KLPS-LP

KLPS-LP
Indio, California
Channels Analog: 19 (UHF)
Affiliations silent
Owner PNN Media Group
(Palm Springs DTV)
Founded March 4, 1997
First air date 1998
Former callsigns K19DH
Former affiliations FamilyNet
Transmitter power 9.93 kW
Height 500 m
Facility ID 12690

KLPS-LP was a low-power television station in the Coachella Valley, California (or the Palm Springs-Indio Nielsen ratings television market), broadcasting locally over-the-air in analog on UHF channel 19. The station has been silent since April 17, 2008, since being acquired by SMG Media Group, as the new owners needed to relocate the transmitter and main studio. The Special Temporary Authorization (STA) from the FCC was valid until October 17, 2008.[1]

History

The station began as K19DH with an original construction permit granted to Communications Programming Agency, Inc., on March 4, 1997, but shortly thereafter, was sold to Desert Broadcasting, Inc., who completed construction and brought the station on air in late 1998. It was licensed by the FCC on January 25, 1999. Desert Broadcasting was sold to Methuselah Media, Inc., on April 16, 1999, then to a group headed by Fred Donaldson on May 1, 2001, and was renamed Desert Springs, Inc., in 2005. The station was a FamilyNet affiliate and its main studio facilities were located at a church. On March 31, 2008, SMG Media Group acquired the station and changed its call sign to KLPS-LP. Shortly thereafter, the new owners took the station silent so that they could relocate the main studio and transmitter.[1] The station was run and operated digitally online (IPTV) by PNN Media Group out of Palm Springs, California.

KLPS-LP's license was cancelled by the FCC on March 19, 2015 for failure to file a license renewal application.

References

External links

  1. http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Palm+Springs
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