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KBTU is a low powered television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

, broadcasting locally on channel 23. The station is owned by Bustos Media
Bustos Media
Bustos Media Holdings, L.L.C. is a media company headquartered in Portland, OregonBustos Media is a broadcast company specializing in the operation of Spanish-language, and other ethnic, radio stations in the United States. It currently operates a total of seven radio stations in the Portland...

 LLC which also runs the Salt Lake area radio stations KDUT
KDUT
KDUT is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Randolph, Utah, USA, the station serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media of Utah License, LLC.-History:...

, KTUB
KTUB
KTUB is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Oldies format. Licensed to Centerville, Utah, United States, it serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by Bustos Media of Utah License, LLC. KTUB provides Spanish language broadcasts for Real Salt Lake of Major League...

 and KBMG
KBMG
KBMG is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish-language Contemporary Hits format as "Latino." Licensed to Evanston, Wyoming, USA, it serves the Salt Lake City area. The station is owned by Sacramento-based Adelante Media Group.-History:...

. The General Manager of KBTU is Ed Distel. The original construction permit was applied by Airwaves Broadcasting LLC in Park City, Utah
Park City, Utah
Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...

 in 2002. Currently KBTU is available over-the-air and on local cable but not on any of the satellite services.

Original Programming

KBTU provides local news for the Salt Lake Hispanic community at 5:00pm and 9:00pm titled "Noticias 23". This started on June 2, 2009. Prior to this KBTU was offering 15 minute "news capsules" "Despertando Utah" (Wake Up, Utah) is a morning news show that started as a 30 minute program in 2006. It has since expanded to two hours starting at 7:00am. The show is hosted by Ely Martinez and Michelle Ortega. In 2009 KBTU cut six jobs and returned to the "news capsules" formula.

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