Translators
KSTW no longer has any over-the-air translator transmitters.
KSTW's last remaining translator transmitter, analog translator K62FS on channel 62 in Port Townsend, shut down permanently on December 29, 2011. The FCC required that all television transmitters occupying channels 52 to 69 to vacate those channels by December 31, 2011. KSTW had already applied to change the broadcast channel and to broadcast in digital so as to use channel 51, however on August 21, 2011 the FCC issued a freeze to processing applications to use channel 51. According to an online posting by KSTW, there are no other channels on which this translator can broadcast in digital and therefore the shut down of the transmitter is permanent.
KSTW also had low power translators serving certain areas of Seattle, all which were discontinued.
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