K22NM-D

K22NM-D is a digital television translator associated with the Las Cruces, New Mexico, broadcast market. A translator is a low-power or relay facility that rebroadcasts the programming of another television station so that viewers in a geographically difficult or underserved area can receive the originating station's signal. The available reference material identifies K22NM-D as a television translator in Las Cruces and links it with KVIA-TV's online presence, but does not provide enough verified information to establish its owner, licensee, network affiliation, launch date, transmitter specifications, technical service area, or current operating status. Accordingly, K22NM-D is best described as a local broadcast relay identity rather than a conventional consumer product brand. Its relevance is primarily infrastructural: it helps extend television programming into the Las Cruces area, which lies within the broader El Paso–Las Cruces regional media environment. No reliable material supplied for this entry documents a separate newsroom, original programming slate, consumer-facing product portfolio, corporate leadership, financial performance, notable campaigns, lawsuits, scandals, mergers, or major technology decisions attributable specifically to K22NM-D. The station's website field points to KVIA.com, although the available sources do not conclusively document the legal relationship between that website and the K22NM-D facility. Further FCC licensing records or a dedicated station profile would be needed to complete the entry.

The available source material provides only a brief identification of K22NM-D as a television translator in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Unlike a full-power television station, a translator generally exists to relay another station's programming over a localized coverage area rather than to operate as an independent broadcaster. Its technical and regulatory history would ordinarily be documented through Federal Communications Commission licensing records, including the facility's channel assignment, transmitter location, effective radiated power, licensee, construction-permit history, and any relationship to the originating station. Those details are not included in the supplied material. The available website reference points to KVIA.com, suggesting a possible connection with KVIA's El Paso–Las Cruces television service, but it does not by itself establish ownership, affiliation, or the precise programming carried by K22NM-D. No verified launch year, ownership transfer, call-sign history, digital-transition record, programming change, or closure date is available here. The station should therefore be treated as a documented but incompletely researched local broadcast facility. A definitive history would require consultation of FCC facility records and current or archived station listings.

A local digital television translator intended to extend a parent station's over-the-air coverage into the Las Cruces area.

• Broadcast television

  Digital television translator service

  K22NM-D functions as a television relay facility rather than as a packaged consumer product. Its role is to receive programming from an originating television station and retransmit that programming to viewers in the Las Cruces area. Such facilities are used to improve terrestrial reception, extend a station's geographic reach, and serve communities where terrain, distance, or transmitter coverage limits direct reception. The supplied references do not identify the exact originating station or provide technical details for this facility.

1. 1KVIA.comkvia.com
2. 2KOB (TV)en.wikipedia.org