KBTV-CD, known on-air as KBTV Global Television, and also known as Crossings TV, is a television station in Sacramento, California, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 51 as a multicultural independent station. KBTV8 is also aired throughout the Central Valley of California on Comcast channel 238 and in Greater New York City as Time Warner Cable Channel 503. It is owned by Tower of Babel Broadcasting. KBTV-CD's transmitter is located in downtown Sacramento. The station broadcasts programs in various ethnic languages as well as English-language infomercials during the late-night hours. When it first started broadcasting, it carried the Home Shopping Network. Since it was not a full-power station, its analog signal stayed on the air after the June 12th 2009 analog cutoff date but went off the air in December 2010. Its new digital signal then started broadcasting with a total of 4 channels, all in 4x3 standard-definition and 2-channel sound. Channel 8-1 continues the Crossings TV programming from the old analog station, 8-2 carries the RTV network, channels 8-3 and 8-4 are currently broadcasting color bars with silent audio. KBTV-CD is not related to the Fox affiliate in Port Arthur, Texas, KBTV-TV. Wikipedia [ - ]

KBTV-CD, known on-air as KBTV Global Television, and also known as Crossings TV, is a television... [ + ]