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| City | Amarillo, Texas |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Estrella TV KLKW Canal 22 |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | (see below) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| KAUO-LD, KNKC-LD | |
| History | |
| Founded | November 7, 2012 |
First air date | January 2014 |
Former call signs | K22LK-D (2012–2013) |
| DT2: DrTV (2014–2015) GetTV (2015–2016) Azteca América (2016–2022) | |
Call sign meaning | Disambiguation of former K22LK translator calls |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 188769 |
| ERP | 4 kW |
| HAAT | 403 ft (123 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°10′21″N 101°57′13″W / 35.17250°N 101.95361°W |
| Translator(s) | KEAT LP 22 |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Website | KLKW Profile at DTVAmerica.com |
KLKW-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 22, is a low-powered Estrella TV-affiliated television station licensed to Amarillo, Texas, United States. Owned by HC2 Holdings,[2][3] it is a sister station of KNKC-LD (channel 29) in Lubbock.
History
Its construction permit dates back to November 7, 2012, though it did not start broadcasting until January 2014. The station's original callsign was K22LK-D, which was changed to the current KLKW-LD on March 11, 2013.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed, as of February 10, 2023, as follows:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.1 | 480i | 16:9 | KLKW-LD | Estrella TV |
| 22.2 | Shop LC | |||
| 22.3 | 4:3 | Sonlife | ||
| 22.4 | 16:9 | Buzzr | ||
| 22.5 | 4:3 | NBC American Crimes | ||
| 22.6 | TeleXitos | |||
| 22.7 | The365 |
Estrella TV programming is broadcast on KLKW's main channel, 22.1. Doctor TV, a healthy lifestyle-oriented television network, was broadcast on KLKW's second subchannel on channel 22.2 until 2015, when it was replaced by Sony Pictures Television's GetTV network. In late 2015, Sonlife Broadcasting Network and Buzzr were added on channels 22.3 and 22.4, respectively. In 2016, Grit was added to digital subchannel 22.5 after ABC affiliate KVII-TV replaced it on 7.3 with Comet. That same year, Escape was added to subchannel 22.6, and GetTV was replaced with Azteca America, bringing the network back to the Amarillo market since former Azteca America affiliate KTXD-LP ceased operations in 2009. On January 1, 2023, Azteca ceased operations, leaving channel 22.2 blank.
References
External links
- Query the FCC’s TV station database for KLKW
- Search KLKW-LD on RECNet
- DTV America
- Doctor TV website
- KLKW-LD AMARILLO, TX at RabbitEars.Info
