KTBU, virtual channel 55 (UHF digital channel 33), is a Quest TV owned-and-operated television station serving Houston, Texas, United States that is licensed to Conroe. The station is owned by the Tegna Inc KTBU's studios are located on Equity Drive (adjacent to the Sam Houston Tollway) on the northwest side of Houston; digital channel 55.5 (branded as VIETV) has a separate studio near the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and Boone Road. The station's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.
History[]
The station first signed on the air on July 15, 1998, and was originally owned by Charles Dowen Johnson's Humanity Interested Media (alongside KVQT-LD) and then by the Osteen family of Lakewood Church. The station was later purchased by the Houston-based USFR Media Group.
As an independent station branded as "Houston's 55", KTBU formerly carried an eclectic line-up of classic and recent syndicated television series, as well as locally produced shows focusing on sports, history and other topics of interest to Houstonians.
In May 2011, the station was sold to the Spanish Broadcasting System for $16 million. Upon the completion of the sale, KTBU joined SBS' Mega TV network.
in 2020 Mega TV has no longer on KTBU and QUEST and the new station owner is Tegna Inc and KTBU is now sister location With KHOU 11
| TV stations in Texas | |||||
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| Telemundo | Azteca América | UniMás | Univision | Other | |
| KBTX-DT3, Bryan | KVIA-DT4, El Paso | KNIC, Blanco | KUPB, Midland | K24GP, Lubbock | KTSM-DT2, El Paso |
| KTLE-LD, Odessa | KVAT-LD, Garfleld | KETF-CD, Laredo | KUNU-LD, Victoria | K26KJ-D, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua-El Paso, TX | KLMV-LD, Laredo |
| KGNS-DT3, Laredo | KVDF-CD, San Antonio | KTFO-CD, Austin | KUVN, Garland | KHLM-LD, Houston | KVAW, Eagle Pass |
| KWTX-DT2, Waco | KETF-CD4, Laredo | KTFV-CD, McAllen | KINT, El Paso | K17MJ-D, San Antonio | KMPX, Decatur |
| KEYU, Borger | KYAZ, Katy | KANG-LD, San Angelo | KLDO, Laredo | K20JT-D, Corpus Christi | KWDA-LD, Dallas |
| KTAB-DT2, Abilene | KAZD, Lake Dallas | KCRP-CD, Corpus Christi | KORO, Corpus Christi | KZHO-LD, Lake Jackson | |
| KXTX, Dallas | KNWS-LP, Brownsville | KSTR, Irving | KEUS-LD, San Angelo | KTBU, Conroe | |
| KTLM, Rio Grande City | KTFN, El Paso | KWEX, San Antonio | KETK-DT2, Jacksonville | ||
| KEYE-DT2, Austin | KFTH, Alvin | KXLN, Rosenberg | KZJL, Houston | ||
| KTMD, Galveston | KNVO, McAllen | KVUE-DT2, Austin | |||
| K47DF-D, Corpus Christi | KBZO-LD, Lubbock | KMBH, Harlingen | |||
| KVDA, San Antonio | KAKW, Killeen | ||||
| TV stations in Greater Houston |
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| KPRC 2 (NBC) KUHT 8 (PBS) KUVM-LD 10 (Ind) KHOU 11 (CBS) KTRK 13 (ABC) KETH 14 (TBN) KVVV-LD 15 (Word) KTXH 20 (MNTV) KVQT-LD 21 (Ind) KLTJ 22 (Daystar) KRIV 26 (Fox) KUGB-CD 28 (GEB) KCVH-LD 30 (REL) KEHO-LD 32 (FESTIVA) KUVM-CD 34 (LATV) KZHO-LD 38 (VCL) KIAH 39 (CW) KHLM-LD 43 (MULTIMEDIOS) KXLN 45 (UNI) KBPX-LD 46 (NV) KTMD 47 (TLM) KPXB 49 (Ion) KDHU-LD 50 (Daystar) KYAZ 51 (AZA) KTBU 55 (QUEST) KUBE 57 (Ind) KZJL 61 (ESTRELLA) KFTH 67 (UMas) |