KTTU (TV)
 
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Tucson, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | My18 |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 18 () |
| Subchannels | 18.1 MyNetworkTV 18.2 Estrella TV 18.3 H&I |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Tucker Operating Co., LLC (Tucker Operating Co., LLC (D/B/A KTTU Television)) |
| Operator |
Raycom Media (advertising sales handled by Tegna, Inc.) |
| Founded | October 18, 1983 |
| First air date | December 31, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | variation on old calls -or- Television TUcson |
| Sister station(s) | KOLD-TV, KMSB |
| Former callsigns | KDTU (1984–1989) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 18 (UHF, 1984–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1984–1995) UPN (1995–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 480 kW |
| Height | 1123 m |
| Facility ID | 11908 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′55.8″N 110°42′51.9″W / 32.415500°N 110.714417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
KTTU, virtual channel 18 (UHF digital channel 19) is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Owned by Tucker Operating Co., LLC, the station is operated by Raycom Media through a shared services agreement, while its advertising sales are handled by Tegna, Inc. via a joint sales agreement. KTTU maintains transmitter facilities located atop Mount Bigelow. KTTU shares studios with sister stations Raycom-owned CBS affiliate KOLD-TV (channel 13) and Tegna-owned but Raycom-operated Fox affiliate KMSB (channel 11) on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson, near the Casas Adobes neighborhood.
KTTU was granted a construction permit on March 21, 1983 and went on the air on December 31, 1984 as KDTU, a family-friendly independent station under the ownership of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson. Its call letters meant K Diocese of TUcson, its first owner. Its programming consisted of the typical independent station fare: cartoons, old sitcoms and dramas, old movies, and sports. KDTU was home for Notre Dame, Marquette and DePaul college basketball broadcasts, a reflection of their ownership by the Roman Catholic Diocese. It was one of two UHF independent stations that signed on the air around the same time in the Tucson market (the other was KPOL Channel 40, now Telemundo O&O KHRR). KDTU offered only half an hour a day of religious programming except on Sunday, when they offered several hours. In spite of being owned by a religious organization, KDTU offered the second least amount of religious programming of all the commercial stations in the market.
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