KMYT-TV
Encyclopedia
KMYT-TV, virtual channel
41, is the MyNetworkTV
-affiliated television station in the Tulsa, Oklahoma
Designated Market Area. The station is owned by Newport Television
, a subsidiary of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners
, in a duopoly with Fox
affiliate KOKI (channel 23). KMYT's transmitter is located in Coweta, Oklahoma
.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 42, using its former analog channel assignment of 41 as its virtual channel via PSIP. On cable, KMYT-TV can be seen on channel 10 in standard definition and on channel 710 in high definition on Cox
Tulsa.
The news format was not profitable so it was gradually dropped less than a year later. After that it ran programs such as CNN news, religious shows, cartoons, agricultural programming, business news and some barter shows. Entertainment Tonight
ran on the station for about a year which at that time was all barter and not the high rated show it is today. The station had low ratings. From 1982 until 1984, KGCT became mostly a Christian station carrying several hours a day of live Christian shows. KGCT became known as "Tulsa Christian Television," and the stations call letters came to mean "Knit God's Children Together." The station did run a few secular low budget shows. Subscription television programs after 7 p.m. continued airing until early in 1984. After that the station ran the low budget general entertainment format at night as well. They also ran rejected shows from ABC, NBC, and CBS that the local network affiliates preempted.
By 1985, KGCT-TV was running an all barter schedule with cartoons, religious shows and low rated first run barter shows. At that point, the station was almost sold but the sale never went through. Green County Associates bought out Satellite TV Systems at the end of 1985. In 1987, an ice storm knocked down a tower that stations KGCT-TV and KTUL were using along with a few radio stations. KTUL wasn't off that long, but channel 41 would go dark due to a lack of money to make needed repairs, as well as a lack of cable coverage.
Finally after getting needed funds, in the Winter of 1991, the station signed back on as KTFO (Tulsa Forty-One). They ran only religious shows and infomercials initially. Gradually in the spring and summer of 1991, KTFO added barter entertainment shows. By the fall of 1993, the station had a good variety of shows. KTFO's programming schedule as an independent station therefore consisted of some morning cartoons/children's programs, some first-run syndicated shows including comedies in the early evening, off-network sitcoms, drama shows, plus older movies on weekends.
In 1994, KTFO entered into a Local Marketing Agreement with Fox affiliate KOKI (owned by Clear Channel Communications
). As a result some of the stronger sitcoms, cartoons, and syndicated shows previously aired on KOKI would be added to channel 41's schedule. The stations pooled programming resources running the strongest shows on KOKI. But some shows would run on both stations. In January 1995, KTFO added UPN programming and became known as "UPN 41". Clear Channel bought KTFO outright in May 2000 after the FCC
began allowing duopolies.
In January 2006, it was announced that CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. made the decision to merge the UPN and The WB networks. The new network to be called The CW Television Network
will feature programming from both the UPN and WB networks. The CW will air network programming six nights a week adopting The WB's Sunday-Friday schedule compared to UPN's five nights a week (Monday-Friday). On April 10, 2006, KWBT
was announced as the Tulsa affiliate of the CW.
On June 15, 2006 it was announced that KTFO will become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV
, a new broadcast network created by News Corporation
. Over a month later, on July 20, Clear Channel applied to have KTFO's call sign changed to KMYT-TV (My Network TV Tulsa). KTFO also used the branding My41 Tulsa. On August 15, the station's official call signs were changed to KMYT-TV.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television
, a broadcast holding company controlled by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners
.
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Programming
41.1
KMYT-DT
Main KMYT programming / MyNetworkTV
41.2
KMYT-DT2
The Country Network
or Major League Baseball
sporting event or a primetime movie scheduled by Fox runs past 9 p.m. This is a procedure that is followed by many Fox
/MyNetworkTV duopolies in the United States.
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
41, is the MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station in the Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
Designated Market Area. The station is owned by Newport Television
Newport Television
Newport Television, LLC is a television station holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. In September 2007, Newport agreed to sell KFTY and KVOS-TV to LK Station Group LLC for $26.6...
, a subsidiary of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners is a global private equity investment firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and information investments...
, in a duopoly with Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate KOKI (channel 23). KMYT's transmitter is located in Coweta, Oklahoma
Coweta, Oklahoma
Coweta is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States and is a suburb of Tulsa. As of 2010, the population was 9,943.-History:Before statehood, when the Five Tribes or Five Civilized Tribes were moved to Oklahoma from the Eastern United States, the area that is now Coweta became part of the...
.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 42, using its former analog channel assignment of 41 as its virtual channel via PSIP. On cable, KMYT-TV can be seen on channel 10 in standard definition and on channel 710 in high definition on Cox
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
Tulsa.
History
KMYT-TV signed on the air as KGCT, on March 18, 1981, owned by Green County TV Associates and Satellite TV Systems. They ran local news about eight hours a day, along with news from CNN until 7 p.m. with scrambled subscription television programming "IT TV" airing after 7 p.m. KMYT-TV is the seventh television station in Tulsa after KOTV, short-lived KCEB, KTUL (Muskogee's KTVX moved to Tulsa, building on the former site of KCEB to become KTUL), KVOO (then KTEW, now KJRH), KOED, and KOKI.The news format was not profitable so it was gradually dropped less than a year later. After that it ran programs such as CNN news, religious shows, cartoons, agricultural programming, business news and some barter shows. Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
ran on the station for about a year which at that time was all barter and not the high rated show it is today. The station had low ratings. From 1982 until 1984, KGCT became mostly a Christian station carrying several hours a day of live Christian shows. KGCT became known as "Tulsa Christian Television," and the stations call letters came to mean "Knit God's Children Together." The station did run a few secular low budget shows. Subscription television programs after 7 p.m. continued airing until early in 1984. After that the station ran the low budget general entertainment format at night as well. They also ran rejected shows from ABC, NBC, and CBS that the local network affiliates preempted.
By 1985, KGCT-TV was running an all barter schedule with cartoons, religious shows and low rated first run barter shows. At that point, the station was almost sold but the sale never went through. Green County Associates bought out Satellite TV Systems at the end of 1985. In 1987, an ice storm knocked down a tower that stations KGCT-TV and KTUL were using along with a few radio stations. KTUL wasn't off that long, but channel 41 would go dark due to a lack of money to make needed repairs, as well as a lack of cable coverage.
Finally after getting needed funds, in the Winter of 1991, the station signed back on as KTFO (Tulsa Forty-One). They ran only religious shows and infomercials initially. Gradually in the spring and summer of 1991, KTFO added barter entertainment shows. By the fall of 1993, the station had a good variety of shows. KTFO's programming schedule as an independent station therefore consisted of some morning cartoons/children's programs, some first-run syndicated shows including comedies in the early evening, off-network sitcoms, drama shows, plus older movies on weekends.
In 1994, KTFO entered into a Local Marketing Agreement with Fox affiliate KOKI (owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
). As a result some of the stronger sitcoms, cartoons, and syndicated shows previously aired on KOKI would be added to channel 41's schedule. The stations pooled programming resources running the strongest shows on KOKI. But some shows would run on both stations. In January 1995, KTFO added UPN programming and became known as "UPN 41". Clear Channel bought KTFO outright in May 2000 after the FCC
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
began allowing duopolies.
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
will feature programming from both the UPN and WB networks. The CW will air network programming six nights a week adopting The WB's Sunday-Friday schedule compared to UPN's five nights a week (Monday-Friday). On April 10, 2006, KWBT
KQCW
KQCW-DT, virtual channel 19 , is The CW-affiliated television station in the Tulsa, Oklahoma DMA, licensed to Muskogee. The station is owned by Oklahoma City-based Griffin Communications, in a duopoly with CBS affiliate KOTV-DT...
was announced as the Tulsa affiliate of the CW.
On June 15, 2006 it was announced that KTFO will become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
, a new broadcast network created by News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
. Over a month later, on July 20, Clear Channel applied to have KTFO's call sign changed to KMYT-TV (My Network TV Tulsa). KTFO also used the branding My41 Tulsa. On August 15, the station's official call signs were changed to KMYT-TV.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television
Newport Television
Newport Television, LLC is a television station holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. In September 2007, Newport agreed to sell KFTY and KVOS-TV to LK Station Group LLC for $26.6...
, a broadcast holding company controlled by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners is a global private equity investment firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and information investments...
.
Digital television
KMYT-DT broadcasts on digital channel 42.MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
News programming
KTFO as an independent station did have locally-produced news until it began the LMA with KOKI shortly before affiliating with UPN. In 2002, KTFO began airing local news once again when sister station KOKI began its own news operation that year. KMYT-TV only airs KOKI's 9 p.m. newscast when either a NFLNational Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
or Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
sporting event or a primetime movie scheduled by Fox runs past 9 p.m. This is a procedure that is followed by many Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
/MyNetworkTV duopolies in the United States.
Station slogans
- TV-41, Tulsa's Very Own (1981-1985)
- Gotta Have U! (2002-2006)
- My41, No News is Good News (2006-2008)
- Gotta Get Mine, On My 41 (2008-present)