KBTV-CA
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KBTV-CA, known on-air as KBTV Global Television, is a television station
in Sacramento, California
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 8 as a multicultural independent station. It is owned by Tower of Babel Broadcasting. KBTV-CD's transmitter is located in downtown Sacramento. The station broadcasts programs in various ethnic languages as well as English-language infomercials during the late-night hours. When it first started broadcasting, it carried the Home Shopping Network.
Since it was not a full-power station, its analog signal stayed on the air after the June 12th 2009 analog cutoff date but went off the air in December 2010. Its new digital signal then started broadcasting with a total of 4 channels, all in 4x3 standard-definition and 2-channel sound. Channel 8-1 continues the Crossings TV programming from the old analog station, 8-2 carries the RTV network, channels 8-3 and 8-4 are currently broadcasting color bars with silent audio.
KBTV-CD is not related to the Fox
affiliate in Port Arthur, Texas
, KBTV-TV
.
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 Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 8 as a multicultural independent station. It is owned by Tower of Babel Broadcasting. KBTV-CD's transmitter is located in downtown Sacramento. The station broadcasts programs in various ethnic languages as well as English-language infomercials during the late-night hours. When it first started broadcasting, it carried the Home Shopping Network.
Since it was not a full-power station, its analog signal stayed on the air after the June 12th 2009 analog cutoff date but went off the air in December 2010. Its new digital signal then started broadcasting with a total of 4 channels, all in 4x3 standard-definition and 2-channel sound. Channel 8-1 continues the Crossings TV programming from the old analog station, 8-2 carries the RTV network, channels 8-3 and 8-4 are currently broadcasting color bars with silent audio.
KBTV-CD is not related to the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate in Port Arthur, Texas
Port Arthur, Texas
-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...
, KBTV-TV
KBTV-TV
KBTV-TV, channel 4, is the Fox affiliated television station serving the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas designated market area, and is licensed to Port Arthur. The station is owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., and its studios are located at Parkdale Mall in Beaumont...
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