KEEN-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KEEN-LP "a Class A station"
station_
station_slogan = A Refreshing Stop on Life's Highway
station_branding = KEEN 17
analog = 17 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = TLN
founded = August 21, 1990
location = Las Vegas, Nevada
callsign_meaning = Keen (slang for great; wonderful; marvelous)
former_callsigns = K17CT
owner = Total Living Network "Christian Communications of Chicagoland, Inc."
former_affiliations = America One, Independent
effective_radiated_power = 145 kW
HAAT = 155 m
class = Class A
facility_id = 10498
homepage = [http://www.keentv.com/ www.keentv.com]

KEEN-LP is a low-power Class A television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 17 from its transmitter site in northwest Las Vegas. It was founded August 21, 1990 and is an owned-and-operated station (O&O) of Total Living Network of Aurora, Illinois. It is not available on Cox Cable at this time.

History

On August 21, 1990, the FCC granted an original construction permit to Charles K. "Harry" Tootle to build a low-power television station serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area on UHF channel 17. The station was given callsign K17CT and was licensed on September 14, 1993. Early programming mostly consisted of locally produced talk shows and seminars on videotape from the Conservative "Patriot" community, which were also shown on Tootle's other licensed station, K19CS.

Tootle sold the station to Innovative Technologies, Inc. of Las Vegas in August 1996. The new owners changed the station's call letters to KEEN-LP in October, 1997 and on January 2, 2001, the license for KEEN-LP was upgraded to Class A, although the station has kept the "-LP" suffix instead of changing to "-CA". The station was a local independent station and earned recognition for its, appropriately, innovative use of the Internet. In addition to over-the-air viewing (the station was not carried by the local cable companies), KEEN-LP broadcast over the Internet, and while that was not notable in itself, the station made it possible for viewers of any given program to participate in live chat sessions, making the experience truly interactive [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/r/retail_stores_and_trade/index.html?query=KEEN-TV&field=org&match=exact] (registration required).

VMG Broadcasting Company acquired the station in September 2003, transferred control of the station to Christian Communications of Chicagoland two months later, then sold the station outright in September 2004.

Programming

KEEN-LP broadcasts programming that can be defined as a mix between sacred and secular. As a TLN O&O, religious programming is interspersed throughout the day, but the station also offers classic family television programming, such as Ozzie & Harriet, Make Room for Daddy, and Little House on the Prairie. A three-hour block of Saturday morning children's programming meets the station's E/I requirements, and a two-hour block of Saturday evening Spanish-language programming, catering to the area's large Hispanic population.

The programming mix, unique for TLN and tailored for the Las Vegas market, has met with some success. The National Religious Broadcasters organization named KEEN-LP its Low Power Station of the Year in 2005.

External links

* [http://www.keentv.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.tln.com/ Total Living Network official site]
*TVQ|KEEN-LP