KTMW

The channel 20 allocation in Salt Lake City was originally occupied by KSTU (an independent station at the time, now a Fox affiliate) from 1978 to 1987. As part of a deal that was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the KSTU intellectual unit moved to channel 13 in 1987 and currently operates under a separate license. The old channel 20 license was deleted; KTMW's license dates back to its filing on December 8, 1997. Alpha & Omega Broadcasting, former owners of KOOG (channel 30), was granted the license in 1998. KTMW signed on March 31, 2001, with a religious format. The station would run shows like The 700 Club, Joyce Meyer, James Robison, and others; the original meaning of the calls stood for "The Master's Way". It eventually affiliated with FamilyNet and ran its classic TV shows for about a third of the day.

On April 1, 2015, Alpha & Omega Communications filed an application to sell KTMW to Serestar Communications.{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1671792&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=10177|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=October 13, 2015|date=April 1, 2015}} It was approved by the FCC on August 13, 2015. The sale was completed on August 31, 2015.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1686747&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=10177 Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission]

On July 30, 2015, Airwaves, Inc. filed an application to sell KULX-CD and KULU-CD to Serestar, who immediately took over the station's operations through a time brokerage agreement (TBA).{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1683581&Service=DC&Form_id=314&Facility_id=168495|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=July 30, 2015|date=July 30, 2015}} The sale was completed on October 7, 2015.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1691979&Service=DC&Form_id=905&Facility_id=168495 Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission] Later that month, KTMW switched to Telemundo, simulcasting low-power sister station KULX-CD.

Serestar agreed to sell KTMW, KULX-CD, and KULU-CD to NBCUniversal on November 28, 2018, as part of a $21 million deal;{{cite news |title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1796630&Service=DC&Form_id=314&Facility_id=10177 |access-date=December 6, 2018 |date=December 4, 2018}} that transaction closed on March 5, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/231441/nbcu-closes-serestar-stations/|title=NBCU Closes On Serestar Stations|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia LLC|date=March 6, 2019|access-date=March 6, 2019}} NBCUniversal already owned the KEJT-CD license, with Serestar operating it under a TBA that was terminated concurrent with the sale.{{cite news |last1=Malone |first1=Michael |title=NBCUniversal Stations Close on Serestar Acquisition |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/nbcuniversal-stations-close-on-serestar-acquisition |access-date=March 7, 2019 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=March 6, 2019 |language=en-us}}

KEJT-CD was the second property in Utah to be owned by NBC as it previously owned KUTV (channel 2, now a CBS affiliate) until 1995 when it was sold to CBS alongside then-sister station KCNC-TV in Denver. KUTV is currently owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group as of 2021.

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When it was owned by Alpha & Omega Communications, KTMW's original programming had included:{{cite web|title=TV20 Originals|url=http://www.tv20.tv/tv20originals.html|publisher=TV20 Family Friendly Television|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707002857/http://www.tv20.tv/tv20originals.html|archive-date=July 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}

• Heart for the Lost with Andy Bird – a program that discusses Evangelism, Apologetics and Christ.{{cite web|last=Bird|first=Andy|title=Heart for the Lost|url=http://www.heartforthelost.com/|access-date=August 10, 2012}}
• Heart of the Matter with Shawn McCraney{{cite web|last=McCraney|first=Shawn|title=Heart of the Matter where Mormonism meets Biblical Christianity|url=http://hotm.tv/|access-date=August 10, 2012}} – author of I Was a Born-Again Mormon{{cite book |first= Shawn |last= McCraney |orig-year= 2003 |year= 2007 |title= I Was a Born-Again Mormon: Moving Toward Christian Authenticity |location= New York |publisher= Alathea Press |isbn= 978-0976627609 }} and pastor of C.A.M.P.U.S (Christian Anarchists Meeting Prayerfully Understand Scripture),{{cite web|last=McCraney|first=Shawn|title=C.A.M.P.U.S. – Christian Anarchists Meeting to Prayerfully Understand Scripture|url=http://c-a-m-p-u-s.com|access-date=August 10, 2012}} McCraney offers his personal insight about the differences between Mormonism and Evangelical Christianity. In January 2013, Heart of the Matter was abruptly canceled under pressure from local Evangelical pastors who feared McCraney would discuss and possibly criticize them and their methods.{{cite web|title=This Wasn't Right|url=http://toobaptist.com/2013/01/08/this-wasnt-right|access-date=March 16, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222110152/http://toobaptist.com/2013/01/08/this-wasnt-right/|url-status=dead}}
• Polygamy: What Love Is This?[http://www.whatloveisthis.tv Official Homepage for Polygamy: What Love Is This?], by [http://www.shieldandrefuge.org A Shield and Refuge Ministry], the producing organization with Doris Hanson{{Cite web |url=http://www.clippertoday.com/view/full_story/12254129/article-TV-show--ministry-aids-polygamists-to-break-free |title="TV Show, Ministry Aids Polygamists to Break Free (Davis County Clipper, March 9, 2011) |access-date=August 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417123730/http://www.clippertoday.com/view/full_story/12254129/article-TV-show--ministry-aids-polygamists-to-break-free |archive-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} – a live television, phone-in talk show program broadcast weekly on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Produced by "A Shield and Refuge Ministry", who offers assistance to those trying to leave a polygamous lifestyle,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411011039/http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695265845,00.html Billboard Offers Escape], Deseret News, March 30, 2008 and is hosted by Hanson, a former member of a Utah polygamous community known as the Davis Co-Operative Society.[http://www.clippertoday.com/view/full_story/12129716/article-Former-polygamist-speaks--%E2%80%98It-was-a-rough-life%E2%80%99?instance=home_news_1st_left "Former Polygamist Speaks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708164950/http://www.clippertoday.com/view/full_story/12129716/article-Former-polygamist-speaks--%E2%80%98It-was-a-rough-life%E2%80%99?instance=home_news_1st_left |date=July 8, 2011 }}, Davis County Clipper, March 3, 2011
• The Ancient Paths with Jason Wallace{{cite web|title=The Ancient Paths|url=http://www.ancientpaths.tv/|publisher=Christ Presbyterian Church|access-date=August 10, 2012}} – a television ministry of Christ Presbyterian Church (an Orthodox Presbyterian Church), in Magna, Utah. The host discusses his perspective on various topics and takes questions and comments from callers.
• This Week in the Word with Greg Johnson{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Greg|title=Standing Together: Television Shows|url=http://standingtogether.org/events/television-shows/|publisher=Standing Together ministry|access-date=August 10, 2012}} – as founder of the evangelical Standing Together ministry, Rev. Johnson is joined by two other local Pastors for weekly theological discussions. A common topic is dialogue between faith groups found in Utah.
• Word of the Kingdom with Ernest Khokhar{{cite web|last=Khokhar|first=Ernest|title=Miracle Rock:Watch TV|url=http://miraclerockchurch.org/TV.html|publisher=Miracle Rock International Ministries|access-date=August 10, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – a television ministry of Miracle Rock International Ministries, where Pastor Khokhar hosts bible study, interviews, and call-in prayer lines.

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,{{cite web|url=http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html |title=Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115 |website=Transmitter.com |access-date=August 10, 2012}} the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. KTMW shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 20, on June 12, 2009,[http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Stations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |date=August 29, 2013 }} and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 20. KTMW used NVerzion Automation to complete the flash cut.{{cite web|url=http://broadcastengineering.com/automation/ktmw-goes-digital-nverzion-automation-0223/index.html |title=KTMW Goes Digital with NVerzion Automation |date=February 23, 2010 |website=archive.is |publisher=broadcastengineering.com |access-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707181056/http://broadcastengineering.com/automation/ktmw-goes-digital-nverzion-automation-0223/index.html |archive-date= July 7, 2012 }}

• Logan: K17II-D
• Ogden: KULX-CD
• Park City: KULU-LD
• Salt Lake City: KEJT-CD

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