KTUD-CA

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KTUD-CA
Las Vegas, Nevada
Branding	Vegas TV
Slogan	All About You!
Channels	25 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Greenspun Broadcasting
Founded	1999
Call letters meaning	possibly from the word "attitude"
Former affiliations	America's Voice UPN (1998-2006)
Website	http://www.ilovevegastv.com

KTUD-CA (Channel 25 analog) is an independent television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market owned and operated by the Greenspun Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Greenspun Corporation. Unlike other low-powered television stations, it is available on channel 14 through Cox Cable, however, it is not yet available on USDTV.

The "-CA" suffix in the call letters denotes the station's status as a "Class A" television station, a slight upgrade from its previous "low power" (-LP) designation.

[edit] History

After the Sinclair Broadcast Group acquired what was then known as KUPN (now KVMY) and switched the station's affiliation to WB Network in 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada was left without a UPN affiliate. The next year, a low power station, KCNG-LP, started broadcasting UPN on channel 25 (owned by Kong Broadcasting). After a series of ownership changes, Greenspun Broadcasting now owns the station.

On April 24, 2006, KTUD-CA announced that they were becoming an independent station, and not The CW as expected. The CW affiliation went to former independent KFBT, now KVCW.

KTUD-CA is low-powered, which means cable carriers are not bound by the FCC must-carry rule to carry KTUD on cable systems in the Las Vegas DMA. Cox Communications, the primary local cable company, refused to carry KCNG/KTUD for several years. It finally began to carry the station on Cox Cable channel 14. DirecTV also carries KTUD with the other "Las Vegas locals". Dish Network currently does not carry KTUD.

[edit] Logo Gallery

KCNG "UPN 25" logo, used from mid-1998 until late 2000.

Former KTUD "Las Vegas UPN" logo, used until September 18, 2006.

Current KTUD logo.

Current "UPN 25 KTUD" logo, used until October 1, 2007.

[edit] External links

• KTUD web site
• KTUD Independence
• Second local affiliate rejects new CW
• KTUD UPN 25
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTUD-CA

Broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas market  (Nielsen DMA #48)

KVBC 3 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - KVVU 5 (FOX) - KLAS 8 (CBS) - KLVX 10 (PBS) - KTNV 13 (ABC) - KINC 15 (UNI) - KEEN 17 (TLN) - KHDF 19 (AZA) - KVMY 21 (MNTV) - KLVD 23 (DS) - KTUD 25 (Ind) - KELV 27 (TFU) - KVPX 28 (VSEN-TV) - KPVT 30 (FamilyNet) - KNBX 31 (TeleFórmula) - KVCW 33 (The CW) - KMCC 34 (Multimedios) - KVTE 35 (Ind) - KBLR 39 (TEL) - K41IO 41 (TBN) - KPVM 41 (ION) - K43FO 43 (3ABN)  KGNG 47 (HSN) - KLSV 50 (JTV)  KHMP 62 (A1) - KEGS 63 (IA/RTN)