KNMT (channel 24) is a religious television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in the Sylvan-Highlands section of the city, near the West Hills of Portland.
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| City | Portland, Oregon |
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First air date | November 1989[a] |
Former call signs | KTDZ-TV (1989–1990) |
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Call sign meaning | National Minority Television (former owner) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 47707 |
| ERP | 777 kW |
| HAAT | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°30′57.8″N 122°44′3.1″W / 45.516056°N 122.734194°W |
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| Website | www |
KNMT's studios, once located on Northeast 74th Avenue in Portland, were sold to a developer to become low income housing.[2]
History
editKNMT was founded on June 7, 1985, and began broadcasting operations on November 16, 1989; it was Portland's first full-power, full-service religious broadcast station. The station primarily carries programming from the TBN satellite feed, but also produces and broadcasts locally produced programs such as the religious program Northwest Praise the Lord (a local version of TBN's flagship program Praise the Lord) and the public affairs show Northwest Focus.
The station was formerly owned by National Minority Television (hence its call letters), a de facto subsidiary of TBN that was used by the network to circumvent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s television station ownership restrictions. While TBN founder Paul Crouch was NMTV's president, one of its directors was African American and the other was Latino, which met the FCC's definition of a "minority-controlled" firm.[3] In mid-2008, the station and its NMTV sisters came directly under TBN ownership.
As of 2019, only KNMT-DT1 and the satellite feed of Enlace are carried by Comcast locally.
Subchannels
editThe station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 24.1 | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | TBN |
| 24.2 | Merit | Merit Street | ||
| 24.3 | 480i | 4:3 | Inspire | TBN Inspire |
| 24.4 | 16:9 | SMILE | Smile | |
| 24.5 | POSITIV | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[4] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45 (although it was originally slated to move its digital signal to UHF channel 24),[5] using virtual channel 24.
Notes
edit- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says November 17, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 16.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNMT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Glisan Affordable Housing Breaks Ground in 2022". Montavilla News. July 27, 2020.
- ^ Pinsky, Mark. Liberal Reading of FCC Minority Rule Has Helped TBN's Growth, Los Angeles Times, January 28, 1989.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KNMT
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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