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{{short description|TV station in Houston}}
{{Infobox_Broadcast |
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{{For|the station on channel 10 with a similar call sign|KUVM-LD}}
call_letters = KUVM-CD|
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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city = [[Missouri City, Texas]]|
{{Infobox television station
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station_logo = [[Image:KUVMCDlogo.png|120 px|KUVM-CD logo]]|
station_slogan = |
| callsign = KUVM-CD
station_branding = |
| city = Missouri City, Texas
digital = 34 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])|
| branding = KUVM-CD 34
affiliations = [[Telestai]] (34.1)<br>[[Retro Television Network|RTV]] (34.2)|
| digital = 20 ([[UHF]])
founded = August 6, 1980|
| virtual = 34
| affiliations = ''see {{section link||Subchannels}}''
location = [[Greater Houston]]|
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| subchannels =
callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''U'''na '''V'''ez '''M'''as (former owner)|
| founded = August 6, 1980
former_callsigns = KVIT-LP (2000-2007)<br>K53CZ (1989-2000)<br>K55CP (1980-1989)|
| airdate = {{start date and age|1981|11|30}}
former_channel_numbers = '''Analog''':36 (1980-2003)|
owner = Mako Communications|
| location = [[Missouri City]]–[[Houston, Texas]]
| country = United States
former_affiliations = [[Independent station|Independent]] (1980-2001)<br>[[Azteca América]] (2001-2009)|
| callsign_meaning = Former owner Una Vez Más
effective_radiated_power = 4 kW (digital)|
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K55CP (1981–1989)|K53CZ (1989–2000)|KVIT-LP (2000–2007)|KUVM-CA (2007–2010)}}
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class = [[Class A television service|Class A]]|
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 55 (UHF, 1981–1989), 53 (UHF, 1989−2000), 28 (UHF, 2000–2003), 34 (UHF, 2003–2009)|'''Digital:''' 34 (UHF, 2010–2019)}}
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facility_id = 13200|
website = |
| owner = [[Innovate Corp.]]
| licensee = HC2 LPTV Holdings, Inc.
| sister_stations = [[KEHO-LD]], [[KUGB-CD]], [[KUVM-LD]], [[KBMN-LD]]
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1980−?)|[[HSN]] ({{circa|2004}}−{{circa|2006}})|[[Azteca América]] (2007−2010)|Telestai (October−November 2010)|[[MundoMax|MundoFox/MundoMax]] (2013−2016)|[[Retro TV]] (DT2, 2010−2011)}}
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| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|296.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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| class = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id = 13200
| coordinates = {{coord|29|33|45.2|N|95|30|35.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website =
}}
}}


'''KUVM-CD''' (channel 34) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] licensed to [[Missouri City, Texas]], United States, serving the [[Houston]] area. Owned by [[HC2 Holdings]], the station maintains affiliations with several [[digital multicast network]]s. KUVM-CD's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] northeastern [[Fort Bend County]].
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{{For|the station on channel 35 with a similar call sign|KUVM-LD}}


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==History==
'''KUVM-CD''' is a low-power [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[television station]] in the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] area, licensed to [[Missouri City, Texas]], and owned and operated by Mako Communications. It broadcasts in [[ATSC|digital]] on UHF channel 34.
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[[Image:KUVMCDlogo.png|thumb|former logo]]
[[File:MundoFox34 KUVM.jpg|thumb|logo as MundoFox]]
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The station began as a construction permit in [[Victoria, Texas]], granted to Community Television of Victoria. Planned as a translator of [[San Antonio]] television station [[KWEX-TV]], to broadcast on UHF channel 25,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=19864&File_number=BPTT-19800428IM| title=K55CP original construction permit details| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| access-date=May 23, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the new station was almost immediately displaced by new full-service station [[KAVU-TV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=25816| title=KAVU original construction permit summary| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| access-date=May 23, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was instead built on UHF channel 55 and was licensed as K55CP on November 30, 1981. By 1982, it was on the air with programs from the [[Satellite Program Network]].<ref name="Vict821008">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91210021/channel-55-on-24-hours-a-day/|date=October 8, 1982|page=2A|title=Channel 55 On 24 Hours a Day|newspaper=Victoria Advocate|location=Victoria, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Community Television sold the station to Number 1 TV, Inc. on April 13, 1983, but re-acquired the station from bankruptcy in 1985.<ref name="Vict851022">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91210162/tv-station-reacquired/|date=October 22, 1985|page=16A|title=TV Station Reacquired|newspaper=Victoria Advocate|location=Victoria, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 27, 2021}}</ref><!-- Tue --> In December 1981, the station had applied to move to channel 53; the [[FCC]] granted the permit on June 30, 1988, and the station was licensed as K53CZ on channel 53 on December 29, 1989, though it remained on channel 55 well into the 1990s. The station moved to channel 28 in 2000<ref>{{cite web| url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100492198&formid=346&fac_num=13200| title=Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| access-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref> and adopted new calls KVIT-LP.<ref name="callsign">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13200|title=Call Sign History|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref>


In the mid-2000s, the station was relocated to [[DeWalt, Texas|DeWalt]], a suburb of Houston. During this time, at least c. 2006, the station showed programming from the [[Home Shopping Network]]. In 2003, the station moved to channel 34.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100592760&formid=401&fac_num=13200| title=Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Class A Television Broadcast Station| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| access-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref>
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== History ==
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The station began as a construction permit in [[Victoria, Texas]], granted to Community Television of Victoria. Planned as a translator of [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] television station [[KWEX-TV]], to broadcast on UHF channel 25,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=19864&File_number=BPTT-19800428IM| title=K55CP original construction permit details| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref> the new station was almost immediately displaced by new full-service station [[KAVU-TV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=25816| title=KAVU original construction permit summary| publisher=Federal Communications Commission.| accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref> It was instead built on UHF channel 55 and was licensed as '''K55CP''' on November 30, 1981. Community Television sold the station to Number 1 TV, Inc. on April 13, 1983, but re-acquired the station on September 19, 1985. In December 1981, the station had applied to move to channel 53; the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] granted the permit on June 30, 1988 and the station was licensed as '''K53CZ''', channel 53, on December 29, 1989.


The station's call sign was changed to KUVM-CA<ref name="callsign"/> on May 16, 2007. On July 1, KUVM-CA began airing [[Azteca América]] when [[KUBE-TV]] (channel 57) stopped carrying it.
In 2000, the station adopted the calls '''KVIT-LP'''<ref name="callsign">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13200|title=Call Sign History|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref>. In the mid-2000s, the station was relocated to DeWalt, a suburb of Houston. During this time, at least circa 2006, the station showed programming from the [[Home Shopping Network]]. The KVIT calls moved with the station, and remained until May 16, 2007, when its calls were changed to '''KUVM-CA'''<ref name="callsign">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13200|title=Call Sign History|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref>.


KUVM-CA ceased its analog signal October 22, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1339825&Service=CA&Form_id=910&Facility_id=13200| title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| accessdate=2010-08-18}}</ref> (Due to its low-power status, it was not required to end analog broadcasting when full-power analog broadcasting [[Digital television transition in the United States|ended]] on June 12, 2009.) Azteca América programming shifted to channel 35, [[KUVM-LD]] (then K35PY-D), which began broadcasting in 2009 on channel 35.
KUVM-CA ceased its analog signal on October 22, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1339825&Service=CA&Form_id=910&Facility_id=13200| title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref> (Due to its low-power status, it was not required to end analog broadcasting when full-power analog broadcasting [[Digital television transition in the United States|ended]] on June 12). Azteca América programming shifted to K10PY-D (channel 10, now [[KUVM-LD]]).


A minor change in call sign to '''KUVM-CD''' was granted on April 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-297767A2.txt| title=Broadcast Actions of April 26, 2010 | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| accessdate=2010-08-19}}</ref>
A minor change in call sign to KUVM-CD was granted on April 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-297767A2.txt| title=Broadcast Actions of April 26, 2010 | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| access-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref>


On July 1, 2010, the FCC consented to the sale of the station to Mako Communications. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1369044&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=13200| title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref>
On July 1, 2010, the FCC consented to the sale of the station to Mako Communications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1369044&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=13200| title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License | publisher=Federal Communications Commission| access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref>


KUVM-CD returned to the air from the Missouri City tower farm in July 2010. As of mid-October 2010, the only programming on two of the digital subchannels is a static image of the station logo. [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] was added to 34.2 on August 26, 2010, and the Mexican [[Telestai]] network was added to 34.1 on October 12, 2010, apparently running from an Internet stream.
KUVM-CD returned to the air from the Missouri City tower farm in July 2010. [[Retro TV|RTV]] was added to 34.2 on August 26, 2010, and the Mexican Telestai network was added to 34.1 on October 12, 2010, apparently running from an Internet stream. That feed proved unstable, and Telestai was dropped in November 2010. AMGTV also aired on a subchannel from April 2011 to April 2012.


In June 2013, KUVM-CD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;<ref name=tvbr-saletolandover>{{cite news|last=Seyler|first=Dave|title=Anatomy of an LPTV deal extravaganza|url=http://rbr.com/anatomy-of-an-lptv-deal-extravaganza/|access-date=July 3, 2013|newspaper=Television Business Report|date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> the sale fell through in June 2016.<ref name="fcc-nosaletolandover">{{cite web|title=Notification of Non-consummation|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1732261&Form_id=905&Facility_id=13200|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 20, 2018|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>
==Digital television==
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The station's digital signal is multiplexed:


On November 30, 2016, [[MundoMax]] ceased operations, leaving KUVM-CD without any programming briefly until the beginning of 2017 when they affiliated with [[LATV]].

Mako Communications sold its stations, including KUVM-CD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.<ref name="fcc-saletohc2">{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1765806&Service=DC&Form_id=314&Facility_id=168094|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 20, 2018|date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Subchannels==
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The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KUVM-CD<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=13200|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KUVM-CD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref>
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|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! Channel
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming
! Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.1
| 34.1 || [[Telestai]]
| rowspan=7|[[480i]] || [[16:9]] || rowspan=7|KUVM-CD || [[LATV]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.2
| 34.2 || [[Retro Television Network|RTV]]
| rowspan=6|[[4:3]] || [[Timeless TV]] (mostly infomercials)
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.3
| 34.3 || [[Test card]]
| MTRSPT1
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.4
| 34.4 || [[Test card]]
| [[Defy (TV network)|Defy]]
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|-
! scope = "row" | 34.5
| [[The365]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.6
| [[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 34.7
| Salem News Channel
|}
|}
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}


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==References==
== External links ==
*{{TVQ|KUVM-CD}}
{{Reflist}}


{{HC2 Holdings}}
{{Houston TV}}
{{Houston TV}}


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[[Category:Television stations in Texas]]
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[[Category:Television stations in Houston|UVM-CD]]

Latest revision as of 11:08, 30 September 2024

For the station on channel 10 with a similar call sign, see KUVM-LD.

KUVM-CD
CityMissouri City, Texas
Channels
BrandingKUVM-CD 34
Programming
Affiliationssee § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
KEHO-LD, KUGB-CD, KUVM-LD, KBMN-LD
History
FoundedAugust 6, 1980
First air date
November 30, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-11-30)
Former call signs
  • K55CP (1981–1989)
  • K53CZ (1989–2000)
  • KVIT-LP (2000–2007)
  • KUVM-CA (2007–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 55 (UHF, 1981–1989), 53 (UHF, 1989−2000), 28 (UHF, 2000–2003), 34 (UHF, 2003–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2010–2019)
Call sign meaning
Former owner Una Vez Más
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID13200
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT296.1 m (971 ft)
Transmitter coordinates29°33′45.2″N 95°30′35.9″W / 29.562556°N 95.509972°W / 29.562556; -95.509972
Links
Public license information

KUVM-CD (channel 34) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Missouri City, Texas, United States, serving the Houston area. Owned by HC2 Holdings, the station maintains affiliations with several digital multicast networks. KUVM-CD's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

History

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former logo
logo as MundoFox

The station began as a construction permit in Victoria, Texas, granted to Community Television of Victoria. Planned as a translator of San Antonio television station KWEX-TV, to broadcast on UHF channel 25,[2] the new station was almost immediately displaced by new full-service station KAVU-TV.[3] It was instead built on UHF channel 55 and was licensed as K55CP on November 30, 1981. By 1982, it was on the air with programs from the Satellite Program Network.[4] Community Television sold the station to Number 1 TV, Inc. on April 13, 1983, but re-acquired the station from bankruptcy in 1985.[5] In December 1981, the station had applied to move to channel 53; the FCC granted the permit on June 30, 1988, and the station was licensed as K53CZ on channel 53 on December 29, 1989, though it remained on channel 55 well into the 1990s. The station moved to channel 28 in 2000[6] and adopted new calls KVIT-LP.[7]

In the mid-2000s, the station was relocated to DeWalt, a suburb of Houston. During this time, at least c. 2006, the station showed programming from the Home Shopping Network. In 2003, the station moved to channel 34.[8]

The station's call sign was changed to KUVM-CA[7] on May 16, 2007. On July 1, KUVM-CA began airing Azteca América when KUBE-TV (channel 57) stopped carrying it.

KUVM-CA ceased its analog signal on October 22, 2009[9] (Due to its low-power status, it was not required to end analog broadcasting when full-power analog broadcasting ended on June 12). Azteca América programming shifted to K10PY-D (channel 10, now KUVM-LD).

A minor change in call sign to KUVM-CD was granted on April 26, 2010.[10]

On July 1, 2010, the FCC consented to the sale of the station to Mako Communications.[11]

KUVM-CD returned to the air from the Missouri City tower farm in July 2010. RTV was added to 34.2 on August 26, 2010, and the Mexican Telestai network was added to 34.1 on October 12, 2010, apparently running from an Internet stream. That feed proved unstable, and Telestai was dropped in November 2010. AMGTV also aired on a subchannel from April 2011 to April 2012.

In June 2013, KUVM-CD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;[12] the sale fell through in June 2016.[13]

On November 30, 2016, MundoMax ceased operations, leaving KUVM-CD without any programming briefly until the beginning of 2017 when they affiliated with LATV.

Mako Communications sold its stations, including KUVM-CD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.[14]

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KUVM-CD[15]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
34.1 480i 16:9 KUVM-CD LATV
34.2 4:3 Timeless TV (mostly infomercials)
34.3 MTRSPT1
34.4 Defy
34.5 The365
34.6 Outlaw
34.7 Salem News Channel

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUVM-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "K55CP original construction permit details". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 23, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "KAVU original construction permit summary". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 23, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Channel 55 On 24 Hours a Day". Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. October 8, 1982. p. 2A. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "TV Station Reacquired". Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. October 22, 1985. p. 16A. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  8. ^ "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Class A Television Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  9. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  10. ^ "Broadcast Actions of April 26, 2010". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  11. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  12. ^ Seyler, Dave (June 24, 2013). "Anatomy of an LPTV deal extravaganza". Television Business Report. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Notification of Non-consummation". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 30, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  14. ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 11, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  15. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KUVM-CD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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