission consent portion of the must carry rules kxrm has the right to require cable and satellite providers to carry kxtu as part of the compensation for carrying kxrm . on august 30 2010 kxtu lp flashed cut from analog to digital on the same frequency channel 57 . 2 kxtu lp switch on october 27 2010 to the kxtu ld call sign . 1 in early 2012 the channel moved frequencies from 57 to 20 and rebranded from cw 57 to soco cw . on february 28 2013 barrington broadcasting announced the sale of its entire group including kxtu ld to sinclair broadcast group . 3 the sale was completed on november 25 . 4 on august 20 2014 sinclair announced that it would sell kxrm tv and kxtu ld along with wtta in tampa bay to media general in a swap for wjar in providence rhode island wluk tv and wcwf in green bay and wtgs in savannah georgia . the swap is part of media general s merger with lin media . 5 6 the sale was completed on december 19 . 7 a condition of the sale maintained the station s affiliation with sinclair s american sports network package of college sports . 8 programming edit the station signed on in 1999 as an affiliate of upn but when that network left the air on september 17 2006 it switched to the cw which was created by the merger of the wb which had been available in the market by way of denver s kwgn tv and upn . unlike its sister station kxtu does not air news but during a breaking news event or weather bump it simulcasts kxrm s newscasts . references edit a b c d e digital tv market listing for kxtu . rabbit ears.info . retrieved 9 september 2014 . cw57 to go all digital monday coloradoconnection.com jaryd wilson august 24 2010 malone michael february 28 2013 . sinclair s chesapeake tv acquires barrington stations . broadcasting & cable . retrieved march 1 2013 . http www.sbgi.net site mgr temp barrington % 20closes.pdf media general lin sell stations in 5 markets . tvnewscheck . august 20 2014 . retrieved august 20 2014 . malone michael august 20 2014 . media general lin divest stations in five markets . broadcasting & cable . retrieved august 20 2014 . sinclair broadcast group closes on certain station acquisitions and divestitures with media general press release sinclair broadcast group retrieved 19 december 2014 minium harry august 27 2014 . odu s opener with hampton to be televised in 66 markets . hamptonroads.com . the virginian pilot . retrieved september 8 2014 . external links edit soco cw query the fcc s tv station database for kxtu v t e television stations in southern colorado including colorado springs and pueblo english language stations koaa tv 5 k30jm d 30 xx .1 nbc xx .2 newsfirst now ktsc 8.1 pbs 8.3 create 8.5 audio information network of colorado kktv 11.1 cbs 11.2 mntv metv krdo tv 13.1 abc 13.2 telemundo kxrm tv 21.1 fox 21.2 cw 21.3 ion kspk lp 28.1 a1 amgtv k31km d 31 12.1 12.2 simulcast of kbdi tv pbs 12.3 mhz worldview kjcs ld ewtn on 38.1 torah tv on 38.3 the walk tv on 38.6 kwhs ld 51.1 lesea 51.2 cozi tv kxtu ld 57.1 cw also on kxrm 21.2 spanish language stations ktsc 8.2 v me krdo tv 13.2 telemundo kzcs lp 23 azteca ktlp 34 ktlo 45 telemundo also on krdo 13.2 kjcs ld 38.4 vidavision 38.5 fuente de vida kvsn dt univision on 48.1 unim s on 48.2 latv on 48.3 kxtu ld 57.2 mundomax see also media in colorado springs colorado denver tv albuquerque tv v t e cw network affiliates in the state of colorado kwgn 2 denver kjct lp 8.2 grand junction montrose k32cw 32 k39af 39 grand junction montrose kxtu 57 colorado springs see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in colorado v t e media general inc. corporate directors j. stewart bryan iii cob marshall n. morton o. reid ashe jr. john a. schauss diana f. cantor charles a. davis thompson l. rankin rodney a. smolla walter e. williams coleman wortham iii h. graham woodlief jr. james a. zimmerman kirk read stephen y. dickinson george l. mahoney lou anne j. nabhan john a. schauss james f. woodward abc network affiliates ktka tv 1 wate tv wbay tv 2 whtm tv wjbf wjhl dt2 wlaj 1 wkrn tv wotv wric tv wten wcdc tv wtnh wytv 1 cbs network affiliates kelo tv kclo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt 2 klfy tv koin krqe kbim tv krez tv wane tv wbtw whlt wiat wivb tv wjhl tv wjtv wkbn tv wkrg tv wlfi tv 2 wlns tv wncn wnct tv wpri tv wrbl wspa tv wthi tv 2 cw network affiliates khon tv knva 1 ktka tv 1 kwbq krwb tv 1 kxtu ld wbdt 1 wcbd dt2 wfna whlt wish tv wjtv wlaj dt2 1 wnct dt2 wnlo wwlp dt2 wfxq cd wycw fox network affiliates kasa tv khon tv khaw tv kaii tv ktmj cd kxrm tv wnac tv 1 wthi dt2 wvbt wxxa tv 1 wyfx ld mynetworktv affiliates kasy tv 1 kbvo kelo tv kdlo tv kplo tv kimt kron tv wbtw wctx wnac dt2 1 wndy tv wsav dt2 wthi dt2 2 wtta wxsp cd wytv dt2 1 nbc network affiliates ksnt ksnw ksnc ksng ksnk ksnl ld kwqc tv 2 kxan tv wavy tv wcbd tv wcmh tv wdtn wfla tv wood tv wsav tv wsls tv 2 wwlp wfxq cd acquisitions lin media new vision television park communications spartan communications young broadcasting other assets professional communications systems lin digital sale of company pending to nexstar broadcasting group . 1 media general operates this station through an ssa . 2 station in the process of being resold to another company due to nexstar ownership conflicts . this article about a television station in colorado is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kxtu ld & oldid 737101626 categories the cw 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