KXRM-TV
 
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Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado United States |
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| Branding | Fox 21 (general) Fox 21 News (newscasts) SOCO CW (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Southern Colorado's Nine O'Clock News Hour telling it like it is |
| Channels |
Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 21.1 Fox 21.2 The CW 21.3 Ion Television |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
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Nexstar Media Group (LIN Television Corporation (As controlled by Nexstar)) |
| First air date | January 22, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning | Extreme (X) Rocky Mountain |
| Sister station(s) | KXTU-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 21 (UHF, 1985–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1985–1986) Secondary: UPN (1995–1999) DT2: The Tube (until 2007) RTV (2007–2008) |
| Transmitter power | 51 kW |
| Height | 641 m |
| Facility ID | 35991 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′43.4″N 104°51′39.2″W / 38.745389°N 104.860889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | fox21news.com |
KXRM-TV, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Fox-affiliated television station serving Central and Southern Colorado that is licensed to Colorado Springs. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal over an antenna located atop Cheyenne Mountain. KXRM reaches Colorado Springs on channel 21 and via Comcast Cable channel 3. The signal is also viewed on DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 21. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station is sister to CW affiliate KXTU-LD and the two share studios on Wooten Road.
KXRM-TV first signed on the air as an independent television station on January 22, 1985. Its call letters were chosen in part to reflect the region in which it operates; the last two letters stand for "Rocky Mountains." The station tried to sign-on Christmas Eve 1984, but technical glitches prevented that from happening. KXRM was Southern Colorado's first new independent station in 31 years. It became a charter Fox affiliate on October 6, 1986. The station was locally owned until 2000 when it was bought by Raycom Media. After Raycom merged with The Liberty Corporation, KXRM was one of several stations that were spun off to Barrington Broadcasting.
On October 11, 2007, the station began airing programming from the Retro Television Network (RTV) on its second digital subchannel. Previously, this aired The Tube (a 24-hour music channel) until the network suspended operations October 1. On September 15, 2008, KXRM replaced RTV programming on 21.2 with a simulcast of KXTU. This served to increase KXTU's coverage area; KXTU did not go digital until 2010, and even in digital its coverage area is effectively limited to El Paso and Pueblo counties.
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