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{{Short description|Television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico}}
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{{Infobox television station dual
| name1 = KRTN-LD
| digital1 = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual1 = 39
| affiliations = ''see {{section link||Technical information}}''
| country = United States
| airdate1 = {{start date and age|1994|p=y}}
| city1 = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| former_callsigns1 = {{ubl|K56FB (1994–2007)|KFAC-LP (2007–2009)}}
| callsign_meaning1 = [[Retro Television Network]] (unrealized affiliation)
| owner = [[Telemundo Station Group]]
| licensee = NBC Telemundo License [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[KASA-TV]], [[KTEL-CD]], [[KUPT-LD]]
| former_affiliations1 = {{ubl|[[The Box (US TV channel)|The Box]] (1994–2000)|[[MTV2]] (2001–2002)|[[Telemundo]], via [[KTEL-LP]] (2002–2004, 2009–2017)|[[Jewelry Television|JTV]] (2004–2009)|[[MeTV]] (2017–2023)|[[Cozi TV]] (2023–2024)}}
| former_channel_numbers1 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 56 (UHF, 1994–2007), 39 (UHF, 2007–2009)|'''Digital:''' 39 (UHF, 2009-2020)|'''Virtual:''' 33 (2011–2017), 47 (2009–2017)}}
| erp1 = 15 [[kW]]
| haat1 = {{convert|1231.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id1 = 55059
| class1 = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| coordinates1 = {{coord|35|12|53.7|N|106|27|3.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = 
| name2 = KRTN-TV
| city2 = [[Durango, Colorado]]
| digital2 = 33 ([[UHF]])
| virtual2 = 33
| airdate2 = {{start date and age|2001|3|29|p=y}}
| former_callsigns2 = KTLL-TV (2001–?)
| former_channel_numbers2 = '''Analog:''' 33 (UHF, 2001–2009)
| erp2 = 32 kW
| haat2 = {{convert|82.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id2 = 82613
| coordinates2 = {{coord|37|15|46|N|107|54|0.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KRTN-TV}}
}}

'''KRTN-LD''' (channel 39) is a [[low-power television station]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], United States, affiliated with the [[digital multicast network]] [[Roar (TV network)|Roar]]. 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, New Mexico|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, New Mexico|Carlsbad]]–[[Artesia, New Mexico]]
*[[KUPT]] in [[Hobbs, New Mexico]]
*K47MQ in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|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 (US TV channel)|The Box]] a music video network programmed by viewer request. The Box was purchased by [[Viacom (2005–2019)|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. After relaying sister station KTEL-LP for about two years the station carried shopping programming from [[Jewelry Television]] in 2004. Jewelry TV aired until the end of analog operations in 2009. However, Jewelry TV re-affiliated with the station in the fall of 2013 on a digital subchannel.

The analog station moved to channel 39 from channel 56 in fall 2007 with power upgrades which gave the channel a much better signal than it had on channel 56.

KRTN-TV was previously KTLL-TV which had been the Telemundo satellite for Durango beginning in 2001.

===Classic TV programming===
In November 2008, the station signed with the [[Retro Television Network]] (then known as RTN) which would air reruns of classic TV shows. RTN was also to be carried on sister station KRTN-TV (formerly KTLL) channel 33.1 in the Four Corners area.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/11/19/daily.10/ | title=Web Page Under Construction }}</ref> 

In September 2009, the stations changed their call signs to KRTN-TV and KRTN-LD matching the planned affiliations. However RTN had never signed on this station. The network (now called Retro TV) has been available locally since July 2014 on [[KYNM-CD]] channel 21.3.

In August 2011, the station added [[MeTV]], a similarly formatted network from [[Weigel Broadcasting]] in Chicago, which airs popular shows such as ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', and ''[[Cheers]]''.<ref>[http://metvnetwork.com/wherewatch.php?marketID=108 Where to Watch Me-TV: KRTN]</ref>

In early July 2015, KRTN-LD added the classic game show network [[Buzzr]] from [[FremantleMedia]] on channel 33.2 while moving Jewelry TV to 33.3. On January 16, 2017, KRTN-LD added an all-[[infomercial]] channel that originated on KUPT-LD channel 16.2.

In early April 2017, KRTN-LD switched its display channel from 33 to 39.

==Technical information==
The stations' signals are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:

===KRTN-LD subchannels===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KRTN-LD<ref>{{Cite web |title=RabbitEars TV Query for KRTN |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KRTN |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 2.2 
| rowspan=4|[[480i]] || rowspan="4"|[[16:9]] || TeleX || [[TeleXitos]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 39.1 
| COZI SD || [[Cozi TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 39.6 
| TBD || [[Roar (TV network)|Roar]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 47.5
| Nosey || Nosey
|}

===KRTN-TV subchannels===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KRTN-TV<ref>{{Cite web |title=RabbitEars TV Query for KRTN-TV |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KRTN-TV |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 33.1
| [[480i]] || rowspan="4"|[[16:9]] || KRTN-TV || [[TeleXitos]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 33.2 
| [[720p]] || TBD || rowspan=2|[[Roar (TV network)|Roar]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 33.3 
| rowspan="2"|480i || Cozi
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" | [[KASA-TV|33.4]]
| KASA SD || [[Telemundo]] ([[KASA-TV]])
|}
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}

KRTN-LD began running in digital in late May 2009, rebroadcasting KTEL-LP analog on KRTN-LD on digital 39 (displayed as 47.1). KTEL-LP continued broadcasting in analog until September 2014. KTEL programming was shown in HD from late 2011 until mid-2015. In April 2017, Telemundo was dropped from the signal.

In October 2014, KRTN-LD upgraded its over-the-air signal from 8.4&nbsp;kW to the maximum power level for low power TV stations at 15&nbsp;kW with a new antenna pattern that allows for the station to be viewed in areas surrounding Albuquerque.

==References==
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{{Albuquerque TV}}
{{Other New Mexico stations}}
{{NBCUniversal}}

[[Category:1994 establishments in New Mexico]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in New Mexico|RTN-LD]]
[[Category:Mass media in Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Roar (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Telemundo Station Group]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]
[[Category:TeleXitos affiliates]]