KTVN
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Reno, Nevada United States |
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| City | Reno |
| Branding | Channel 2 (general) Channel 2 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 2 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 2.1 CBS 2.2 Antenna TV |
| Affiliations | CBS (1972–present) |
| Owner | Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. |
| First air date | June 4, 1967 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Nevada |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1967–2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1967–1972) |
| Transmitter power | 16.1 kW |
| Height | 876 m |
| Facility ID | 59139 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′57″N 119°53′2″W / 39.31583°N 119.88389°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KTVN, virtual channel 2, is the CBS–affiliated television station for Western Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (virtual channel 2.1 via ) from a transmitter facility shared with KRNV-DT on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580 / US 395 / US 395 ALT in Washoe County. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 782. KTVN is owned and operated by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. KTVN studios are based at 4925 Energy Way in Reno.
KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967, originally as an ABC affiliate, but took over CBS affiliation in 1972, after disputes between the CBS network and its affiliate at the time, KOLO-TV. It also formerly operated a satellite station, KEKO-TV Channel 10 in Elko [1] (that frequency was currently used by NBC affiliate KENV).
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
KTVN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13. Through the use of , digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.
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