KVPA-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KVPA-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 42 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = Silent
founded = March 21, 1995
location = Phoenix, Arizona
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = K42FD, K24EI
owner = Latin America Broadcasting, Inc.
"(sale to Liberman Broadcasting pending)"
former_affiliations = Shop at Home Network, Home Shopping Network, LAT TV
effective_radiated_power = 11 kW
HAAT = 505 m
homepage =

KVPA-LP is a low-power television station broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 42 in Phoenix, Arizona, and owned by Latin America Broadcasting of Houston, Texas. The station is currently off the air due to the shutdown of the parent company's broadcast network, LAT TV. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5793549.html]

History

An original construction permit for what is now KVPA-LP was granted to Broadcast Systems, Inc. on March 21, 1995 as K24EI in Phoenix, to broadcast on channel 24. The original transmitter location was on Usery Mountain in east Mesa, and the station was first licensed in November 15, 1996. Early programming is unknown, but it was likely the same as K25DM, also owned by Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Although it ran the same programming, K24EI was never a translator of K25DM [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100602381&formid=346&fac_num=33773] (see exhibit 2).

In November 2000, K24EI submitted an application to the FCC to move to channel 42, as Phoenix independent station KTVK was beginning to build its DTV facilities on channel 24. The application was approved, and in November 2002, the new facilities were licensed with call sign K42FD. About that time also, the station changed its programming to the Shop at Home Network.

In April 2005, the station's owners signed an agreement to sell KDMA Channel 25, Inc., the parent company of K42FD, to Latin America Broadcasting, Inc., with the intent of launching a new Spanish-language network called LAT TV. K42FD's sister station K25DM, was supposed to be part of that network, with K42FD retaining its Shop at Home programming initially, then eventually switching over. However, after the deal was consummated in July 2005, the new owners decided instead to launch LAT TV on K42FD. The station received new call letters KVPA-LP in December 2005, and at the same time, Latin America Broadcasting applied to move KVPA-LP's transmitter location to the South Mountain antenna farm. That application was granted in April 2006 and KVPA-LP went silent. It re-emerged in June 2006 with the new LAT TV programming. LAT TV closed its doors in mid-May 2008, and KVPA-LP shut down alongside that decision.

On August 18, 2008, it was announced that KVPA-LP would be sold to Liberman Broadcasting, a company that specializes in Spanish-language television and radio, for $1.25 million. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6589725.html?q=kvpa]

External links

*TVQ|KVPA-LP