KTLN-TV

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title: "KTLN-TV" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-establishments-in-california", "companies-based-in-san-rafael,-california", "heroes-&-icons-affiliates", "metv-affiliates", "metv-toons-affiliates", "story-television-affiliates", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1998", "television-stations-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area", "weigel-broadcasting", "west-(tv-network)-affiliates"] description: "Television station in Palo Alto, California" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTLN-TV" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Palo Alto, California ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	KTLN-TV
city	Palo Alto, California
logo	KTLN-TV HI Logo.svg
logo_size	200px
image	MeTV Bay Area Logo.svg
image_size	200px
branding
digital	22 (UHF), shared with KAXT-CD
virtual	68
affiliations
founded	1990
airdate	(in Novato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018)
location
country	United States
callsign_meaning	"Total Living Network" (former affiliation)
former_callsigns	KWOK (1990–1999)
former_channel_numbers
owner	Weigel Broadcasting
licensee	KTLN-TV LLC
sister_stations	KAXT-CD
former_affiliations	Total Living Network (1998–2019)
erp	15 kW
haat	688 m
facility_id	49153
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website
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| callsign = KTLN-TV | city = Palo Alto, California | logo = KTLN-TV HI Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | image = MeTV Bay Area Logo.svg | image_size = 200px | branding = | analog = | digital = 22 (UHF), shared with KAXT-CD | virtual = 68 | translators = | affiliations = | network = | founded = 1990 | airdate = (in Novato, California; license moved to Palo Alto in 2018) | location = | country = United States | callsign_meaning = "Total Living Network" (former affiliation) | former_callsigns = KWOK (1990–1999) | former_channel_numbers = | owner = Weigel Broadcasting | licensee = KTLN-TV LLC | sister_stations = KAXT-CD | former_affiliations = Total Living Network (1998–2019) | erp = 15 kW | haat = 688 m | class = | facility_id = 49153 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website = KTLN-TV (channel 68) is a television station licensed to Palo Alto, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as an owned-and-operated station of the classic television network Heroes & Icons. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside San Jose–licensed low-power, Class A Catchy Comedy station KAXT-CD (channel 1). The two stations share studios on Pelican Way in San Rafael, and transmitter facilities on Mount Allison.

Even though KTLN-TV is licensed as a full-power station, it shares spectrum with KAXT-CD, whose low-power broadcasting radius does not cover all of the San Francisco Bay Area. Therefore, it relies on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market. However, KTLN-TV shares MeTV with independent station KPYX's (channel 44) third subchannel, which has a stronger signal than KTLN.

History

Originally, Christian Communications of Chicagoland (then-owners of WCFC-TV, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WCPX-TV) owned KTLN outright. It was formerly licensed to the Marin County community of Novato. CCC filed to sell the station to OTA Broadcasting, a company controlled by Michael Dell's MSD Capital, in June 2011. The sale was completed on October 6, 2011; as part of the deal, CCC continued to operate KTLN via a local marketing agreement (LMA).

Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KTLN-TV and KAXT-CD, along with KVOS-TV and KFFV in Seattle, from OTA Broadcasting in a $23.2 million deal on October 18, 2017. The station was temporarily off the air as of June 2018.

The station sale to Weigel was completed on April 15, 2019. At midnight on April 17, KTLN returned on the air carrying high definition signals of Heroes & Icons on 68.1, and MeTV on 68.2.

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTLN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 68, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, using virtual channel 68.

References

References

1. [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f915f490f5f015f510efdfb25bd&id=25076f915f490f5f015f510efdfb25bd&goBack=N Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application]
2. [https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f915f490f5f015f54740b7d2f55 KTLN-TV Form 2100 - Community of License]
3. [https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=25076f917314f2ad01732481b0bf1261&site=1&map=Y RabbitEars Contour Map for KAXT-CD]
4. (June 9, 2011). "San Francisco TV station sold". Television Business Report.
5. Jessell, Harry A.. (August 5, 2011). "Billionaire Michael Dell OK'd To Buy SF TV". TVNewsCheck.
6. (October 24, 2017). "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (KVOS-TV/KFFV)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
7. [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1803372&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=49153 "Consummation Notice"], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved April 18, 2019.
8. [https://metv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/807 "Where to Watch MeTV in Bay Area"], [[MeTV]], Retrieved April 18, 2019.
9. [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Stations] {{webarchive. link. (August 29, 2013)

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