- KISA-LP
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KISA-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 40 (UHF)
digital =
affiliations =
founded =January 22 ,1992
airdate = January 2004
location =San Antonio, Texas
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = K40IH (2005)
K48DS (1992-2005)
owner =Mako Communications
former_affiliations = Educational independent (1992-2002)
silent (2002-2005)LAT TV (2006-2008)
homepage =
effective_radiated_power = 7 kWKISA-LP was a low-power
television station inSan Antonio, Texas , formerly broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 40 as an affiliate ofLAT TV . The station is owned byMako Communications ofCorpus Christi, Texas and was available onGrande Communications cable television, but not onTime Warner Cable .History
On
January 22 1992 , the FCC granted a construction permit toSan Antonio College to build a new station to broadcast on UHF channel 48, and assigned it the call sign K48DS. Signing on in January 1994, the station broadcast educational programming. The FCC allocated channel 48 forKSAT-TV 's digital operations in April 1997, and San Antonio College tried to move the station to channel 46, but were denied permission to do so. [cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/1997/fc97115a.pdf |title=DTV Allotments, Assignment Pairings with Analog Stations, and Service Replication and Interference Evaluation |work=FCC CDBS database |date=1997-04-21 |accessdate=2008-05-31] [cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=287943&File_number=BPTTL-19990816JA |title=Public Notice Comment |work=FCC CDBS database |date=2000-03-14 |accessdate=2008-05-31] By April 2002, KSAT-DT signed on, and K48DS was forced to shut down. Unable to operate the station on its licensed frequency, and in need of funds for construction, the college sold the station toMako Communications onAugust 17 2004 . [cite web |url=http://media.www.theranger.org/media/storage/paper1010/news/2004/09/16/News/College.To.Sell.Tv.Signal-1999431.shtml |title=College to sell TV signal |author=Lindberg, Kristina |work=The Ranger Online |date=2004-09-15 |accessdate=2008-05-31] [cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA454166.html |title=Changing Hands |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2004-09-20 |accessdate=2008-05-31] The new owners relocated the station to channel 40 in March 2005 under the call sign K40IH, then changed the call sign to KISA-LP seven months later. [cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=58786&Callsign=KISA-LP |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC CDBS database |accessdate=2008-05-31]On
May 18 2006 , the station became a charter affiliate of LAT TV, a Spanish-language network that focused on family and educational programming. [cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2006/05/22/story6.html |title=S.A. is set to tune in new Spanish-language TV station |author=Bailey, W. Scott |work=San Antonio Business Journal |date=2006-05-19 |accessdate=2008-05-31] At the time, KISA-LP did not have cable television carriage, and so, was quite limited in its ability to reach the population of San Antonio, but eventually, the station was able to secure cable television carriage on Grande Communications, but it was a lack of cable carriage that finally forced LAT TV to cease operations onMay 20 2008 . [cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/5793549.html |title=Spanish language station signs off |author=Hem, Brad |work=Houston Chronicle |date=2008-05-20 |accessdate=2008-05-31]References
External links
* [http://www.lattv-english.com/ LAT TV Official site (English)]
* [http://www.lattv.com/ LAT TV Official site (Español)]
*TVQ|KISA-LP
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