KMTW

KMTW (channel 36) is a television station licensed to Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, serving the Wichita area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Dabl.

Both stations share studios on North West Street in northwestern Wichita, while KMTW's transmitter is located in rural southwestern Harvey County (on the town limits of Halstead).

Initially bearing the name KAWJ, the construction permit took the KSCC ("Kansas Clear Channel") call letters on October 9, 1998.

[5][6] KSCC was announced as Wichita's MyNetworkTV charter affiliate on June 15, and subsequently changed its callsign to KMTW on August 1.

[9] On July 28, 2021, the FCC issued a Forfeiture Order stemming from a lawsuit against KMTW owner Mercury Broadcasting Company.

The lawsuit, filed by AT&T, alleged that Mercury failed to negotiate for retransmission consent in good faith for KMTW.

[11] Until January 31, 2011, KMTW aired a rebroadcast of KSAS-TV's half-hour 9 p.m. newscast, which was produced by CBS affiliate KWCH-DT through a news share agreement, nightly at 12 a.m.

However, getTV since moved to KFVT-LD, and the channel was subsequently replaced with Sinclair's terrestrial sports network, Stadium.