KLPS-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KLPS-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 19 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = silent
founded = March 4, 1997
airdate = 1998
location = Indio, California
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = K19DH
owner = SMG Media Group
licensee = Palm Springs DTV
former_affiliations = FamilyNet
effective_radiated_power = 9.93 kW
HAAT = 500 m
class =
facility_id = 12690
homepage =

KLPS-LP is 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, having recently been acquired by SMG Media Group, as the new owners need to relocate the transmitter and main studio. The Special Temporary Authorization (STA) from the FCC is valid until October 17 2008.cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101243015&formid=910&fac_num=12690 |title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA |publisher=FCC |date=2008-04-11 |accessdate=2008-05-14]

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.

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