KTWO-TV
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Casper, Wyoming United States |
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| Branding | K2TV KTWO News |
| Slogan | Wyoming's News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 2 () |
| Translators | see below |
| Affiliations | ABC (1978–1984, 2004–present; secondary, 1957–1978) |
| Owner | Silverton Broadcasting Company, LLC |
| First air date | March 1, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | from former radio sister KTWO, also refers to PSIP channel position |
| Former channel number(s) | 2 (VHF analog, 1957–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
CBS (1957–1980; secondary from 1978) NBC (1957–2003; secondary until 1984) Independent (2003–2004) The WB (secondary, 1995–1998) Pax TV (secondary, 2003–2004) |
| Transmitter power | 52.9 kW |
| Height | 560 metres (1,837 ft) |
| Facility ID | 18286 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°44′3″N 106°20′0″W / 42.73417°N 106.33333°W |
| Website | www |
KTWO-TV is the ABC affiliate television station for most of the state of Wyoming. It is licensed to Casper, owned by Silverton Broadcasting. The station broadcasts on digital channel 17, which redirects to former analog channel 2 via PSIP. It is also available on channels 6 on Charter Cable in Casper, as well as on the digital subcarrier of Cheyenne Fox affiliate KLWY and a network of UHF and VHF translators across the state. It had also been available on a free-to-air satellite uplink (as with all of Equity's stations, hubbed out of Little Rock, Arkansas and sent to the transmitter via FTA satellite) until Equity went bankrupt and the satellite was sold.
KTWO signed on the air on March 1, 1957 as Wyoming's second television station. It was owned by Harriscope Broadcasting with Wyoming's oldest radio station, KTWO (1030 AM). As the only station in Casper, it aired programming from all three major networks, but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with CBS Radio. In 1978, KTWO-TV became a primary ABC affiliate; this was around the same time that ABC became the nation's highest rated network. In 1980, the CBS affiliation went to KGWC-TV, and KTWO became an ABC affiliate with a secondary NBC affiliation. In 1984, KFNB (now a satellite of KLWY) began carrying ABC, leaving KTWO with NBC. Harriscope Broadcasting sold KTWO along with sister station KULR-TV in Billings, Montana to Dix Communications in 1986. On August 28, 1987, KKTU signed on channel 33 as KTWO's satellite station in Cheyenne. In 1994, Dix sold KTWO and KAAL-TV in Austin, Minnesota to Eastern Broadcasting. For a time starting in 1995, KTWO and KKTU had a secondary affiliation with The WB. Eastern sold KTWO along with two of its stations (KAAL-TV in Austin, Minnesota and KODE-TV in Joplin, Missouri) to Grapevine Communications in 1997. Equity Broadcasting bought the station in March 2001.
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