City Salt Lake City | Call letters' meaning Bustos Media TV Utah | |
Channels Analog: 23 (UHF)
Digital: 23 (PSIP)
Virtual: 23 (UHF) Affiliations .1: Altavisión
.2: SBN
.3: Buzzr Owner DTV America Corporation Former callsigns K23GP (2003-2006)
KBTU-LP (2006-2015) | ||
KBTU-LD is a low powered digital television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, broadcasting locally on channel 23. The station is owned by DTV America Corporation. The General Manager of KBTU is Ed Distel. The original construction permit was applied by Airwaves Broadcasting LLC in Park City, Utah in 2002. Currently KBTU is available over-the-air and on local cable but not on any of the satellite services.
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Bustos Media used to own the station. In September 2010, Bustos transferred most of its licenses to Adelante Media Group as part of a settlement with its lenders. Adalante sold KBTU-LP, along with WBWT-LP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to DTV America Corporation for $425,000 on July 16, 2015.
Digital television
Currently KBTU is broadcasting in the digital format.
News operation
KBTU provides local news for the Salt Lake Hispanic community at 5:00pm and 9:00pm titled "Noticias 23". This started on June 2, 2009. Prior to this KBTU was offering 15 minute "news capsules" "Despertando Utah" (Wake Up, Utah) is a morning news show that started as a 30-minute program in 2006. It has since expanded to two hours starting at 7:00am. The show is hosted by Ely Martinez and Michelle Ortega. In 2009 KBTU cut six jobs and returned to the "news capsules" formula.