KLDT
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| KLDT | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Lake Dallas, Texas | |
| Channels | defunct, formerly 55 (UHF) analog, 54 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Gems TV |
| Owner | Johnson Broadcasting |
| Founded | December 25, 1990 |
| Call letters meaning | K Lake Dallas, Texas or K Lake Dallas Television |
| Former callsigns | KAVB (1997) |
| Former affiliations | Religious (1990-1996) ACN (1996-2000) Independent (General) (1997-2000) HTVN (2000-2003) ShopNBC (2003-2005) Independent (Infomercials) (2005-2007) |
| Transmitter Power | 3240 kW (analog) 75 kW (digital) |
KLDT is a digital television station in Lake Dallas, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 54 as a Gems TV affiliate. Founded December 25, 1990, the station is owned by Johnson Broadcasting. The station currently broadcasts from a tower site in Lewisville, Texas, at a location near the Vista Ridge Mall, although they currently hold a construction permit to move the transmitter to a location on Cedar Hill, the broadcast site for nearly all Dallas-Fort Worth area stations. It is currently in the process of converting to an ATSC signal only on channel 54, as of 17 November 2006, in which it will be the first station in Texas to do so. It can still be seen on cable via Time Warner (channel 19), Charter (channels vary), and Verizon FiOS (channel 3).
[edit] History
The station was initially licensed in 1990 as KLDT, and its programming consists of christian videos and later, religious programming. Doug Johnson's previous co-owner, Opal Thornton attempted to take in embattled Dallas-based preacher Robert Tilton and the station was to become the flagship for his "Word of Faith" ministry. "Success-n-Life" (one of Tilton's programs) was aired regularly on this station; however Tilton has a poor record with the FCC, thus the request was denied prior to ABC's expose on Tilton. In 1995, the station was fined a hefty $15,500 by the FCC for failing to adequately staff its studio.
In early 1997, the station changed its call letters to KAVB, but quickly changed back their original call sign. Originally an affiliate of ACN, the station soon relegated shopping programming to the nighttime hours, and began broadcasting syndicated classic programming and movies, as well as news from Bloomberg TV, college sports from ESPN Plus, Lone Star Park Horseracing, and Houston Astros MLB games simulcast from sister station KNWS-TV in Houston. During this time, the station adopted the slogan TV55 Has The Shows You Know.
By 2000, the station had dropped most of its entertainment programming in favor of infomercials, or shopping from ACN. That year, however, the station received a much-needed shot in the arm: it became the flagship station for the Hispanic Television Network. HTVN aired programming targeted towards Hispanic viewers from Mexico. Due to numerous missteps, the network folded in 2003, and the station began airing shopping programs again, this time from ShopNBC.
By this time, most of the station's sports programming had moved to former Telemundo affiliate KFWD. In 2005, the station became the temporary home for the FC Dallas soccer team, but that too eventually moved to KFWD. The station eventually dropped its ShopNBC affiliation and began to fill its empty time slots with infomercials, as well as religious programming.
On May 22, 2006, KLDT signed on their digital broadcasts on channel 54.[1] This would be key, as Qualcomm, who was launching MediaFLO service over channel 55's bandwidth, would request them to go all-digital. On November 17, 2006, the Federal Communications Commission allowed KLDT to do said "flash-cut". The transition occurred on January 1, 2007. [2]. Two weeks prior to the transition, KLDT became an affiliate of Gems TV (U.S.).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
|
KDTN 2 (DS) - KDFW 4 (FOX, 4 Warn Weather Radar on DT2) - KXAS 5 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WFAA 8 (ABC, Xpress 8.2 on DT2, DFW Airport Towercam on DT3) - KTVT 11 (CBS) - KERA 13 (PBS) - KTXA 21 (Ind) - KNAV 22 (Genesis) - KUVN 23 (UNI) - K25FW 25 (HSN) - KODF 26 / KLEG 44 (AZA) - KDFI 27 (MNTV) - KHPK 28 (Genesis) - KMPX 29 (Ind) - K31GL 31 (Ind) - KDAF 33 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - KJJM 34 (LAT TV) - KVFW 38 (Religious) - KXTX 39 (TEL) - KTAQ 47 (Religious) - KSTR 49 (TFU) - KATA 50 (Multimedios) - KFWD 52 (Ind) - KSEX 57 (Ind) - KDTX 58 (TBN) - KPXD 68 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) |
||
| Local digital television channels KLDT 54 (Gems TV) |
||
|
Shopping Affiliates: K25FW 25 (HSN, Corsicana / DFW) - KXLK 40 (HSN, Austin) - KLDT 54 (Gems TV, Lake Dallas / DFW) |
|
|
Independent Stations: K09VR 9 (Austin) - KTXA 21 (Fort Worth) - K31GL 31 (De Soto / DFW) - KGBS 32 (Austin) - KZBZ 46 (Canyon / Amarillo) - K48HU 48 (Wichita Falls) - KNWS 51 (Houston) - KFWD 52 (Fort Worth) - KSEX 57 (Dallas) |
|
|
Other Network Affiliates: KPXL 26 (ION, Uvalde / San Antonio) - KPXB 49 / KBPX 33 (ION, Conroe / Houston) - KTBU 55 (A1, Conroe / Houston) - KPXD 68 (ION, Arlington / DFW) |
|
| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious and Other Spanish Language stations in Texas | |
 |
This article about a television station in Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
