KTOV-LP


KTOV-LP, UHF analog channel 21, was a low-powered MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it was sister to Fox affiliate KSCC and low-powered TBD owned-and-operated station KXPX-LP. KTOV-LP's transmitter was located on Leopard Street in downtown Corpus Christi.
Due to its low-power status, KTOV-LP did not operate a digital signal of its own, and there were no plans to convert the station's signal to digital. Additionally, the analog station's broadcasting radius only covered the immediate Corpus Christi area. Therefore, the station was simulcast in widescreen standard definition on KSCC's third digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market; this signal could be seen on virtual and UHF channel 38.3 from a transmitter southeast of Robstown, Texas.

History

Before becoming an affiliate of MyNetworkTV, KTOV was a UPN affiliate.
GH Broadcasting announced that it would sell KXPX to London Broadcasting Company, owner of KIII, in March 2012. The sale fell through in early 2013, after which GH declared bankruptcy, remaining as debtor-in-possession. In late 2014, the sale of the station to Corpus 18, LLC, a partnership formed by the noteholders of debt of GH and High Maintenance Broadcasting, owners of KUQI and a related business to GH, was finalized. On October 2, 2015, Corpus 18 agreed to sell KTOV-LP, KUQI, and KXPX-LP to Sinclair Broadcast Group for $9.25 million.
KTOV-LP's license was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission on April 3, 2018; its programming is now seen exclusively on KSCC-DT3.