KTOU-LD

KTOU-LD (virtual and UHF digital channel 22) is a low-power television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Innovate Corp.

KTOU-LD

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 22
Programming
Affiliations	see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Innovate Corp. (HC2 LPTV Holdings, Inc.)
Sister stations	KBZC-LD, KOHC-CD
History
Founded	September 16, 1993
Former call signs	K22EM (1993–1997) KTOU-LP (1997–2011)
Former affiliations	Hispanic Television Network American Independent Network Azteca América The Country Network Visión Latina
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	28186
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	144.4 m (474 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°23′14″N 97°29′57″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

The station began broadcasting in 1994 from a tower in Newcastle, Oklahoma. It aired family television programming from the American Independent Network.^[2][3] In 1999, it converted to a Spanish-language program format; plans were delayed when the original Newcastle tower was destroyed in a tornado that May.^[4] The Hispanic Television Network acquired the station in 2000.^[5]

In June 2013, KTOU-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;^[6] the sale fell through in June 2016.^[7] Mako Communications sold its stations, including KTOU-LD, to Innovate Corp. in 2017.^[8]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTOU-LD^[9]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
22.1	480i	4:3	KTOU-LD	Infomercials
22.2				Sonlife
22.3		16:9		Defy
22.4				NBC American Crimes
22.5				Oxygen
22.6				Fubo Sports Network (KOHC-CD)
22.7		4:3		Jewelry Television

  Simulcast of subchannels of another station