KTMD (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Galveston, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo.

Proposals were made by the Old Time Religion Hour (OTRH), Alden Communications of Texas, and Bluebonnet Television, a local consortium that included the former general manager of KDOG-TV in Houston as well as two Hispanic principals.

[3] After the FCC reaffirmed the award of the construction permit to Bluebonnet in 1987, KTMD began broadcasting on February 1, 1988, as a Telemundo affiliate.

[4] Broadcasting from the former tower of KUHT, the station was the second new full-power Spanish-language outlet in Houston, as KXLN-TV had begun the year before.

The original studios were located on Stoney Brook in Houston, with further offices in Galveston staffed by two full-time employees.

[11] KXLN remained the dominant Spanish-language station for some time, in news, ratings, and revenue, after KTMD signed on.

Tropical Storm Allison's strike on Houston in June 2001 caused lost revenue for all of the city's television stations,[18] but the recession after the September 11 attacks would have more severe impacts.