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KXLK-CD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations40.1: Univision
40.2: UniMás
40.3: getTV
40.4: Court TV Mystery
40.5: Dabl
Ownership
Owner
KAKW-DT, KTFO-CD
History
FoundedOctober 19, 1992
Former call signs
K67FY (1992–2001)
KXLK-LP (2001)
KXLK-CA (2001–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
67 (UHF, 1992–2001)
40 (UHF, 2001–2015)
Digital:
23 (UHF, 2015–2019)
HSN (until 2014)
Call sign meaning
XL (Roman numeral 40)
Technical information
Facility ID48836
ERP15 kW

KXLK-CD, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 14), is a low-powered, Class A Court TV Mystery-affiliated television station licensed to Austin, Texas, United States. Owned by Univision Local Media, Inc, it is a sister station to KAKW-DT and KTFO-CD.

History

The station was affiliated with the religious African-American "The Word Network". Until September 2014, KXLK-CA was the Home Shopping Network affiliate for the Austin, Texas area.

Due to the 2016-2017 FCC TV spectrum auction, KXLK-CD moved from RF channel 23 to RF channel 14 on June 21, 2019.[1] On October 17, 2017, Univision announced their intent to purchase KXLK-CD from Radio Spectrum Partners for $2.55 million.[2]

ATSC 3.0 Lighthouse

KXLK-CD is scheduled to transition to ATSC 3.0 lighthouse station and carry ATSC 3.0 simulcasts of KTBC on October 6, 2020.[3]

Sources

References

  1. ^ FCC TV spectrum Phase Assignment Table, FCC Incentive Auction Television Transition Data Files, April 13, 2017.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2], FCC Licensing and Management for KXLK-CD, Sept 11, 2020.