KTSS-LP
KTSS-LP was a low-powered community television station broadcasting from Hope, Arkansas on channel 50. The station was viewable throughout much of southwestern Arkansas with an over-the-air digital broadcast antenna and was also available on local cable television providers throughout the region. The channel aired a wide variety of local shows which it produced, as well as paid religious programming and infomercials.
City | Hope |
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Channels | |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Defunct (formerly Independent (primary) Ion Television (secondary)) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Artex TV, LLC |
History | |
Founded | April 10, 1994 - March 21, 2017 |
Former call signs | K07VR (1994) K55HO (1996) |
American Independent Network (1996-1998) PAX (1998-2005) i: Independent Television (2005–2007) | |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 58995 |
Class | Low Power Television - LPTV |
ERP | 14.5 kW |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°39′26″N 93°33′0″W |
KTSS-LP also occasionally served as a secondary Ion Television affiliate for the area.
The station was founded in 1994 by Kevin McKinnon and the non-profit group Christian Community Television (CCT). McKinnon and Sandra May purchased the station's assets in 1998 to operate the station commercially as Hope Television, Inc. McKinnon and May sold KTSS-LP to Greg Bobo and Joyce Bobo (Artex TV, LLC) in 2002. The station closed permanently in March 2017. From 2001 to 2005, KTSS-LP aired rebroadcasts of NBC affiliate KTAL-TV's 6 P.M. and 10 P.M. newscasts with the newscast being replayed on KTSS-LP at 6:30 P.M. and 10:30 P.M.
KTSS-LP's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on June 8, 2021 for failure to file a license renewal application.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 58995 (KTSS-LP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System