KYNM-LP and KYNM-LD are low-powered television stations in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

 broadcasting on analog UHF channel 30 and digital channel 51 (displayed as channel 30). The analog channel and digital channel 30.1 airs programming from My Family TV

My Family TV

My Family TV is a United States general entertainment television network jointly owned by ValCom and Luken Communications, and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.-History:...

, a commercial general entertainment network. Digital channel 30.2 airs programming from Tuff TV

Tuff TV

TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...

, a commercial network which broadcasts content targeted at a male audience. Digital channel 30.3 airs the new Peanut Butter and Jelly (PBJ) TV network which features mostly classic children's programs both live action and animated. All three commercial networks are run by Luken Communications in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

It is owned by Belmax broadcasting.

KYNM also produces some local programmming such as "New Mexico Rides" a half-hour show about cars which airs on both digital channels 30.1 and 30.2.

History

From 1991-1999 this station was a low powered repeater for KCHF-TV channel 11 a religious television station based in Santa Fe, New Mexico as K61EQ channel 61. The channel began to show programming independently as KYNM-LP in 1999 as a Christian music video outlet on channel 61 branding itself as "YTV" (Your music television). It moved to channel 30 in 2004, but eventually dropped YTV for Almavision

Almavision

Almavision is an American television network broadcasting Christian programming in Spanish with affiliates across North and Central America. The network is carried via satellite on Echostar and SatMex 5, their slogan is "Television Cristiana...a la manera de Dios. " Almavision is an American...

, a Spanish-language religious network. In 2008 it was again simulcasting KCHF

KCHF

KCHF digital channel 10 is an independent, Christian television station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, serving the Albuquerque DMA from its transmitter location near Los Alamos. The station is owned by Son Broadcasting, a non-profit organization, and broadcasts Christian programming with no secular...

 channel 11 until February 1, 2011 when it began airing programming from My Family TV which still features a few religious programs but airs mostly secular general audience programs. On April 1, 2011 it added a second digital channel airing programming from the Tuff TV network. On September 27, 2011 KYNM became the second station after KSMI in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

 to carry the newly launched PBJ

PBJ (TV channel)

PBJ is a United States children's television network operated as a joint venture between Luken Communications and Classic Media. PBJ began programming in late summer 2011 and currently has two broadcast affiliates. The network does not yet have a website....

network airing classic children's programming.

Digital TV

Low powered TV station were not required to meet the June 12, 2009 deadline.

In early September 2010 the station began broadcasting in digital on channel 51.