TEGNA takes over KTBU 55

UPDATE APRIL 2021

Quest Houston moves to 55.1 from 11.4 - Twist replaces 

MegaTV leaves KTBU 55 as TEGNA brings in Quest

TEGNA, the owner of KHOU 11 along with a lot of other stations across the US, has officially taken over KTBU 55 Conroe.

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A message at the bottom of the screen reads "KTBU-DT | 55 CONROE | BRINGS YOU" and the programming is TEGNA owned Quest network.

Then a banner beneath that says:

"Attencion: MegaTV ya no esta disponible en la television en Houston. Viste Mega.tv en linea."

The translation to English is (and yes I used Google Translate so don't blame me if it isn't perfect):

"Attention: MegaTV is no longer available on television in Houston. Visit Mega.tv online."

Last January, I blogged how TEGNA was buying channel 55 KTBU for $15 million from Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS). Got to that post for the history of KTBU including how Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church formerly owned the station.

At the time of this publishing, the OTA (over the air) guide still shows MegaTV programming.

And if you are a huge fan of Quest, you can watch it both on 11.4 and 55.

So if you can't get enough Modern Marvels or Ax Men, at this moment, you have two places to watch in Houston.

UPDATE
The sub-channels appear to still be in place with same programming, although some came up blank.

Reader Kevin Wilson tweets me that KHOU added a fifth digital channel to its lineup - CIRCLE on 11.5.



(Thanks Mike)



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