KTBU
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| KTBU | |
|---|---|
| Conroe, Texas | |
| Branding | Shinnomundo 55(to be Houston's RTV 55) Houston's FUNi Plus (on DT2) |
| Analog channel | 55 (UHF) |
| Digital channel | 42 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Shinnomundo(temporarily)(to be Mega TV) FUNi+/JTN Jetstream on DT2 Shinnomundo (via KCVH-LP on DT3) Anime Music Television on DT4 TeleEigo (via KVVV-LP on DT5) Asahi America (via KJIB-LP on DT6) Anivision (on DT7) ON-ANIME on DT8 Weather Tube on DT9 |
| Owner | Taylor Media Stations Group (sale to SBS) |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Call letters meaning | |
| Former affiliations | America One Retro Television Network The Worship Network ShopNBC Live Network TV |
KTBU-TV (known on-air as Houston's RTN 55) is the only owned and operated by Taylor Media Stations Group as a Anime National affiliate. It is located in the Greater Houston area broadcasting on one of two channels assigned to Conroe, Texas, the other being KPXB.
The station signed on in 1998 and was originally owned by the Osteen Family of Lakewood Church. The station aired limited religious programming despite this previous ownership.
KTBU-TV airs religious, general entertainment, and children's programming. Despite being Taylor Media's only O&O, they only air a select number of children's programs provided by FUNi Plus. Since 2007 they are the official channel of the Houston Dynamo. In June 2008, the Houston Cougars football team announced a deal with ISP Sports to exclusively broadcast Cougar Gameday on KTBU.[1]
In Early April of 2009, KTBU announced that they are switching to Live Network TV while RTN moves to KNWS on digital subchannel 51.2.
In October 2009, Taylor Media announced that they will regain its RTV affiliation, thus moving the Live Network TV affiliation to KJIB-LP.
KTBU quietly went began changing affiliation to Anime National as KYAZ began simulcasting Azteca América on subchannels 51.1 and 51.2 on December 29, 2010, the same day its new call letters were approved.[1] Live Network TV was relocated to KUBE-TV as a digital subchannel, and secondary affiliation of CMXtv was became the primary affiliation. It is unknown if more of channel 51's former meager programming inventory will relocate to other stations.
A sale of the station to Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) was announced on May 6, 2011. Upon the completion of the sale, KTBU will join SBS' Mega TV network.[2] [3]
