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KKTQ-LD

low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ115472577
Source-derived summary

KKTQ-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by Vision Alaska LLC, which operates Fox affiliate KLWY (channel 27) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with the Coastal Television Broadcasting Company. KKTQ-LD's transmitter is located on Happy Jack Road (WYO 210) west of the city.

Although identifying as a station in its own right, KKTQ-LD is considered a semi-satellite of ABC affiliate KTWO-TV (channel 2) in Casper. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided by its parent, but airs separate station identifications and commercials. In addition, it shares a website with KTWO, KLWY, KGWC and KFNB (the latter two are the CBS and Fox affiliates in Casper, respectively), and also it airs newscasts produced by KLWY.

KKTQ-LD's low-power broadcast radius does not cover the entire Cheyenne–Scottsbluff television market. As such, it is simulcast in 480i widescreen standard definition on the second digital subchannel of KLWY in order to reach the entire market.

History

KKTU/KDEV (1987–2006)

KTWO had two previous satellites in Cheyenne. The first, KKTU (channel 33), had signed on in 1987 when KTWO was still an NBC affiliate and owned by Dix Communications. Both stations were sold in 1994 to Eastern Broadcasting for $13 million. KTWO and KKTU were temporarily affiliated with The WB in 1995.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “KKTQ-LD” is low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through KKTQ-LD, low-power and television, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2006, 1994, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2011-02-22. For this dossier, KKTQ-LD, low-power and television is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q115472577. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2006, 1994 and 1995.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from KKTQ-LD” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.