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Consent decree for KMTP

Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts

Minority Television Project's KMTP in San Francisco, which has had regulatory troubles in the past, now has a consent decree with the FCC. This one covers three issues: maintaining and updating its public file, filing its license renewal application late, and providing incorrect answers in that application. MTP will also be paying a $25,000 fine.

The FCC order and consent decree: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-36A1.pdf
 
Mark Roberts said:
Minority Television Project's KMTP in San Francisco, which has had regulatory troubles in the past, now has a consent decree with the FCC. This one covers three issues: maintaining and updating its public file, filing its license renewal application late, and providing incorrect answers in that application. MTP will also be paying a $25,000 fine.

The FCC order and consent decree: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-36A1.pdf
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Does anyone actually watch that station? Is it even on the cable or satellite systems anymore?
 
Weiserguy said:
Does anyone actually watch that station? Is it even on the cable or satellite systems anymore?
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Using the investigative technique of looking it up on the Xfinity website, I find that in most parts of the Bay Area, KMTP is available on channel 32 in SD and 1032 in HD. There are exceptions, however.

  • It's not available in Napa or Sonoma.
  • In Contra Costa County east of the Berkeley/Oakland hills, it's replaced on 32 by Contra Costa Educational Television and not available on 1032. But it is available in west Contra Costa (Richmond, etc.)
  • It's not available in Santa Rosa, and not replaced by anything.
  • It's available in Vallejo but not Fairfield, and some Sacramento channels are on the Fairfield lineup in addition to San Francisco stations.
Subject to change during lunar eclipses.
 
Mark Roberts said:
Using the investigative technique of looking it up on the Xfinity website, I find that in most parts of the Bay Area, KMTP is available on channel 32 in SD and 1032 in HD. There are exceptions, however.

  • It's not available in Napa or Sonoma.
  • In Contra Costa County east of the Berkeley/Oakland hills, it's replaced on 32 by Contra Costa Educational Television and not available on 1032. But it is available in west Contra Costa (Richmond, etc.)
  • It's not available in Santa Rosa, and not replaced by anything.
  • It's available in Vallejo but not Fairfield, and some Sacramento channels are on the Fairfield lineup in addition to San Francisco stations.
Subject to change during lunar eclipses.
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It can file for must carry on all Bay Area cable systems except for Fairfield and Vacaville since Solano East is in the Sacramento DMA.
 
It comes in over the air in Sacramento sometimes, it’s actually sharing channel space with channels 38, 42 and 50. I gave up on cable more than 30 years ago.
 
KMTP is boring, They only show Classic Arts Showcase, NASA TV, Deutsch Welle News, and Korean K-pop Music videos.
 
radiofan2023 said:
No one’s making you watch it. If I was in SF, I’d watch 3/4 of that station’s programming, not the K-pop music
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Channel 32 has never been heavily watched. It started in 1954 as KSAN-TV when few had UHF tuners. It went dark and then simulcasted an ill fated Visalia station for a time. Then Metromedia bought it, upgraded it and ran it as a general entertainment station KNEW-TV. After they realized they couldn’t compete in the market, they donated it to KQED who didn’t have the money to sustain it (KQEC)consistently. Then they lost the license renewal due to mistatements to the FCC. One of the challengers, Minority Television Project, one the license and took over the transmitter, probably donated by KQED
 
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