KLFT-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KLFT-CA
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 21 (UHF)
digital =
affiliations = The Sportsman Channel
founded = 1991
location = Lafayette, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = LFT is Lafayette Regional Airport's IATA Airport Code
owner = Delta Media Corporation (local marketing agreement with Azar Family Holdings)
former_affiliations = the Box (1991-1999), Pax (1999-2004), UATV (2005-2006)
homepage = http://www.klft21.com/

KLFT-LP is a low-powered television station serving the Lafayette, Louisiana area. The station is locally owned. It airs programming from The Sportsman Channel.

History

KLFT signed on in 1991 as K21DN from Sunset. At the time, it was one of many low-powered affiliates of the now-defunct Jukebox music video network, which later became known simply as "The Box." K21DN changed its calls to KLFT-LP in 1995, and moved from Sunset to Lafayette shortly thereafter.

In 1999, KLFT-LP dropped its music video format when programming time was leased to KDCG-LP which used the station to simulcast its Pax programming. After not having a strong enough signal to warrant must-carry status on the Lafayette cable system, KDCG ended the LMA in 2004. Without any programming to air, the station aired nothing but a webcam image of its transmitting equipment with a posterboard reading "KLFT-LP LAFAYETTE" attached, intended to keep the station from losing its license for not properly identifying itself or being off the air for a long period of time. Finally, in October 2004, KLFT began airing programming from the Urban America Television network. After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the station ran community service information 24 hours a day. UATV suspended operations in May 2006, upon which The Sportsman Channel replaced its feed.

October 1, 2007 brought programming changes to the station, including old sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and a showcase for old horror movies called Boogeyman Theater.

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