KETD, channel 53, is a television station

Television station

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 based near Centennial, Colorado

Centennial, Colorado

The city of Centennial is a Home Rule City located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States, and part of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area. The city was to have a total population of 100,377 in 2010 census. Centennial is the tenth-most populous municipality in the state of Colorado and its...

. Its city of license is Castle Rock, Colorado

Castle Rock, Colorado

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, serving the Denver

Denver, Colorado

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 market

Media market

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 on digital channel 46 (virtual channel 53).

History

The station signed on July 1, 1990 as KWHD, a LeSEA

LeSEA

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 owned-and-operated station

Owned-and-operated station

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. As of 2008, KWHD claimed to be "the only full-time, commercial, independent TV station in Colorado." Its broadcast schedule was split 40%/60% between family-friendly, secular entertainment programming, Christian

Christianity

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 religious

Religious broadcasting

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, and local sports programming.

KWHD's broadcasts have been digital-only since January 16, 2009.

LeSEA announced the sale of KWHD to Liberman Broadcasting

Liberman Broadcasting

Liberman Broadcasting is a media company based in Burbank, California. Liberman Broadcasting primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations in several of the top Hispanic markets.-History:...

 in 2010; the station switched to Liberman's Estrella TV

Estrella TV

Estrella TV is a Spanish-language television network owned by Liberman Broadcasting. The network launched September 14, 2009.-Affiliates:-Former Affiliates:-Controversy:...

 network, under new call letters KETD, after the sale is completed. KWHD's previous programming remains available on KETD's second digital subchannel

Digital subchannel

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, as well as former semi-satellite KWHS-LP

KWHS-LP

KWHS-LP, channel 51, is a low-powered television station serving Southern Colorado. Its city of license is Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market as a LeSEA owned-and-operated station. The station, which signed on the air in 1992 and maintains a studio in Colorado...

 in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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(which LeSEA continues to own).

External links

• KETD-DT2 website