KRTN-LD
Movies! television affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
KRTN-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Cozi TV. It is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal alongside Telemundo owned-and-operated station KASA-TV (channel 2), KTEL-CD (channel 15), and KUPT-LD (channel 16). KRTN-LD's transmitter is located at Sandia Crest.
KRTN-TV is the full-power satellite station based in Durango, Colorado, that broadcasts on channel 33. This station is also seen throughout the Albuquerque–Santa Fe market on Dish Network and DirecTV channel 33.
Many local commercials on this station are from businesses in Durango and Albuquerque. KRTN also features Durango TV, a local half-hour community show.
Additionally, KRTN is also shown on digital subchannels of these stations:
KTEL-TV in Carlsbad–Artesia, New Mexico
KUPT in Hobbs, New Mexico
K47MQ in Santa Fe–Espanola, New Mexico
History
The low-power station in Albuquerque signed on in the summer of 1994 as K56FB on UHF channel 56. It aired programming from The Box a music video network programmed by viewer request. The Box was purchased by Viacom the parent company of MTV in 2000 and on January 1, 2001, Viacom merged The Box into a "relaunched" version of MTV2. MTV2 aired on channel 56 for about a year and a half but ended in 2002 as MTV2 dropped broadcast affiliates after contracts expired.
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