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{{Short description|Television station in Portland, Oregon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KNMT
| city                   = Portland, Oregon
| logo                   =
| branding               = 
| digital                = 32 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 24
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = {{TBN DTV/text|24}}
| owner                  = [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]
| licensee               = Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.
| location               = {{ubl|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]–[[Salem, Oregon]]|[[Vancouver, Washington]]}}
| country                = United States
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1989|11|br=y}}{{efn|The ''Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook'' says November 17, while the ''Television and Cable Factbook'' says November 16.}}
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = National Minority Television (former owner)
| sister_stations        = 
| former_callsigns       = KTDZ-TV (1989–1990)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 24 (UHF, 1989–2009)|'''Digital:''' 45 (UHF, 2003–2019)}}
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 777 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|455|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 47707
| coordinates            = {{coord|45|30|57.8|N|122|44|3.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.tbn.org/}} 
}}
'''KNMT''' (channel 24) is a [[religious broadcasting|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 [[Tualatin Mountains|West Hills of Portland]].

KNMT's studios, once located on Northeast 74th Avenue in Portland, were sold to a developer to become low income housing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Glisan Affordable Housing Breaks Ground in 2022 |url=https://montavilla.net/2020/07/27/glisan-affordable-housing-breaks-ground-in-2022/ |work=Montavilla News |date=July 27, 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
KNMT was founded on June 7, 1985, and began broadcasting operations on November 16, 1989; it was Portland's first full-power, full-service [[religious broadcasting|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 (TV program)|Praise the Lord]]'') and the [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] show ''Northwest Focus''. KNMT began 24-hour operations in February 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=KTDZ begins 24-hour signal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-ktdz-begins-24-hour-signal/175521745/ |access-date=June 29, 2025 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=February 7, 1990 |location=Portland, Oregon |page=C8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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 [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]], which met the FCC's definition of a "minority-controlled" firm.<ref>Pinsky, Mark. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-28-me-1359-story.html Liberal Reading of FCC Minority Rule Has Helped TBN's Growth], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 28, 1989.</ref> 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 [[Xfinity|Comcast]] locally.

==Subchannels==
{{TBN-DTV|24}}<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KNMT#station RabbitEars TV Query for KNMT]</ref> KNMT'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), using [[virtual channel]] 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.tbn.org/|TBN official website}}

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{{Portland TV}}
{{Other Oregon Stations}}
{{Other Washington Stations}}

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